The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-15
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

UAAUlAs mn N AVlEN.
William ". Stockton, prominent
business man Of Huron died sudd denly.
II isreported that petroleum has been
found thirty miles north Of Salem, and
apouf sorty miles northwest Of Bismarck.
Three prisoners broke Jail at Fargo,
and oclue has been found. They were
in forlminor offenses, and made their
escapes By breaking through q wall.
TheyA have probably crossed to Mime.
sofa. Ne IS 4! .S
Tlss house 81 N. M. Thompson, near
Hurdds was burned 81 . prairie fire. i. \
81 lighthouse Of Mr.. Robertson, near
Darlington, was burned, with its con
tents. Viii; D /; 4 4 Il s3S3
Pillsbury & Hubert will build an ad-
dition ssto their elevator at Larimore Of
&c, 900 bushels, which will make in all
an 10000 bushel elevator. 4 3ss .ss455a
In aAuarrel at Fort PIERRE, Joe Scott
fred ct, Joe Rivers, the ball grazing his
head and glancing across the cheek Of
q MRS. Beam, blowing q fearful cash.
Scott was arrested,
Rev. y. =. CLARK, Presbyterian min
lister, was: arrested at Glendale, for
stealing hay. The best citizens 81 the
place, IL is said, believe him innocent Of
the charge. Isl
Rudolph schulter Of Sioux Falls at
tempted suicide with a revolver. He
aimed at his heart, but the ball did not
punoture the skin.
Mrs Shinn, living near Tower City,
was TERRIBLY burned in putting, out Q
prairie fire, which threatened her home
n. J. Harvey, run over BY q train al
Valley City several days since, died Fri.
day moraing.
The Dakota Medical association will
hold its third annual meeting in Mitch.
ell. Wednesday, May. 81.
Z: Mr.. E. F.. Messersmith, formerly 81
St. Paul, arrived in Dickinson from his
cattle ranch at Killdeer, Mont, with 4
fine specimen Of gold bearing quartz,
found on his ranch. s 5is 80 4 4
Two or three Of the Indian boys at
the new Indian school in Yankton have
provided themselves with blankets and
turned their faces homeward
The corpse Of q man by the name Of
Grannahnm was found on the Northen
Pacific track, near Little Missouri, hav.
ing been run over and killed by a train.
Mrs. Carrie NJ. Pierce, the widow Of
Capt. Pierce, tho murdered city imlaagis-.
trate, of Mitchell has removed to her
former home in Manchester, Iowa.
William A. Young, q ,woodchopper,
committed suicide By hanging himself
Fear Rapid City. 1. REX is3.
Ninety three foreigners were natural,
lied at the late term Of court at Swan
Lake. 5si
The grand lodge and encampment 81
Odd Fellows meet in Mitchell MAY IA, ),
and the session viii continue four days.
The territorial convention Of county
commissioners will gather in Fargo May
90. ia "a
Ground was broken at Mitchell 70,
the University Of Dakota. 4
/ Crandin is5 to have Q 200 barrel -four
mill This season. 81
AT Portland b. Keeling, baggage mas.
ter on the Maryville & Breckenridge
line, was examining q revolver, when il
was d chargsd, the ball penetrating his;
brain, causing instant death. - g
Senator Gonger and Mr.. Cutcheon 81
Michigun have presented to the presii.
dent the papers Of Col. Lonnsbury fol
the govern0rship Of Dakota. s 3$5S
The grand jury at Wahpeton returned
twenty-six indictments, among them
several charging wheat stealing. ia.
cob and Isaac Learson and Louis Knud-
son werB convicted on the latter charge,
a horse, buggy and harness belong
ing to y P. Webb, in all worth 1900,
were stolen from the Methodist church
at Huron. Suspicion rests on boy
who had been in Jail there long time.
but gave the deputy sheriff the slip q.
few days since. i;,Sss! 4.
AS the steamer Grandin was descend
ing the Red river man named Bucller.
q laborer working near Holy Cross, fell
off the steamboat and persisted The
boat was stopped, but no trace Of him
could be found. The body was not re-
covered. Is s p n ~.
At Salem Last fall Peter Fideler at
tempted to shoot John Norton. The
jury, after being ont th.rty-one hours,
returned verdict Of assault. Peter
was sentenced 70 thirty days in jail and
pay the costs Of prosecution, amounting
to $157. so. The verdict causes much
indignation among the people in that
vicinity The Salem Register saws.
ashonld Fiddler ever attempt to live ia
Nice Cook county We would like to take
out q big insurance risk on his life.
The new court house al Wapheton Il
now occupied. II il large and conveni-
emit. 4. l}3 III
Robert +. Sinclair, paper hanger and
house decorator at Fargo, has deserted
his wife, who is II straigh tened circum.
stances. 's,:si
Deputy Sheriff John Lowell was en-
gagged to be married TO Miss Ida Lnwton
Of Washington Springs, on the 80 ult.,
but 9 few days ago the family were.
with diphtheria, and as none 81
the neighbors would come near, being
afraid Of taking the disease, Lowell at
tended the family, and was compelled