The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1884-07-26

Stark county, d. T., of which Dick
inson is the county seat, has an in
debtedness of $S22.21 and the total
amount of it's receipts were less than
$4,000. If Dawson county could lie
managed like that, what favorable
showing we would have.-Glendiye
Times.
John N. Simpson, manager of the
Hughes & Simpson and Continental
Cattle Companies, arrived here from
Dallas, Texas, last week and is busily
engaged in shipping stock to the east.
He made a shipment of 1000 head
this week and will ship from this
point $4,000 more during the season.
These companies are amongst the
largest in the country, owning over
100000 head of cattle. Mr.. Simpson
reports his cattle as in prime condi-
tion for market.
On Tuesday evening while return
ing from their claim in one horse
wagon, Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Smith, of
the Eagle Hotel, met with a serious
accident. While coming down hill
the horse became unmanagable and
ran away, throwing them both out of
the wagon. Mr.. Smith had his left
shoulder dislocated, but Mrs. Smith
was more unfortunate and received Il
severe fracture Of the neck of her
left thigh bone, which will conline
her for some time. After the acci-
dent she was compelled to lie on the
prairie for some time, until Mr..
Smith came to town and procured
assistance. Drs. Stickney and Nc
Donald reduced the fractures and
both are doing as we'll as could be ex-
pected under the circumstances.
Curiosities in the shape of an old
English muzzle loading Derringer
pistol and long butcher knife are on
exhibition at the store of Beckett &
Foote. They were found near the
head of Antelope creek by Eugene
Sullivan, who was out gathering buff.
alo bones and were lying beside a
bleached human skeleton, supposed
to have been an Indian. They are in
a good state of preservation, although
the wooden stock and handle are
somewhat decayed from long expos.
ure. The pistol is loaded and it's
owner probably fell by the hands OF
a foe where the remains were found.
The skeleton was loaded with the
buffalo bones and is now probably
i'll some fertilizing factory OF scat
tered over some eastern farm to en-
rich the soil.
One day, not many months since, q
lone and weary hunter might have
been seen vending his way over the
prairie. AS night approached clouds
began to gather in the western hori-
zon; darker and thicker they grew.
the lightning flashed, the thunder
rolled and all the elements seemed to
join each other to make the night
hideous. Darkness came on as the
hunter reached Rainy Buttes, where
he discovered large shelving rock,
under which he took refuge from the
storm and to rest his weary body.
1t was not long before he was peace
fully sleeping, all unconscious of the
raging storm without, but this was
not to last all night. Before morn
ing and while the moon shown out
from an open space between the
clouds in all it's brightness, he awoke
and to his surprise and terror saw the
grim form Of a skeleton in all it's
ghostly whiteness beside him. His
hair stood on end and it just took
that hunter about fifteen seconds to
straddle his broncho and dash out on.
to the prairie. When daylight came
it found him twenty miles from the
sheltering rock which now bears the
name of Skeleton Rock. The hunter
is still in this section but he always
stops at camp over night.
While almost all the towns between
Mandan and Glendive have suffered
from horse thieves, Dickinson has
been fortunate enough to escape thus
far, but the danger is great and raid
may be made on the town any night,
SO that it will be well for all who own
horses to keep sharp lookout over
them. That the country is alive with
horse thieves, cannot be denied, and
unless a check is put to their depre-
dations, not only will the losers of
horses suffer, but the whole country,
as settlers will hardly locate in a
country infested with this class of
men. A stop must be put to the busi.
ness OF the good results which would
have surely followed from the fine
crops this year will be checked by the
fear of horse thieves. The abundant
harvest is bound to attract the atten-
tion of settlers and eastern people
who would locate here, were it not
for the fear of these men, and it is,
therefore, to the interest of every
good citizen that the business be put
to an end at once. To do this an or
ganlZation of the citizens of Stark
county is necessary and such an or