The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1884-11-15

Mr.. Adams, manager of the Yer
mont Cattle company, whose range is
south of here, was in town this week
on business. This company repre-.
sents capital of $l,0OO,OOO.
We have stated before and see no
reason to change our opinion that
eventually all the Black Hills freight
coming over the Northern Pacific
will he shipped from Dickinson.
The freighters still all claim that the
Dickinson route is the best.
A communication from George
Auld to the Bismarck journal and
intended as boom for the peoples
ticket in this county was ''crowded
out of the journal" the week before
election, but appeared the week after.
Wonder if Mr.. Aud was stricked!"
The jamestown Capital says that
Barney McGee is now conductor of
the Jamestown Northern passenger
accommodation. Mr.. McGee is popu-
lar wherever he goes and will prove
SO in his new capacity" He is we'll
known by the railroad men on this
division who will be glad to hear of
his success.
Z. E. Ball, surgeon dentist, of Man
dan, will be at the office of DR.. V. II.
Stickney, in Dickinson, Monday and
Tuesday, November 18th and 18th,
prepared to extract, fill and take i'm.
preSsions for teeth. Mr.. Ball is a
graduate of the Ohio Dental College
at Cincinnati, and thoroughly under
stand his calling.
A Mandan merchant, pointing to a
very fine line of goods that he had
recently received from the east said
that they were in demand "but' add
ed he "people don't know that l have
got them unless l advertise them. :"
1t does not pay to be the great UNI
known in business. Folks look to the
newspaper for facts nowadays, es-
pecially in the west.-PiOneer.
The machinery department of the
Worlds Exposition is already some.
thing immense. Every sort of labor
saving appliance will he shown. To
drive this vast number of engines.
lines of shafting nearly quarter of Il
mile long have been put up. The
force required is equal to 1900 horse
power, more than double that in use
ut the Philadelphia Centennial.
At Wheatland, Cass county. excav.
ators discovered the remains of a
huge animal that was buried nine
feet under the ground. Railroad
workmen are getting out gravel at
the gravel pit near the water tank,
and were surprised to find large
bone ilnbedded in the solid clay be.
low the gravel bed. Upon investiga.
tion other bones were found. One
tusk measured eleven in length and
six inches in diameter near the small
end, and some of the teeth were at
least four feet long. One man was
offered $25 for a tooth, but declined
to sell it.
The preliminary examination Of
Rev. H. B. Schaffner, who was ar
rested on the charge of assault with
a deadly weapon, hatchet, was had
before Justice Bissell, of Gladstone,
last Monday and resulted in his being
bound over in the sum of $1,000.
The charge was preferred by Henry
Simons, upon whom the assault was
alleged to have been made. The Rev.
furnished the necessary bond and
was released. He claims that the
charge is false. The trouble arose
from the fact that Mr.. Simons took
up a COW for trespass belonging to
Rev. Schatfner, who went after his
COW and dispute arose which ter
minated as shove. The affair is an
unfortunate one for all those inter
ested.
The Gladstone correspondent of
the Mandan Pioneer says:
J. +. Perry is building extensive
stables for his herd Of young cattle,
although the probabilities are that
they will rustic all right, but it is bet
ter to be on the safe side even in this
country where cattle on the average
do we'll enough without fodder or
shelter.
Election passed by quietly enough
and resulted in the election of the
entire citizens ticket which means a
decided triumph for Dickinson as
they received a majority of the votes
cast for county seat as well as getting
most of the Offices. This is just what
l predicted, and to any man in his
senses it could not be otherwise.
The scheme to divide the three
counties of Morton, Stark and Bill
lings so us to secure to Glenullin and
Dickinson the county seats, has so
far resulted to those interested better
than could have been expected, but l
do not believe that the ambitious
little hamlet of Glenullin will sue
ceed in getting slice from the coun.
ties of Morton and Stark and securing