The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1884-02-02

A new billiard table has been put
in the Dickinson Sample Rooms; best
place i'll town for a game of billiards
or pin pool.
A. Nordberg, of Richardton, was
here Monday settling up the taxes of
c. B. Richard & Co., the owners Of
the town site of Richardton.
II. r. Lyon and L. n. Cary. prom
inent business men of Mandan, were
here Monday settling up their taxes
with the county treasurer.
r. T. Wright has re.modeled and
enlarged his sample room and other
wise improved his place. He has al
so placed a large and handsome mir
ror behind the bar.
Several tons of freight for Star &
Bullock, one of the leading firms of
Deadwood, has arrived here over the
Northern Pacific and is awaiting the
arrival of teams for transportation to
that place.
Some wag started the report one
day this week that Jay Gould would
come over the road with the pay car
and pay off in gold. The boys were
happy; but their faces heightened
somewhat when they found it was u
Goul-darnel sell.
Most of the population of Dickin-
son may prepare to move to ManIlan
about the first Of May, as the district
court opens there at about that time
and several cases are dockete,l from
this place.
y shoemaker with small capital
can secure bargain for q complete
shoelnaker's outfit. There is Il good
opening here for this business.
Reason for selling, poor health. ADJ
dress S. B. jackson.
Davis 4 Fowler announce great
slaughter in the prices of buffalo
coats, lined duck goods, fur caps
and blankets to close out their i'm
mense stock. Now is the time to Sc
cure the best bargains ever before
offered in any of the above goods.
Call and examine them. Remember
the goods are to be sold ut cost for
cash.
VIM. Moore deserves much credit
for his untiring energy and zeal in
securing for Dickinson the Black
Hills freight line. 1t was largely
through his efforts that the line was
established. 1t will be operated by
the Dickinson & Deadwood Trans
portation Company with Mr.. Moore
as transportation agent at this place.
The advertisement Of the company
appears in this issue.
a magnificent mirage was viewed
hereabouts Sunday forenoon, when
one could stand on the Palace walk
and look over intervening bluffs and
plainly discern the Sheyenne timber,
some two hundred feet below oul
level and about fourteen miles from
town. 1t WIS a most beautiful optic
al illusion and well worth going {;
long distance to experience. Houses
eight to ten miles away seemed with.
in a few rods Neutrality-suspicious.
Courier.
Robert Valentine, an old and well
known brakeman between here and
Glendive, died at the latter place last
Saturday from an overdose of NOR.
phine. He was discovered by the
conductor and a brakeman in the ca
boose on Saturday morning in co.
matose state from which all efforts to
arouse him proved umavailing. a
physician was summoned and the un.
fortunate man taken to the hotel, but
the deadly drug had already done its
work and he died a few hours after.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that death was caused by all over.
dose of morphine taken by his own
hand. 1t is not thought that he took
it with suicidal intent, but to cause
sleep and not being used to it took an
overdose. ''Bob," as he was famili.
arly called, was quiet, inoffelsive
man and well liked by all who knew
him. The remains were inferred at
Glendive OH Monday. He owned con-
siderable property in Glendive and
Wisconsin, and leaves two sisters in
that state to mourn his loss.
Dickinson and Deadwood to be Con-
nectcd by Stage Line.
AS soon as the proper arrange
ments are completed stage and ex.
press line is to be put OIL between
this point and Deadwood. 1t will be
under the management of a. b. Ag.
no, a man who has had much expe-
rience in the business and one who
will push the new enterprise to sure
success. He has already ordered a
number of the celebrated Concord
coaches for the line, and we may ex.
pect large share of the Black Hills
travel to come via Dickinson as soon
as the line is in running order. The
stage and freight lines taken together
will do great deal for our already
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