The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-19
DlKoTl TERRITORIAL NEWS,


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Warrington Specialize IL understood TIA.
ths report made lassmonth By sx- Congressman
botalsr and District Attorney Haight Of Geor.
GA in The matter Of the charges hled in the
attorney generals once By Gov. Ordway
akatnM District Attorney Campbell Of Dakota,
N1s adyerse 70 Campbell. and sustained Gov.
Ordway'sspscihcaton Of malicious prosecu-
uon and reckless and unnecessary expsndi-
tqrs Of public moneys and for that purpose.
AessrA Botaler and Haight went over the mat
| Tor N Yankton, and collected . great deal OF
evidence Their report fills 800 pages At
| tosney General Brewster went over this evi-
dence Thoroughly, e we'll as the digest Of II
lips. The matter has, therefore, received the
special personal attention Of the attorney gen
eral, and his endorsement will undoubtedly bs
soesd upon By tho president
Willie Flanagan Of Ysnkton, who,
some weeks since, was kicked by mule
has died from his injuries.
| Armstrong Of Huron believes his
brother to be the victim Of bad Com
panions.
Bismarck hotels will board legisla.
tors at 414 per week.
Charles Wagner, . butcher Of How
/ ard. mortgaged property which he did
not own, on which he secured several
hundred dollars from Kendall Broth
ers, and left the country.
A wealthy English company is nego-
tiating for the purchase Of number Of
tin mines in Custer county.
The Homestake mine produced $685.
600 the first half of November.
By 80 majority Huron voted to in
crease the bonded Indebtedness of the
city to $4,000 to pay outstanding in
debtedness incurred in establishing the
waterworks.
The Madison Sentinel says Walker
B. Smith has given dozens of chattel
mortgages on property that he did not
own and decamped, leaving his credit
ors to mourn to the amount Of between
5000 and 5000.
There are now eleven counties in
Southwestern Dakota which do not
grant saloon licenses, and after the LIST
of January the number will be increased
to fifteen or sixteen.
The voting population Of the city Of
Deadwood, has decreased one half with
in the past four years. The vote Of
Lawrence county entire has decreased
nearly 400 during the same time, but
is 200 more than in 1852.
A call has been issued for meeting
ofdelegates from every farmers alliance,
grange or farmers association of any
kind Whatever in Dakota, to meet at Hu-
ron on Friday, Dec. 10, for the purpose
of instituting territorial organization.
A sensation has been caused by the
simmons of q large number of Hyde
county citizens to testify before the
grand jury at Yankton regarding the
title to a much advertised town site.
Hon. E. P. Wells has resigned the
presidency of the James River National
bank at jamestown, and is succeeded
by George R. Toplif.
A. J. Gibbs of Diana who was lately
acquitted at tho United States court for
forging land Office papers, has been re-
arrested on the charge of forging other
land Office papers.
Mrs. Ida Cook Of Brookings is in
search Of her eleven-year-old son,
whom, she alleges, was taken to Brook
ings by his grandmother some time ago
since which time all traces of his where
abouts have been lost.
A boy named McCune of Gordon
Prairie tied the halter of COW he waa
leading around his waist, the animal
ran and dragged the boy to his death.
At Frankfort, James Kelley, q four
teen-year-old boy, went into we'll fol-
. lost bucket and his brother Thomas,
Who was helping him, not receiving any
reply to his questions concluded some
thing was wrong and called his father,
and then descended on the rope.
Thomas was taken out exhausted and it
was some time before he recovered.
James was taken out dead.
Yankton jokers advertised Eli Per-
kins to lecture in the opera house, but
when he reached the hall, though bril-
liantly lighted, not soul was to he
seen. nor did any one come in during
the half hour the committee spent in
expressing its surprise to the great fab
ricator. Then they took him over to
market hall where packed house
greeted hin, with great laugh.
Wheaton Special to the Fargo Argus
A farmer named Lewis, who lived about
ten miles north of this place. was found
dead in his bed. He and his two sons
were in town, and left for nome consid-
erably intoxicated. The neighbors sus-
pect foul play, as the deceased had sew
eral quarrels with his sons. A piece
of bed quilt found stuffed in the mouth
Of the deceased gives color to the sus-
picion.
-A-ta cast over 5000 votes in the
NovenfDa election. This is more than
the vote of New Hampshire or Vermont.
1t is 10000 more than Rhode Island,
Delaware and Nevada combined; twice
- large as that of Colorado, and half as
large again as Oregon. Yet Dakota ia
not state.
w. F. Steele of Dakota, who
has been instrumental in inaueura.
ting the movement for legislation in
regard to wheat inspection, says the
Dakota legislature will ask confer