Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-05-21

have been set out at Sims this season.
Nearly three thousand acres are in
crop on the Sykes farm, in La Moure
county.
The most noticeable absent features
in north Dakota, it is said, are vegetable
gardens.
The acreage of all crops in Grand
Forks county has been increased twenty
five per cent.
r. E. Wallace, of jamestown, is build
ing summer residence on the shores of
Lake Spiritwood.
Air. Ed. Dawson, editor of the Valley
City Record.was lately elected city
clerk of that town.
Crop prospects in Walsh county we're
never better. Seventy five per cent. of
the seeding is done.
The Grand Forks dramatic club pre-.
ssnted "Miraldi" to delighted audience
one night last week.
Six grading machines are at work near
Sargent, in Sargent county, covering
aooat IOuF miles per day.
One hundred and sixty-one car loads
OF freight passed west over the Northern
Pacific in one day last week.
Min, the preacher actor, played Ham.
let and Macbeth in Fargo last week, and
scored triumphs each time.
H.J. Curtis, station agent at Sanborn,
has been given charge of the Northern
Pacific freight business at Fargo.
Matthias Wambach, an old resident
OF Cass county. died very suddenly on
his farm near Fargo, last week.
1t is claimed that no part of north
Dakota can point to any better crop.
prospects than that of the Elk valley.
Fargo's city council has cut down the
pay of the police force and added the cut
down to the salary of the city attorney.
The entire male population of Hope
are arranging for grand gopher hunt,
for determination purposes and for fun.
The West End News has suspended
and turned over its subscription list and
good will to the Minnewaukan Siftines.
There are twenty-five fire companies
in north Dakota, all of which are ex-
pected to be represented at Fargo, June
5th.
Larimore expects to have new mill,
new bank, new church, new elevator
and plenty of new residences, this sea.
son.
The La Moure Progress condemns
the action of the county commissioners,
in contracting to pay over $4,000 for two
jail cells.
j. Q. Warnock, of the jamestown
Alert, is one of the most able, practical
and dignifed newspaper writer's in the
territory.
A citizen of Larimore has donated
enough trees to the public school grounds
SO that every pupil in the schools may
plant one tree.
Commander Free, of the department
of Dakota. has appointed Postmaster
Tyner, of Fargo, assistant inspector gen.
eral on his staff.
The city of Mandan is talking of
putting in the Holly system of water
works at an expense of $4,000. The
Pioneer objects.
-Four brothers, named Parker, and their
families, about twenty people in all, have
recently settled in Ramsey county. They
are from New York.
+. ID. Remington, rising young at.
torney of Valley City, will be a candidate
for legislative honors from Barnes coun.
ty, the coming fall.
Will Heffron, near Larimore, received
serious injuries from the explosion of a
gun, the other day, from which he is suf-
feripg untold agonies.
Small quantities of gold have recently
been found around Bismarck, and the
Tribune says the most interesting relics
abound in large quantities.
VIM. Foster, of Pemblna county, has
set out ten thousand young trees this
spring and several hundred 9ooseberry,
currant and raspberry bushes.
Twenty.eight thousand ceres of wheat
have been sown this year on the Dalrym.
pie farm and seeding finished three
weeks earlier than last year.
The people living in the neighborhood
of Willow lake, Steele county, have pc.
titloned for postoftice to be located at
that point to be called Northrup.
A transfer Of forty acres of land stu
ated in the city limits of Grand Forks,
was recently consummated, the consid.
GRAFTON heing little over $500 per acre.
The Mandan Pioneer believes that in
ten years there will be 1900 to 1000 in.
habitants in every young town on the
line Of the Northern Pacific in west Da,
kota.
The Barnes county farmers are put
ting twice the amount Of work on thei,
land that they have formerly done. and
I . moro abundant crop 10 expected, ~