The Dickinson press., 1884-10-04


and large number of ladies and gentlemen
Much satisfaction is felt at the success of the
first meeting of the church convocation and
the prospects of the denomination in North
Dakota
Canton enthused over the nomina-
ton of Judge Clifford.
The bank of Dakota at Mitchell has
assigned to facilitate its collections.
Fred Walters is confined in the city
lookup at Aberdeen, charged with the
forgery Of grain tickets on II. M. Pratt
& Co.
Casper Drilling, a well-known resi-
dent Of Salem, has been arrested for
breaking into and robbing freight car.
In default of bail he was sent to the
Sioux Falls Jail.
The Fargo carriage works were burn
ed. Loss, 800
The wheat being threshed in Walsh
county averages from twenty-six to
forty bushels per acre.
Jacob Burfend. living near Hudson,
Dickey county was killed by the acciden-
tai discharge of his gun while hunting.
Edmund Yorsted, living near woon-
socket, accidentally shot himself
while hunting, dying in few hours.
Mrs. Jane semple died at Yankton,
aged ninety-four years. She leaves
husband who is ninety one years old.
John Cuthbertson of st. Lawrence
has already bought and shipped over g.
900 bushels of fax seed this season.
w. r. Ruggles, clerk of the district
court of Edmunds county, has just been
held in $1,000 bail for falsifying his
records. The cause therefor was
small matter of $50 which concerned
himself.
The Deadwood Times denies the re-
port that the Texas fever has broken
out among Black Hills cattle. The
Times says that there has been no indi-
cation of the disease north of the Platte.
The boiler of steam thresher explo-
ded at Wahpeton, throwing pieces half
a mile, but injuring no one.
The Mitchell band took tho first
prize at the Watertown tournament;
Huron second and Ashton third.
In o personal encounter between
John, Robert anh Joseph Campbell,
brothers, at Yankton, Robert was
stabbed by John, receiving injuries
from which he may die.
La Moure county has paid premium
on 1887 gophers since the premium
was offered some months ago, amount
ing to 1864.
A boy twelve years old, named Err
nest Boyer, was terribly gored by
bull in Bon Homme. county. The horn
entered the boys neck, and passing up
ward passed through the roof Of his
mouth. It was thought that the wound
would not prove fatal.
r. F. Salmon, jewelry dealer at
Pierre, has been in dabt to Lapp &
Flescham of Chicago, some time, and
recently his entire stock was seized un-
der chattel mortgage for 1920.
new bank is to be established at
Jamestown, incorporated under the
of Stutsman County bank. with capital
stock of $4,000. The gentlemen COM
posing the firm are William Larabee,
g. l.. Raymond and A. J. Feezer of
Clermont, Iowa.
The bank of Dakota at Mitchell sus-
pended temporarily. Liabilities, &c.
600; resources, $25, 1000. It is under
stood that the suspension is only to en-
able the bank to collect its account, and
business will be resumed in sixty days,
If not sooner.
Fire at Michel, OAK, consumed a
l-story wagon shop, owned by John
Quirk, and occupied by G. G. Bolton.
Some paints, varnishes, ETC., were also
destroyed. Loss, $500; no insurance.
The fire was accidental.
The fax market at Valley Springs is
lively, and farmers are jubilant over
their crops. The yield averages eigh-
teen bushels to the acre, and not few
have reached as high as twenty-th three
bushels to the acre. The warehouses
are being taxed to their utmost in VAL
ley Springs, while reports from the
surrounding country are very encours
aging: The prices paid for fax has
varied from 81 to $1.O8, and holds firm
at $1.05.