The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-08-08
Dakota xsrratorisl 1svs.
idder county paid e9Oo this season in gophes

Dakota 4srratoeaal 1svs.
Kidder county paid eaD0 this season in gophea
bounties
The Sioux Valley fair will be held 1t Sious
Falls Sept n, Is. and u
The salary Of tho postmaster At Mandan has
been raised from u loo to d 800 per annum
A new town is to be laidout at Thief rive,
by Mr.. Kralsschman, Of Red Lake Falls.
Smut in the wheat fields causes alarm in
Southern Dakota.
One thousand cords of wood were burned BY
an incendiary at brownsville, Black Hills
Dskota's G. A R meet at Yankton in Sen.
fember
statistician Baynes literally estima tes the
wheat yield Of Dakota at 20, 000, 600 bushela
George Gibbs, the victim Of Ansley's bullet
Ct bismarck, 10 still in . very precarious con.
Farmers elevators Are under construction
ct Argyle and Stephens on the Manitoba road
That at Angus u completed
Glendale has organized board Of trade with
fifty charter members.
r. G. Brophy Of Cooperstown, is nephew
of Gov. Cleveland.
J. p. Foster, one Of the pioneers Of Bismarck.
and the man who opened the first rest sursnt
in the place, dropped dead Of heart disease in
the street at Miles City.
II is reported that movement il on foot To
take forcible possession Of winnebago reserva.
ton, in Hughes county, and dispossess the In.
dians of the soil they claim.
In the central Black Hills the wild rsspberr,
cropis unusually heavy, the bushes throughout
large scope Of country bending beneath The
Reports from Milbank and Big Stone CITY. OF
she Hastings& Dakota road, say smut is appear
ing in many fields, and fears are entertained tina
it will spread
In one week recently forty seven government,
claims, amounting to 1850 acres, were filed or
at the United States land Office in Fargo anG
tina! proofs were made on thirty-six claims, OF
5, 100 acres.
Coal veins have been found near Yankton,
some two hundred feet down
Lieut. Chance Of Bismarck, WHO drew Sl5,
oO in lottery last winter, is in Europe.
Miss Rosa whalen, Misses Eliza and Rosa
McGill and Mr.. Whalen located on claims in
Buffalo county. Some newcomers attempted
i
build shanties on them When they were
finished, the young ladies harnessed mp their
horses, hitched chain round the shanties
and dragged them or
Rev. Nh. Allen Of Grand Forks preached on
the Ward trial verdict from the text, "And ]
saw the dead, both small and great, stand be.
fore God, and the books were opened"
F. Jay Haynes, the Northern Pacific photo
grapher, is now having built at Pullman, NJ.
an elegant operating car for his special WORK
on the line Of the road
The new hotel being built in Bismarck has
been named 'sThe Lamborn,n in honor OF
General Land Agent IAmborn, Of the North.
ern Pacific road
The sites have been selected for four new
warehouses and two new elevators, on the
Fargo Southern road, and two others are ye,
to be located The points chosen are Grace
vile, Abercrombie, Fairmont, Christine, Hick
son and Wild Rice. The contract has been
awarded to E. s. Tyler, who proposes to have
the buildings completed in time to receive this
seasons crop.
Mrs. G. A. Monchow was thrown from he,
riding pony at Bismarck, and her foot beins
caught in the stirrups she was dragged nearl,
. block. The horse rushed down street il,
frantic jumps, with Mrs. Monchow dragging
Beneath him, and it is miracle that she Va
not killed As it was, she received . fractured
shoulder, several gashee in the head and othel
bruises.
lady living few miles outside of Sheldon
came into town the other day very much worked
up on account of . saloon-keeper selling
liquor to her husband She marched up Ia
the saloon, and, at the point Of seven shooter,
ordered the keeper to close up his 'store, :
saying she had killed one saloon keeper and
would soon make him . At subject for boz
and picket fence He closed up his place
p. do.
The Fargo Hail Insurance company, which
went out Of business three years ago on &C.
count of the fact Of apparent immunity from
hail storms and consequent lack Of business,
is about to be reorganized with capital Of
$4,000
Judge Levisee has fled his decision in the
suit of Buttz va. Cotton, in regard to the Lis.
bon town site The decision is favorable to
Buttz.
Hon. Seward Smith, the new judge Of the
Fifth judicial district, arrived at Yankton. He
came to consult with Chief Justice Edgerton
and to qualify Is associate justice.
Mrs. Barker, living on farm near Casselton,
Cass county, applied for . warrant for the ar
rest Of Napoleon Guigras, who has been EN-.
ployed Is cook on her husbands farm Dur.
ing Mrs. Bakers absence, it is charged, Gut.
gras broke into her bedroom and appropriated
two diamond rings worth $500 and watch
worth 800. Guigras had bad record, having
formerly served . term in the penitentary fol
grand larceny. He is supposed to have hid.
den his plumber Mrs. Barker's husband was
absent ct the time Of the robbery
Brookins, Oak, Special: Boston, the cowboy
outlaw, who shot and killed Griffin at Elkton,
was arrested ct Pierre by Sheriff Comfort who,
Roddle, landed him in this place.
The complexion Of tho next territorial legis.
lature il the leading question in south Dako
tspoliics.
tits estimated that the crop on 10000 acres
about Tower city was destroyed by the late
storm.
There are ninety six students in the Vermil.
lion university, thirty nine Of them being
young ladies.
The Merchants bank Of Deadwood has de.
clared semi-annual dividend Of ton Dol
cent
A Change in Church sittings.
Philadelphia Enquirer.
A modern idea for making sinners
comfortable when they go to church il
advanced by q New York dealer in
church decorations and furnishings,