The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-09-26
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,, gay O1sA w: - essAS PS1a toHCldty con-
tains 80 prisoners.
The district court will convene at
Grand Forks, Novembersl1
The. e.f0ur.story pork packing house
at Yankton is about completed.
Over 1000, 900 bushels Of flax was
harvested in Dakota this season. Il
Ole Swanson was killed by light
ming the other day near Casseltor.
The Bismarck Journal is to be,is-
sued daily from the 1st of October.
The St. Lawrence roller mills, are
manufacturing 100 barrels of flour
daily.
Fielder, the new town of Hughes
county, has newspaper called the
Times.
r. r. Hughes of Sykeston, had
his hand badly mashed in self
binder.
"My Partner will be performed
by the local Thespians of Huron at
S"UOA oOWHs .iFs''- 's
The Fargo Broadaxe has changed
hands again. The undertaken is
reaching out for it.
The new Fargo Southern road
showed it's enterprise by running a
special train to Pierre.
The finishing touches are being
put on the North Dakota insane
hospital at jamestown.
Henry Wells was arrested at
Grand Forks for burglaring store
at Postville, Nwa, last spring.
John Bauman has been arrested
in Turner county for numerically
beating his 9-year-eld daughter.
A severe storm occurred at Hick-
son last Saturday night, damaging
such wheat as remained in shock.
Sunday night safe breakers inef-
fectually attempted to blow open
the safe of Mr.. Fairfield of Fargo.
Another shortage of $1,985 has
been discovered in the Barnes coun-
ty embezzling treasurer's accounts.
Yankton county will loan $1,000 to
aid Commissioner Mckenzie in ar
ranging for the New Orleans expo
sition.
John Murphy, a young man work
ing near Larimore, had and arm
torn off in the belt of a threshing
machine.
A prairie fire destroyed W. w.
Wade's house and out buildings
stored with grain, and Will Davis
barn at Huron.
Thafbody of Dennis Dancrault, a
Canadian aged IS, was found in
Whitewood creek near Deadwood.
1t is supposed he fell in while in
toxicated.
Ellendale is to have a fine roller
skating rink. There is hardly IL
town of 500 people in Dakota that
has not one of these popular places
of amusement.
"A califlower is in Carpenter &
Cary's Office, grown at Ft. Lincoln,
over four feet in circum-
ference. The seed was sown on the
18th of July.
Col. Steele's farm, Steele, in Kid
der county, will send to the New Or
leans exposition a turnip that bal
ances the scales at II pounds, ,1M is
36 inches in circumference.
Some thif veins of coal have been
strucki in sinking wells at Park river
in Walsh county. 1t is thought that
some thick enough to work profit
ably will be struck lower down.
Willie Sitting Bull is raking in
rocks by showing himself throughout
the country, the Indians at Standing
Rock have thrashed all their oats
with yield of 60 bushels to Che
acre. ...
The Indian boys at the farm school
at Standing Rock sent a sample beet
to the Bismarck Tribune, accompan-
led by atpostal card saying: "We
have aT acre like this; can any
white boy Of 16 years "beet" it
Governor Pierce meets with a
warm reception wherever he goes in
South Dakota. The different local
tiles vie with each other in paying
the honor and respect due him as
the chief executive of the territory.
What are termed the "bad lands'
of Dakota wstsef the Missouri riv-
er are turniff BAt to be an Ell Dora
do for stock5 hat country, valued
at $1,O00,OO& lie country furnish
es ampler slfe and not above 2
per cent. of ktock has been lost
from all eaus
NJ. W4d Ike Jail at Valley
Springs, iShQ night, by saving
the bars romS4fis cell window. He
was under arrest, charged with the
robbery of the Northen Pacific rail-
road company's Office. 1t Oriska. lie
alb telegraphed fol = sorder from
the Security Bank Oh epolis to
the First National VALLEY
City, but failed tosgs ney on
it,, ssNS Aaa;
Gov. Pierce was aappeaia 10 Ia
protection by thesrecipiensof Tug
following letter, badly frIg y
German farmer gt Stark eal ss;
whose @'testiNony ON the witness
stand at f&te trial is supposed to
have instigated it: Warning to j.
Holler. Dickinson, July l3-You
are hereby warned that if you do
not leave Dickinson and Stark Co.
within 20 days from this date you
will be taken from your house at
night by u body of masked men and