The Dickinson press., 1884-12-13

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islature.
The Huron National bank has opened
for business with a capital of $50 900.
Lewis w. Hazen is president; John A.
Fowler, cashier; and John A. Shaw,
assistant.
A. j. Gibbs, on trial at Yankton for
dealing in bogus declaratory statements
was acquitted.
A turnip weighing sixteen pounds
and seven ounces were raised on sod
near Ipswich.
Rev. H. Swift, of st. Stephens mis-
sion, is erecting o new mission church
just north of Moreau.
The Continental hotel, Fargo, is tc
be rebuilt, brick, four stories, 1OOx14O.
Austin, tried at Columbia, for shoot
ing Mr.. Ball, wa acquitted.
A large herd of buffaloes is grazing
e Fairbank.
The barn and S., 1000 worth of grain
belonging to w. P. Smith of Wheat
land was totally destroyed by fire.
Partially insured.
At a meeting at Dawson a petition
was largely signed, addressed to the
Hon. Thomas Cobb, chairman of house
conn tHe on public lands, Washing
to-, u. o., the purport of which was as
follows:
The barn of W. P. Smith, six miles
north of Wheatland. Cass county, con-
tanning 5000 bushels of grain, was des-
stroyed by fire. There was an insur-
ance of about $500 on the barn and
grain.
j. NJ. Paulson, running a saloon in
Fargo, was arrested, it being alleged
that he set fire to his place of business,
having first secured the cash and other
valuables. He was seen to run out Of
the saloon, and shortly after the place
was found to be on fire.
M. o. Hexom, a farmer living neal
Hickson, Cass county, was killed by
team running away with him. He
leaves a wife and family. He was for
merly a member of the Minnesota legis-
%latnre, and was once q commissioner OF
of Cass county.
Advices from Clark county report a
hog epidemic that is destroying the ami
mails by the hundreds. The disease is
not a hog cholera, but o malady much
more offensive and just as fatal; it
seems to be a disease that effects the
blood Of the animals and poisons the
entire system, literally decaying them
to death.
The business men of Valley City, had
a mass meeting to consider the question
of legislation of freight rates on wheat
and alleged discrimination in favor o,
elevators. A committee was appointed
to investigate the subject.
An old lady of seventy years left
town to go to her home, four miles
southwest from Winthrop, since which
time nothing has been seen nor heard
of her, though diligent search has been
made. It is surmised that she became
lost, and wandered about on the prairie
until exhausted, when she sank down
and persisted.
James A. King, a farmer living six
miles west of Mimic, swore out q war
rant, for the arrest of s. H. Mott, wheat
inspector of the G. NJ. Brush elevator
at Mimic, on the charge of using false
weights and balances in weighing
wheat. Mott was convicted and fined
$25 and costs, amounting to 800.
The residence of J. s. Morrison,
Pleasant Valley, Black Hills, was burn
ed. Loss, 81, $50,
The Fargo Argus says: Mr.. Sprague
reached Fargo recently, and after break
fasting at the Headquarters hotel was
taken in charge by Deputy Gill Ames,
and is reported to have said that he was
on his way home when he heard of the
report that he had absconded. That he
voluntarily consented to return, and
came back as swift as steam could bring
him. Nh. Sprague admits that he had
collected some 81, 200, or 81, 800 for the
Northwestern Car company, a portion
of which ha had used; not with any
intention to defraud, however, it is be-
lieved, and he expects to make the
company good.
In the district court at Bismarck
Thomas w. Magill, defendant in the
Menoken homicide case, was put on the
stand and testified that he shot Bessey
in self-defense. He said Bessey made
for him with a heavy hammer and he
fired. He claims he only fired one shot
Intentionally, and that the second bar
rel of the gun was fred by mistake.
DIR. Galloway of Fargo testified as an
expert.
Sir: The undersigned, permanent
settlers upon government lands, and
citizens living in the Immediate vicinity
of Dawson, Oak, would respectfully