The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1884-07-05
The Medora Route Abandoned.

sIaIlilg IllaC u. Il. Bramble publicly
announced, few days since, at a
meeting of the shippers association,
that he intended to abandon the Me.
dora freight route and would locate
east of Medora, whether at Dickinson
or Belfield we have not learned. We
have always contended that the Me-
dora route was impracticable and
the abandonment of it by Mr.. Bram-
ble, after fair trial proves our asser.
tions. Teams have been three weeks
making the trip one way from that
point. Lieut.. Varnum says that the
Dickinson route is far the best of the
three routes that he has surveyed
and will so report to headquarters.
A post of the Grand Army of the
Republic has been formed at James.
town.
Beckett & Foote are doing large
business handling buffalo bones.
During the past week they have re.
celved over seventy.fve tons.
Arrangements are now completed
and stages will be running on the
Medora and Deadwood line in two
weeks" This item has appeared in
the Bad Lands Cow Boy almost every
week for the past two months.
Mark it If. Bro. Packard.
One hundred and twenty fine blood
ed bulls were unloaded here Thurs
day for Hughes & Simpson. This is
one of the largest cattle firms in the
Northwest and they intend to i'm
prove their herds by breeding high
grade stock. The bulls were pur.
chased in Missouri.
Life is full of disappointments.
We recently offered to cure bad
case of rheumatism for years sub.
scription in advance, but just as we
were on the point of lifting the shek-
els, a sympathizing friend suggested
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, and
the money and the patient vanished
instanter.
During the storm early Monday
morning the residence of d. l. Bailey
was struck by lightning. Mr.. Bailey
and his son Earl were very badly
shocked and unable to speak for some
time. The lightning made three
holes in the ceiling but did not dam
age the house to any great extent.
Lake Park Hotel, Lake Minnetonka,
the delightful summer resort on the
banks Of Lake Minnetonka, with fire.
quent trains by the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad to Minneapolis and
st. Paul, has been reftted and put in
thoroughly first class condition, and
was opened for the season Saturday,
June 2lst, 1884, under the manage
ment of Mr.. G. w. Mcintyre.
One of the papers figures the mat
ter this way: "Dakota has more post
Offices than Massachusetts,, more
newspapers than Maine, more rich
land than all New England, and more
population than five of the smallest
eastern states combined, and has one
representative in congress and that
one virtually without power. These
five small eastern states have ten SELL
ators and proportionate number of
members of the lower house of con-
gress. The only representative of
Dakota has no vote in the house, but
may speak on any matter of interest
to his constituents.
Reckless shooting on the streets at
night should be stopped before it re-
suits in the injury or death of some
one, as it is liable to do if continued.
The persons who amused themselves
Thursday night by shooting through
signs and anything else that came in
their way should be punished if
found out. One shot was fired
through Gurley & Vinton's store room
which passed through their desk and
broke glass out of the postotfice
boxes. Mr.. Gurley had left the desk
but short time before which proba-
bly, saved him from being hit by the
ball. Strangers coming to our town
will not be very favorably impressed
if such things are allowed and will
go away with bad reports about the
place. While this shooting may all
be done for "fun" it might result in
the accidental killing of some one
and then it would not be so funny.
For the benefit of those who find
pleasure in this reckless shooting we
will quote the law. Section 495 of
the penal code, reads as follows:
Any person who wilfully discharges
any species of firearms, airgun or
other weapon, or throws any other
missile in any public place, or in any
place where there is any person to be
endangered thereby, although no in
jury to any person shall ensue, is
guilty of a misdemeanor.
And Section IA, reads:
Except in cases where a different
punishment is prescribed by this
code, or by some existing provision
of law, every offense declared to be
II misdemean0r is punishable by inn
prisonment in a county Jail not ex-
ceeding one year, or by a fine not ex-