The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1884-07-26

AS an evidence of John Slatcher's
skill as workman he has received
from the leading grnsmith of Miles
City fine shotgun to be restocled.
A. B. McCombs, representing the
live stock commission house of Greg
ory, Cooley & Co., Chicago, is here
looking after the business of the firm.
"Jerry the Bum says the times
are sadly out of joint when one bum
will "strike'' another for grub. He
thinks such conduct very unprofes-
sional.
Samples of grain and vegetables for
exhibition at New Orleans and the
different state fairs is the best adver.
tisement that this county can send
east.
TIIRESHING. All parties having
grain to thresh are notified that w.
NJ. Grlrley has put in large thresh-
ing machine and will be prepared to
do their work satisfactorily.
The post-ot1ice has been removed
to the building recently fitted up on
Barnes street and Postmaster Auld
has put stock of harness, saddles
and brides in the front end of the
room.
The west half of 90, 14O, 90 is
offered for sale at $3.50 per acre. 1t
is only two miles from Dickinson.
Fine land. Office of Carpenter &
Cary, Mandan, Oak.
E. G. Wood, of Missouri, was at
Taylor recently looking up stock
range. He was we'll pleased with the
country and will return in a short
time with 500 head of cattle for the
range near there.
Farmers, gather your samples of
grain and vegetables, fix them up &C.
cording to directions published in
another column and send them to
n. G. Lawrence, who will pack and
ship them.
The bone gatherers occasionally
run across buffalo bones with Indian
arrow heads sticking in them. They
tell the tale of days gone by when the
red man chased the noble buffalo rln-
molested by the whites, and claimed
this us his hunting ground.
The effects of the heavy storm
which passed over southern Dakota
last Monday was felt here. 1t was
the hardest of the season although no
damage was done except the break
ing of few lights of glass in Ander-
sons saloon and IIersey's building.
Five coaches of excursionists,
members of the National Education
al Association, passed through here
OH Mondays west bound train. The
party will be gone about two months
on the trip, visiting the National
Park and Alaska before their return.
In the settlement of the estate of a
decedent recently in Mandan it was
decided to divide the estate equally
between the county officers, news
papers and lawyers. Estates are gen.
orally divided among the lawyers, but
this is the first case on record where
newspapers came in for share.
II. F. Merrill and Eli Smith have
formed partnership in the hotel
business, and J. V. Bowles is build
ing an addition to the Eagle house,
which will be used as billiard hall
with a fine bar in front. With this
addition and Smith & Merrill as land
lords the Eagle house will do rush.
ing business.
One single box of Parsons Purga-
tive Pills taken one each night will
make more new, rich blood than ten
dollars worth of any liquid blood
purifier now known. These pills will
change the blood in the entire system
in three months, taken one night.
On last Monday night horse thieves
entered the stable of Archibald Nor
ton, at South Heart and stole four
horses valued at $500. They gained
an entrance by prying up the boards
of the roof. AT the time there were
two men sleeping in the stable.
The loss is heavy one for Mr.. Nor
ton, who is left without team to do
his work. A party started in pur-
suit of the thieves who went north,
| but we have not learned the result.
A gentleman who has been west
for few days had some little talk
with parties at Dickinson, Belfield
and Nedora concerning the freight
route. Opinion is much divided at
these points as to the future of the
freighting business. At Little Mis-
souri, the inhabitants point to the
shed which has been erected for the
accommodation of the Black Hills
freight and to the mules stationed
there, ready to carry the merchan-
disc to the south. At Belfield the
folks comment on the ironclad con-
tract that they have got with firm
of freighters to take goods from that
point. While at Dickinson one is
shown the freight nqw lying there for
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