The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-12-25
DAKOTA. TER EDITORIAL NEWS

Bismarck, died at Medora. + lgEs'
r. Sphinx county, Oak, must pay the
piper to the tune Of at least $4,000. n
okoboji will soon have 4 Arat.olass.
Touring mill, the first in sulIy county,
The town Of Fountain, in Brookings:
county, had two deaths from smallpox
recently. VIII
During the past year Devils Lake
has invested $s5, 1856 in buildings and
improvement s,4 ;s3 81
Building improvements in Madison
the past year totaled forty three new.
buildings costing $3.50 900. d ..$Ss.5
Petitions are circulating OF Huron,
and vicinity asking the legislature to
grant woman suffrage. f5s.f5 ! S3s 81.
Capt. Isaac Stockweh, an old and
prominent citizen Of Yankton, died in.
that city from the effects Of q cancer. .5.
Hank Lewis, charged with the murder
Of City Marshal Pierce Of Mitchell has
been granted q change Of venue to Au..
rora county. .!5s 81.
Stahls hotel, Neohe, burned and sew
sral railroad men who were staying there,
over night had marrow escape from be-
ing burned to death. .ls;5; 4. 5.:;S
A recent fire in jamestown destroyed:
property to the amount Of $1,000, and
not $l8 900, as at first reported which
was largely covered by insurance. 4
Among tie prominent candidates for,
for speaker Of the next house are Mark
Ward, of Mitchell, Williams Of Bis
marcls, and Martin Of the Black Hills.
Ex-Vice President Colfax will deliver
an Grafton at the sixty sixth anniversary
celebration to be held by the Odd Eel.
lows of South Dakota, in Huron, on
Monday, April 81. Y s5;.t
Business at the United States land
office in WATERFOWL has materially in.
creased of late, SO the officials state, in
The line oflcontesting, cancellations and
original filings. .3 . 5$3
Holabird, on the Dakota division of
che Northwestern, and Porterville, Wis,
on the Chippeway Valley division Of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul, have been made
regular stations. :: Il .ss$s :5 Sc
z. Thompson, E. Estenson, J. y:
Gunderson, s. o. Henjum and J. W.
Walters were arrested for removing.
stone from school section at Dell Rap
ids, and taken to Yankton.
Capt. Rockwell of Fort Lincoln has
been appointed chief ordnance officer
Of the department Of Dakota, vice CAPS
lain Bennett who goes to Washington
IS inspector Of rifle practice. Il.
a deputy United States marshal at-s
tempted to arrest Lean Elk. Red Shirt
and other Indians. at Cheyenne agency,
for horse stealing but Agent Swan re-
fused to give up, the redskins.
The well known Towner farm, near
Mapes, comprising Z. 24O acres, !, 900 81
which is brok and upon which ther.$
are some frst-class buildings, was pnr.
chased ;by John s. Sinclair. y sootcl
capitalist. =. 3 .3.
Claus Slegiman, formerly agent o.
the st. Paul hary ester works at Andov!s
d, has been convicted Of robbing:
George Humphrey 81 $1O3, the money
being found under the floor Of Slegis
mans claim shanty. s
Ell. Travis, formerly agent Of the.
;Gilmer 8 Salisbury stages, Of the; Fort
Benton steamer line,s while suffering.
from mania potn at Deadwood, attempt
ed to kill himself with knife. Travis.
had been sheriff Of Lincoln county,
New, but lost friends and standing;
through gambling s. 3.s
The Episcopal Indian women Of; Elan.
arau have established 8 guild on the
sewing society plan. They not only.
manufacture fancy articles with the nee
die, but make pipes, ornaments Of
pipestone and retail the latest gossip,
according to the most approved fashion.
Of their white sisters. Z Is
Robert Earl, Of Howard, was arrest
ed and pleaded guilty Of adultery with
the wife Of James Otter, formerly Of
Grand Meadow, Mower county, MINI,
Mrs. Otter was recently adjudged in
sane, and is the mother Of d large
family, some Of them grown to manhood
and womanhood: t535
yA board Of officers has been apppoint-;
ed at each Of the posts Of Fort Magin-
mis-, A. Lincoln, Meade, Totten, Ran;
dali, Ellis. Bonnet and Psmbina to- ex.
anime and report upon the qualiaca.
tions Of enlisted mon sfor appointment
asSpost quartermastsr sergeants. The;
pay and allowanc es which attach 10 lie
position q post quart ermaster sergeant
make Il very desirable one, and the
appointment is much sought after BY
those who consider themse eligible.
Edmund Hackett, the husband Of the
woman who mpted suicide BY cutting
her throat with q butcher knife at MIN