Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-06
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NORTHERN DAKOTA.

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Lisbon.
Fargo has fire alarm system in good
working order.
The city council Of Lisbon has no reg
ular meeting place.
lgnatius Donnelly will crate at Grand
Forks on st Patrick's. day.
A large colony Of Germans will settle
in Dickey county in the spring.
The married ladies of Larimore have
challenged their husbands to spelling
match.
Buxton, in Trail county, is eadly in
need of arst class lawyer and a good
physician.
The thermometer went down to twenty.
five below zero in Dickey county last
Wednesday night. =,
The jamestown Alert has enlarged to
it's former size, an increase of advertising
making it necessary.
The Wahpeton Ciderkranz, singing
society. has been organized by mum.
ber of Watertown Germans.
There is some talk of establishing q
second paper at LaMoure in which event
the Progress will start daily.
The Fargo authorities have been as.
sessing fine of 500 each on keepers Of
gambling houses and houses of prostitu-
ton.
Anthony Klee, living near Wabpeton,
recently lost his dwelling house, furni.
ture and several hundred bushels of
wheat. by fire.
A man named Hugh Weir, had the
misfortune to fall and break his leg,
while skating in the Casselton roller rink
not long ago.
Two men have escaped from the Grand
Forks jail. They were Fred Gilbert,
confined for highway robbery, and Olson,
for horse stealing.
Scarlet fever has appeared at Larimore
and the board of health thought best to
close the schools and churches to pre-.
vent the spread of it.
3 A. Parkhurt, real estate dealer OF
Grand Forks, has been arrested on o
charge Of bigamy. Bail in the sum OF
$1,000 has been furnished.
La Moure Progress: The blockade
still continues No train since Jan. End.
This will be kept standing till the rail.
road whistle is heard once more.
The residents of tho half-breed camp,
fifty'mlles- south of Dickinson, are re-
ported in destitute condition, and
several are said to have died from
starvation
The assessed valuation of Stutsman
county is $2.9l7697.46, divided as fol-
lows: Personal property, ss41,75l.s1;
real estate, s., ,675, 1926; town lots, $780,
2l3.O5. The population ls estimated at
$500.
Bismarck Tribune: The Dakota terri.
torlal seal is neither artistic or appropri-
ate, and new one should be adopted.
The Governors Guards intended having
itstamped upon the buttons on their new
uniform, but will select some other de.
sign.
The Mandan Pioneer says: Capt.
Marratta of Bismarck was in town yes
terday. He has lately returned from the
newly discovered Ceur d'Alene mines
in northern idaho, and reports city OF
canvas at the mines. where the greatest
excitement and activity prevails. Capt.
Maratta will return to Rathmoth in a
few days, taking with him Mr.. Custer Of
the capital. and together they will open
hardware and tin store at the first
named place, which even now boasts q
daily newspaper.
VIM. Ball, notorious tough of Nc.
Pherson county, was shot dead the 9th
by VIM. Austin under the following cir
cumstances: Ball went to neighbor's
and boasted he would that day have
three dollars Austin owed him, then pro-
ceeded to Austin's house and threatened
to kill Austin if payment was refused.
Ball seized a shotgun, which, having no
ca ps on, failed to go off, pointed the
same at Austin and snapped the trigger
several times, then attacked Austin with
q butcher knife, cutting through his
clothes and scratching his breast. Austin |
seized eelf-cocking revolver, and fred
five bullets through Ball. This is
Austin's statement. There we're no eye
witnesses. Austin has been considered as
a quiet, straightforward fellow, whereas
Ball has always borne the reputation oi
q desperado. Austin surredered him
self.