The Dickinson press., 1884-06-07

Geo. Auld and family arrived on
Wednesday from the east. Mr.. Auld
went us far as Chicago, where he
met his wife and children. They
have taken up their residence at Mr..
Auld's place south of town.
DIR. j. b. Mcdonald is making
preparations for the erection of an
other business house on Willard
street. When completed this will
make five business houses in town
owned 10y the doctor.
Dorr Clark, one of the bonanza cat
tie kings of Dakota. was in town Mon.
day awaiting the arrival of two hun.
dred bulls from the east for his ranch
on the Belle Fourche. lie will ship
from Dickinson this season.
Chas. S. Fee, the popular general
passenger agent of the Norteem Pa
citic, has returned to st. Paul from
Missouri. He has entirely recovered
from injuries received in railroad
accident in Illinois.
His many friends here will be
| pleased to learn that David Foote,
who was injured in the Hills by a
mule falling on him, is not so badly
hurt as at first reported and is rapid
ly recovering.
During the storm of Thursday
evening the church ut Bellield was
struck by lightning and is almost a
total wreck. One end was torn out
and the sides so badly damaged that
it will hardly be worth repairing.
r. f. Ball, surgeon dentist Of Alan.
dan, will be at DR.. Stickney's Office,
Dickinson, Thursday and Friday,
June 10Th and 18th, prepared to do
any work in the line of dentistry in
a first class manner.
Mr.. =. +. Smith, of Dickinson, has
been in Sturgis and Deadwood some
days talking up the Dickinson route.
He says the Marquis de Mores can
buy and sell Dickinson several times
over, but his money can't make Me-
dora shipping point -Sturgis Record.
Sterland & Whitney, of the new
city meat market, are building up Il
good trade in their line. They have
fitted up large refrigerator which
keeps their beef in prime condition
aud offer the public the best of meats.
Read their advertisement in another
column.
E. +. Smith and Joe. Spence re-
turned from the Black Hills Wednes-
day evening, making the trip in four
and one-half days. They report that
u large amount of Black Hills freight
will be shipped via Dickinson and
that the business men there are los
ing faith in the schemes of the Mar
quis and that freighterS are cursing
the Mcdora route.
Rudolph Schlieser and Miss Henri
eta Labuskinsky, of Richardton, were
lodged in Jail here last Thursday on
the charge of adultery. 1t appears
that Schlieser and the young lady in
tended to elope and had reached the
Missouri river. where they were over
taken by officers and brought back to
Richardton. a preliminary examin-
alton was held before justice Nord-
berg, who remanded them to Jail in
default of $500 bonds each. Schlie-
ser has a wife and two children at
Richardton. The woman is about
eighteen years old.
1t is of vast Importance to Dickin-
son that all prairie fires he checked
and kept down as much as possible
during the coming season, as it is es-
timated that there will be no less
than $4,000 head of cattle shipped
from here to the eastern markets and
the stOckmen must have grass for
feed when driving their cattle to the
railroad. If the grass is all burned
off we may lose part of this business
which would in the future injure
Dickinson as a shipping point. For
the benefit of persons who are careless
about starting prairie fires we will
state that there is a severe penalty
for such acts, both 10y the United
States government and the territory.
The government penalty is $1,000 fine
OF one year in the penitentiary and it
is the intention of the stockmen of
the West Missouri country to enforce
this law to it's full extent.
CONVINCING.
The proof of the pudding is not in
chewing the string, but in having an