Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-25

bune went out last Tuesday night be-
cause the foreman was not union man.
The management say the strikers can
nsyer hold cases In tho Tribune Office
I am.
Mr.. Boyce. OF the. Lisbon Clipper. said
l = conversation tho other day: ave
have two good papers at Lisbon. and my
competitor, Mr.. johnson of the Star. is
as nice man as want to know: We get
on first rate"
The Marquis do Mores has gone to
Washington to obtain contract for
carrying the mail from the Little Mis-
souri, to Deadwood. The marquis will
open up stage route and put on regu.
lar line of coaches.
Melville, in.Eoster county. has a. liter.
ary society Which affords the citizens
profit as we'll as amusement these long |
winter evenings when there is not much
going on. They are soon to wrestle with
the prohibition question.
J. w. Uppercue was on trial before
Judge Hudson at Fargo the Goth, for the
embezzlement of S1,s0O from the First
National bank, for which institution he
was collector. The court room was
crowded. The jury found Uppercue not
guilty.
Bismarck Tribune: Nelse- Nelson, a
wood cutter who recently arrived in the
city, is violently insane and is confined
in the county Jail. Heraves around and
at times is very troublesome. He will
be taken to the asylum at Yankton as
soon as practicable.
The Sanborn Enterprise says that the
old timers are to man predicting an
early spring this season. Some of them
venture the assertion that seeding will
begin as early as March, while the less
confident affirm that before the tenth OF
April the farmers will be sowing.
|QDr. DeVoe, Of Valley City, is being
seriously criticized by some of his medi.
cal brothers. Some time ago DeVoe at.
tended man with broken leg and he
sawed off piece of protruding bone IN.
stead of drawing it into place by ex.
tension. Inflammation set in and the
man died.
/ Valley City Times: Northern Pacific
travel has suffered but very little incon.
venience or delay this winter, caused
from snow blockades, while freight fo1
our merchants has been delivered with
reasonable promptness. People along
the line of the road do not fail to appre.
ciate this fact. .D
A company has recently been tr.
ganized in Bismarck, to be known as the
Bismarck Loan and Trust company. and
it will commence business within few
weeks. The officers are Frank B. Allen
president; Marquis de Mores, vice presi-
dent; II. B. Mellon, treasurer, and
Flankna Wall, secretary. Capital $780,.
900.
The Steele Herald says: Master Me.
chanic Quinn, of the Dakota division oi
the Northern Pacific, has perfected IN
invention of machine which, attached
to the rear of an engine, cuts out the
snow which snow pillow leaves;between
the tracks. This work has been done
heretofore by hand, and Mr.. Quinn's in.
vestion will result in great saving Of
labor and money to the company.
! A medical society has been organized
at Bismarck, to be composed OF the med.
ical fraternity of the Missouri; valley of
north Dakota. The officers of the asso-
citation are: President, Il. r. Porter,
Bismarck; president, @. F. King,
Mandan; secretary, E. V. Scribner, Bis
marck; treasurer, H. s. Hersey, Bis
marck; executive committee, G. Ccrson,
9. Rice and H. S. Hersey.
Bismarck Tribune: A number OF
colonies of thrifty and intelligent farm
ers have had their attention drawn to
the immense tract of rich and arabic land
within the borders of Mclean, Mercer
and other northern counties, and the in.
pouring of families promises to exceed
anything ever seen in the northwest.
The land is rich and productive, fuel is
found in great abundance, the climate is
unsurpassed, and nothing more can be
desired by those who desire to settle
there.
The Hope Pioneer learns that an or.
ganization was perfected recently to be
known as protective association, for
the purpose of ''sittlng down. on claim.
jumpers, and those who would assume
the cheek either in person or through
agents to take advantage of settlers who
do the best they can to comply with the
law. There are between twenty and
thirty members of the association, com.
posed of the best citizens of Hope and