The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25

lasses. His cane yielded seventy gal
Ions to the acre.
The democrats OF the Black Hills
have nominated @. F. Thompson and
Robt, Flehrman for the council. AMI
Booth, Blackwell, Skinner and Smith
for the house.
gan was visited by safe robbers Sun
day night. They tapped Postmaster
Moore's safe, getting $50. They then
went to John Paul's lumber office, anG
commenced to drill o hole in his safe,
but were scared away, leaving the brace
and drills.
The new asylum for the insane at
jamestown will be completed and
turned over to the board of trustees this
month, but will not be utilized until
running expenses are provided for by
appropriation by the legislature.
At Valley City Rev. Mr.. Woodford,
pastor of the Episcopal church, stopped
short in his sermon and dismissed the
congregation with the announcement
that he would not hold further services
while the Bonder-Root family attended
the church.
The house of William Morton of st.
Lawrence was burned, the family bare
ly escaping with their lives. Loss,
$1,000.
Mrs. Sarah Haggerty, alady seventy
six years old, is the only person who
has v e died in Keystone, in Dickey
county.
The county seat war in La Moure
county is at IN end, the commissioners
having refused to submit the PROPOSE.
ton for removal, OH the ground that the
petition is not signed by two-thirds Of
the voting population.
Fred L. Davis threshed about ten
acres of wheat on Mr.. L. Russell's farm
in Strabane township, near Larimore,
that averaged thirty-six and one-fourth
bushels per acre.
The new county of Mcintosh has been
organized, with the following officers
County clerk and register of deeds,
John 81. Wishek; sheriff, Alex Melon
aid; coroner, DIR. David Richie; Judge
of probate, .Alanson Richards treasurer,
Horace S. Bear; assessor, G. d. John
son; superintendent of schools, George
w. Abbot.
Geo. W. Rollins was arrested at Bis
marck for starting q prairie fire in Octo-
Der, 1888, thereby causing considera-
BILE damage to property, but proved an
alibi and was discharged.
A burglar entered the residence Of
Mrs. Bishop Mt Pierre, took her money,
and assaulted her, but she knocked him
down with a chair and pounded him
until he was glad to make his escape.
Small pox is raging fercely in the
township of Argo, fifteen miles north.
west Of Auro. Eight persons have died
and nineteen more sick. There are no
cases carer than Brookings.
Prof. Perry and wife, of Springfield.
Mass. have arrived at Flandrau. The
professor will at once OF.
ranging plans for college buildings
which will occupy a place on an ele-
waited plateau i'll the southern part OF
the city. The institution will be en-
dowed largely by the munificence OF
Prof. Perry's grandfather, a gentleman
of means and one who has devoted it tc
educational purposes.
The fremen's tournament in Aber-
deem, was q grand success. There
we're $50 fireman in attendance, COM
prising thirteen companies, with four
teen bands, making the largest display
ever seen in the Northwest. The Da.
kota Firemen's association was organ
lied, with the following officers: Pres
ident, Jerome H. Shute of Aberdeen;
first vice president, Mark Bridge OF
Sioux Falls; second vice president,
Thomas r. Arnold of Mitchell; cores
ponding secretary, John S. Foster OF
C~uIL1oeilalu recording secretary,
Charles H. Osborne Of Huron; ~treasur-
er, E. W. Briggs of Red6eld. The
Iowa state rules were adopted with few
exceptions.
Two dwelling houses, a barn and
granary were consumed in a prairie fire
on the boundary between Dakota and
Manitaba, Huron City. Loss, SIS 5000:
no insurance.
A transfer was make at Mitchell by
which the Pipe Stone (Minn.) Republi-
can passes into the control of j. II.
Letcher, formerly one Of the proprie-
tors Of the Mitchell Republican.
Mrs. Karl Schroeder and her child,
aged three years were burned to death
in prairie fire north of jamestown.
The Mitchell hook and ladder COM
pany challenges any of the hook and
ladder companies that participated in
the late Aberdeen tournament to O hub
and hub race for $500 and the champion.
ship of Dakota.
A location of the capital of Nelson