The Dickinson press., 1884-03-22

trict court and United States commits.
sioner, is announced as a candidate for
the postmastership at Mitchell and IL
receiving general Endorsement.
Judge Edgertonh has appointed alady
s~tenographer for the present court, q
sister Of ex-Gov. Davis of Minnesota.
sergt. Swepstone from Fort sully.
took the remains of his . brother, who
shot HIMSELF at Fort Yates, to Creola,
Ohio.
The case Of W. Fl. Matteson, of the
Fargo Sun, for using language in his
paper calculated to bring the court into
his contempt, is onetrial. The case is
said to be likely to prove a serious one.
owing to the line of action adopted by
the counsel for the defense.
The notorious horse thief, Charley
Smith, who broke Jail in Brule county
during the holidays, has just. been caught
IN q shanty on a claim in the south part
OF Lincoln county, where he was being
harbored by James Hornback, one Of
his former pals. He defed the sheriff
and posse to arrest him, but was secured
by strategy and has been brought to
Mitchell by Deputy Sheriff Barnes.
The present school census Of Dakota
now amounts to 5000 children of the
proper school age, and the counties of
Ransom, Custer, Sergeant, and Faulk
each have lady county superintendent.
The proposition to bond Lake county
for $4,000, to build a court house and
jail at Madison, was voted upon and re-
suited in a majority of " in favor of
issuing the bonds.
The family of Frank. Odell of Eden
were mysteriously poisoned. Though
none of them died they were fearfuily
and alarmingly ill.
John j. Reichert died suddenly at the
Winona house in Pierre on Monday of
congestion of the lungs.
Brown county had an assessed yalua-
ton in 1883 of So, 265, 92O. In 1882 il
was 1851, 1919.
The brick veneer has fallen from
nearly one-half of the Ely block in
Fargo, built last summer.
Biglen has been convicted at Dead
wood of manslaughter in the first
degreee.
Lumber is being delivered on the
line between Dickinson and the iac51
Hills for the erection of stage stations,
and before long the Dickinson. and
Black Hills stages will be mAking
regular trips.
The Cooper brothers, founders and
owners of Cooperstown, in the county
Of Griggs have just made a sale of g.
72o acres of land in the neig6borhood
OF Cooperstown at $15 per acre, or$S5,-
500 for the whole. the Coopers to have
this years crop also, which is worth
$4,000. The purchaser is Mr.. How
ard Ovitha of New York city.
Mr.. Scofeld says his farm neal Far
go is not sold, He did sell it under
contract for $50, 600, but the purchaser
declined to take it because of the rail-
road reserve of right of way under
which it was sold to. him:
A meeting to establish a grand COM
mandery of the Knights Templar will
be held at Sioux Falls, May IA. There
are five chartered communicates in the
territory.
Black Hills papers claim that futile
was lynched by some of his own gang
who feared he would turn states evil
dence and "give them away"
The house of Henry Hanson, near
Sheldon was burned with it's contents,
the family barely escaping with their
lives.
An unknown workman was killed by
falling between cars while on his way to
Redield with a car of emigrant moy-
ables.
Joseph M. Whitley a young mar from
Canada, died at Brookings recently.
S. E. Keller, living neal Washington,
lost fourteen horses from CHAMBERS.
Libson, thinks of raising 800, 900 for
the Tower City road.
The First National bank of Plankin-
ton has opened out with Robert W.
WEIGH, president; b. q. Sullivan, vice
president, and G. G.. Welch, cashier.
The directors are G. T. Hatten, A. D.
Nelson, Robert w. WEIGH, j. D. Bar
tow, W. M. Smith, r. T. Brown, B. "a.
Sullivan and G.. G. WEIGH. The capital
is $50, 600, all paidup.
The soldiers at Fort Randall are be-
coming very much dissatisfied. It
seems that aside from performing their
regular military duties they ara required
to cut all of the wood which, is used and
to put up sufficient hay for all the ami
mails kept at the fort, aside from build
ing large brick warehouses.
The March term of the district court
at Mitchell, convened on the 9Th, Chief
Justice Edgerton presiding. Night, as
we'll as day, sessions will be held, in Or
der to dispose of the business in the
short time the judge can allow to each
of the many counties composing a dis
trict nearly as large as Indiana.
James P. Hicks, of Evansville, Ind,