The Dickinson press., 1884-12-20

n. Is. Berry. the popular landlord
of the Taylor hotel, will give supper
and dance ut the hotel ON Christmas
| night. \ very pleasant time is antic-
ipated.
Mrs. Nelson Pierce and family. are
spending few days here visiting
their friends Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Moore. They are on their way from
Watertown, Wis, to Portland Oregon.
c. d. Bradley. general emigrant
and business agent of the Oregon Col
oniXation Company was in town this
week OH business connected with the
new Stark county town, Bradley City.
Horse thieves ran off number of
ponies one night last week belonging
to a band of Gros Nentre Indians.
who are camped on the Little Mis-
souri, river, near the kildeer mount
aims.
Read our club-list in another col
umn. We can give good clubbing
rates with any leading paper and are
prepared to receive and forward sub.
scriptions for any newspaper or peri
odical in the world.
\ passenger coach was badly shat
tered ut Mandan last Monday by the
explosion of the heater. Fortunate
ly there were no passengers in the
coach at the time. The windows and
doors We're blown out.
The county seat war i'm Sphinx coun.
ty is over and the militia companies
have returned to Fargo. Judge
Smith on last Saturday, decided that
the stolen records should be taken
back to Ashton from where they
were taken by Redtield parties.
Invitations We're printed ut the
PRESS office this week for a grand
calico ball to he held i'm Grmteer's S
Hall on New Years eve, We(nes-
day. December 81. This promises to
be one of the most enjoyable affairs
of the kind ever held in Dickinson
and the merry makers will dance out
the old and dance in the new. The
supper will be served ut the Willard
House.
Last "Wednesday while Thomas II.
l fNr e ,..,1,.
assisting in thawing out the steam
heating pipes in Il passenger coach a
ladder which had been placed against
the side of the coach gave way under
his weight throwing him to the
ground, severely injuring his spine
ly the fall. DR.. Robarts was called
and rendered surgical aid. 1t is
hoped by Mr.. Ryan's many friends
that he may be able to get out again
in few days.
We received a note through the
post Office last Tuesday which said:
"W. NJ. G,mlcy has not got the con-
tract for saving the wood for the
company. This was all and nothing
more; not even a name signed to it,
nor did it state who had the contract.
We were informed that Mr.. Gurley
had this contract and so printed it
last week and if we We're mis-in-
formed why did not the person who
wrote the note sign his name and
state who the contractor was, if he
expected q: correction.
The benefits resulting from cOmpe-
tition in the express business over
the Northern Pacific will be of inn
portance to residents and business
men along the line. Since Wells.
Fargo & Co. have opened up business
on the line they have forced the
Northern Pacific express company to
look about for eastern connections in
order that they may do through bust
ness and the result is Il combination
with the Baltimore & Ohio express,
making them practically one line eX.
tending from the Atlantic to the Pa
citic. An express war may be the re-
suit.
The Valley City Democrat relates
that u man bought two pigs last
spring and they now weigh 25o
pounds and are worth $50. 1t says:
About two weeks ago he purchased
at the mill 300 pounds of feed. OF
this he has used about 100 lbs. And
now he reports the hogs as weighing
$50 pounds each. This at six cents Il
pound. would he $50. The young
pigs cost him 81 each, the feed Sl.25
a hundred, Il clear profit of over 500
on his investment. Fresh pork re-
tails here at twelve and Il half cents,
! and salt pork ut about the same.
Farmers, do YOU see any money in
raising pork!
One of the lady claim holders who
! are earning II glorious and ilnperiSll-
able name for the women of Dakot;,
j for all time to come, visited the In.
ter-Orean Office one day. and was
much interested and mystiiied by the
manipulatons of one OF the compost.
tors who was distributing into his
case. type that had been used on d
/ previous issue of the paper. and in-