The Dickinson press., 1884-02-02
Dakota Territorial News.

/, Bismarek's fire company has 5000 in
the treasury.
!. Mitchell has dedicated a new Baptist
church.
Fish au inch and a halflong have been
found in the water from the Aberdeen
artesian we'll.
Maj. Carrier of Yankton has bought2,-
400 bushels of wheat from the Crow
Creek Indians since harvest.
A colony of forty families from Huron
Ohio, will settle in Hand county
in the spring.
The Sioux Falls Packing company has
paid out $4,000 for hogs this winter.
The Yankton postof1ice has changed
hands H. w. Howard retiring and
l.. Bowen, of the Press and
Dakotian, assuming charge. Nh. How
ard has been postmaster since 1873.
Anew freight route is being established
between Deadwood and the Northern
road. 1t is called the Dickinson
route. The distance is given at l75
miles, and teams have come through in
twelve days.
A jamestown couple made the most
economical bridal tour on record. After
bidding their friends an a%lFectionate
goodbye they went upstairs and went to
bed.
Mike Archer was caught while at.
tempting to burglarize the De Smet,
p%ostotfice.
Nels Swensson committed suicide near
DeadWood by hanging himself.
A telegram from Vermilion, was re.
seived at Bradstreet's announcing that
that B. T. Reen, proprietor ola general
store at that place, had made an assign
nent.
The captors Of Kid Wade gave an OK.
hibitioR in Turner Hall, Yankton, at
which the kid exhibited his wonderful
skill with a revolver. Capt. C. G. Dodge,
If the capturing squad, gave an account
Of the capture of Wade and a sketch OF
tue operations of the Niobrara vigilance
committee, which has secured forty
thieves and returned as many stolen
Bismarck Tribune: The new capitol
building was again photographed by Mr..
aof on the 18th and copies will be sent
10 the East to show to the world the
magnificent gift rendered by the citi-
Gems of Bismarck. Many persons are
!aboring under the delusion that the
capitol is as yet OF paper. When spring
opens another sale of lots from 80 acres
81 land, also donated, will take place,
Frnvn tho rr10nrlo 80 -,L,nL A., .1,,Ll
wing ana the dome will be built.
A dispatch from Henry, Dakota, says:
DR.. j. Smith of Iowa and Doctors Ben
net and Briggs, of W%atertown, amputa-
ed q log for Mr.. c. B. Elwood on the
10Th 10Th j Just 8s for r5 gangren es above the the ankle.
July under ether, but, si~ngularly. the
day following-though there had
m the limb was warm, the doctors
think obstruction of the main artery
near the knee may have caused the
death of the foot.
Jerauld county has at last been fully
organized and the officers will at once
enter upon their duties. The officials
will be as follows: j. M. Spears of FL
mer, sheriff; P. G. Stevens, deputy sher-
IF; L. G. Wilson of Parsons, assessor; H.
VI. Rice of Waterbury, probate Judge;
W. ]. Williams of Elmer, probate Judge;
!. A. Mcfarland of Stetsoa, surveyor;
Dr.. D. f. Roger of Alpena, coroner: R.
Z. Hazard ofCrow Lake, superintendent
If Calno1ds Y M N0tra. Of Jfl,rn, rroco.
attorney; A. 3. Swart of Elmer,
Fisher of Elmer, county commission
,rs; j. G. Gray Of Alpena, T. Toffmeier
If Elmer, and Nj. W. Young of Parsons,
Justices; James Paddock of Waterbury,
}. G. Solbefg of Parsons, G. w. Z. Os-.
,ood of Elmer, and l.. w. Castlemun of
constables. The county seat is
not yet permanently located.
Hon. r. F. Pcttigrew has gone to
on political business.
DR.. Parmalee of Mitchell was married
,ecently to Miss Rose Gardner of Berla,
ohio.
AT Albion, Iowa, John Peppe, a grain
buyer, committed suicide by hanging
An aged Scandinavian lady named An
lie Grimsend fell down stairs at the
Victoria hotel Fargo. She died a short
ime after. She wa about eighty years
I'D.
Rev. R. w. Kennedy, Presbyterian
minister at Gary, has been debarred
ON the pulpit, in which position his
;erm has not yet expired, and without
being ordered to resign by the presby-
cry or being paid.
Henry Lovejoy, who wa sent from
Bon Homme county in 1882, to serve a
thirty years. sentence in the penitentiary
for rape, died at that institution, of pul.
monary consur ption.
Mitchell is endeavoring to secure an
oatmeal mill Of 1000 bushels capacity
per day.
The Central Dakota Editorial associa.
ton has been permanently formed,
John II. Drake of Aberdeen being made
president. The secretary
will issue circular letters to all the pub.
fishers of Central Dakota, prior to the
next adjourned meeting, on first Tuesday
in March. The object ofthe association is
primarily to raise the fee heretofore
charged for the publication oftinal proof
and contest notices.
J. B. Mershon, clerk of the Bradley
at Mitchell, has beenarrested on a charge
of embezzlement of funds OF the hotel.
DR.. Ellis of Sioux Falls reports the
value of new Baptist churches built in
Dakota last year t $22,954. Churches
now completed and being completed:
Mitchell church, $1,000 nearly; Dell
Rapids, S. 1000: Columbia, 81 500; Hurley,
Sl,Ol0; Brookings Scandinavian, 81, O90;
Lodi Danish, 5000; C%enteryille, to cost