The Dickinson press., 1884-05-17
Dakota Tsrritorial News.

packing establishment with q capacity
Of 1000 hogs a day.
The next annual encampment of the
Grand Army Of Dakota will be held at
Huron.
Work on the Dakota & Great South
ern railroad is already begun near the
center of Sargent county, and will be
pushed as rapidly as possible,
George Bamlett, who was for eighteen
years connected with the postal service
in Detroit, died suddenly in La Moure
county.
Mrs. Carrie M. Pierce, wife of Joseph
L. Pierce of Mitchell; who was killed
by Hank Lewis, has returned to her
former home in Manchester, Iowa.
Her suit against Lewis for $25, 900 will
be prosecuted.
Huron has The Dakota Sunday school
convention June 8.
The Sioux falls penitentiary has
eighty prisoners.
At the last meeting of the Sioux Falls
bar appropriate action was taken on the
death Of Judge Kidder.
Warren Whitney, a young man living
five miles from Bartlett, was killed by
lightning while chopping wood and hv-
ing alone on a claim.
It is denied by army officers that Forts
Lincoln and A~ssinaboine are to be aban-
doned. Assinaboine is one of the finest
points in the country.
The Father De Smet Consolidated
Gold Mining company declared last
month a dividend of 20 cents a share,
aggregating $4,000. The amount al
ready paid in dividends this year is
SIC, 900.
q. e.. Beardsley, government survey.
or, will begin work in the Turtle noun
tain district in June.
The Presbyterian and Congregation
al churches at Columbia have consoli-
dated.
S. NJ. Webster, a lunatic, was arrest
ed at Grand Forks by Sheriff jerks and
lodged in jail. Formerly he was an Of
fcer at Winnipeg, and the cause of his
malady is attributed to his service there
and difficulties in business. He had
become dangerous to his family.
Leroy Bulls, mail carrier from Brook
ings to Gary, started on his first trip,
and died sitting on the seat of the mail
wagon on the way home, q few miles
north of Gary. He had been troubled
with asthma for some time.
IF. Watson, Pierre lawyer, who
was injured by a knife thrown by l.. @.
Seals some time since, appeared before
Justice Ferris, and asked that the bond
OF Seals be increased, as there were in
dications Of danger from blood poison
ing from the effects of the wound. The
petition was not granted.
The cost of the cold storage house of
the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car
company, just completed in Miles City,
is $40 900. 1t has special apartments
for the storage of butter, eggs, fruits,
vegetables, beer, etc, besides beef.
w. W. Whitney was found dead on
his claim near Lakota. It is supposed
he was struck by lightning Sunday,
while splitting wood near his shack, us
the only mark on his body was a slight
burn on the back of his head and neck,
There was NJ indication of foul plav, as
his money and watch were on his per-
son..
Deputy Sheriff Jown Lowell was en-
gagged to be married to Miss Ida Law
ton. OF Washington Springs, on the Both
inst, but a few days ago the family was
stricken with diptheria, and as none of
the neighbors would come near, being
afraid of taking the disease, Lowell at
tended the family and was compelled,
unaided, to place his affianced in her
coffin.
Burglars visited the store of Kelly &
Jones at Flandreau, and attempted to
break open the safe with an ak. Though
not successful, the safe was considerab-
ly damaged. About five dollars was OBJ
tanned from the money drawer. The
saloon of Tobin & Erickson was also
visited, presumably by the same parties,
and about six dollars taken. No clue to
the perpetrators.
A we'll of water at Diana, Sanborn
county, has been struck which is esti-
mated to flow 1000 barrels per hour.
An excavation fifty feet deep and ten
feet in diameter was first made, and
then a hole was bored sixty feet deeper
still. The water flowed up, filling the
excavation in three hours, and q large
volume continues to flow over the top.
The old and popular firm of Magnus-
sen & Wilson, general dealers at Grand
Forks, have failed.
A private letter from Hon. N. E. Nell
son of Pembina, one of the delegates
from Dakota to the Chicago convention,
sets at rest the claim that has been
made by friends of the administration
that he was favorable to Arthur.
-Four thousand persons were present
at the breaking of the grounds for the
buildings of the university of Dakota at
Mitchell.
Lisbon is all torn up by the action of
a late meeting of the council in raising
the liquor license from $3.50 to $500.
Excitement prevails at Mitchell over
the mysterious disappearance of John
Smith, o German, who lives ten miles
south Of that place. Smith sold his
claim for 5000 about two weeks ago, and
has not been heard from since. The
neighbors think Smith has been MUIR
dered for his money, and suspect that
Michael Bechtel is the author of the
crime.
In the case of Rev. j. H. Clark of
Glendale for larceny of hay the jury
brought in a verdict of acquittal. The
matter has been looked upon by citizens
US u malicious prosecution.