The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-06
Dakota Terri torial News.

tSHo> y snorG QlSUauce 1oEla paltsp1 wafer
iiSa few days ago, and nostraceos her has.
since been obtained. " ~ s
A laborer was crushed to death BY
the caving in of the sides of trenches
for the Aberdeen city. water mines.
The sides were unprotected. G. W.
Farnworthl is the contractor, i 4. III
The hardware store of -Rolph Broth
:ers, at Fargo, was closed by the sheriff
The firm was supposed TO be in q pros.
porous condition. SSsEtEs Z l.
Dakota papers are advertising for
young boy of Kalamazoo, Mich, named
George Maurice Yurnn, who left his
home Aug. 8. His mother is widow
and lives at 715 Willard street, Kala.
maZoo. E%
Several wealthy citizens of Redfeld
offer to erect q $40, 900 court house 70,
Sphinx county if the county seat ia
removed thither. The city will donate
lot of seven and q half acres for the same
purpose.
A number Of Dakota papers are adj
vising the farmers to use the powders
which are found on the crests of mounds
and the borders of coolies for house
building. With plenty of mortar, 6
substantial wall can be put up without
great EXPENSE A house thus built
would be warm I'M winter ands cool il
summer. #'!S 7al Ar
"a. A man named Frank Hoax, who has
been in the employ 81 Bassett, Hunt
ing & Co., at fletcher, for some time.
| q few days ago took $500 off, the
company 8 money andshurnedly left. "A
reward of $500 will ibeSofered for hi
apprehension! Sgka& ~ i
William Mayne of Ordway Junction,
lost his house and most of its con.
tents by fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance.
81, 1000. C q l w . '''t'f%z
Randolph Devine of Chamberlain
has been held to the United States cour,
for giving whisky to a Grow Greek In.
| dian. & 's.5.5i III ~ oct.
Sneak thieves have been going
through claim shanties nea- Ipswich.
q. R. Balsour lost $50 and W. R. Green
and others lesser amounts. ~.
The steam thresher and 500 bushels
Of wheat on the farm of Mr.. Falohoy o!
Frand Forks were burned. II
Fargo Special: Railroad building
here has almost been at standstill the
past summer, and the Fargo Southern.
the Manitoba extension from James.
town north, now under construction, all
of which were partially completed last
season, represent the seasons work in
railroad building. The panic Of last
spring and the stringency and continu-
ance of failures during the: summer had
the effect of putting q damper upon
new railroad work Of all kinds and up
to late in the season there has been
nothing like Q revival in the business Of
construction ;and the new lines that
have been in contemplation the past
saascn will, owing to the difficulty Of
inducing Eastern capital to take hold Of
new lines at this time, remain .uncom:
pleted at least until the coming year. {
Dakota's tribute to the New Orleans
exposition will be pumpkin weighing
1876 pounds. ~ 80 % Y
A Dakota man was arrested fol-
stealing two carrots. Carrots are
worth 10 cents bushel. 9gg.: s f,sy :.s .
Fargo, Special: The Red river
valley, generally speaking, this year IL
ina position, financially. a few points
better than last, while money is
little if any freer. The far,
mers, almost to man, have wheat
to the, credit, either in their own
granaries or the elevators. but, with
81 cents per bushel, there is very little,
comparatively, being sold the receipts
az the elevators having shrunk from 81.
500 or 900 bushels to 1, 400, and many
days even less. The effect Of the low
prices is o serious drawback to wheat
cultivation, and will have the effect Of
keeping back many who desire to en-
gage in wheat raising in the valley, as
also &c will prevent hundreds who are
engaged e. farming here at present
from increasing their. acreage. Much
land will not be cultivated next yeai
that was this, and considerable inquiry
IN regard 70 blooded cattle, merits
Of the different breeds, their ability
to stand cold and exposure, shows
that attention is az aast being directed
to this branch Of the farming indus.
try.
AT Fargo, John Clark, q well-known
crook, made desperate effort to escape
from the officers. He got q short dis
lance; but was fired at three times by
some one in the crowd, who could moi
be seen on account Of the darkness, the
last shot entering near the kidneys and
ranging through Clarke's body, coming
out near the navel. He was taken to
the jail, and thence to the hospital,
where he died. ssF5
Ten thousand actes Of timber land
have been destroyed by the Ere near
sturgis.