The Dickinson press., 1884-11-08
Dakota Territorial News.

go a short distance for o pail of water
q few days ago, and no trace of her has
since been obtained.
A laborer was crushed to death by
the caving in of the siles of trenches
for the Aberdeen city water mines.
The sides We're unprotected. G.. w.
Farnworth is the contractor.
The hardware store of Rolph Broth.
ers, at Fargo, was closed by the sheriff,
The firm was supposed to be in a pros
porous condition.
Dakota papers are advertising for q
young boy of Kalamazoo, Mich, named
George Maurice Yurnn, who left his
home Aug. 3. His mother is q widow
and lives at us Willard street, Kala.
mazoo.
Several wealthy citizens of Redfeld
offer to erect a $40, 600 court house fol
Sphinx county if the county seat il
removed thither. The city will donate s
lot of seven anda 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 in winter and cool ir
summer.
A man named Frank Hoax, who ha.
been in the employ of Bassett, Hunt
ing & Co., at Letcher, for some time
q few days ago took $500 of the
,ompany's money and hurrledly left. A
coward of $500 will be offered for hi
apprehension.
William Wayne Of Ordway Junction.
lost his house and most of it's con.
tents by fire. Loss, So, 1000; insurance.
$1,000.
Randolph Devine of Chamberlain
has been held to the United States court
for giving whisky to a Grow Greek In
dian.
Sneak thieves have been going
through claim shanties nea: Ipswich.
Fl. 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 Of
Frand Forks were burned.
Fargo SPECIAL: Railroad building
here has almost been at q 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 oil kinds, and up
to late in the season there has been
nothing like a revival in the business Of
construction and the new lines that
have been in contemplation the past
sHa~:a 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 a pumpkin weighing
lS5 pounds.
A Dakota man was arrested for
stealing two carrots. Carrots are
worth 10 cents q bushel.
Fargo, Special: The Red river
valley, generally speaking, this year is
in a position, financially, a few points
better than last, while money is
little if any freer. The far
mers, almost to a man, have wheat
to the credit, either in their own
granaries or the elevators; bat, with
81 cents per bushel, there is very little,
comparatively, being sold-the receipts
at the elevators having shrunk from g..
500 or 1000 bushels to 1,400, and many
days eve less. The effect of the low
prices is q 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 it will prevent hundreds who are
engaged in farming here at present
from increasing their acreage. Much
land will not be cultivated next yeal
that was this, and considerable inquiry
in regard to blooded cattle, merits
Of the different breeds, their ability
to stand cold and exposure, shows
that attention is at last being directed
to this branch of the farming indus.
try.
At Fargo, John Clark, q well-known
crook, made q desperate effort to escape
from the officers. He got q short dis.
lance, but was fired at three times by
ONE one in the crowd, who could not
be seer on account of the darkness, the
last shot entering near the kidneys ano
ranging through Clarke's body, coming
out near the navel. He was taken to
the jail, and thence to the hospital,
where he died.
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