The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-16
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NOTES.

DAKOTA AZ 3! TERRIFIC NOTES.
Rapid City voted 70 issue bonds for
A5, 600 for the purpose Of establishing
awater system. ss; 4: B
The body Of Edward Peterson was
found near Larimore. The cause Of
his death is unknown.
The order Of President Arthur re-
moving the land office to Rapid City
has been suspended, and the office will
remain at DeadWood. ,i5:; 81
Marion, Is ilding : new Methodist
church. & SssS ~. ~ 49, IS
The Fielder Times has been moved
to Winnebago! City, q newstown at the
mouth Of Chapelle Greek. h 8
Sioux Falls is to have q Free WIN
Baptist church ediace, making the thir.
teenth church building inthe city. !;%t
In the suit Of Mathew. Latin Of Obi
cago against Joseph Taylor Of Dead
wood, charging the latter with swind-
ling him in nine deal, Taylor was
discharged. 's$ ls=5s5sG
The Right Rev. Bishop Marti has left
for Europe. During his absence the af-
fairs Of the Catholic church in Dakota
will be managed BY Rev. Father Will
lard, vicar general. s. y q s.-5. II
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a taxpayers union, composed Of bust,
ness men, has been formed at James.
town, for the purpose Of securing the
adopion Of such measures in city gov
eminent as are dsemed advisable.
George Pratt was arrested on Willow
creek recently for stealing twenty.siix
COWS from @. Corners, .of \ Belle
FOurche ranch. Is5 ~ 5sj III
Among the improvements already in
progress or early promised at Wahpeton
are an Episcopal church. s5sys .Ss.i
The country residence Of Robert Low.
~, receiver Of the Huron land office,
was burned. Loss, So 900 ;55 So,
The gold discovered near Bismarck
proves to be q combination OF granite,
porphyry, feldspar, gneiss, hornblende,
iron, mica. and yellow pyrites, making
granulatsd rock without q trace Of
gold or silver. b /, II
B: A. Plummer Of Forest City, re-
turned from Clifton with the corpse Of
his murdered brother, Miles Plummer,
his widow and two children.
John Noble has been arrested at,
Plankinton, charged with making coun.fI
terfeit dollars, and held in $500 bonds.
for trial. s45s5 81 Z
J. E. Wisner, one Of the Lisbon rust
lers, lately sold one Of his farmes fci
5000 acres for 10 an acre, to be paid
for in wheat at 81 a bushel. N \, sE s Z:
A number Of the leading citizens, Of,
Yankton, Democrats as well as Republic
cans, called upon Chief Justice Edger.
ton to express their regret at the charges
which have recently been preferred
against him. ~ n; III; Il
Judge Me- almont, recently appoint
ed commissioner Of customs by Presi.s
dent Cleveland, is quite well known in in
Valley City. He is owner Of some land
in Barnes county, and during the past
few years has been regular visitor to-
Dakota and Valley City. m
a young man named Holbrok has
been arrested in Bismarck, charged with
sodomy. His brother was arrested q
year ago for incest. j HI S 4 "a, 7,
e.sD Or. George vesey Of Clinton, sully
county, committed suicide BY taking
poison. No cause is assigned. ~
Parties at Fargo obtained warrant
for the arrest of one W. d. Hawkins Of
Peoria, Ill, for obtaining from R. w;
Coleman, an attorney at M orhead, $50
by falsely representing that he had q
large amount in a st. Paul bank to-
meet the check given for the money. /:
Hawkins was taken back to Fargo on a
requisition. s s3l.
The past few weeks prairie fires have
been very numerous in the central and
southern regions, and where there has
not been special care to- protect build
$ings they have suffered q 5 8.3s5
..is About two monthsH 80 Edward
Chamberlain disappe from Moores
ranch, at Dogden, in Sheridan GO unity,
sixty. miles northwest from Bismarck.
Two weeks ago Nathan Moore, owner
Of the ranch, was arrested on suspicion
of numbering Chamb erlain. Moore,
when arrested, said when Cham eriain
left the ranch he went after: two lost
ponies and he believed Cham erlain was
either frozen to death or had y skipped
the country. Moore is; from Minnesota,
and has relatives at Sank Rapids, MINI.
4 Gov Pierce has issued the follow
ing: AZ the earnest request Of many
citizens in various sections Of the ter
.ritory, Q proclamation from this Office
naming the 18th Of April as Arbor day
is hereby changed to Saturday, April
25. f 4;
At Yankton the fftieth anniversary
Of Rev. Dr. Hoyt's connection with the
board Of domestic mission, coneratrss
,latory services were held IN the Epis:
.copal church. Bishop Hare and many
of the clergy Of s outhern Dakota were
present pr Hoyt was the FIRST pastor;
of an Episcopa church ii this terri:
tory 4
The e. animation Of ]. ii. Bell closed
:at Pierre and lie was held without hail
for the murder of +. g. Small Benz
nett, bis accomplish, ii default Of $50, q
900 bail was also committed. Bell says
the Chamb erlain Register, came ont
from New York and stopped at Cham
3berlain for g season. From there he!