The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-06-25
DAKOTA. TERRITORIAL NEWS

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William Higgins, a young hunter.
committed suicide at Dickinso on.
yor the week ending June Is the
t. ~ number Of acres entered at the
DEVILS Lake land Office was %, O80;
collections, $2,63O.25.
At the recent special election at Mil
bank to bond the city for an artesian
well, 9 majority Of eight votes were
found against the well. u & & 53 Il
At Elk Point, Oak, a number 81
buildings were blown down, the rail.
road coal house and wind mill de-
molished. No one hurt. 81
9 Sioux Falls real and personal prop
srty has just been officially valued at
81 ,265, 556, an increase OF $2O8, 161
over the assessment of last year.
The artesian well at the Casselton;
roller mills is a success. At depth Of
'315 feet q two inch flow Of remarkably
soft, palatable water now flows with
such force as to elevate it above the
top OF the mill-a height Of fifty feet,
and the capacity, by measurement, is
two barrels per minute.
{ At La Moure, Yerxa & Co., Of Min
neapolis, have purchased ground from
the Northern Pacific: Railroad com
pany and will build an elevator be.
tween now and Sept. L. The company
have similar enterprises in various
North Dakota towns and will compete
with the Northern Pacific Elevator
company in a vigo Gus fashion. IL
Charles Phillips of Cooperstown paid
500 fine for beating his wife.
The grand commandery Of knights
Templar closed its session at Yankton
by the installation Of the following
newly elected officers; IT,; B. !French,
Yankton, right eminent grand com
mander; D, s. Glydden, Sioux Falls,
vice eminent deputy grand commander;
M. A. Brewer, Fargo, eminent grand
generalissimo; j. a.. Calcord, Huron,
eminent grand captain general; G. b.
Little, Bismarck, eminent grand pre-.
late; F. j. Washabaugh, Deadwood,
eminent grand senior warden; M. f..
Grain, Fargo, eminent grand junior
warden; G. s. Weaver, Bismarck, emf.
snent grand treasurer; Bruce NJ Row.
ley, Huron, eminent grand Recorder
The Dakota Methodists have tar.
ranged for their summer camp meet.
ings at Simpson Park, Big Stone City,
which has been deliberately fitted up,
and it being on the beautiful shores Of
the Big Stone lake, possesses unusual
attractions. The week of camp meet
ing beginning July I, i, lis to be followed
by two full weeks devoted to q Sunday
school institute and a grand temper
ance jnbilee. At all Of the meetings
noted men from various parts OF the
land are to be present. 81 52f 4 ~ .9}
a young man, a German, whose name
is thought to be Jacob Kocher, was
drowned in the James river recently,
while bathing, four miles from Yank.
ton. ~. q ~ N HIS;
Thomas W. Jaycox, special agent Of
the general land Office at Washingt on,
has been removed. Several weeks. ago
the people about Aberdeen became SO
indignant at the methods he was using
to obtain testimony against certain
claims that various petit ions were put
inc rculation, praying for his imme.
date removal, and said petitions are
being universally signed by all classes.
.Republi cans as well as Demo crats:
.Jaycox, however, thought lit advise
BILE to take time by the forelock and
accordingly sent in his resignation.
Bismarck Special. Two alleged horse
thieves we're held for the grand jury,
and another was delivered to Montana
officers to be arraigned atslliles City.
The Montana man was arrested here
recently, having in possession several
horses stolen from the Fort Keoghf
reservation. The others begun opera
lions E'lls3 in Mclean county, worked
through Burleigh and Steele counties,
and were caught in Stutslnan county
with sixteen head of stolen horses.
& The stockholders Of the Fargo South
ern held their annual meeting In the
company's office in Fargo, It was de.
cided, to reduce the number of direct
orsfrom twelve to seven. The directors
chosen were: Il. B. Sargent, T. WI
Wadsworth and Philip Wadsworth.
OF Chicago, and j hn; w, Cary, d,
Green, B. i. Lomax and r. M. Movers
OF Milwaukee. AT q o'clock this after.
noon the directors elected the follow
Ing officers for the ensuing year,: Presi.
dent, H,E,Sargent; secretary and treas.
.urer, 4. w, !Wadsworth. tits saidthat|
will be made for the I'M.
mediate comple tion Of the gap between
5Ortonyille and Flandr eau,
a boy eleven years of age named
Condemonn, son Of j. =. Condeinonn,
who lives eleven miles northwest 81
Mitchell rode hurriedly into town and
alarmed the citizens by reporting that
his sister, aged sixteen years, had been
shot by q tramp. Ills story was that
the tramp rode up to the house, took
q shotgun from the wall and shot the
girl. When closely questioned the boy
contradicted himself in several points.
and when pressed hard he finally nd.
united that he; did the shooting him
sell, but that it was accidental The
boy was arrested and is nowiin iail al
Mitchell. Theneigb hora tate that the
boy and girl frequently quarreled, anal
As ne was subject to yiol lent outbursts
q passion, IT Is thought that be shot
Represent tiyes from various agrii-
cultural counties met at Mitchell thel
other day and organic ed. ii confo rmity
With q provision Of the last legislature,