The Dickinson press., 1885-01-31
il the following are among the more impor-

pendence; by Mr.. smedley, to locate
and establish an asylum and school
for the blind at Miilbank; By Nh. Westover, to
the territorial militia in SURPRISING the SPHINX
county troubles, and to assess the amount.
Walsh, to construct the main building OF the
North Dakota university at Grand Forks. and to
authorize the secretary of the territory to issue
twenty years, at 6 per cent, redeemable at op-
tion after ten years. to defray the expenses Of
construction.
The following council bills were passed.:
To protect the passage of fish in the James
and Cheyenne rivers; to authorize the board |
Of county commissioners of Grand Forks to |
fund Outstanding Indebtedness; providing for
printing one hundred copies of nll bills daily; a
Joint memorial to congress praying for the APP
pointment of Lieut.. G,eely to a position IN the
signal service: q joint memorial to congress ask
Ing for the reduction Of the price of government
land inside railroad limits to 81 .25 per acre: to
revive and re-enact the act locating the North
Dakota agricultural college at Fargo.
Businessi in the house moved along smoothly
this morning. The capital removal bill has
been disposed of for the present. and some
good work may be looked for. Mr.. johnson
introduced a bill to-day providing for the
abolition of boards of county commissioners.
substituting therefor a board of county refer,
ences, which shall hold its meetings twice a |
a year, in May and October. The board is to
consist Of the chairmen of the boards of super
Each ward OF every city also to have u reprc-
sentative. The salary OF each member is fixed
1t So per day for each day of actual service. and
mileage at two cents.
The bill will probably pass both houses.
Bills were also introduced locating
normal schools at Mimic and Portland. |
inc council b!ll providing for the
Of Sphinx county, and the location of the
county seat of the latter at Ashton, was read
the second time and referred to the commit
tee on counties. Concerning the proposed
division OF Sphinx county, the following tele-
gram was received today from Ashton:
Everybody is enthusiastic. Sphinx county
sends thanks to the council. Let the good work
go on.
The council bill defining the boundaries of
Edmunds and MCPHERSON counties was
passed. The council bill changing the name
of the village of Ordway to Independence
was read Il second time and referred TO the
committee on towns and cities. The house
committee on elections will report to-mar-
rowi in favor of seating Strong, the member
from the Twelfth district, whose seat was
contested by Bechtel. The new evidence
introduced by Hutchinson In the matter of
his contest may result in his securing the
seat.
The board of capital commissioners of Dakota
have made a report to the governor and legis-
lature, which, after giving a concise history of
the organization of the board, and the pro-
gramme carried out in locating the capital at
Bismarck, continues with an elaborate descrip-
ticn OF the newly erected capitol building and
the litigation following the removal. The board
alleges that but for the financial and @litigious
Bismarck would have sold for at least S25O.OOO.
The minimum valuation placed upon the 99l lots
plated is $123,415, and 749 lots remain unsold,
n 1nl fhe ety. at en s tSs s2n,h besl lie l tna acres &c adjoin-
actions of the board are shown as follows:
Total receipts..... .$13s,s49 90
Total expenditures l3s,s49 oo
Appraised at ..$123,4l5 90
Number of lots sold 245
Amount received for lots sold....... s,s49 90
Amount above appraised value..... 955 90
Number of unsold lots .......... 749
Hptai nnddeebat.esdncss @3 soI43 AZ AZ
The capitol is insured for S25. 0 and the
board ecommcnds an additional $780, 600 in
Surance upon the building.
81 expect to see horses trot close to
two minutes in q few years." said
Budd Doble to . Kansas City reporter,
land l can give you my reasons. In
the first place, we have seen horses
trot quarters in thirty seconds. That
is a two-minute gait. Every year
brings Improvement in breeding, train
ing, in sulkies, harness, and shooting.
With these improvements, and having
seen horses trot quarters in thirty Sec
onds, is it incredible that we should
get the time down to two minutes? A
year ago l pred cted that Commodore
Kittson's horse Johnston would make
2:07 within Il year. He made 2:O64
last year at Chicago. This year he
will pace a mile under the saddle in
two minutes"
Some day, writes 4 Washington cor
respondent of THE Boston Post, Lieut..
Garlisgton will be found to have done
brave deeds and to have made a more
successful fight against the elements
} than any else who has been con-
nected with the signal-servicc Arctic
l expeditions. His retreat yer six
: hundred miles in open boats, and the
consequent saving of the lives OF all
his men, was pluckier and showed
more judgement than anything done
, by the last expedition. He was prac-
: tically in the same situation and was
! further north when his ship was lost
, than Greedy was at Cape Sabine.
! Greedy, too, had boats, as darlington
: had, but the latter took to them, made
his journey and saved his men, while
Greedy knocked his boats to pieces for
fuel and lost most of his party 10y
. starvation"
III NcW OIh IuCIC lS uOl Iuucl ll-
y luence attached to the stage. A play
!. is looked on as a advertisement. There
is no doubt that good plays create a
! good tone Of thought, but they are not
calculated in this self-willed age to eff
feet a reformation in modes or man.
: ners. People in these parts go to the
y theater to be amused and interested,
not to have their propensitics inilu-
enced. The Orientals, however, are
more impressed by the drama. Among
the Hindoo castles there has been OF
, late considerable agitation with re-
t spect to infant marriages and inforced
. widowhood. A desire for reform in
: = these respects is evinccd. The Hindoos
are progressing in European civiliza-
!. ton. They consider the influence of
the stage to be great, and to further
reform in the dire ;tions referred to, a
o play on the subject, from the reform
cr's point of view, has been written by
. a Mahratta dramatist. The play has
y been produced at Bombay, and has
! created great excitement among the
natives. who throng nightly to witness
the performance.
Another find of coal has been made
in Day county, the coal being sixty fee
below the surface.
, Eleven million acres of public lands
. in the territory were disposed of last
year.