The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-26
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

Near Mitchell, a boy named Conde
noun claimed that a tramp shot and
killed his sister but subsequently own.
ed up that he did it himself accident.
ally.
William Higgins, young hunter.
committed suicide at Dickinson.
Tor the week ending June 13i the
to u number of acres entered at the
DEVILS Lake land office was 22,OSO;
collections, $2,83O.25.
At the recent special election at Mil
bank to bond the city for an artesian
well, a majority of eight votes were
found against the we'll.
At Elk Point, OAK, a number d
buildings were blown down, the rail
road coal house and wind mill de
molished. No one hurt.
Sioux Falls real and personal prop
srty has just been officially valued at
81, ,265, $50, an increase Of $2O8, ,181
over the assessment of last year.
The artesian we'll at the Casselton
roller mills is a success. At q depth o
315 feet two inch flow of ofremarkably
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 willcompete
with the Northern Pacific Elevator
company in q vigorous fashion.
Charles Phillips of Cooperstown paid
500 fine for beating his wife.
The grand commandery of knights
Templar closed it's session at Yanktor
by the installation of the following
newly elected officers: L. B. French
Yankton, right eminent grand com
mander; D. S. Glydden, Sioux Falls
viceeminent deputy grand commander
M. A. Brewer, Fargo, eminent grand
generalissimo; ]. A. Calcord, Huron
eminent grand captain general; c. 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
nent grand treasurer; Bruce NJ. Row.
ley, Huron, eminent grand Recorder
The Dakota Methodists have ar
ranged for their summer camp meet.
ings at Simpson Park, Big Stone City
which has been elaborntely fitted up
and it being OH the beautiful shores oi
the Big Stone lake, possesses unusual
attractions. The week OF camp meet.
ing, beginning July z, is to be followed
by two full weeks devoted to IL Sunday
school institute and u grand temper.
ance jnbilee. At all of the meetings
noted men from various parts of the
land are to be present.
A Ayoungman, u German, whose name
is thought to be Jacob Kocher, was
drowned in the James river recently,
while bathing, four miles from Yank.
ton.
Thomas w. Jaycox, special agent OF
the general land Office at Washington,
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 petitions were put
in circulation, praying for his imme.
date removal, and said petitions are
being universally signed by all classes,
Republicans as well as Democrats:
Jaycox, however, thought it advisa-
BILE to take time by the forelock, and
accordingly sent in his resignation.
Bismarck special.-Two alleged horse
thieves were held for the grand jury,
and another was delivered to Montana
officers to be arraigned at Miles City.
The Montana man was arrested here
recently, having in possession several
horses stolen from the Fort Keogii
reservation, The others begun opera.
tions In Mclean county, worked
through Burleigh and Steele counties,
and were caught in stutsman 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. 1t was de.
cided, to reduce the number of direct.
orsfrom twelve to seven. The directors
chosen were: II. E. Sargent, 4. w.
Wadsworth and Philip Wadsworth,
of Chicago, and John w. Cary, d. C.
Green, B. l.. Lomax and p. Nj. Movers
of Milwaukee. At 4 o'clock this after
noon the directors elected the follow.
ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi.
dent, H E. Sargent; secretary and treas.
prer, Il. w. Wadsworth. It'is saidtl.at
arrangements will he made for the i'm.
mediate completion of thegap between
Ortonville and Flandreau.
A boy eleven years of age named
Condemonn, son OF J. +. Condemonn,
who lives eleven miles northwest of
Mitchell rode hurriedly into town and
alarmed the citizens by reporting that
his sister, aged sixteen years, had been
shot by tramp. His story was that
the tramp rode up to the house, took
a shotgun from the wall and shot the
girl. When closely questioned the boy
contradicted himself in several points,
and when pressed hard he finally ad.
mitted that he did the shooting him.
self, but that it was accidental. The
boy was arrested and is nowin jail at
Mitchell. Theneighbors state that the
boy and girl frequently quarreled, and
as he was subject to violent outbursts
OF passion, it is Thought that he shot
her in his rage.
Representatives. from various agri-
cultural counties met at Mitchell the
other day and organized, in conformity
with a provision of the last legislature,
a Territorial agricultural society.
Twenty-three societies from twenty.
two counties were represented. C. A.