The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-03-13
DAKOTA FARAGRAPHs.

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A colony has left Yankton for the crow Greek
reservation.
The Devils Lake Inter-Oeean is now pub
lished daily.
The first bird Of the season appeared at Man
dan OH the I'd Inst.
Huron is to have an opera hotss and skat-
Ing rink, to cost S3, 900.
South Dakota farmers are going to cultivate
fax extensively this year.
Cattle in the Mouse river country are report
cd In excellent condition.
Turner county farmers will make specially
Of flax raising another season..
Hon. A. @. Aellette, formerly Of the Muncie
(Ind.) Times, has become editor Of the Water
town News.
Grand Forks has commenced the c0lst1ue.
ton OF water works The supply will be drawn
from ked Lake River.
A millionaire Chinaman lives at Rockford.
He owns mines, United States bonds, horses
and carriages and wash house.
AtMnniwaukan all the guests Of McDonald's
hotel were severely i'll, supposed TO have been
caused by eating canned tongue.
The DEVILS Lake News and Democrat have
been consolidated: The paper will hereafter
be known as the News Democrat.
Miss Louise Nacel, aged eighteen, was strck-
on with paralysis at Valley City while combing
her hair, and died tive hours later.
Fish are reported 90 plentiful in the shey-
enne river few miles north of Valley CITY,
that they arc being killed with clubs.
Richard Penwarden's baru, near Bismarck.
containing seven tons Of hay and a quantity of
grain, was burned Monday. Loss, $3.50.
Frank Gourtier Of Albany, N. Y, arrived in
La Grace last Friday. He started from Albany
last October and has driven the entire distance,
Among the bills that passed one house OF
congress and not acted on in the other was the
one for the admission of South Dakota as a
state.
1t 10 claimed that coal has been found in
| Cavalier county In the extreme north, and if
such proves to be the fact, that region will fill
| up rapidly.
Hon. Hiram Barber, the retiring receiver Of
the Mitchell land Office, will practice law in
that city, having formed coparnersbip with
A. W. Hager.
! Clemens Schmidt, who was tarred and feath-
cred near Valley City, and secured the arrest
OF four citizens for completely in the act was
himself arrested on charge of criminal libel,
but the case was dismissed.
| Barnes County Record: Commissioner o.
Malley is authority for the statement that n
| colony from Chicago will arrive in this city
shortly for the purpose Of taking up some of
the virgin soil Of the bountiful and beauteous
Barnes.
| The total production Of pure bar lin in all
the countries Of the world is 81, 900 tons year,
and Of this $4,000 tons arc brought to the Unit
ed States. 1t IL asserted that the tin mines in
Black Hills will soon be In condition to fur
nish 5000 tons per year.
| The newspapers assert that P. A. Gatehell,
Of the Duel County (Dakota) Advocate, has
fallen heir to an English estate valued at $780,
600. Gatchell Is now in good shape 10 start u
daily paper with certainty Of being able to
keep It up year or two.
A telegram received at Bismarck on March
from reliable parties at Britton, Day county,
states that while digging well at that place
vien OF hard coal eight feet thick was discover
ed at depth Of seventy three feet. If proper
ly developed, this will prove valuable source
Of fuel supply for tho territory.
Sanborn Enterprise: It is said that large
numbers Of prairie chickens are being trapped
along the Sheyenns river and sold In the Valley
| City market. Parties to these transactions
should remember that there is a law for the
protection OF these game birds. and they are
| liable to heavy fine in consequence.
The final decision of the secretary of the In
terror gives all the land claimed by the Ward
brothers, at the time of their murder at DEVILS
Lake nearly two years ago, to their heirs. This
| highest tribunal decides that the claim Of the
Wards was valid and that John Bell and the
rest OF the gang that murdered them were
trespassers. Yet the murderers are free.
1t is said the work Of grading Oh the Dakota
& Great Southern railroad will be resumed as
soen as soon the ground is sufficiently fres
AAoh 1Aoots VII luC 4NVLGltIu pOTtlOu OF tnc
road the grading will begin at the town OF
Elliot, III Ransom county, and he pushed as
rapidly as possible toward Tower City. When
this is completed, it is said, the track will be
commenced without delay.
Fargo Argus: P. H. Smith left yesterday
for his farm at Hope. He 10 turning this into
quite an extensive stock ranch, having one
hundred and twenty cows and this spring
fifty calves have already been dropped. There
are also hundred hogs and eighty horses
| ''post Of which are young and are intended for
breeding p;irposes. This stock departure was
only made last fall, ana Il is sntsned TO largely
increase the number. Mr.. Smith reports that
the stock have wintered well, and thus far lie
! is very much pleased with the investment.
Congratulating Cleveland.
The following resolution, offered by Mr..
Miller, was accepted by unanimous vote:
| Resolved, That the members of the legiclo