The Dickinson press., 1885-01-03
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

John s. Hong of Hlllsboro, wa
thrown from his horse and killed.
The Grand Forks Plaindealer il
about to invest in a new $13, 900 equip
nent of printing material.
Receipts of wheat at the Oriska Gle
'ator amounted to 1900, 900 bushels
this season.
A meeting OF the County Commits
%,ioners' association will he held at Bis
marck Jan. IA.
William Drawford's house north o
the Manitoba track at Fargo was burned
Loss $3.50; insurance $500.
Plankinton proposes to hold an cleo
lion to see who the people want for the
new democratic postmaster.
Con Sullivan fell 300 feet in q shaft
Of the Homestake mine at Deadwood
aud was killed.
Steam was turned on at the capital al
Bismarck recently. The building is
low in Experimentation for occupancy.
The governor and other officers will
move into the building Immediately.
A meeting of the county commission.
ars' association of Dakota and county
;reasurers and auditors will be held at
Bismarck June IA.
Thesmall pox scourge will cost Brook
ings county s., $500, aside from private
expenses. One bill presented was fol
$500.
-Four persons charged with opening
United States mail bags at the Traverse
:iots have arrived at Fargo, where they
will be tried.
John johnson of Quincy, ear Fargo,
mistook q bottle of corbolic acid for O
bottle of whisky, which had been placed
in the same cupboardin the evening and
drank two swallows, dying in a few
minutes.
H. ]. Gibbs of Diana, who was late.
ly acquitted at the United States court
for forging land office papers, has been
rearrested on the charge of forging 9th.
er land office papers.
S. g. Lauder, A. Jeanson and DIR.
Bradley, judges of election at Miner,
charged with classifying election returns,
were arraig&d recently, waived exami.
nation and were bound over to United
States court.
The Dakota college at Sioux Falls
will, at the opening of the next term,
Jan. 6, commence o model school,
which will be under the charge of a
thoroughly competent teacher.
A building at New Rockford, owned
by John Mcdonald and occupied by
Louis Joslin as a saloon, was burned.
Insurance, 5000. This is New Rock.
ford's first fire.
An experienced Pennsylvania coal
miner named Goddard found the coal
on the farm of DR.. A. Won Guenther.
about four miles southeast of Newark.
ut a depth of about sixty-tive feet.
A proposition will be submitted to the
people of Ransom county to bond the
county to the amount of $50, 600, with
which to build q court house and II
chase o poor farm.
Charles Hanson of Stetson lost seven.
teen head of cattle by their getting
frightened at a sheep the like of which
they had never seen before and stamped
ing.
There are eighty-three Good Templar
odges in Dakota, a net gain of tfty-tive
dur < ,..u .,ast year. These have 3.114
members, a net gain of 1908 after al.
lowing for $40 suspensions, SO expul.
sions, and losses by Withdrawals
deaths. &c.
The jamestown Capital says D. s.
WILDER Of that city has just concluded
in st. Paul the sale of 5000 acres Of
land in Wells county, neal Sykeston,
for $50, 600. New York parties bought
SO, 900 worth of land near Darlington,
and st. Paul investors 1920 worth OF
land near Sykeston.
Gov. Pierce pardoned William Deck.
er and William Smith, who have served
five years Of a life sentence for robbing
o man named Christopher johnson of
$51. A petition for pardon was signed
by Judge Blaine, before whom they
were tried, the district attorney who
prose nted the case, the jurors, county
commissioners and other prominent cit
liens. Decker and Smith have been
confined in the Sioux Falls penitentia
ry for about a year.
Judge Hudson. ofthe Third judicial
district, has rendered his decision in
the Pembina county political contest
and has ordered the county auditor to
issue certificates to the newly elected
officers, as follows: d. Deck, sheriff;
+. A. Wardell, treasurer; r. Twodly
register of deeds; E. Armstrong. Judge
of probate; w. j. KneesEaw, district
attorney; G. A. Jackson, superinten.
dent of public schools; p. G. Donahan
coroner: S. o. McQuinn, county SUI
veyor; II. @. Arnold, county commits
sioner.
The associated press dispatch from
Traverse. Dec. Is, says: Things have
been at about a standstill to-day. Last
evening Deputy United States Marshal
johnson of Fargo arrived here will
warrants for the arrest of the persons
who overhauled the mail. This morn.
ing, accompanied by Sheriff Cummin.
and Deputy Pelham, the marshal start
ed for Wilmot. He has just returned
with four prisoners, H. H. Houty, AL
bert Deores, X. Knudson and w. w