The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-08-13
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS,

of H. P. Packard was shot by a play
mate who was fooling with q revol
yer. " " y g,sl.:. ,,,s; n
Daniel Aiken, working on the farm of
Mr.. Stevens, near Trysel, was drown
ed. Is j3 (, 81 d u 81, WREN
The Press association Of the South
has resolved that, Sc so is. the figure
for final,proof notices..
Frank N: Harwood died Of sun.
stroke, near. Huron.
The valuation of Walsh county has
increased from $3.50, 295 in 1881 to
So, 1885, 1886. Its farm lands are 411,-
156 acres, valued at $2,163, 1892.
Mitchell. !. has only twenty-three
lawyers among'its 5000 people. a,
Matthias Johnson has been arrested
and held to the circuit court at Port.
land, for practicing medicine without
O licence. H; NJ '.',i
The equalization board at Wapheton
raised one mans assessment 1927, OOO
and he was indignant.
Mrs: Gidley, wife Of J. w. Gidley, su-
perintendent OF the Northwestern Stage
company, committed suicide at Rapid
City by taking arsenic and chloro.
form.
In Miner county the hail insurance
companies have settled losses on wheat
on a basis Of twenty-five bushels per
acre as the average Of that section.
One man in Campbell county has
raised Yery.fne blackberries this sea.
son from roots brought, from Mich.
igan! g. | 4.
The Cheyenne crossing, to which
point the Black Hills extension of the
Sioux City & Pacific is expected to be
completed Nov. 1, is distant but nine.
ty-fve miles from Deadwood and but
fifty miles from Rapid City,
J. Hansen Ais of Leonard has re.
tanned Miller & Green OF Fargo in his
suit against the Northern Pacific rail-
road for ejecting himself and bride
from the cars at Wood Siding two
months ago. The damage was put at
$1,000 .s5s. 81. ~
The heirs Of John Forester of Yank-
ton and his brother, Adam Forester.
of Niobrara, have recently fallen heir
to about $7O,OOO,by the death of the
father Of John and Adam Foester in
Germany.
"A. J. HARDWOOD, former president of
the Republican committee, and one of
the early settlers OF Fargo, has sold his
dwelling for So, 900 and will engage in
business in Minneapolis. MI
According to the assessors returns
there are in Baookings county: q, 23O
horses and 7,774, head of cattle, ex-
elusive: Of those. under: one! year old,
April 1, 1885. There are also 3,l72
sheep and $50 hogs: The taxable
property Of the county; is about S4,-
100000.
The reports from seven land Offices
in Dakota for the month of June show
1882 new filings on homestead and
presumption claims, with an area OF
454, 1888 acres The. total number oil
settlers proofs was 663, and the total
area acquired by final proof, 1O3, 7Os
acres. tfhe total number of tree
CLAIMS entered. was 929.
The first annual agricultural fair of
Dakotais to .beheld at Huron Sept. 20,
80, Oct. L and 2, with $4,000 adver-
tised in premiums for stock and pro
ducts. Farmers and stockmen of Cen
trail Dakota. besides many outside ex-
hibitors, are said to be .lnaking ar
rangemlents to, attend, and this, al
though but the first series, promises to
be a good starter.
Oliver Dalrymple writes to L. +,
Hodges, from Casselton, that he will
begin harvesting on his farm Aug. 10.
He gives the average per acre in Dako
ia as followa: Barnes, ITO 2O;bushels;
Bon Homme, Is to 80; <Beade, 20;
Brown, 10 to 17;Brockage, Is; Cass Ia
to 2O;Dawson, Is to 2O;Dickey, 1 ;Day,
20; Grand Forks, l5, to. 20; Grant, 10
tolls; Lincoln, 18 to 20; Lake, j s; Nc
Cook, 49, Minnehaha, Is to i18;
!, Moody, Is; Pembina, 20; Ransom,
damaged fl5; per cent by blight and
rust; Richland, 10 to Ii; Sargent, 20;
Stutsman, Is to %; Trail, 10 to Il 8;
n Turner, 16 to; 20; Walsh l9 to rs:
Eddy, damaged % per cent.
In the case OF Thomas A. Parker VS..
Frederick G. Castle, from, the Huron
land district OF Dakota, the secretary
ofthe interiorreverses: upon review-his
predecessors decision of Feb..1O @; 1856,
holding thatqthe service Of notice by
publicatiion.isn not warranted upon the
sworn allegation that the present ad-
dress Of the defendantis unknown to
the deponent, and that personal SER
vice cannot be had upon him." but
u TINT it must also be affrmatively
shown that due diligence has been used
to procure personal service before an
order for publication can be allowed.
!. a dispatch from Mr.. Dalrymple,
& states that the damage in Cass oun-
ty will be rs to 33 1-3-per cent.
Warden Williams Of the penitentiary
at Bismarck, wishes it distinctly un-
derstood That Wednesday Of each
week Is reception dayat his mansion,
md on that day visitors are welcome
and invited to call: The admission
\ Zee: will be twenty-five cents, the pro-
ceeds to be devoted tosa library fund
Tor the purchase Of books and papers
for the convicts. 4 sssss,.t !.
The following officers of the Dakota
militia were designated BY Governor
Pierce toii5attend the funeral obsequies
Of General Grant: General Thomas S.
4 Free, adiutant general; Colonel O. w.
Bennett, first regiment; Colonel NJ. w.
Sheafe, second regiment; g. =. Little,