The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-12-18
DAKOTA PARAenAPus.
Devil. Lake has ordered a sloo fire bsll.

at Sioux Falls In January.
Park River will make loan Of $4,000, to be
expended for fire apparatus.
The HcMaster estate at Deadwood has finally
been divided among the heirs.
The Republican and Record, both published
at Castalia, have been consolidated.
Mrs. Clara Nspens, Of Salem, attempted to
commit suicide by taking horse liniment.
The first tower clock manufactured in Da-
kota was made by a Sioux Falls jeweler.
Jay B. Edwards has retired from the North
wood Headlight and is succeeded by Mr.. Kiley,
Twenty-Five cars Of stock vera shipped from
the little town of White Lake last "Wednesday,
There are seventy-five lodges of Coed Tern-
plars in the territory with membership Of
S,1O9.
Sheriff Harris Of Hughes county, will re-
sign his Office owing to the inadequacy Of tho
salary.
There are four graded and 1OG ungradetl
schools in Brown county, with 2,514 pupils ell
rolled.
six bins and have capacity Of about 10000
bushels.
1t is proposed to organize stock company
at Webster for the purpose Of erecting a union
elevator.
Clark, one Of the smaller and newer counties
of the central region, already has fifty school
houses erected.
Charles S. Smith was appointed city clerk
and treasurer at DEVILS Lake vice Robert Fer.
gussn resigned.
Hanson county and the country tributary to
Alexandria raises one-fourth Of all the flax
raised In Dakota.
Hillsbsro has 72,OOO bushels Of wheat in it,
elevators, and its business men are 'long" OH
25O, ,00O. bushels May.
Sim Mace, driver of the Spearfish aud Bear
Gulch express was probably fatally injured by
falling from Ills wagon.
The flax mill at Canton is temporarily closed.
Next year additional machinery will bs put In
and the business pushed.
Judge Church has made second demand
Pennington county court.
Yankton is probably the only town in Dakota
that has demand for an African church. Ono
has just been completed.
Buffalo Gap is still booming Sixty houses
are in the course of erection and lots sell for
from $l10 to S1,755 each.
The Bathgate sentineps editor received $40
for the greatest promptness neatness and &C.
curacy in making his census returns.
The grading force on the Elkhorn Valley ex-
tension to the Black Hills arc operating be-
tween Rapid City and Spring creek.
Rev. Father Rosen received word from the
bishop Of the diocese to take charge of all the
Roman Catholic missions in Lawrence county.
Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian institute, has
written asking for few Of the fish which short
time ago came out Of tile artisan well at Ab-
erdaen.
petition has been forwarded to Pelnbina
and elsewhere asking congress to throw upon
the market the immense pine area in the Red
Lake reservation.
Mayor Mcclure, Of Pierre, expects to leave
for Washington this week to join the lobby
there at work for the Dawes bill opening the
Sioux reservation.
About 200 families from Wales are coming
to Dakota in the spring. They are all prosper
GUS and thrifty, and will bring from szOO to
s1,000 apiece with them.
The third floor of the Devils Lake Keller mill
gave way one day last week and precipitated
5000 bushels Of wheat to the grsund. The
loss is estimated at $1,000.
Herman Boss, section hand on the North
ern Pacific, was kneckod from the rear of 4
caboose by switch stand at Fargo and seri.
susly il not fatally injured.
8. A. Forsha's barn, OH Whitewosd, below
Crook, burned, together with largo amount
Of grain. Loss $4,000: insured for $1,000 in
the Pennsylvania company.
The farmers' warehouse at Do Smet has been
leased to Watertown millers, but with the
understanding that the latter are TO handle
farmers grain at one cent per bushel.
An eighteen inch vein of coal has boon dis
covered thirty-five miles north Of LaGrace,
CNulpUoll COuukys IL ID 6dlu W W. VI mo DAW0
quality as that mined near Bismarck.
Warden Williams, of tho Bismarck penlten-
tiary has established shoe shop and tailor
shop, and proposes to have tho convicts make
clothes and shoes for their own wear.
At the university at Vermillien students are
furnished board at 81 week, which, with
free or small tuition, makes 1t very easy to OBJ
tain collegiate education in Dakota.
A ship containing lot of blooded stock for
farmers in Hughes county sailed from England
early in November, put back in storm, but
reached Baltimore last week, and the cargo
will soon arrive in Dakota.
Lawyer Hertig, Of Valley City, informs the
Times that the effect Of the recent decissn of
Of the United States supreme court, restrain-
ing the treasurer Of Trail county from selling
lands in the. Northern Pacific land grant for
taxes, will prevent the collection Of taxes upon
nearly the entire realty of Valley City.
Wheat Stocks and Prospects.
The indications Of the Chicago wheat mar
ket yesterday were that the Minneapolis mil
lers who have been operating here have clssed
out their deal. They sold large quantity
short about three weeks ago, covered 1t later at
handsome profit and then sold shsrt again
to a smaller extent on the following apturn
of prices. This wheat has now been bought
in, and one Of the gentlemen 10 credited with
the statement that he does not intend to sell
abort auy more hja roaaon bo;pn, fksf MT t>