The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-09
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

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thrown from his horse and killed.
The Grand Forks Plaindealer is
sbout to invest in a new $13, 600 equip
nent of printing material.
Receipts of wheat at the Oriska ele.
'ator amounted to 1900, 600 bushels
this season.
A meeting OF the County Commits
%;ioners' association will be held at Bis.
marck Jan. Ia.
William Drawford's house north Of
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
lew democratic postmaster.
Con Sullivan fell 800 feet in o shaft
Of the Homestake mine at Deadwood
aud was killed.
Steam was turned on at the capital al
Bismarck recently. The building is
aow in splendid condition for occupancy.
The governor and other officers will
move into the building Immediately.
A meeting of the county commission.
srs' association of Dakota and county
i%reasurers and auditors will be held al
Bismarck June IA.
The small pox scourge will cost Brook.
ings county So, 800, aside from private
expenses. One bill presented was fo1
$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, near Fargo,
mistook a bottle of corbolic acid for q
bottle of whisky, which had beeI placed
IN the same cupboardi in the evening and
drank two swallows, dying in a few
minutes.
Ii. J. 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 DR..
Bradley, judges of election at Miner,
charged with classifying election returns,
were arraigned 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 q 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 o 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 a court house and pur.
chase a poor farm.
Charles Hanson of Stetson lost seven
teen head of cattle by their getting
frightened at sheep the like of which
they had never seen before and stamped
ing.
There are eighty-three Good Templar
edges in Dakota, a net gain of ffty-fve
during the past year. These have 3,114
members, a net gain of l 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 10000 acres Of
land in Wells ccunty, near Sykeston,
for $50, 900. New York parties bought
$1,000 worth of land neal Darlington,
and st. Paul investors So, 200 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
q man named Christopher johnson Of
$51. A petition for pardon was signed
by Judge Blaine, before whom they
were tried, the district attorney who
Prosecuted 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 tie county auditor to
issue certificates to the newly elected
officers, as follows: D. Deck, sheriff;
F. A. Wardell, treasurer; r. Twodly
register of deeds; E. Armstrong. Judge
of probate; w. j. Kneeskaw, district
attorney; g. A. Jackson, superinten-
dent of public schools; P. G. Donahan
coroner; S. o. McQuinn, county u
veyor; II. G. Arnold, county commits
sioner.
The associated press dispatch from
Traverse, Dec. 25, says: Things have
"a. -
been at about a standstill to-day. Last
evening Deputy United States Marshal
Johnson of Fargo arrived here with
warrants for the arrest of the persons
who overhauled the mail. This morn
ing, accompanied by Sheriff Cummins
and Deputy Pelham, the marshal start.
ed for Wilmot. He has just returned
with four prisoners, H. H. Houty, al.
bert Deores, K. Knudson and w. W.
Boyes. He will take the morning train
for Fargo. The adjutant general of the
territory arrived on this evenings train.
He is sent By the governor to consult
with the sheriff of the county in regard
to furnishing troops. The men under
the command of the sheriff are willing
ko assist him in aaryinp his Dapars onS