The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-30
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NOTES


The official elevator report shows Lis
bon toibe 5 per cent. ahead Of any other !;
town III Dakota in the quantity Of No. ~
hard produced last year, and the county
1 Of Ransom 10 per cent ahead.
n The new county Of Oliver has been
created ont Of part of the county Of
Mercer. The new county is named in
honor Of Assembly lyman Harry Oliver Of !
Ransom county. who was one, Of. the
leading members Of the late legislature.
Ida Burdick, Of unfortunate social
predictions. committed suicide at the
Park house, Grand Forks. She had
quarrele with her lover.
A regiment Of eighteen companies Of
the Dakota National guards has been
formed and another one will be organ
lied in the south.
Many farmers in Dakota who did not
plow all their ground last fall have not
the stock necessary to prepare the
ground now, and viii be obliged to car- !.
~ out their original plans. Others
have bought fax and other seed and
cannot afford to change now. In some
cases where farmers have not procured
flax for seed, and have ground ready,
they may put it into, wheat. :{3' 81
The reason Dakota is allowed $4,000
more than MINI sota for taking the
census is that the per cent Of increase
Of population since 1880 has been great.
rs DR.. o. w. Archibald, superinten-$s
dent Of the North Dakota hospital for
the insane, Of jamestown, has arrived &
there with ;lis family from Fort "a .sS
! Lincoln. It is expected that patients
will be transferred from :Yankton with
in 80 days. .t.5!5 z
+ The contractors who graded about
LOO miles Of the Dakota & Great South
ern railroad last year are again at! work
with, double the force. Thetwork lacks
but q few miles Of being completed 4
from Eliot, on the Fargo & South
western, to Bristol. s..s55: e:
One firm at Ellendale has just
shipped 2, 900, 900 (; trees from Iowa. 4
That number set out in that section
would make quite a start toward trees
D. N. Shannon of Sanborn was awak-
ened the other. night, to find his barn
in flames. He reached it it time, to Z
barely save six horses. Fifty bushels
Of wheat, 300 bushels of oats and reap
ing machine were destroyed.
Robert F airveathe IS, Of Euclid, Polk
county, has 700 acres in seed, and will
have upwards Of 8 900 acres seeded. 4
Commissioners Wilton and Mallory Of
Rolette county, have been required to
give bonds Of $500 each to answer on a
charge of misdemeano or and neglecting
to appoint Judges on May 70, az q 7
special election, as called for BY law.
The firstrai Of. the season fell at
Pierre, and farmers are happy. Vege-
tation was sadly ii need i Of moisture,
and planted crops viii rapidly come
forward. s515 ii q AZ
a burglar broke into Mobsy's tailor
shop at Fargo and succeeded in getting
away with six coats, five vests, three.
pairs of pants and one pants pattern,
Police gave chase and captured the
:clothes. but failed to capture the thief.
Near Brownviille, IN 4 camp Of Fin
landers . drunken row occurred, in
which John Weare was killed and John
Costello wounded by one Clemens.
( Dr.: G q. Vesey, physician Of good
standing; at Clifton, in Sully county,
lately attempted to commit suicide with
morphine and strychnine. Prompt use
of antidotes saved his life. It was
thought that his mind was affected, and
the county board pronounced him in
sane. He has been taken to an asylum.
The Msndan Pioneer calls attention
to the fearful and swanton destruction
of.largei game going on in the northwest
at this time. N. n 81 t J; Il 81 fis5
Albert Bngemill Of Darbin has bought
the noted farm near Sanborn for $11,
300. bsi Ii sssl
Fred Reenke1 81 Minor has Been 1 an 1
pointed auditor Of Sargent COUNTY #
The Hide & Fur company stof Tracy
purchased an otter skin Eve feet, in
length. which was shipped down from
Gary, Oak. y
The Red River Elevator company, Of
Minneapolis, will build q 2O,O 900 eleY7a-
tor ut Devils Lake. !!
w 7. Johnson Of Aberdeen has q j
fine stable Of horses. Handle
Pilot, BY Dauntless, By Hambletonian
10; dam Flora. BY Strader's Clay; sec,
sond dam by Pilot, Jr. Agatha, b. m,
by ,Alaric, by Richmond, BY HANDLE
tonian 10 dam Mamie T horne dam Of
Thornless, 2 :28a) by Hamlet. Grit. b.
O., full brother to Thornless.
n the United STATES court a. Yank- !
ton, the jury III the case 81 William
Rust Of Chamberlain, charged with
trespass on government timber, return
ed a verdict Of not guilt
Bennett aceo plice 81 Bell in the 1
Small murder, pleaded guilty as acces- /
sorry This gives him Ave years. L i'm &
prisonment. Bella corpse has been be.
headed and phJy sdissians have his skull.
b The Park hotel At Steele, burned. It /
was owned BY Mrs. p MEG owan, was was
valued ct IS 900, and was insured for
81, SOC, ~, 500 being IN the Sc. Paul,
Fire i q arine conn 81 81. Pau, q