The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-18
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

zens was held at Mandan, and resolu-
tions passed calling for the immediate
removal of Judge Francis from the
the bench.
The Russell-Miller Milling company
has been organized in Valley City, with
n capital of 500, 900. which will oper-
ate the Touring mills there and at
Bismarck.
AT e prize fight at Neche between
Ed McKeown, championheavy-weight
OF Manitoba. and an furnish
ed by John S. Barnes OF st. Paul, the
latter proved himself to be n hard
tighter, and after four hard rounds
had been fought the battle was given
to the unknown on Il foul. Barnes
unknown was Denny kelleher, who
made such a hard fight a few months
ago with "the Marine
Officials of the Aberdeen land Office
! decide that the claims OF Lyman C. &
James Il. Dayton, of Minneapolis, toa
quarter-sectlon on the edge OF that.
city are unfounded.
Major Myrick, Judge advocate ofthe
department. OF Dakota, is ordered to
join his command after Oct.l.
New ~postmasters in Dakota:-Len.
OK, NJ. Schultz, vice Trent, removed;
Centerville, ]. +. Davis, vice Edge, re-
moved; White Lake. j. Deng, vice
Pratt, removed; Olivet, 6. w. w. Ba-
ker, vice White, removed; Memo, II.
Bray, vice Hell, removed; Hurley, r
Recs, vice Allen removed; Marion, j..
Ryan. vice Boeber, removed; Frank
fort, T.. p. Graves, vice Walbridse, re.
moved; Nolga, c. Keith, vice Brown,
removed; Darlington, c. d. Smith, vice
l1alsey, removed.
Sheriff Haggarr had twenty-one
stacks OF wheat and one OF barley
burned on his farm. The flames also
consumed his stock shed, some nine
hundred feet long, Theentlrc loss will
reach $4,000; no insurance.
Two men. onenamed George Emory
and the other James Bouton, We're
( killed by lightning on L. +. Isedmon's
farm, two miles south OF Mapleton.
Since the tragedies at Sturgis the
liberty OF the soldiers at Fort Mead
has been greatly restricted and every.
thing is very quiet.
Judge Mcconnell a term
OF court i'll Trail county, beginning
Sept. "a.
a Congregational church is under
sconstrrction III Bon llomme.
Alittlecloudpass2love where they
We're tlreshine near Mapleton, wher
the men took refuge in the barn.
Lightning struck the barn, killing the
head feeder and another one OF the
crew, and miuring two others quite
seriously. Twelve or fifteen men were
in the barn and all felt the shock.
j, H. Teller, territorial secretary OF
Dakota, in st, Paul, expressed himself
ready for de%capitation, but thinks
Gov. Pierce will be permitted to serve
out his term.
A young MAJ by the name OF Belts
has been arrested at Ipswich by the
sheriff OF Aurora county, charged with
belonging to IL gang OF horse thieves
near Plankington, in the Washington
hills. Seven Others OF the gang are
now in jail at Plankington.
Unknown parties attempted to
wreck the passenger train between
Canton and Lennox. They placed
three oak ties on the track, butithap-
pened that a freight train preceded
the passenger, and the engineer having
been warned, was on thelookout, and
stopped his train before any serious
damage was done. The passenger
train came along half an hour later,
and, although the v%agabond tramps
had replaced the ties on the track, the
engineer evaded accident.
The case OF the Marquis de Moses
has been removed to Bismarck, on a
change OF venue granted by Judge
: Francis.
Rev. SchafIner, the Baptist minister
OF Dickinson, convicted on the charge
of assaulting a deacon OF his church
with a hatchet, with intent to do great
bodily harm, was sentenced to six
months in the p~enitentiary ofthis city.
The friends OF Mr.. Schatfner are very
much cllagrined, at the verdict OF the
jury. and claim that the ease is ore
of the most fragrant persecution.
The Boston Daily Advertiser not
usually in the favor OF admitting ter
ritories to the Union. makes an eX-
ception in the case OF Dakota. The
Advertiser says: THE Territory OF
Dakotais. by wealth, population and
ability to govern itself, entitled to
statehood, and its admission will
make the Union stronger. Therefore,
for the democrats to refuse it's admis-
sion merely because it is a republican
community, or for them to attempt
to admit a puny and undeservingTer-
ritory OF democratic proclivities as a
partisan offset to it, will be to act
counter to enlightened public opinion,
The recent census returns from Dako-
la show TINT arguments to the effect
that the Territory s-too small, too
sparsely settled, or too uncertain
in its prosperity to be made
g. state, are untenable. AS q
Territory, Dakota may fairly be call,
ed an overgrown infant. AS a State,
it would to-day rank in population
above Colorado, Delaware, Florida
Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon
Rhode Island and Vermont; while ter
Years from now, if its population in
creases at anything like the rate il
has maintained in the past decade
there would be at least a third OF til,
States in the Union inferior to it il
number OF voters. To say that s
Territory whichcontains SO,OOOfarm.
is in danger OF dwindling into asecont
Nevada is manifestly absurd. Such {
statement betrays either ignorance o.