The Dickinson press., 1885-01-03

On Tuesday evening while a freight
train in charge of Conductor Clark
and Engineer Heating was crossing
bridge over Heart river about four
miles east of here, a wheel on one of
the cars broke, throwing five cars
over and badly wrecking the bridge.
The cars were loaded with lumber
for Medora parties and are total
wreck. A large force of men was
Immediately put to work and by
Wednesday evening the wreck was
cleared away and the bridge repaired
sufficiently to admit the passage
of trains. The railroad men all es.
capped injury.
T. B. Graham, superintendent Of
bridges and buildings on the Missouri
division, is at work taking the size
and number of buildings on the divi-
sion, also the length and number of
side tracks. This is being done all
along the line of the Northern Pacific
and when completed the whole line
of the road together with buildings,
side tracks and their dimensions with
descriptions, will be drawn up form.
ing complete map about forty feet
in length, which will be placed in
Assistant General Manager Odell's
office at st. Paul, furnishing that Off
cial ready reference.
w. II. Hoyt offers FIVE acres of land
on the Heart river just east of town
as a bonus to any one who will erect
a roller Touring mill on the ground
This is good offer and will probably
be accepted by some enterprising in.
dividual or firm before spring. This
is the best point along the line of the
Northern Pacific for Touring mill.
One here would control all the trade
west for at least three hundred miles.
The western trade must depend on
Dakota for flour as that country will
always remain stock producing one
and we could supply it with flour
cheaper than it can be shipped from
farther east.
The coal haulers have been supply.
ing the town with coal from 4 sec.
tion Of railroad land east of here.
The coal was taken out along the
river bank and did not injure the
land in the least; but last Monday
Mr.. w. Owen Jacobs who is inter.
ested in the Northern Pacific coal
company, corporation that has a
monopoly of the business along the
line, came here to cut off our supply
by preventing the haulers from get.
ting coal off Of the railroad land, thus
compelling the people to buy coal of
the monopoly. Their little scheme
will fail, as almost every section of
land in the county contains coal and
our citizens will be supplied as usual
without buying of the company at
exorbitant prices. These immense
coal deposits would be developed but
for the fact that no one outside of
this coal company can get rates over
tho railroad.
The timely discovery of a fire,
which was started in WIN. Moore's
building OH the corner of Willard and
Sims street, 10y coal falling from a
stove and setting fire to the floor,
probably prevented disastrous con-
tlagration which would have swept
the business portion of Dickinson out
of existence. The building is occu-
pied by John Slatcher, John Prior
and Mrs. Vic. Smith. Mrs. Smith
occupies the east half and during her
temporary absence last Saturday
morning hot Goals rolled from the
stove and when discovered by Mr..
Slatcher who smelled the smoke and
went to investigate, the fire had
burned hole in the floor about one
foot in diameter and was making
rapid headway to the sides Of the
building. The smoke killed fine
canary bird belonging to Mrs. Smith,
which she priced very highly. This
should serve as warning to our citi.
zens and show them the need of some
protection against fire. Will they
heed it or wait until it is too lato!
Draft Horses.
The following is a synopsis of a
lengthy article which appeared in the