The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-16
bAk0TA TERRITVRIAL NEWS.


past year amounted TO $l46,475:
Dakota spent &46o, 900 for school.
houses last year.
Ex:6ov, 0rdwsy is confident chat
congress will do rssl,ips toward the
division of Dakota this session:
Buildings and public improvements
ct Sioux Falls last year amounted to
4440,0o0.
Efforts sre being made by J. h. Mar.
tetts 10 Sstsblish rolling mill at Msa.
dan:
Frank johnson, reported frozen "
desth near custor, is alive and we'll.
Elk are being Killed y che hunters
on tAe Jim river, in Brown County:
Building improvements at Mitchell
last ysat were $3.50, 425.
Osborne Benson 81 tuf,inston writes
to the Lisbon papers that he was tf6t
hanged by vigilantes, as reported.
At the term of court held at Glivet
Levi Waliisss was convicted of rape,
and sentenced to twenty-five years and
six months in the, Siouz Falls peniten:
tiary.
The building Of NJ: T. Kennedy ID
Dawson, occupied by him as harness
shop and residence, burned, with its
contents. Loss, 42,5o6;; iiRRsarsroe. Il.
$50.
George Stickney, treasurer of Union
county, is reported short in his &C.
counts 5000 OF mofs: His affairs
are in bad shape: Il Is thought the
shortage will be made good.
Thecounty seat war cot sphinx county
5000.
The skeleton of Bill Styles. alias Bill
Caldwell. one of the Nor.hfield bank
robbersj was consumed in the recent
fire at Grand Forks: Ths skeleton Of
William Pitt, another of the gang, IL in
possession of DR.. Murphy of st. Paul.
A ohattel mortgage for $7,26S,8S,
covering the stock. stores and their fix
tures Of Goodman & Grange Of Sheldon
and Lisbon, in favor Of George R. New.
ell & Co., Minneapolis, was filed in the
registers office, and Newell & Go: are
in possession of the stock.
The county treasurer Of Hamlin
county. accompanied by several other
men, went to Castlewood and removed
his records back to Spaulding, which
was the county seat before the recent
canvassing board threw out the vote Of
several precincts in order to count
Castlewood in.
Taxes in Dakota become delinquent
tho first Monday ia Fe;,raary. al wh,ol
time 5 per cent. penalty attaches tip'
on all unpaid taxes, and interest at the
rate of l per cent. per month is added at
the first of each month until the taxes
ore paid.
| Matt Miller, who attempted to kill
Oliver Lane, near Mitchell, was con.
victed and sent to the penitentiary for
four years. It now turns out that
through flaw in the Indictment lie will
escape further punishment, tho grand
jury failing to charge him with using
deadly weapon in the assault.
D. f. Fries. slater, slipped while
working on the new slate roof of tho
railroad roundhouse of Mitchell, and
fell to the ground, breaking his leg and
fracturing his skull. The wounded
man is in dangerous condition. He
has wife and child living in Minneapo-
lis.
Chambers is so prevalent and fatal
among the Bismarck and Pierre stage
horses that the Fort Yates military au-
thorities have excluded them from with
in the post limits. Large numbers 81
horses and mules are sick and diving
from this dreadful plague oil over the
territory.
On Sunday night, Dec. %, fino
mare and top carriage were stolen from
r. j. Finlay of Beadle county. The
matter of hunting up the stolen proper
ty was put in the hands Of Sheriff w.
II. Cobban of Howard, who on Tuesday
found the mare and buggy. the latter
broken down, at Joseph Grants, farm.
er, residing few miles of Madison,
Lake county, but the thief had skip.
ped.
| The county commissioners of Sphinx
county offer reward of $500 to the
parties who will find out and cause the
arrest and conviction of the persons
who broke open the Sphinx county vault
on the morning of Dec. 6, 1884, and
stole therefrom the books and records
of Sphinx county therein contained. E. s.
Noyes, chairman, and s. F. Hammond.
county clerk, sign the offer.
Col. VIM. Thompson. Of Bismark, as
sisted in laying the corner stone of tho
Washington monument, being mem
Der of congress then from Iowa. He
commanded the garrison at Fort LIN.
coin for years, and is now a bonanza
farmer OF Burleigh county. He will
visit Washington to be present at the
dedication of the monument.
The book and stationery firm of d.
F. Polk & Co.. of Fargo. mode an as
signment for the benefit of their credit
ors. It is thought that all will be paid
IN full.
Dakota's bonded indebtedness is
s392, 900, incurred in constructing the
following public buildings: Insane asy.
lum ut Yaakton, SIT, 500; deai mute