The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-09-11
DAKOTA PARAGRAFEs.

1eteT FruAV was Killed near AndOyer BY
falling on the cylinder Of 1 thrsshing machine.
Gov. Pieree has pardsssd Frank H. King.
who was sentenced to the penitsntiary from
Pierre for ten year,.
The Rsdfisld Dispatch says farmers in That
section complain that sricksts cut tho csrd
bands Of the wheat
Ezra Heskern, farmer near Diekinson. had
his right leg cut of by moving machine and
was net expected to live.
Apsttisa 10 being circulated At Bismarst
asking that Capt. b. D. Baker bs appointed re-
csiver Of public moneys there.
The new Pierre watsrwsrks have been tsstsd
and found to be satisfactory. The capacity Of
the pumps is 1,0Oo 900 gallsas per day.
1t Is new promised that the line shall be
completed this year and the cars running 70
Rapid City in the Black Hills BY December.
The Manitoba road has Issued circular giy-
Ing notice OF The opening Of Clifford, Kelso and
Conway as regular stations from September Z.
Portland Intsr-Ossan: w. H. Robinson has
disposed Of his residence property in Portland
to Mr.. Grmsrud, and he is now lonely widswsr
sure and in fact.
A store at Grafton was broken int enc night
last week and robbed Of twenty seven watches,
twsnty-fssr chains, seven revslvers. and
quantity Of clothing.
Mayor johnson Of Fargo is soliciting contri-
butisns OF samples Of Dakota products to sx-
hibit at the Minnesota State fair and after At
tho Huron exhibition.
Editsr Lucas Of the Csstalia Republican. az.
poets to add greatly to bis wealth by means Of
patent incabatsr that hs will exhibit at tile
fairs. He claims that hs can beat the material
parent ton days.
The small stock owners Of the southern
Black Hills are to hold convention at Custer
City, September -, to take measures to pre-
tect themselves against tile sncroashmsnts Of
the cattle kings.
Coopsrstown Courier: DR.. Newell visited
Dazey Monday and removed a tuner from
0aby's head which was actually larger than
the head. The child may, however, live, al
Though it Is desperate case
A ysung man at Plankintsn came from the
East four years age, engaged to Young lady
at his former homo, and has been legally strug-
Cling to secure homo for her. She has Just
been left $500, 900 by the death Of relative,
and they will at once marry and enjoy tho re-
ward Of their mutual fidelity In Dakota.
Attorney General Rice has commenced suit
against Psttgrew, the census man who ma.
ligned his immediate ancestry, for $4,000
damages. There has nowhere been wsrd Of
apology offered for the strange action Of the
census man, and he is likely to find life in d.
kota hereafter exceedingly uncomfortable.
Portland Inter Ocean: Messrs. Geo. e'Reilly,
I. Power and Geo. Rsidlsr went out to Shsr-
brooke Saturday on hunt by invitation Of Mr..
Ed Kent, returning with nineteen ducks and
twenty -four snipe, ORsilly and Power killing
the latter at one shot each. They should BE-
reported to the society fer the prevention OF
cruelty to children.
Cooperstown Courier: Nm. Gesrgs W. Bar
narPs cook toak fire while she was preparing
breakfast last Friday morning. She became
very much frightened, and failing to subaua
the flames by screaming, commenced to weep
bitterly, when Mrs. B. appeared on the scene
and proved that little active exsrtion is wsrth
number Of weeps in such an emergency. In
putting the fire cut Mrs. BIS hands were badly
burned.
Fargo Argus: The Duluth grade has been
changed to read "mostly Scotch fife," instead
Of "at least ssvsnty-nvs per cent Scotch fifs."
This IL bsttsr than before, but yet fails 10 meet
the needs Of the producer. Blusjoint Well
mans Saskatchewan and ether varieties Of
hard berries are still excluded. A farmer Il
authority for saying that samples Of s'lorthsrRn
taken to Buffalo ssld for No. l, shippers max
ing tho difference.
The city csunsil Of Fargo has authorized the
erection Of tive elsetris light towers each 125
feet high. The Manitoba railroad has offered
to contribute $685. year toward maintaining
one Of the towers if placed at the Broadway
crossing Of their road, and the proposition has
been accepted. The Northern Pacific made \
proposition to pay $3.50 toward the sonstruc-
tion Of a tower ii placed where the former one
was. The offer was rejected.
Truman Morse was enc Of those who in
vested biz means in Northern Pacific bends un-
dor Jay Cooke in 1872. After The collapss he
turned his bonds all into land, which he in.
struetsd his agents to held until they wsuld
sell for SO an acre. Fer his comparative
small Investment hs is now a millionaire, hav-
ing seld great part Of the land. He still has
much Of the 300 acres hs located near b
where the capitol now stands. Faith in Da-
ksta generally pays.
Twenty -ons stacks Of wheat and one Of bar
ley were burned on Sheriff Naggart's farm,
on the Shsysnus river. about six miles from
Fargo, last week. The flames alss consumed
his stock sized, some nina hundred feet lsag.
The loss will,reach $4,000; No insurance. The
! grain was to have been insured the evening sf
the fre whom stacking wsuld have bssl csm.
plsted. The large barns on the place and i've
stacks Of wheat were saved. The IRE il sup.
posed to have started from some one smoking.
A Deadwssd telegram Of the sth says ths
unpleasant weather Of the past two weeks cul'
minated in snsw storm yesterday morning
The thermometer has ranged from 50 to 30 Dc.
gress, and more or less rain has fallen daily
The sutlsok for grain il gloomy in the extreme.
Four-ffths Of all the crops are cut and the
bulk is lying on the ground heating and grew.
ing, much that IL stacked being destroyed even
for feed. Practically no thrsshing has been
done yet, and it peglns to lsok "a though there
would be nothing to thrssh. Prices have adj
vanced 200 per cent and few sales are made II
any price. Farmers are greatly discouraged: