The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-01-23
DAKOTA PARAGRAPHS

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Since the firs at Devils Lake city, July >,
last $4,000 have been spent in new structures
A large colony from the vicinity Of Barnard
Vt, will settle in the Bismarck region in n.
spring.
Columbia university has decided to admi,
women to the study Of medicine on equal terms
With men.
The Yankten militia also wants Sphinx county
TO pay them because they were willing to 90
to the county seat war.
The county commissioners Of Trail county
voted themselves $75 each to attend the county
commissioners convention at Bismarck.
Tho United States land Office At Huron, for
1884. received 1925 hlings and entries, cover
Ing a,2sl,S5S acres. Tho cash receipts were
$loo, ,65O.eS.
William Root, Of Wahpston, who went out
to Oregon to look for y location, has returned,
satisfied that its advantages to farmer are
vastly inferior to those Of Dakota.
Ellendsle and LsMours are among the few
points that have access to competing railroad
linss, aud hence it is said that more is paid for
wheat there that At any other point in North
Dakota.
Fsrmillon, in Clay county, has during the
past year shipped to eastern markets 479, ,52l
pounds Of butter and l92,95t pounds of eggs,
showing that dairy and poultry interests are
becsIning developed in South Dakota.
According to the record kept at Fort Totten,
on Devils Lake, for three years, tho average
temperature of the winter months has not been
more than ton below Zero. In only QUE month
has the average been a. 10" a twenty below.
Barnes County Record: On warrant sworn
out by Miss Aurrey, living few miles uorth
of Sanborn, Deputy Milllus arrested David
Wass Oh charge Of bastardy. Nj. Wass was
taken to Sanborn. He says that he ean prove
All allbi.
Grand Forks has fair prospect of $50, 600
oat mill. 1t is computed that the meal eau 10
made at IS 4 barrel aud market found for all
Tho product. 1t sells FOR S. or more. Ii is px-
pscted that al oil mill aud other manufactures
will follow.
Tho people Of Nelson county are TO meet at
Lakota January "a, to devise measures TO at
tract portion Of the spring Immigration to
that county, in which there il still good gov
eminent laud, and also to encourage the es-
tabl shnsnt Of a -four mill.
According to the report Of the board of grain
inspectors, Dakotas shipments of wheat
through public elevators aud warehouses
amounted to II, l97, ,9la bushels. The total ele-
Vstor capacity Vt the Territory is placed at
3,UO0.0uU bushels, aud the total shipments by
rail At Il, 26S,o2s
II is claimed to w fact that tho winters in
DAKOTA are becoming less severe as the country
settles up, aud bzzards are hardly more than
tradition. A scientist III Jamestown regards
LheIn now Us about a. mild a. Illinois aud Iowa,
aud when admission a. u State IL effected and
Trees grown, ho II confident they will be as ell
Joyabls 40 those in any Northern State, II not
moro 30.
The Lisbon Clipper Office, togsther with ssy-
sral other buildings in tllattown, was destroyed
by flrs on the 18TH The loss to the Clipper is
estimated at 5000, covered BY $3.50 insur-
Ance. Mr.. Boyce, the proprietor OF tile paper,
was In Now Orleans At the time. The fire
originated in restaurant adjoining the Office
The fro occurred about O'Clock in the ,uorn-
ing while many Of the inmates of the building
were still asleep, and several narrowly escaped.
A Miss Boil Anderson escaped In her night
robes, half her hair being burned from her
head and her face terribly blistered.
Wahpston Mercury: Struggling reports were
received at Wahpeton Saturday aud Sunday
last that there had been large fro at Walcott
Friday night, and that man had been burned
TO death. Telegraphic communication having
been cut off Oh account Of tho depot being
burned, our reporter found much difficulty in
learning the facts. 1t seems that about half
past seven O'Clock Friday evening John Steel
hammer, Jr., S. Hsliing and Charles Wendell
were In tho Millsrs' elevator when suddenly they
heard an explosion (probably caused by pa. j.,
and all made for the opeu air, urged in their
flight ny shower Of flying tinbers, dust, etc.
All three gained the street, but in the excite
inent that followed it was not noticed that
Wendsl was missing. The enormous elevator
was soon mass Of flames. and ere long com
municated with Lhe Manitoba depot and that
structure was also burned to the ground. The
passenger train arrived on the SCENE about
O'Clock, aud after remaining at Walcott half
Al hour, backed up the line a quarter of mile
aud putting OH full steam the train went
through the burning buildings without dam
aye. The elevator contained 2O,0OO bushels of
grain, which was totally destroyed. Tie loss
Oh the depot is about 500. A search for poor
Wendell later brought IT, light his enarred re-
mains In the ruins, aud upon examination it
was found that the skull had been fractured,
which, no doubt CAUSED his death. Charles
Wendcl was Il Year, of age, aud had been a
resident OF Walcott for over three years. Most
of his time had beeu spent on the farm Of the
Osstrich Bros, and lie had also occasionally
worked on the section. He was originally from
New York city, where lie ran away from home
when boy, and tho probabilities are that the
parsnS wilt never learn of their sous unhap.
W end. We hear (wthout, however, the re-
port being authenticated) that the remains
were placed In large fiddle box aud buried.
Also that tho day before Charlie had jDkng!y
got into the same boz and cried to soiue of his
friends "this IL my coffin, boys" Strange ia.
tality.
general land convention was held in Bis
inarck on the 14th, to advocate tho reduction
Of public lands within the railroad land graut
limits to the standard price Of $l.25 per acre.
Resolutions were adopted rec.ting the hard
ships of tho present price, $3.50, and calling
upon Congress to repeal the absolute law. The
Territorial convention Of county commission