The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-07-16
.DA K0T ATERRITORIAL NEWS


Of q gold watch, chain, and pocket
boz kfull f@money, in Michigan City,
Ind. a35 a.. N: sll .s5',Sss
Rock has been found on Two Bit, in
the Hills, which carries 40 to so per.
cent Of frst-class saltpeter. " ,:
Erick Olson, a Scandinavian, com
4, nnlitted suicide in Bismarck BY taking
poison. 3.* & 81 Ass.5' 81 b
q "a young man named Conrad, former
" Of Winona, Mimi, committed suicide
at Casselton. " ;5 ;! 3..s5 5.5..s
g Rev: William NJ. Blackburn, D. D.,
late president of the University Of
North. Dakota, at: Grand Forks, has
accepted tile presidency Of Pierre I'M
iXersity, and will at once remove his
family to East Pierre and enter on the
duties Of his Office. !, i . :.S ;5s
J.F. Osborne, a horse thief attemp-
Jed to break Jail at Bismarck and was
shot through the lungs by Jailer Clark.
while trying,to escapes. /!
In Aurora county IL young man ruin
ed 9 respectable young lady, and her
friends gave him q GOAT of tar and
feathers. =. MI IL 5.G NE 4
At the Dakota Teachers associa.
tion'ssecond annual meeting at Huron,
e teachers were present. n.
The clothing store Of w. A. White &
CO., at Wahpeton, was entered BY
burglars cutting through a rear door.
About 500 worth Sof clothing and
some watches were taken. w s3.
1.-THE camp meeting 1T Big Stone City.
was largely attended, Thirty tents.
surrounded d large pavilion seating
1!eesnt sRpsrb5 aa ss5Ey@s B Np
neapo sis and Rev. Js r. Dunnett,D d.,
and party from Dixon, III. Ira y.
Pardee, superintendent Of the NJ. p.
Church Dakota mission, etc. T,
The Bank of Mitchell has paid off all
ats credi torss1 90 cents on the dollar.
The house Of eofgessperry at4Ips-
wich was. entered by burglars in search
of,seYeral hundred dollars he had that
day, but u Il. TSperry discovered tho
thieves and put them to fight. II
E Miss Lena A: Dix Of Afitchellha been
given q certificate BY the state board
Eof dental ex aminers, allowing her to.
practice in the territory. & n y I55lt
The boy Conde rmaini, who shot and
Killed his sister near Mitchell, has been
discharged on preliminary examina,
stlon.F fi!'1 q q
"a vigilance committee, with ~ 90
members, has beenforlned iii arnnore
county look; out for horse thieves.
Mrs. J. Barnett living near Water
town, gave birth to fourllively babies
weighing twenty eight pounds and
nearly alike III weight and appe rance.
I The quartet is well diVid ed, two being
Eboys and two girls I The mt other and
babies are reported as doing well. Il
Mrs. Harold Lnnde died in Fargo
from the effects Of an. overdose Of
Hopium: ssS5557I7's \,
Il james Lee MORE was killed by the
kick q. g horse; on the Belle Fourche
b The population Of Beadle county IS
10, $50, and Of Huron 2, 800. i;
The county assessor has just COM
'pleted his returns for Sphinx county.
anditS shows a total valuation Of 3d.
|; 978,l33. The assessed valuation of
Ashton is $37l, O65, of Redfield $780,
7O6 and OF Frankfort 1888, 878::
Col. Lounsberry recalls the fact that
lin the early days Of Bismarck, q dos
en- years ago, Vice President CoIfax,i
Secretary Window and a.party Of la
|: dies visited that city with their famirii.
lies to remain some time, but were driv-
I en- away by the. mosquitoes and some
of the ladies made sick. Then smudgesi
sent up their fumes in front of every
door and everyone, wore mosquito
nets: These. pests|retreate before civ
Citation somewhat, but are worse this,
season than for several years on ac-
count Of the frequent rains and hot
weather. "A
Z G, II. Moore lately sold his 800:
acres in Ransom county for l2, 500,
He entered the land less than Ave
years ago and it had cost him but a
lew hundred dollars. &.
William F. Goheen, formerly d law
yer from Springfield, Ill., for the past
few years farmer in Dakota and
postmaster at Maybnry bont {. tsyen-
Ity miles west OF Aberdeen, was struck
with lightning on his way home, about
two and.a half milesswest, with load
bof grain and feed, and instantly killed.
II The census shows the crop acreage
Of Ransom county this year to be 81, q
200 acres. Somewhere about three.
fifths Of this vast field is seeded in in
wheat, thetr emainde being principally
fax and barley The crops are re-
ported Inagnifi cent. The total popu-
iation of the county is IS, 873, Lisbon
counting up about q 1868
George Harlan, agea sixteen years,
was drowned at Sioux Falls recently,
while bathing. Is$Is
Hugh Nice onyille' 70 residence in Cas-
llselton was burned BY tramps. Loss
81, 900. Il ~
w. Q: Cook and wife, were killed BY
lightning near Chamberlain. 4
e. Thirteen Sioux Falls salo onkeepers
have paid 81, 200 city license. 8.zs
Hon. j. Drake makes Sioux
IsEallsla generous offer 81 a valuable
fplotsof ground upon which to erect q
Soldiers monuinent ~