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register of the Deadwood land office.
The ~demurrers taken in the United States
court in the Gibbs land cases at Yankton,
were sustained, and these cases, which
AVE been on the calendar for several
terms, were dismissed.
A large general store, warehouse, stable
and outbuildings, at Bozeman, Mon. owned
by Lovely q Webb, at Salesville, were to-
tally consumed by fire, the origin of which
is suppo, ed to have been incendiary. The
loss on buildings and stock will amount to
over $40 ,000J insurance, $4,000.
Northern Pacific agents have been in
structed to bill freight for Wisconsin Gem
trail points west of Abbottsford, Wis, to
st. Paul, instead ef Minnesota Transfer, rs
the Central has ~neconnection at the Trans
fer.
When the legislature OF Iowa turned over
to the Milwaukee road the old McGregor
IL Missouri railroad grant, a reservation
was made to protect the occupying claim
ants who settled upon portions OF the
grant, and who could prove up their claims,
the lands to he listed by an agent OF the
state. Recently the governor receiyedfromf
Washington patents for 1926 acres in
favor OF these occupying claimants, and
they nave been transferred to them, thus
perfecting their title to the land.
!. u lChbb, Une DeIlOCFdSIC CdHuludCG
for sheriff, will contest the election, on the
ground that the entire vote. cast at Creston,
Iowa, was illegal, there having been no
registration OF voters therein, as required
in all towns having a population of 7 900,
or over. 1t is proposed to carry t e case
to thesupreme court.
Frank Grison, who was sent to the penii
tertiary for killing a man at Spearfish,
OAK, says it was a clear case Of self-de-
Tense, but there had been several murders
committed in that section, and he was con.
victed by prejudice.
A Dakota man has practically solved
the fuel problem. He has invented a
press for pressing hay or straw into con
venient shape for burning, which is very
simple in mechanism.
The members OF the Masonic order OF
Pierre, Oak, have expended $500 for new
furniture for their new lodge room which
will be dedicated in December.
Nearly all the troops belonging to Fort
Assinaboine which nave been on detached
service during the summer have been called
in.
Mr.. Webb, secretary OF Montana, still
hangs On as commissioner OF Yellowstone
county.
Frank Choat was arrested for the at
tempted assassination OF Jack Moore at
Miles City, Mon.
The Alice company has shipped twenty
bars OF bullion, worth S30, 600.
The assessment of Yellowstone county
this year is $2,057, 279.
Four counterfeiters were arrested ut
Cedar Rapids. They had moulds and dies
for silver dollars. George Harris, late
from Massachusetts, is the leader. One
is from New Haven, H., and the other two
are home talent. They claim that they
were experimenting.
The leading paper makers of the Fox
River valley nave resolved to adopt the
Mitscherlich process OF manufacturing sui
phite, and will erect large works I'M
der the supervision OF an engineer, to be
sent there by Mitscherlich from Europe.
Len Lottridge's California excursion 81
La Crosse families is to leave the Gateway
City on the 14th OF next month.
NJ. d. Toof, the Oshkosh creamery owner,
now in financial straits, has assets OF ST.
600 to Offset his liabilities OF 81, 200.
Lovely & Webb's general store at Sales
vile, Mont, burned. Loss, SIS, 600.
Capt. Samuel Hitchcock, the well known
steamboat man OF lie Claire, Scott county.
Iowa, escaped from the Mount Pleasant
asylum and his whereabouts have not yet
been ascertained.
Judge Beuben Richmond of Virginia City,
Montana, was accidentally strangled to
death while using a water power boring
machine.
At Eau Claire, Wis.,, Joseph De Roise
plead guilty to burglarizing Kinnear's drug
store and was sentenced to hard labor at
Waupun for W years. George Mcdonald,
an old st. Paul crook, got one year in state
prison on the Charge CT larceny.
For the first time in ten years both the
Mississippi and Rum rivers in Minnesota
are practically cleared Of logs, and prep
e~rations are being made by the lumbermen
for a big haul the coming winter.
A.. j. Edgerton, chief justice OF the SUI
preme court OF Dakota, has rendered his
resignation TO the president. and it is ex-
pected that his successor will be appointed
in a few days.
Land Commissioners Sparks recent ruling
in reference to the cutting OF timber upon
the public lands for mining uses, has
caused intense excitement throughout
Montana. 1t is alleged that il enforced, it
will close up the mines and force the smell
tiers to shut down.
James Young, who, while serving q sem
tence in the Illinois state prison for bur-
glary, recently confessed that he murdered
Hiram Allen OF Sandwich, ILL.,, in January,
1880, for which he was sentenced to state
prison for life, was once brought to justice
in Madison.
+. w. Miller, the new receiver OF the
United States land office at Huron, OAK,
has arrived, and enters upon his duties.
Mrs. Sandford, murdered in Texas, was
formerly OF Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
The Washington house burned at ST.
Cloud. Loss So, 600.
Marion c. Silver OF Greene county, Wis.,,
was arrested at Lynchburg, Va, on q
charge OF bigamy, and held to await the
requisition OF the governor OF Wisconsin.
The Redfeld, Oak, postmaster appeals
to the Minnesota senatorial C@sars for his
political life.
Work has been commenced ON the new