The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
DAKOTA TERRITORIALN NEWS,

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twelve months, twelve drops of tinct.
ure ofacconite root-an ordinary dose
for horse. In about ten minutes the
mistake was discovered, and with
much difficulty the child's life was
saved.
The bill introduced in the senate 10.
eating the land Office at Pierre includes
the counties Of Hughes, Potter and
sully on the east side OF the river, and
Stanley; Pyatt, Sterling and Nowlin,
the south half of Dewey and Schasse,
and the north half of Presho and Pratt |
on the west.
Rev. Olaf Stub, who has been sick
with typhoid fever in Sioux Falls, be.
came delirious and jumped out of the
window. He attempted to run down
the street, but was brought back.
A convention is called to meet ut
Fargo, Jan. 81, for the consideration
OF several questions OF present interest.
The first is the proposed canal giving
the Red River an outlet to the Mis-
sissippi and the gulf; the second the
recent vagarics of Commissioner
Sparks; the third, the Traill county
decision; and lastly the division and
admission OF Dakota. Nine Minneso-
tn counties are invited to send dele.
gates.
Senator elect A. J. Edgcrton had a
cordial reception ut Mitchell. Anad.
dress by the mayor, an eloquent re.
sponse by Judge Edgerton and short
but felicitons speeches by State Sena.
tor, Wanchfield, Col. Price Of 1ctcher
md J. w. Shannon of Huron,constitu.
ted the programme.
Fivehandsomeb bricks, valued at sol.
900, was the result of ar,n of Home.
stake mills for the first two weeks in
December.
Sim Mace, the well known Bear
Gulch and Speartish express man, died
at Spcariish from injuries received by
talling from his wagon.
II. b. Walker will build new boom
on Red Lake river. He anticipates a
large cut, fully coming up to the 49,.
100000 feet originally intended.
A man named schlick, agent for
st. Paul harvester machinery house,
was knocked down ut Pembina and
robbed of 81, 400 by n man named
Woodhouse. OF Pembina, and Il soldier
from the fort, named Thompson.
A large and most fashionable wed.
ding occurred at Fargo. The parties
in interest were John C. Robinson, the
union ticket agent at Duluth, and for.
merly the freight agent OF the North.
crn Pacific, and Miss Lillian Capehart
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Capehart.
In the district court ut Fargo, ir.
the case OF Martin Hector ct al. VS..
Sheriff Haggart hepIaintiff recovered
u verdict for S2,341.41. This was on
q chattel mortgage given by one of
Hcctors customers to him, and about
q year and a half ago, while in posses.
sion of the stock, certain Chicago
parties levied on the same and sold it
to satisfy their own claims. Hector
sued for the difference between his
claim and what he received and recov-
cred
A lawyer of Huron named Reed ut.
tempted to induce the daughter OF
Rev. Davis, pastor of the Baptist
church, to elope with him, telling her
he would leavehis wife and son here to
themselves. The barrister was sent out
OF the house a-kiting
In one day the Bismarck land office
recorded more new entries than dur
ing the whole OF the corresponding
week of 1884.
J. W. Cobb has purchased 5000
acres OF land i'll Emmons county, all
of which will be occupied by settlers
in the spring.
Rev. A. NJ. Beaman, Sioux Rapids,
has accepted q position as secretary
III the church extension board.
w. J. Tanning was arrested Mt Gen.
terville for attempting to shoot cit.
izen OF that place.
Sears hardware store and Mr..
Cases building ut Castalin burned.
Loss, 1,5OO; insurance, 81 200.
Fifteen minutes before the mails are
closed at New Rockford, the postmas.
ter sounds n bugle, and ill the inhabi-
tants, who have not done 80 already,
deposit their mail in the Office.
A verdict of 1000 has been render
ed againt ex-Treasurer Mansfield, in
Stutsman county. His bondsmen
must stand about half of it.
New York parties have recently pur-
chased property at Sioux Falls, and
the newspapers think it means the
establishment OF a glove factory.
1t is figured up that the South Da-
kota state machine only cost three
cents for each person.
A lodge of the order OF the Grand
Orient has been instituted at Sioux
Falls, with about forty members.
Over one hundred teachers were in
attendance at the Sphinx county insti-
tute, at Redfeld.
A charter has been received for the
First National bank at Dell Rapids,
with capital of $4,000.
Omaha Bee: Lieut.. Chase, aide-de-
camp to Gen. Howard, returned from
visit to Flandreau, where he visited
the settlement of Santee Sioux, for the
purpose of inspecting the issuing of
annuity goods. These Indians left the
Santee agency some years ago of their
own accord, and took up lands in
Eastern Dakota for the purpose of
farming and stock raising. Some of
them, it may be remembered were en-.
gagged in the terrible Minnesota n massa-
ere OF 1862. They now number $50,
including men, women and children,
and are q healthy, hardy, stay.at-
home, peaceable lot of Indians.
The $15, 900 school house at Graf
ton opened with 15Opupils.
Enough Yankton city bonds have
been sold to meet the cost of the new
railroad, $52 1000, and the balance of
the $75, 900 will be destroyed.
Four hundred head of cattle belong
ing to Reynold Brothers, White Lake,
were attached by Clough & Coe, of
Sioux City, Iowa, for $14,65O, who
shipped them to Chicago.