The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-05-28
DAKOTA PARAGRAPHS.

G. B. Sconeld, a prominent attorney of Dead.
woed, died of consumption.
P. Holland, father Of P. L. Holland, Of May.
vile, died last week, aged 70 years.
Joseph Rislow, aged elgty-four. was kicked
to death by horse, near Flandreau.
A rich strike Of bromide and brittle silverhas
been made in the Bear Lodge mountains.
TWENTY-FIVE teams have already entered for
the fremens' tournament to be held at Pierre
next month.
A man named Hayward is said to have
planted $4,000 trees on his claim in Dickey
county, Dakota.
The Mayvile Farm shipped to Minneapolis
for sale the finest lot of .blooded stock ever
| shipped from Dakota.
The artesian we'll at Grafton is down $50
feet and the last vein OF water struck is ex-
tremely salty. It is doubted If It can be util-
lied except forthe establishment Of salt works
Portland Inter-Ocean: Portland and May
vile will be connected by telephone in few
days, the Beidler & Robinson Lumber Com
pany being the projectors Of the enterprise.
The poles are already up.
The case Of e. E. Carpenter, convicted Of re-
turning false surveyors scrips, has been con-
| tinued indefinitely by the supreme court as
both judges, Trip and Palmer, were attorneys
III the case in the court below.
! Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter Of General
George Wilson, Of Fargo, was thrown from
horse on the 2sth inst, while out riding, and
| hod horn nho tod oo1u koSr
ed other injuries, which, however, are not dan
gerous
The Dakota Medical association met at Yank-
ton on the 21st inst, about fifty members being
present. DR.. Moody, of Huron, president, and
DR.. McNutt, OF Ashton, secretary. Twenty
five new names were put upon the roll Of men,
bership.
Portland Inter- Ocean: General Superintend-
ent Marvel and several ether railroad mag
mates were in Portland one day this week
looking the town over and holding silent con-
claves evidently with an object Of making some
valuable Improvements.
The total county bonded indebtedness Of
Dakota is $2,246, ,125, Of which the counties Of
South Dakota owe $1,5A, 710, and those Of
North Dakota $72l, l,142. Tho floating indebt-
edness Of South Dakota counties is S9OS, 1906,
and Of North Dakota counties $366,22s.
The president has nominated Hugh East, Of
Indiana, to be register Of the land Office at
Yankton. East was for many years the pri-
vate secretary Of Vice-President Hendricks,
and upon the death Of the latter the president
informed him that he should be, given an ap-
pointment
! The Hillsbore Banner says the newspapers
, Of North Dakota ought to put especial strefs
upon the fact that Duluth is mixing its wheat
, down to a level with Chicago No. 2. There is
now only very slight difference in the prices
Of the two markets. Somebody has grown
> very rich in Duluth during the past winter.
Halvor Knudson, a Norwegian working on a
farm about six miles from Mayville, committed
: suicide on Monday by cutting his throat with
4 a common jack-knife. He hailed from Wis
4 consin about two months ago, and leaves a
:. small family In the Badger state. General de-
preston in spirit is the only cause Of his crime
o known at present.
It The machinery for deep well drilling after
gas near Fargo was taken out into the country
!, where the work is to be prosecuted. Work
= will be started making the pipe which Will be
!. driven by eteam power. Already outsiders
= have offered five times the agricultural value
- of the farm for the place where vein OF gas
~ was struck lastfall at depth OF 12o feet This
=. gas is still flowing, though not as strongly as
y at first.