The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
The Dakota Midland railway is sold
to w. d. Wnshburn and others.

to w. ID. Washburn and others.
The Age, a weekly newspaperpublish.
ed at jamestown by N. o. flaming,
has suspended.
The Republican central committee
of Dakota willmeetat Yankton, Sept.
%.
George Manning of Casselton is
missing from Duluth, whittier he went
last winter.
The Rice-Pettigrew libel case, at
Flandreau, ends by Riccgetting a ver
dict ofSl3, 1874 ,1G.
A mill and elevator company has
been organized ut Teller.
w. j. Jones was commissioned post
master ut Brandon.
Commissioner Sparks makes q de-
cision in the Wlnona town site
case, by which over l,OOO,O 900 acres
OF indemnity lands are opened tc
settlement
MIR. II. p. Pettigrew, OF Sioux Falls,
was married to Miss Jennie Bourne. Of
st. Paul.
AlFolles OF Arlingto committed sui,
eide by taking cyanide OF potassium.
Tie was Il photographer.
Mitchell is to vote on u proposition
to issue $4,000 additional waite,
bonds.
Grindstone ore has been found nea,
Rapid City.
The Northwestern Railroad COM
pnny is said to have given assurance
that their line would not be extended
beyond Rapid City this year.
Frank Fifer, farmer near Yank.
ton, was thrown from his wagon and
instantly killed.
The second annual encampmcnt O,
the Dakota national grard will b.
held ut Aberdeen, July 20 and 25.
Yankton's artesian we'll now spouts
l,2OO gallons OF water u minute O,
10000 barrels day.
The case OF Pcase, the dcfauItins
county treasurer OF Barnes county,
will he decided at Valley City next
month. Pease got $50, 900 and IS in
British Columbia. His l,on,Ismrn will;
come to time.
j. w. Hays, who founded the New
Rockford Transcript three wears ago
has sold out to Capt. w. e. bum
uays is going into business ut Chicago
The Ki,lder county commissioners
have discontinued the payment o,
bountics OH gophers.
Alfred Heggerman. near Tappan
accidentally shot himself while hunt.
'::g, and may die.
Work has been commenced ON th.
railway line north from Wayne, Neb.,
and thirty-tive miles of the work have
been let. The terminal point OF the
Inc as surveyed is in Knox county.
20 miles q trillc west OF south from
Iankton.
Delegate Clifford OF Dakota introduc.
eli, by request, bill providing that
patent shall issue to Arthur ]. Car.
ricr, for section 1s, township 100
range al west. The land lies in the
OF. Wi'nel'ago reservation and thi,
dhnatiOn to Carrier is made i'm r.cou.
ni'lon OF services rendered to the In.
di;tns and the government on that
reservation.
A.f. Pray, at Grand Forks, lost two
valuable brood mares and two colts.
valued ut 81 1000, by lightning:
Joseph Smith, near Ila,.lin, Ricl,.
Land county, was killed by a stroke O,
lightning. '' "
The treasurer OF Yankton county
has called in SIS, 800 bonds issued nv
that county.
cold Joe Goydcau." the pioneer oi
Dakota, died recently at Standing
Considerable excitement prevailed
at Grafton, it being reported that the
artesian well after being sunk about
ono hundred feet deeper, had begun
tiowmg oil. After the fever had reach
ed the average speculative citizen IL
was analyzed and found that the bovs
in charge OF the works had poured oil
on the troubled waters.
MIR. Edwin j. kirkham OF st. paul
aud Miss Jennie Tyler of Franfort
were united in wcdlock by Rev. T. &
Nnn t,,s nf la, Il
parents, MIR. and Mrs. S. g. Tyler.
At the fourth annual yx.,snion ci sol.
diers and sailors residing in Dakota
held at Mitchell zoo veterans were i,.
1Ao H'dewood creek, two miles rortI,
vi Essteline, rose higher than ever bc.
fore known. 1t washed under the
railroad track SO that passengers TN
the morning train had to be transfer.
red. \ large force OF men were kent
BUSY most OF the day repairing the
damage. a heavy wagon bridge float
ed down from ten miles above. The
overflow did considerable damage tn
crops in the valley.
During the fircmen's tournament at
Jamestown AL elderly man attracted
attention by strange actions, such as
throwing landfuls of silver to small
boys III the street from the hotel bat.
cony. liewas taken before thocountv
board OF commissioners for the insane
and committed to North Dakota asv.
lum to await arrival OF friends. The
man turns out to be Charles r. Bur
clMul, own cousin to ex. president
Hayes. When committed he had on,
his person $1,000 and securities, Hc
was formerly y p pllrsMoloyist OF soma
note. A lcttcr jrom cx. President,
Hayes amcM. his effects stated that
the ttnE..lty OF 5000 which he received
sr1s.l the cx-Prcsident would be paid
i'll advance for 1856 ii lie would dis
count it 81.
Alexander McCrimmon Of Galen,.
coma,s.tsd suicide by taking poison.
Milton Weston. the Chicago million.
al". in jail q: l'ittsbnrg for melting u