The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-03-18
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Frankfort has voted to incorporate
as q city. u.s. i2-
The district court for Dawson coun-
ty opens at Mitchell, March %. BE. i
sarles & Durstine of jamestown have
sold their extensive lumber interests
to the Gull River Lumber company.
There is now cribbed at Elk Point
over 10000 bushels OF corn. Since
Jan. Is fifty car loads have been ship.
ped out Of the place.
Estelline voted to incorporate as a
city, only one dissenting vote beina
cast. ~ .gs
A Boston court rules that divorce
obtained in Dakota is not binding in
Massachusetts,. Il n
During d dance at Camp Crook, on
the Little. Missouri, Charles Chandler
was fatally shot by unknown parties.
Several chiefs at the Rosebud agency
have written their brethren at various
agencies urging them to refuse to ne.
gotiate for the sale OF the Sioux res.
ervation and to demand a survey.
In the territory there are SO, OTIS en-.
rolled pupils in the public schools.
Hyde county is to nave anew court
house at once. County bonds to the
amount of 81, 900 have been, sold for
the purpose, bringing 25 cents premi.
UNI. .6. -.
A case has been made up for presen.
tation to Judge Trip, to test the rul.
ing of Commissioner Sparks relative
to the unlawful enclosure of school
and public lands in Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larriway of Elk Point,
have been held for murder in the first
degree for the alleged killing of Oscar
Krosen, Mrs. Larriway's former hus.
band. .r.t
Capt. R. F. Voolfolk OF the Evans
Transportation company, has been
appointed Indian trader at Standing
Rock agency.
Mail service on the Northwestern
road between Centralia and Yankton
has been ordered, and will commence
the 18th inst.
Ex-Gov. Ordway denies that he has
tried to influence congress against the
division of Dakota, and says the
house may pass q bill embracing the
whole territory. =.
In some sections where fuel is OK.
pensive, farmers will this year grow
an acre or two of fax for fuel. 1t is
claimed that q ton of flax straw is
worth more for fuel than ton of soft
COAL % .,~-
The Medora Cowboy says cattle on
the northern ranges have not winter.
Cd as we'll as those near the Hills, aud
the loss will be about 5 per cent.
The treasure coach from Deadwood
recently took out $175,OOO bullion,
the result of semi-monthly clean-un
Of the mines in that vicinity.
W. D. Allen of Fargo had taken from
his right leg piece OF glass that had
been, Embedded in the flesh for nine
years. It was a fragment OF q window
pane of one of the cars in an oil
train that was demolished during the
Pittsburg riots. III 8 4.
Farmers in Dawson county have
tsormed an organization with $4,000
ttor the purpose OF buying and selling
larm products, machinery, etc. :
Mr.. Harlow, Of the Hallway house,
near Fort Meade, was arrested bv
United States authorities for conceal.
ment OF government property.
The election at Madison to bond the
city for s25, 900 to rebuild the burned
normal school building resulted in 2Os
for bonding and 8 against.
At Fargo Judge Mcconnell denied
the motion for a divorce. in The casa
Of Albert J. CHESHIRE vs.. Alice II. Ches.
Five bills for the admission ofbali
or the whole of Dakota are before the
house committee. These are the Ia.
seph bill, to divide the territory a.,
/ the torty-sixth parallel and create tha
4 territory OF north Dakota; the Fred
erlck bill, to admit the whole terri.
tory this year; the Springer bill Tor
DIVISION i'. on the Missouri river and
securing q popular vote by the plan
81 minority representation on tha
question of division and adm;saion.
senator Buffers bill, which is si,nTiy
an enabling act for the whole ta,rs
1 tory; and the Harrison bill, passed IN
She senate and admitting south ID.
Kota, tulltledged, with state offic;a Is
and senators, and congressman elact . "a
Inc latter, however, was pigeonholei
g fortnight ago. Some sort Of q com.
promise Ea''Ellil measure is expected. a
At Bismarck, John o 'Donnel, an a..
policeman, had an alteration with
ex-p1.oellceman Leonard Stewart !: 81
4rlinn's saloon. After soma word IL
o.Di3onnell shot at Stewart three fin IS s
with q 44-caliber self-cockinp reyolvar
me third shot taking efTectin Stewart t,'
rignt shoulder, shattering the bones
ae ene JOINT ii such a manner that
Stewart has only an. even chance = =
| recovery: About a year ago, The tw :,
had q dispute which ended in ! y ~
ngng, N which o'Donnell was terrible
w % He has never forgiven stew.
AZ Sioux Falls, Judge Trip render
60 nus decision sla in the bank case, sus-
ttsa!ining the attachment against ths
r., National bank. The main noin n.s
4 upon which he based his decision wars
mat the uncontradicted affidaw; :
showed that in issuing to the conn., :
t;, 9 check for sic, 600 and ce y
n ,a.sl that he had that amount ts Il
b bad 70 a. me bank, when in reality he