The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-12-24
TERRITORIAL GLEAx1scs

TERRITORIAL GLEANINGs
A Brule county farmer found a hve-grair
piece of gold in turkeys crop.
The Madison normal has 100 students
Brookings college has nearly 200.
A number Of Jamestown ladies were hurt b,
the upsetling Of shedding party.
A Unitarian church has boen organized in
Sioux Falls. This is the fourteenth church.
Sioux Falls looks to the advent Of the Du.
luth road for relief from high freight rate op-
preston.
VIM. H. vaux, Of DEVILS Lake, pursued his
truant wife with her paramour, into Minnesota
and won her back.
The town Of Thompson, near Grand Forks,
was gutted by fire, Saturday. Total loss, $lS,-
800, with fair insurance.
Tho legislature will be urged to pass law
allowing any township, on vote Of the people,
to sink an artesian we'll,
Tho county-seat fight between La Moure
and Grand Rapids will be long aud bitter.
The formers majority was only 81.
1t will be claimed before the legislature that,
while Dakota railroads are the cheapest to
build and operate in the world, their rates are
the highest
On Monday the Northwestern and Northern
Pacific railroads began running connecting
trains from Yankton via Huron and Oakes, to
Jamestown, Bismarck and Fargo
An Emnons county young man was caught
by the blizzard while visiting his girl in the
country and had to stay three days. The old
man brought around the preacher and had
them married.
Judge Church has decided that the Huron
council has no power to appoint Chas. Reed
to fill vacancy In its cwn body. A special
election will be held unless the supreme court
reVerses the decision.
Fairy tale from Jamestown: The farmer
south Of Of town who lost turkey "a days ago
in tho blizzard, found it recently, alive and
snngly buried in snow drift, where it had
been ever since without food.
Upon the authority OF Judge Mcconnell Tho
county seat Of Sargent is now at Forlnan''-
and will be so held-tho officers have gone
from Minor and are at Forman.
The most notable case disposed of during the
term Of court just closed at Wahpaton was the
indictment Of the officers and directors Of tho
First National Bank OF that place for securing
deposits when they knew tho bank to be insol-
vent.
Tho name Of tho applicants for Churcl's
judgeship is legion and fills 80 legal cap pages.
The latest is that Congressman Hill, of the
House committee on territories, could be pre-
vailed upon to take 1t, as ho is to become a
Dakotan.
The Grosventres, Mandan and Arickaree In.
dians have cedetl to the United States all Of
their reservation north Of the 4Sth parallel and
a large tract between the Missouri aud the Ft
Buford reservation. They will be allotted
lands in severalty.
Tho disbarment proceedings against Messrs.
Rourke and Rymer, Of Fargo, are likely to
come up soon. They are charged with sup.
pressing testimony in ali abortion case. MIR
Rourke becomes district attorney January /,
and may nolle pros his own case.
The ordinance Of the Dakota constitution
fcrbdding officers elect OF the state to assume
their offices until the Territory was regularly
admitted as state, was abrogated and de-
clared null and void, On the 10th, by the con
stitutional convention in session at Huron.
The Fargo Argue will be sent by lnail--daily
and Sunday-fron Jan. l to the close OF tn,
legislative session-to any address, postage
paid-in the United States or Canada-for S.
The Argus will have telegraphic report Of the
legislative proceedings-and may occasionally
have special letter.
Judge Pratt, of Grand Forks, who has been
spoken Of as candidate for various Offices
among others as a successor to Judge Francis
or Judge Church, the newly appointed COVER.
nor, says he is not candidate for the Judge
ship, that he would not accept the office, anL
that he will accept no Office that will take hin
from lis home.
Hewey Baker and wife, Of Elnmons county
were arrested on the 18th for the poisoning O.
Olesen, who was found dead near his shacl
several days ago. Ono Of the points that at
tach importance to the death Of Olesen is, thai
he was the only witness to the murder of JOS
eph Robinson by Charles Carlston, who is now
in Jail awaiting the action Of the court. The
poisoned Olesen was brother Of Mrs
Baker, and he and Baker have not been the
best Of friends for several years. On the day
Of Olesen's death, Baker took food to his house
also took some strychnine which he ordered by
thcstage, and which was purchased atBismarck
He says that he ordered the strychnine at tht
request Of Olesen. HE stories are conflicting
and suspicion is so strong that he and his wife
have been arrested.
Manitoba Competition.
The Manitoba road is building its line into
the Northwestern territory as perseveringly
as ever, and on either side of it and behind il
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