The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-05-14
DAKOTA PAARaRAPHs.

RAKOTA PAARaRAPHs.
| W. F. Steele has purchased the Kidder ooun-
" bank. 81
Fifty new buildings are In course Of erection
at Aberdeen. sss
A telephone line Is to be built between Custer
and Buffalo Gap.
The Eta tin mine has been shut down for
repairs and alterations.
Dan Dority was probably fatally shot at
Deadwood by Pat Casey.
The court house at Mitchell has been insured
against cyclones fol $4,000. 8
The Iron Hill Mining company during April
produced 50, 162 ounces Of silver.
The Iron Hill last week shipped six silver
bricks weighing 1900 ounces each.
The Sioux Indians are taking more interest
In farming this year than ever before.
A number Of apple orchards in sully county
were destroyed last winter by jack rabbits.
W. R. Goodfellow, engrossing clerk Of the
iirst legislative assembly, died very recently at
| Niche.
William Smith, Of Fargo, was badly bitten
by vicious dog. Fears Of hydrophobia are
entertained.
P. Baner, Of Burlington, Iowa, has pur-
chased the brewery Of Henry Danner, Of James,
town, for $4,000.
During thuder storm at Canton last Sunday
morning the Merchants hotel was struck by
lightning and the proprietor, J. Caloney, and
dining room girl were seriously injured.
Aparty Of fourteen gentlemen from Belfast,
ireland, and Glasgow, Scotland, arrived at
Jamestown last Monday. They will settle in
Stutsman county and engage in farming on
large scale. Their families will come later.
movement is on foot to start another daily
paper at Grand Forks, 10 be straight Republic
can and owned by a stock company. 1t is
claimed that A. G. Hansbrough, Of the DEVILS
Lake Inter-Ocean, viii be engaged as the edi-
tor.
John Marphy, Of Company D, Eleventh in
fantry, alias J. ]. Harrington, was murdered
Saturday night by some unknown person.
His corpse was discovered about midnight.
| The murder was committed in the officers
quarters.
For thopast i've months the Planknton flour
mill has been run by steam produced by the
heat Of flax straw. The cost OF running the
! mill by the flax straw power is but trifle
more than half what the cost was when coal
was used.
7. M. James, for thres years special agent
Of the land department IN the Huron district,
hns sent in his resignation. The prospect Of
considering 5000 suspended entries under the
present ruling was too much for his physical
strength.
Casselton Reporter: Apecullar horse disease
has developed itself in this section. The ami
NAL suddenly loses power In the muscles and
nerves Of ono or both hips, as the case may be,
and gradually sinks to the ground and is una
! bic to rise. Work horses that are fed literally
and that are not exercised between working
periods, seem to be NEST subject to the disease.
John D. Benton, receiver Of the First Ma.
tional bank Of Wahpeton, has completed list
Of the liabilities OF the bank rs far as they are
yet learned, ind also Of the assets. The liabil-
tiles are $3.50, ,90Se4. The assets, at their face
valne, are $1S7, ,6o450, and at their estimated
value, $02, The assets include ever
100000 against tho Wahpeton Hill and EIeva-
tor company.
The Jury In the Oswald case at DEVILS Lake
returned verdict last Friday Of manslaughter
in the first degree. Counsel for Oswald made
a motion for arrest Of Judgment and will ask
a new trial. The court granted the motion and
| set July IL as the date Of return, when, If a
| new trial is denied, which 1t undoubtedly will
be, Oswald will bo sentenced. The penalty
under the verdict Of manslaughter in the first
degree is imprisonment not less than four years
and maybe for life. The prisoner has been
taken to Grand Forks county jail for better ae=
commodations and safer keeping.
Hillsbero Banner: We made trip to the
farm Of John Engerbretson, four miles north,
the other day, to make inquiries concerning
the natural gas found on bis place. Near his
house is drive-wcll operated by wind mill.
The gas comes up with tho water, and in such
quantities that at each stroke Of the pump
the gus can be lighted. 1t makes very hot
flame. This well is 10 feet deep. Some rods
distant he attempted last year to drive a well.
At tho depth Of 70, 1s0, ITO and 210 feet he
struck natural gas. At the last named depth
the pressure Of the gas was 30 great that 1t blew
out tho tools with which he was driving the
well, and belched forth stream Of mud and
water for time, and then the gas came in
such force that tho escape could be heard two
or three miles away. It was lighted, and
burned with intense heat ana brilllancy. Oc-
casioual]y It weuId return to first principles as
It were, and blow out mud and water. In one
Of those hydraulic attempts the pipe-a two
inch one-bscame clogged with mud, and has
not since been cleaned. Had the pipe been
larger, this would not have happened, and in
all probability the gas would have beeen es-
Gaping yet There is not tho slightest doubt
but that underneath this conntry, and at E0
great depth, Is natural gas in quantities suffi-
cient for heating and lighting purposes.
|
The final outcome Of the labor troubles will
undoubtedly be the adoption Of the cooperative
system. The Plllsburys have for years partial
ly adhered to this plan and last year divided
among their employees about $4,000, after
having paid them their weekly wages. Other
firms throughout the country are giving en-
ployees an interest In the profits Of their bust.
ness. One Of the latest instances we have
noticed is that Of firm Of sheet metal workers
in Chicago. An agreement was entered into