The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-11-11
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

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Wilmot is having a fine three-story
hotel. which is nearly ready for bust
ness.
Chicago & Northwestern through
trains over it's own lines and those OF
the Northern Pacific to Bismarck seem
not improbable at an early day.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids q
Northern has established q station at
Sioux Falls.
The Missouri river is only two feet
deep at Pierre, and O. farmer crossed
there with his team the other day
Cornelius Gleason, a bachelor farm.
or, was found dead in his yard by 8
neighhor at his home near Ipswich.
Mr.. Smydell of Mandan lost his
house by fire. Loss over insurance
about $500. .'%...
Prairie fires in the Black Hills, west
OF Spring Valley, destroyed a great
deal Of valuable property.
As soon as the rails are laid from
La Moure to Cakes, which will be in
about 80 days, the Northwestern will
run through trains from Huron to
jamestown.
Rapid City is to be lighted by cleo
tricity, forty-6ve lamps being the
number with which the illumination
will be given.
The N. E. conference accept the
Dakota university located at Mitchell
and it pledges itself to promote its /
growth. .I-t.
The gold, silver and bronze medals:
awarded in certain classes at the ter
ritorial fair arrived at Huron and,
were forwarded to the winners.
A couple of highway robbers att
tempted to 60 through J.. G. Murphy
near Wahpeton, but they caught, q
tartar for Murphy got the drop on
them and escaped.
The surveying party Of the st. p,
M. & M. north OF Park river, it is
said, met a similar panty from the
Northern Pacific, running a line from
Turtle mountains toward the, Red
river.
Some kind OF an epidemic is proving
fatal among the horses at Yankton,
nearly a dozen having died within the
past few weeks. lGS
Men and teams are at work on the
Dakota & Montana railroad in East
Grand Forks. The line, with the ex-
ception OF a mile, is nowready for ties,
and the completion of the work is near
at hand.
The following were admitted to prac-
tice before the interior department at
Washington: J.. G.. Beatty, Roscoe,
OAK; ]. B. Henyan, Huron; and ia.
Owen, Deswia, Oak. !
The interior department has disal-
lowed the claim of Carshoff & Stone,
of Burleigh county for 1921 damages
alleged to have been sustained by them
from raids by the Arickaree Indians
in 1873. @&-s
Under the Session Laws of 1885,
chapter So, the election of laws are,
amended so as to require a residence in
the county of sixty days, and in the,
precinct where the voteis offered Of
twenty. .
It's learned on good authority that
two train loads OF Milwaukee graders.
and graders outfit were hauled over
the Hastings & Dakota division ofthe.
Milwaukee road to Glendale, at night
and quietly unloaded and disappear
ed before daylight.
The Northwestern Construction and
Improvement Company of Minneap-
oils contracted with the Ordway, Bis
marck & Northwestern for the con-
struction O fits line of road from ABB
erdeen northwesterly to the coal fields
in Mclean county, a distance OF 15O
miles.
The contest between the Pierre and
Sioux Falls people for the franchises Of
the Pierre Fire and Marine Insurance
company has been decided in favor Of
Sioux Falls by the territorial insur.
ance department.
A man giving the name OF John
Bailey was found in the road FIVE miles
southwest of Huron in an unconscious
condition. He is now semi-uncon-
scious.' He says his home and friends
are in st. Paul, that he was sick, out
of money and weak from hunger and
unable to find shelter, and lay down
to die.
District Attorney G1aspel of Suits
man county rules that the recent law
of 'congress, restricting county taxes
to A per cent of the assessed valua-
tion Of the county, don't apply to,
the current expenses of a county, but
to the unusual expenses, such as tho
payment Of interest on bonds orfor
the construction of buildings or other
improvements.
1t is stated that the Democrats Of
the territory in favor Of admission q
q whole are organizing a club, and
Immediately after election the organ
ization will be perfected. The execu-.1