The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-08-19
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS,

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N. Ingalls,. . Jamestown bridge.
contractor, is dead .5
Gov. Pierce has ordered q militia
encampment at Aberdeen on Aug. IL.
Gov. Gil Pierce will deliver the adj
dress at the opening Of the North Da-
kota Agricultural Exposition, Sept.
81, at Grand Forks. q AL ,5$s.,
News is published Of the elopement Of
Ella Uline, daughter Of Col. Cal Uline
OF DEVILS Lake, a we'll known Citizen
and now right Of way agent OF the
Manitoba extensions, with George
Stewart, son Of PEARSON" Stewart OF
DEVILS Lake. y85 .,!S
A new brick depot is being built in
Grafton, by the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba railroad company. When
completed it will be the finest on it's
line west OF Minneapolis. l
A destructive prairie fire swept the
country north Of Holabird.
Much hay was fred by lightning and
burned near Yankton. s
Young trees in Benson county have
been killed in large numbers by the
drouth. i5.5.5. e.
Judge Church has appointed. W.. A.
Lynch OF Huron clerk OF the Sully
county court. Y.5 4
n. h. Moore Of Lisbon marketed
the first wheat in Ransom county
this season. 1t graded No. l hard,
and sold for 81 cents.
Postmaster Tomlinson, who was
arrested charged with assault with in
tent to commit rape on q tifteen-year-
old girl, at Highmore. was discharged.
In Mrs. Killian's house, near Sum
down, lightning smashed the family
lamp, injuring no one, and then leaped
to the stable, killing all the horses,
cattle and chickens.
There are 1873 organized gold and
silver mining companies in the Black
Hills. r. z,
The damage by the hail storm in
the vicinity of 1nkster, covered 3d.
900 acres. ,s57 60
The body of a murdered man half.
eaten by wolves hasbeen found near
Highmore.
Judge Francis, at Valley City, re-
fuses to admit to practice attorneys
OF communistic proclivities.
An attorney at Glendale by the
name Of Kenney, July 90, was fined
$l2:85 for nnlawfully shooting prairie
chickens. ~.
A prairie fire, started by lightning,
destroyed property near Forest City
valued at $4,000, and Forest City
was with difficulty saved.
b. sKratz, who has been clerk
in the land Office at Mitchell for three
or four years, voluntarily resigned his
position. $: &. .75i rs.
The Standard Oil company's well in
the Black Hills continues to flow, and
they expect spouter at 800 feet. s.
Sheriff Mach Donald, Of Sioux City, is
1 looking for the murderer OF Rev. g. G.
Haddock around Valley Springs.
Jerauld county farmers lost SIC, 900
worth Of grain BY not having binding
twine on hand in time. s : i..,5s ~ -
Church's Ferry, the new town on
the Manitoba at thesjunction OF the
Cando} branch, is growing rapidly.
Over twenty business houses are in
full blast. ,.s S 5s5: y,
In Hand county the loss by the re-
cent hail storm was $50, 900. Some
farmers are ruined. ~ ,a
Miss Dougan and Miss Hankey took
the veil ofthe Ursuline order at Grand
Forks. * 3 Il Z. $5lst5,: {.
The recently organized Dakota So
ciety Tor the prevention OF cruelty to
animals has a large list Of members
already at Fargo. 2s s
The time for holding the North Da.
kota Methodist conference has been
changed from Sept. l6 to Oct. IA. 8
Last fall Henry Thomas was con.
fined in: the cooler at Canton for
drunkenness and disorderlY conduct
He set fire to the jail and it burned "a
the ground. During the confusion
Thomas made good his escape. A few
days ago ne was recaptured and again
placed in the lookup, and again
escaped. -
G. n. Ingalls, Of jamestown died sud.
denly at Hawley, Mimi, where he wa, was
IN charge Of the bridges and construc;
ton OF the Duluth & Manitoba rail
way Mr.. ingalls, built the hotels n
Yellowstone Park, and was long iden.
titled with the Northern Pacific con.
struction. :53 as. = IA :.
- u Maxey returned to Fargo from
the country northwest of Devils Lake.
where he has q grading contract. III.
reports the western extension graded
70 the second crossing Of the Mouse
river, 40 miles west OF Devil Iiaka'
and eighty miles Of iron laid. on III
Bottineau branch forty-fve miles have
been graded, but no iron laid. whils
on The Cando branch there have bei,I,
sixteen miles graded. The western
extension of the road is now within
sixty miles Of the Missouri river, and.
A. Is said viii reach the stream before
"a cyclone passed a few miles north.
west OF Aberdeen on the 10th, doing
considerable damage to property B
all kinds. Mr.. Makes house and
granary were destroyed, and he him
self severely hurt. Michael K civ and
i y. Kelly lost their houses, granaries
farni machinery and twenty. stacks 8
grain: q. A.f Young b house was de
Estroyed. y y. Carlisle's new barr
was blown. into kindling wood, and
the house damaged. Daniel Knights