Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-09-21

anu tnere was heaVy frost and hal
an inch of ice the night before.
Olaf Olafson has been appointed post
master ct Eaudere, Pembina county
vice % IL. Bergman resigned and Juhl
Q. Eklund ut Slaughter, Burleigh conn
ty, vice Linda W. Slaughter, resigned.
The first permanent settlement wa
made in north Dakota less than fiftee,
years ago and the first acre of grount
was broken on the line of the Northerr
Pacific, west of Fargo, about fourteen
years ago.
| Semuel Morrow, of Valley township
Hyde county, was killed last Wednes
day by falling out of wagon, the wheel
OF which passed over him crushing hin
to death. He was forty five years Ole
and unmarried
A large building is beng erected q
Stevens, eight miles north of For
Thompson, on the Grow Greek reserva-
tion, under the AUSPICES of the Dominl.
can Fathers, to be used as school fol
indian children.
Austin Powell hhs discovered a peat
bog covering an area of 100 acres, in the
coteaus,nineteen miles west of Ellendaie
hiF toweii claims that it reaches TO q
depth of ten feet, everything surface OF
ice oil an unknown depth.
| The dedication aud grand opening
of the fall term of the Dakota univer-
sity, at Mitchell, occurred the 2Ist.
Bishop Bowman, Drs, Edwards and
Hatfield, of Chicago and other distin-
guished speakers wsre present.
| The fourth annual iair of the Sphinx
county agricultural society closed at
Redneld the 18th inst. 1t will be th.
only regular fair held In the county and
received Its proportion of the territorial
funds appropriated therefor.
Mrs. Robert Kirk, who lived near
Springfield, died suddenly alone and
unattended one evening last week. She
had been an invalid tor long time
but was not thought to be so near deaths
door. The family are old settlers OF
Bon Homme county.
The Huron packing and provision
company has been organized with O. I'll.
Cameron, president; w. N, Fayant.
vice president; q. a. Morse, secretary
and L. e Stevens, treasurer. A build.
ing will he erected at once and packing
operations begin this season.
Cassius M. Reed, of Sally county, re.
Gently died at st. Joseph, Mo-, where he
had gone as o government appointee to
look after Missouri river improvements.
| Mr.. Reed was chief clerk of the last
legislature and member of the senate fo,
Dakota IN the statehood movement. He
leaves wife and one small child.
Jerauld county, although one OF the
youngest and last settled in south Da.
kota, is enterprising and up to the
times. Its third annual fair will be held
at Woonsocket, September 22nd, 23rd
and Gath, and bids fair to be one OF the
most successful and attractive county
exhibits yet held in the territory.
A man calling himself Gus. Curley
was picked up on the prairie near Mitch
ell the other day, in demented condi
ton. He WAS walking around in circle
| and said he had lost his head and was
trying to find it. When any one offered
to assist him in the search he frightened
up peroeptibly. He was declared insane.
! Acting Secretary Muldrow has decided
adversely on the appeal of Fl. O. Hans
borough, OF the Devils Lake Inter.
Ocean, in case involving homes tead
| entry. 1t was held that Hansboroueh,
who is postmaster, must reside within
| the delivery of bis Office and could not
have residence twelve miles away on
his claim.
1t is said that young man living in
| Neche was enamored of young lady IN
Gretna but her ia ther was opposed to
the match and refused to allow her to
leave town. SO to make matters straight
| the bride stood on the north side of the
line in Manitoba and the groom on the
| south side of Dakota. The ,niniste,
etooa with one of his feet on each side
and performed the ceremony.
-Four prisoners in the Chamberlain
jail, a murderer, forger, horse thief and
wife beater made break for liberty the
other night. When the sheriff brought
in their suppers they al fell upon him
and succeeded in making their escape
but were soon recaptured and put into
irons. The horse thief who had onI,
been in Jail one day instigated the
revolt.
1 Mrs. Janet Mcdowell died at Bath
gate recently, at the age of seventy -thre,
years. Her death was the result of al
accident which befell her one day Will
walking on the prairie. She steppe,
upon sharp stone which penetrate,
her foot, causing q painful wound whicl
Immediately became inhamed to o.
alarming degree and in spite of ever
effort to relieve her. death was til
speedy result.
Milton Young, a farmer of Dicke
county, has fed the country leayin
about 81 800 of unpaid debts benin
him. His personal property, wbic
was estimated to be worth about $50
he had mortgaged to the amount
| S2,636. He had also given four NOR
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