The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-10-21
OAK /. TERI NEWS,

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IL The government steamer lille Lee
was burned ct Fort Totten. n
ssB. Job, near HArwo ID, lost ~ 900
sbnshels of wheat by prairie dire. q
Prairie fires III Benson county have
destroyed many huna red tons Of hay
and ;some grain.
81 Five hundred head Sof cattle were
forded across the Missouri at Pierre,
All ndertaking seld ON mptel. AZ
a dwelling house occupied by Rev.
~. Al. Seaton. pastor Of the Christian
church ct Waterto own, was burned.
Fire at White Lake desire yed Cpl
Inns blacksmith shop and Baxter's
wagon shop. sHssssii
I George Honaidow Of La Moufe, while
hunting shot himself.
At Memo, John Hart was killed;by
Carl Levi. Si
o. Gary's barn and granary near
.NIilbank, has been destroyed by fire.
His four-year-old son was in the barn
at the time, and was burned to death,
John Rooney. . farmer living near
Hamilton is alleged to- have deserted
his family and left for parts unknown.
His liabilities will aggregate $l0; 00O.ss
Immigration ommissioner Dunlap
win remove his Office from Huron to
Bismarck. Ri 81 y: 40 81.
During q quarrel near W olsey, .Silas
Hopkins stabbed John Winnie.
The territorial insane asyluns are
badly oyercrowded. !,3i
Ole Lars Hang who lived near.
Dwight, was burned to death while
sleeping at g camp fire. 3;
Rev. w. 81. Wyatt Hanneth was ar
rested at Bottineau for the alleged
smuggling Of q lot OF traps from Mani II
toba. II
sS The Russians that emigrated from.
Bon Homme and Hutchinson conn-
ties; to Campbell county last spring
are reported TO be in destitute circnn.
stances.
At Manyille Joseph Colosky has SO.
cured d flowing well at the ldepthsoi
10 feet. The water forces itself
through an inch pipe to the heighth OF
15 or 20 feets a 4
In an interview at Watertown, NJ.
=. Day said: Ny nomination certain
$ly was a triumph, as you say, for the
principle of division and statehood
for the south half / never would have
been q candidate had it not been for
9 preponderaneeo OF the division senti-
ment in the convention. The result of
the convention, considered roma di-
vision standp oint, is peculiarly crafty.
ing to me. " &:
Gov. Hauser Of Mont ana has receiiy7:-i
ed q dispatch fromsG Gov. Pierce stat
ing that the diseased cattle at Man
dan has been killed and buried and
asking that no quarantine be issued
by Montana againsta Dakota cattle.
a terrible prairie fire passed 8 lew
miles west Of Hops. doing vast dam
age. Jacob Lang's barn, granary and
:35, 600 bushels of wheat eredestroy-
ed. Myront Plumb lost all his build
Sings, wheat, oats and farm machin.
cry
There has been much destruction fo
property BY prairie tires thro ughout
Mcintosh county Many. families
have lost everything they possessed,
their hay. grain and dwellings being
consumed. The country beyond the
sCoteaus is 3 blackaned waste for miles
in all directions. 3s :s5s
II Major; John Hotaling 81 Huron, died
on the 11th Of heart disease. he
came to Huron from Minneapolis ii
/ july where he, had been connected
with the panorama Of the Battle 81
Atlanta, and has since. been confined
Ito his room. The body was cent IA
/ Rochelle, Ill, for iinterment, accom-.
panied by The widow, son and broth.
er Of sthe deceased The major was q
lannon's soldier, having been Lopan,a
chief of staff for e long time. .8;,s'
The many friends Of Adjutant Gen.
Seral Thomas 2. Free win be panied ID
hear ofsthe affection that fiaa come
upon him. For many years q great
sufferer from diseases acquired during
service in the army, his mind for some
months has been failing, and he was
recently removed to the asvlun,
at Yankton. where he may receive
skilled treatment. 3, -
At the Episcopal General Assembly
in Chicago, Bishop Walker OF North
Dakota spoke Of the maryelonspriowth
of the population is that; country !:
The white population was INTELLIGENT Ii
f refined and progressive. Two thon.
sand scheN houses had been bnilt
more than in fifteen other stataas 81
the union. Eleven Episco pal chnrches
had been built during the past rear.
The bishop spoke q the lamentahis
condition Of the Indians ii the Tnrtis
mountain country, who were ron.
( tinually on the verge Of starvat;on3
sHe intended to make q personal al.
peal tog the governor for the proper
care 81 these people. The feeling 81
the white people was not very Kind
toward them. Still, he had fond ~
Imperative need Of missionary 5wnrE
among them, and ha asked for aid for
the church to do this. {
f The Demo cratic legislative conyen.
ton ct Broo kings nominated q. Keller
sof kingsbnry Tor councilman, and i.
LOWING OF Bro kings county and n.
=. Laleys oI Hamlin county Ia mem.
sber Of the legislature. as.
Rev, y, g. Wyatt Hunneth, j. *. clerk
sin the holy orders ii III Manitoba5
came over. the lsy,. 4, Y r. Il 4.