The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-08
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS


person OF Miss Nettie Hansen.
John Crawford was arrested at Des
Moines charged with burglarizing Hen.
dricks' store at Fargo.
George Hillock, OF Dickey county
OAK, who was shot some days ago,
died from his wounds.
Mrs. Sellers, living near Fort Mead,
has given birth to seven children dur.
ing the past four years-four twins
and triplets.
Edward Powers was sentenced at
Bismarck to ten years at hard labor
and fined $1,000 and costs for man.
slaughter.
A railroad artesian we'll at Aberdeen,
closed sometime ago, commenced flow
ing, throwing mud and a large mum.
bur OF fish.
Bishop Walker is at Dunseith, try.
ing to persuade the Chippewa Indians
to remove to the White Earth reser.
walton.
The store OF NJ. Livingston,at Sioux
Falls, was closed by the sheriff on a
$4,000 mortgage.
The North Dakota synod will meet
at jamestown, Oct. 8.
The county treasurer at Bismarck,
at the October sale, will sell the So
called railroad lands on which taxes
have not been paid, in order that the
courts may pass: on the question.
A young Russian named Albert
Kraus, who does not speak English,
has lately disappeared from about
Valley City, and it is believed he has
been foully dealt with, as he had not
drawn his wages and left his property.
Gerald Pierce, son OF the governor,
has resigned as deputy territorial
treasurer.
The corner stone OF the new Dick
enson county court house was laid
few days ago.
The yield of flax in Lincoln county
is fifteen to twenty bushels per acre.
The number OF women who have OBJ
tanned one or two manifestations OF
100 acres each in Dakotaisv cry large.
Many school-teachers, dressmakers,
saleswomen, and girls at service, and
others more or less dependent on some
male relative for support, have Judi
ciously saved, invested their earnings
and acquired property in this way and
are now Independently well off with a
fair prospect OF becoming rich.
The store OF D. Brownlee, at Maple
ton, was burgarlized and large lot OF
harness and other goods taken.
Lisbon was shocked at the sudden
death of the wife of A. H. Laughlln,
register of deeds, one of the most
prominent ladies OF the place.
Sheriff Hawks, on trial at Pembina
for the murder OF William Stevens,
was convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to six years and three
months in the penitentiary. He was
attempting to seize Stevens team on
a mortgage. Stevens resisted, when
Hawks shot HIM, as he claimed, in
self-defence.
The corner stone of the new Congre-
gational church, which was destroyed
by wind storm Aug. 18, was laid
with appropriate services by the resi-
dent pastor, Rev. William Edwards.
Robert Hillock of Glendale, who
received q bullet in the brain from a
shot fired by the sheriff's posse on the
9th inst, died on the 10th. It is not
known what action the county will
take in the matter, but the sheriff
and his posse are exonerated from all
blame. Hillock's own rashness in fir.
ing upon the officers while he was in
ambush caused his death.
The Watertown Fire Insurance COM
pany filed articles of incorporation
with the territorial auditor, the fol-
lowing named gentlemen being incor-
porators: II. d. Walrath, NJ. w. Sheaf,
w. R. Thomas, A. G. Millett, John j.
Marks, E. G. Fahnestock, E. c. Rice,
r. B. Spicer and C. c. Whistler. Wa
tertown is named as the principal
place of business.
Charles Carson, the noted Black
Hills highwayman, was caught at
Chamberlain.
A man named Seymour at Ipswich
killed himself byhanging. Cause, tenn
porary insanity.
The secretary Of the interior has
affirmed decision of the land COM
missioner in the appeal OF w. P. Sim
mons, rendered June 81, 1885, reject
ing the communication proof for lots 3
and 4, and the southeast quarter of
the northwest quarter, section 2,
township 116 north, range 661, in
the Huron (Dak.) land district. In
the case Of l.. f. Havigon, an appeal
OF May 1S, 1885, involving the south.
west quarter, section 2, township Ill
north, range 75, in the Huron district,
the secretary sustains the commits
sioner's rejection of communication
proof, and says: You will cause clai-
mant to be notified that he will be al
lowed further opportunity within the
lifetime of his entry to show full COM
pliance with the law.
1t has been finally decided by the
Manitoba railroad to make Glendale
their western terminus for the present.
The contract for grading between Ell
lendale and the Jim river has been let
to Winston Bros. and work commenc-
ed with the expectation that the first
train will be in Glendale before snow
flies.
At Highmore, two children OF Lean
der Harvey, aged 2 and years, were
left alone in the house and burned
themselves to death. A man named
Morrow fell from a wagon and was
run over and killed.
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