Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-03-24

"A memorial noS Do0n bcnt ~ sAa1 49,
dent and to Congress asking for the opsn-
ing of the Sisseton Reservation.
The residence Of John Manning, on
the Belle Fourche, was destroyed BY hre.
Loss, $500; insurance, $500.
--Flandrau has let the contract fos nov
school house TO cosl $7,977, exclusive Of
heating apparatus and furniture.
--Kidder County has : bonded indsbted-
ness Of $50, 900, and its treasury orders ars
worth only 40 cents ON the dollar.
Tho latest tin discovery is but . few
miles from Custer, and is regarded = ths
most important yet made in the Hills.
Walter B. Jordan, Of st. Paul, secured
the contract of supplying the Grow Cresk
Indians with $3.50 worth Of lumber.
During the past thirty days 1T car
loads Of emigrants' goods, lumber and naer-
chandise have been received 1t Ipswich.
1t is proposed to transfer twenty acres
Of land near Fargo to the Sisters Of Char
ity, on which to locate Hospital Build.
nag.
Private Greening, Of Company d, Fif-
teenth Infantry, recently deserted from
Fort Randall. reward il offered for his
capture.
--Desdwood people talk Of fitting mp
their once fashionable, but now defunct
Skating Rink into . Arst-class Opers
House.
The County Boards Of North Dakota
met at Grand Forks to Ak basis Of valua-
ton IN the various counties for the purpose
of assessment.
--Lohr and Jennie Biglin were each SEN
fenced to nineteen and one half years in the
Penitentiary for killing George Middleton
at Battle Greek.
A herd Of seven or eight bunaloes has
lately appeared in the hills some forty miles
west Of La Moure. A buffalo COW vas
killed there the past week.
--Sarles 4 Durstine, Of Jamestown, hare
sold their extensive lumber interests p the
Gull River Lumber Compaay, - q ~
hsavisst lunbssine Arns = tn 1sohntzy.
There is much rejoicing IN the west
part Of Edmunds County over the announces
ment that the Milwaukee Railroad il to ex.
tend it's line thirty miles west Of Ipswich
this season.
Louis Aagard, Of Winona, Emmons
County, is collecting the evidence necessary
for the prosecution Of his claim against The
Government for the loss Of : herd Of horses
stolen from him by the Indians in 1876.
The amount involved is $4,000.
w. D. Allen, Of Fargo, has taken from
his right leg piece Of glass that had been
imbedded in the Aesh for nine years. Il
was a fragment Of window pane Of one Of
the cars in an oil train that wss demolished
during the Pittsburg riots Of 1877.
Mrs. George Goode, widow with ten
children, living near jamestown, came near
burning to death recently. The house
caught Ore in the night In stsong wind,
and the inmates only barely escaped with ;
few articles Of clothing to . neighboring
barn.
"A. 4. wishazt and K. h. Parsons, at-
torneys at Devils Lake, have instituted .
suit against the Devils Lake Townsite for
the recovery Of 94,7oo for legal services
rendered the company, and have attacked
property valued It several times the amount
| claimed.
The dsmentation Of young man
named Jacobs, taken to tho asylum from
Cavalier County, IL attributed 70 The frac-
ture Of the jaw in extracting eooth. being
his own dentist. He became subject 70 1T
q the result, and these have eliminated n
| insanity.
AT wahpston, while undr H. in1s-
encs Of liquor, Anton Pietz, ) saIoonkseper,
shot himself twics in ths Asad, dying IL
most instantly. The Coronsrs Jury found
. verdict Of suicide. The causs = s1p-
posed Ia. have been Anancial di1lcaitiss. Hs
leaves large family.
Rev. Stewart Eheldon, 1og H. la1t six-
tesn years general missionary and Supsrin-
tsndeut Of Home Missionary Work il
South Dakota, has been appointed 70 ths
Geld secretaryship Of the Congregational
Union Church Building Socisty, Boston,
Mass, where he h 70 commenos work b
Ne LIT Of Nay.
Samuel Fsiconer, postmaster q Falco-
ner, Burleigh County, . well-known farmer
formerly, and for eight years Governnens
Inspector for Alaska, has been indicted by
The United states Grand Jury for suppress
ing letter mailed q his once, ard rsturn-
ing Il 70 tie father u ths writer. Ths n.
dictmsnt = The rssult q fanily quarrel
among Russian Jsvs.
LIN he cass of Tanner y. ~ hsizs =
walhsr A. Mann. from ~ Watalsvn IAad
Distxiek, ths Secretary u - lntssiss ~
decided that ~ widow Of dsesass1 Aome-
stead sntzynan who had complied With ~
ssquirsmsnts q The law up y H. Aate y
biz dsstA, u not required - rssids q ~
land. but may, y continued ca1ivalina
thereof for the Tsmaindsr oe - peEiod,
conplets u claim andsoeivs ~ - tlrs.
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