The Dickinson press., 1888-08-18

Fennell cnarSe OF the StOck OF SoouS
John w. Buster, general manager
of the Continental Land & Cattle Co.,
came in from the east Sunday and
left the same evening for the ranch.
This company has Il contract to fur.
nish several thousand head of beef
cattle to the Sioux Indians.
On Friday night of last week horse
thieves entered the quiet town of
Mandm and took six head of horses.
SO far no trace of the thieves or horses
has been discovered, but the thieves
will be compelled to put a good many
miles between themselves and Man
dan if they expect to clude the vigil
ant sheriff of Morton county.
Capt. j. &. Saunders completed his
government surveys in 11ettinger and
Morton counties several days since
and his work has been accepted by
the surveyor general. He is now en-
gagged in suh.lividing the cemetery
grounds for the Dickinson Cemetery
Association.
Cattle shipments will commence
from this point Oh the Goth when
Reynolds Bros. will ship hundred
cars to the Chicago market. On the
oath Thomas Il -Arnett will ship fifty
four cars, thirty-siX of them being
Street stable cars, the latter us an en-
pertinent, the result of which will be
watched with interest by our stock.
men.
From now until the close of the
shipping season stock sales in Chicago
will he hulletincd daily ut the depot.
The first sales from this section were
by the Berry Cattle Co., 342 head of
steers, average weight 1926 at $4.95
per hundred and 10 head by y. Wi
haux, average weight 1892 ut $500
per hundred.
Now is the time that Il very i'm
portant matter, the ploughing of good
fire guards, should be attended to.
The heavy growth of grass makes
this step more important than in pre-
vious years and neglect may result in
great loss of property.
Tickets, good for the round trip,
from Dickinson to Columbus, Ohio,
will be sold Oh September 9th and It'll,
good going until the 10th and return
ing until the 2sth, to all persons wish
ing to attend the National G.. y. r.
encampment. for the very low rate of
S334.25. Persons wishing to visit
friends in the east should avail them
selves of this opportunity.
a broken journal on an east bound
freight train last Thursday caused a
small wreck at Lehigh. The tender
and two ears of merchandise were
thrown from the track and damaged
to some extent. The balance of the
train, consisting of several cars of
cattle, escaped damage, although three
or four cars jumped the track. A
wrecking train was Immediately sent
from here to the wreck and in a few
hours had the track clear.
II. Il. Graham. who was superin-
tendent of bridges and buildings on
the Missouri division three years ago,
is again in the service Of the North.
ern Pacific and will have charge of the
carpenter work on the extensive rail
road Improvements here. Mr.. Ora.
ham was-snrprised at the great i'm
provements that have taken place in
Dickinson during his absence. He
has many friends here who are glad
to see him back.
Now that the time for harvesting
grain is at hand our farmers should
not neglect to collect good samples
for the Minneapolis Exposition and
Minnesota state fair. \. fine display
from Stark county will result in bring
ing settlers to our county and every
citizen should he interested in this.
Samples left with the station agents
of the Northern Pacific will be
promptly forwarded to p. b. Groat,
general emigration agent. Let every
farmer take enough interest in this
matter to bring in y few samples.
Sheriff Harmon cane up from Man
dan and in company with Sheriff Sc
bastian arrested Louis S-ichler, last
Monday, at the ranch Of c. f. Trask,
north of here, on the charge of rob.
berry, the grand jury of Norton county
having returned an Indictment
against him. The prisoner is a young
man and claims lie will be able to
, clear himself of the charge. IL
!, claims to have sold Il set of harness
with the understanding that they
were to be paid for on a certain date
and the party failing to make payment
according to agreement Seichler tool
E the harness back and had no intention
of committing robbery us lie though
the property belonged to him.
Notice to Tax Payers.