The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
DAKOTA NEWS ITEMS.

At Highmore, the National hotel
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $3, 500.
Mre. Benjamin Pringle, nee Miss
Lizzie U. Heitz, died in Grand Forks,
aged twenty-five years. She leaves
an infant daughter. She was daugh.
ter OF DIR. p. A. Heitz OF st. Paul.
Senator Davis has introduced a bin
giving the Duluth & Manitoba North.
ern Pacific) right of way through tho
Ft. Pembina military reservation.
A telegram to Edward Baker of
Oakes. now in Aberdeen, announces
that Joe Chadwick, his brot other-in.law
was found dead in bed. Chadwick is
said to have frozen to death.
Frank Burnham. a fifteen.year.old
boy, outraged Amelia Jensen, six.
ty.year-old Norwegian lady, and
was brought to Canton for trial. In
default of $500 bail he was sent to
the Sioux Falls jail. The culprit was
chased into Iowa and captured at Ak
ron.
The contract for the Minnesota &
Dakota road. to be build by Massachu.
setts capitalists, from Fargo 1862 miles
northwest, to point Is miles west
OF New Rockford. in Wells county, has
been let to Job Voak, of Massachu-
setts. It is sintended to build to the Mis-.
souri later. A suspicion that the Mil
waukee is at the bottom of the scheme
Is denied by the officials. The termi.
nails in Fargo are very near those Of
the Fargo & Southern.
The snow blizznrds OF the goth
blockaded some of tho railroads.
Judge Seward Smith has died in the
Mount Pleasant Uowa) insane asy-
!um. He became insane while Judge
OF the Fifth District of Dakota from
overwork. He was displaced and
lucceeded by Gov. Church.
New Era New Rockford, Oak i:
Information reaches the New Era
that the contract for the grading OF
Che Minnesota & Dakota railroad has
been let to Job Voak of Massachu-
setts. the survey as made recently
confirmed without material change,
and construction ARRANGEMENTS SO far
perfected that little remains to be
done before the opening of spring.
]. NJ. Blake. Jr., has sold his entire
interest in the South Dakota peniten-
tiary labor contract to the Drake
Polishing Works company Of Sioux
Falls.
An overturned lamp in Fuller's
harness store at Mitchell, started O
fire in the heart OF ths best business
block in the city, but tho prompt
work OF the department checked it.
The Prohibitionists have called a
conference in Huron, Jan. IL, to or.
ganize a Prohibition party in Da.
kota. A large attendance is hoped
for.
Pierre Special: Engineer Andrews,
with surveying corps and out
1t, has about completed tho sec.
ond survey of the proposed extension
Of the Chicago & Northwestern railway
from this place to Cheyenne. Some
five years ago the same survey was
gone over and completed under charge
OF Surveyor Charles Irish, who is now
surveyor general of Idaho Territory.
The profile was lost and all efforts to
find it proved unavailing. The survey
five years ago cost the company over
$4,000. This road runs through the
Sioux reservation.
Pierre Special: A desperate prize
fight occurred ut Fort Pierre, on the
Sioux reservation. 1t was no hippo.
drome, but q fight for blood. The
contestants were Barney Travesty.
q half-breed Indian, weighing 100
pounds. and Napoleon Welcome, a
Frenchman, weighing $50 pounds.
The fight grew out of a feud between
the two men. They fought for fully
an hour, and dropped from mere ex-
haustion. 1t was useless to endeavor
to rally them. The fight was called
a draw. Travesty had both eyes
closed, lips and nose cut and was un.
able to stand up. Welcome was also
unconscious, and lost much blood.
Mrs. Louisa Jones, wife of George
c. Jones, editor of the Journal Demo.
crat, died at Watertown. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones were married in 1876 in
in Cannon Falls, MINI.
Mr.. X. steenerson, hardware mer-
chant of Rugby. has named his
third son, who was born on Thanks.
giving-day last Nov. "a, 1887, Rob.
ert Ingersoll, IN honor of the great re-.
ligious and political refornier, Col.
Robert Ingersoll.
The Cherokee & Sioux Falls railroad
was completed to Sioux City on the
10th. The occasion was celebrated in
an enthusiastic manner
An engineer from the Manitoba
road, with a party equipped for field
service, started from Yankton to 10.
cate o line between Yankton and
Sioux Falls for the extension OF the
Manitoba road to Yankton, where it
will cross tho river and continue
southwark.
The clerks at the headquarters OF
the Farmers alliance are sending out
petitions favoring the Cullom postal
telegraph bill to the 500 secretaries OF
the alliance.
The recent term OF court at James.
town the grand jury, at the instance
of ]. T. Lanney. of Glendale, return.
ed an Indictment against George D.
Farwell, a La Moure attorney, charg-
ing him with obtaining money under
false pretenses. The amount claimed
to have been wrongfulty obtained was
So, and after trial covering a day
and half Farwell was acquitted.
Farwell now claims that Lanney, tho
prosecuting witness, was actuated by
spite and has brought suit against
him for S., 600 damages.
The board of trustees for the James.
town asylum has decided to enlarge
andextend the electriclight plant now
in operation to meet the requirements
Of recent building operations. They
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