The Dickinson press., 1888-11-10

l'e,.,bina and Bathgatc. will he con-
| nected by a telephone line in the near
| future.
johnson and Buckley, the Fargo po-
licenen arrested q few days since
charged with robbing companion of
Sloo last week. have had their prelini.
nary trial and were discharged.
Auditor Ward has returned to Bis
| marck after Investigating the condition
OF the settlers in Ramsey county, and re-
ported that although destitution exists,
it has been greatly over(lrawn.
X. III. Taylor. q leading grain merchant
of Clarke. was accidentally killed while
driving in the country. His horse be-
came frightened and ran ran away. and
and a gun in the buggy was accidentally
discharged, the entire load entering his
Left side
The registration at Sioux Falls shows
l.9O0 voters, a gain of 100 since the last
election.
Henry Bcssler, foreman of the Sioux
Falls gas works, was asphyxiated While
repairing Il leak in the main pipe.
The Kiddcr county Jail is empty.
VIZ ~ ~ tIllGIN Illt. lONt
has moved the machinery OF tow mill
located there to Sioux Falls, and will es-
tabIish the mill there.
y prairie fire destroyed eighty tons of
hay on the farm of Governor Melette at
Watrrville.
krusc & Baker, plumbers, of NIilwau-
lec, who have the contract for steam
and gas fitting in the new jamestown in
sane asylum. are reported to have made
an assignment.
The Northern Pacific tax cases will he
heard ut Bismarck Nov. TO-
Parties from Hill City, in the Black
Hills. say thai thirty COWS belonging toa
ranchman named Martin. living in Pat
| mers (iulcl. have been poisoned and all
have d.ctl The perpetrator of this das-
tlr,fly act is unknown The act is an
other chapter OF an old feud.
Ten wagons of wheat. drawn by
traction engine. arrived in Aberdeen
from the Hall farm. The grain averaged
fifteen bushels per acre. and sold for
Sl.2O.
The Armour tow mill has been put into
the hands of its creditors.
a man from a railroad camp reported
in Rapid City that wounded man came
regularly to their outfit for food. The
man is supposed to be Dougherty. the
missing train robbcr. His hiding place
is being searched for.
LcstervilIe isrcportedas suffering from
an epidemic of scarlet fever.
In the DEVILS Lake tax cases, involv-
ing $500 taxes against the Manitoba
railroad, the position of the railroad COM
Pany that the gross earnings tax must
be held to be in lieu of all other taxes
was sustained by Judge Mcconnell.
Twelve blind pigs were pulled by
Aberdeen officers Nov. |.
Over 10000 bushels of wheat wcr.
marketed ut Bismarck in two weeks.
Foster county will not accept the tax
settlement offered bv the Northern Pa
citic railroad. and will take the case to
court.
~. llonnon@cn, aged 20 years. was
Killed near Millank. He was walking
by the side oi a loaded wagon. and in
slipping fell under the wheels, which
passed over his body, breaking both LEGS
and badly crushing one arm. causing his
death
Aberdeen has Just expended $500 to
improve her fire department.
Near Bath a1nan named Place. who
had suddenly become raving maniac.
attacked Hiram Baker and nearly killed
him.
Ben Bennett, alais James Kelley. was
arrested at Fargo, suspected of being the
pal OF Brown.tlie murderer of Policeman
roull. of Moorlcad. Minn.
farmers institute is announced TO
hpuip ,t tl,n llo1
at Rrookings nD Nrv ?6. The institute
will continue three week.
a. Fcbus, Il farm hand near Sturpis.
attempted To cross from one wheat
stack to another, and missed his footing.
faillng intoa running threshing ma
chine. One leg was ground to pulp.
Miss Kinnca has returned to Fargo
from the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union. bringing with her
the banner awarded Dakota for the
largest percentage of increase of mem
berslnp during the past year.
Degel also has Il county seat fight.
Gary is the shire town, but its situation
on the Minnesota boundary line makes it
difficult, of access. CONSEQUENTLY Clear
Lake brings contest for the honor. and
offers to give a block of land and 50 900.
In 1882 Miller and st. Lawrence had a
hot contest over the county seat of Hand
county. Miller then won. but ii was on
the promise of building a court house
which was to be given to the county.
The court house wits never given to the
county, and the St Lawrence people are
no" contesting the matter over again.
A. L.. Belknaps hardware store at
Huron was entered by burglars ard $500
worth of goods taken.
Thieves entered the residence of Mr..
Fordncv. at Grand Forks, and took con.
siderable cash. In their haste a large
package of bills was overlooked.
An inccnliaiy fire at Gary destroyed
half Il block of business houses. 1t was
discovered in Enos " BailletS hardware
store. When the doors were burst omen
Mr.. Enos was found tied to stove in an
insensible condition. The loss will reach
0.Ooo, partly covered by insurance.
William Parker. register of Nelson
county. mortgased his property three
and four deep and by not indrNing the
has skipped.
The jamestown Capital has discon-
tinued its daily edition and will here.
after be Republican in politics. 1t has
always been an anti-Chlrch paper.
Devils Lake storekeepers have liz,
augurated an carly-closing movement.
\ gun in the hands of John O'Hara,
near Devils Lake, exploded. Mr. O'iara
is minus thumb.
Railway Building for the Year.
CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-The Railway Age
says: While few of the principal rail-