Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-11-06
has beer placed under bail TO appear
before tbe grand jury, which meets this

has been placed under bail to appear
before the grand jury, which meets this
week.
A disastrous prairie fire swept the
country east OF Gary Wednesday night,
destroying Thousands of dollars OF prop
erty. Houeee, BARS, gram. granaries,
stables and hay stacks were consumed.
ii. Honnegen, seventy-two years of
age, while ON his way home from Milbai K,
walking beside his loaded wagon, slip.
ped and lell under the wheels, both legs
aud one arm being badly crushed. He
died in q few hours.
Miss Kinnea has returned to Fargo
from the national Womsn's Christian
Temperance Union, bringing with her
the banner awarded Dakota for the
largest percentage of increase in mem
bership during the past year.
ID. Hodgson was arrested OF Miibank
and taken before Jadge Abbott on q
charge of selling liquor without license
to q man who had his arm crushed by
the cars recently. He waved examina-
tion and gave bonds for his appearance
before the distriot court.
Information has reached jamestown
that Kruse & Baker, the Milwaukee
plumbers and steam filters, who have q
$4,000 contract at the jamestown insane
asylum, have made an assignment to O.
O. Robinson, Milwaukee. Considerable
money is said TO be due employees on the
contract.
In 1882 Miller and st. Lawrence bad
a hot contest over the county seat of
Hand county. Miller then son, but it
was on the promise of building q court
house which was to be given TO the coun-
ty. The court houss war never given to
the county, and the ST. Law renee peo-
ple are now contes!ing the matter oyer
again.
| Judge Rose has decided the Stanton
county case /, n favor of Kidder county.
This WAS an act of the legislature OF
1886, authorizing the formation of Stan.
ton county fem ranges IL and 70, Kidder
county, the range SO, Stutsman county.
subject to a vote, Kidder voted for it,
Stutsman against it. The case YVES az
pealed.
Norton Place was taken suddenly in.
sane end attacked in the dead Of night
his employer, Hiram Barber, of Bath,
Brown county. A desperate conflict en-.
sued. the maniao getting the best OF the
battle. Barber took fight to a neigh
boris house, holy pursued by his an.
tagonist armed with a hatchet. The in.
sane man is still at large.
The sheriff of Brown county is look
iog for John Derss, James Ringros and
Danial Sehilton, saloonkeepers in Aber
deem, who are ordered to appear before
Judge Orofoot and show cause why they
shonld not be punish ed for contempt il
violating the order OF M ancsion issued
by Judge Spencer some months ago re-
strainlng them from selling liquor.
AT the last beat of the political drum
circulars have been issued accusing An.
ditor Faulknet, republican, of Waist
county, OF being a defaulter in extre
olerkhlrs and overydrawn salary to th,
amount OF $3,812.7 rs. Mr.. Fsulkne
claims he drew the extra amounts on th,
ADVICE OF the county attorney and his
warrants are al signed by the commits.
~sioners.
The grand consistory OF Scottish Bit,
Masons of the southern jurisdiction o
the United States. at the recent biennia
con sention in Washington, colfsrred un
usual honors upon Dakota masonry BY
elsoting four gentlemen TO take til.
thirty-thigd degree. These are Frank J
Thompson, Charles O. KaeisIy, Marc A
Brewer and Thomas O. Paxton. Tbs
orient OF Fargo stands second from The
top among all the DIVISIONS in the south
ern Jurisdiction.