New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-19
DAKOTA NEWS.

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The rate of compensation for
teams for hauling hose carts to and
from fires at Pierre has been fixed at
81 in the day time and So at night.
Pierre will vote Oct ober i on the
question of bonding the town in the
sum of 81, 900 for the purpose of
building two scho ol-houses.
Water was struck at depth of
], 100 feet in the Harold artesian
well, but they want more and viii go
deeper.
An artesian well, a fire depart
ment and a Touring mill are reckoned
among the contemplated improve
ments at p arkston during the next
month.
The Holt farms, south of Aberdeen,
produced this year 9,97s bushls of
wheat so acres being little more
than twenty-five busheles to the
acre.
A. McBain, of Fargo, offered the
directors of the north Dakota fair at
Grand Forks 81 900 for the privilege
of running a wheel of fortune, but
was refused.
A representative of a large eastern
paper mill will buy fax straw at
Parkston this fall. The straw will
be worked up and then baled and
shipped to the mill
b. G. Florence's shoe store at
Grand Forks, was burglarized, the
thieves effecting an entrance from
the rear of the store. Thirty-one
pair of shoes in all were stolen, the
loss amounting to over 500.
A BoWdle man whipped his wife.
When the neighbors heard oft about
a dozen ofthem formed a pool. The
Bowdle man was taken out, tied to a
telegraph pole and beautifully lar
ruped.
twenty-five years ago occurred the
battle of Whitestone Hills. In
this engagement the Sixth Iowa cav
airy, Col Pollock's regiment, was
surrounded by 5000 Indians, but
cut their way out, killing 200 braves
The Merchants hotel in Yankton,
changed hands. W. J. Walters, who
has conducted it for a year and a
half, selling to F. Jenecks, formerly
proprietor Of the Jenecks house.
The hotel will not suffer by the
change.
The barn and granary of Frank
Tenholz, ten miles west of Redfeld,
containing four horses, 400 bushels OF
grain and fifty tons of hay, was de-
stroyed by fire. The fire is suppo sed
to have caught from a steam thresh-
er.
Mrs. Dennis Hanrahan, who died
at Grand Forks, was one OF the
Oldest settlers ofsibley county, MINI.
Her. remains were taken there and
inferred in the Catholic cemetery at
Jesserland She was about ninety
years of age and leaves three chill
dren, who are residents of Dakota.
A gang of toughs who have been
terrorizing the citizens of Hillisboro,
Casselton and other places struck
Grand Forks. The chiefof police was
awaiting their advent and without
much adolocked them up. They were
tried on acharge Of vagrancy. Some
paid their fines but others did not,
preferring the jail.
For the last week prairie fires
have been raging fiercely near Bis
marck. The grass is considerably
higher and dryer at this time of year
than ever before. A vast area of
prairie is covered by the fire. There
is an unconfrmed rumor that a fam
lily have fallen victims to the flames.
81. W. Carney was arrested at
Pierre for icendiarism and theft. On
restitution of goods stolen he was
released, but having made threats
against the lives and property OF
citizens he was rearrested and held
until a train arrived, when he was
placed on board with orders to go
out into the wide, wide world, never
more to return
The. rural residence ofWm. Kramer,
three miles north of Yankton, burned
to the ground, involving serious loss
to Mr. Kramer. Nearly all the house
hold effects were saved. One of Mr..
Kramerss sons narrowly escaped be
ing left asleep in the house, and his
mother rescued him at her own peril.
Mr.. Kramer was formerly proprietor
ofthe Merchants hotel in Yankton.
Fire destroyed the barn Of f. b.
Benson, q farmer living six miles
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