The Dickinson press., 1888-05-19

Fleming's death.
A new lodge of Odd Fellows have been
instituted at st. Thomas.
On May 10th, Dakota should have eel
ebrnted her tweny-sevcnth birthday.
A ladies' seminary at Sturgis is to be
II Of tho important additions to that
town.
Fargo saloon keepers who have not
closed up are being arrested for contempt
Of court.
The officials Of the 500 road state posi-.
lively that their line will be built to Bis
marck this season.
The Yankton school board has awarded
a con tract for a $40, 900 school house, to
be built this spring.
The Baptist society at Ellendale will
build a neat $4,000 church edifice at
once, as the contract is let.
The Black Hills Veteran Soldiers and
Sailors association will hold its annual
meeting ut Sturgis, July 3 and I.
Fire destroyed eleven business houses
at Blunt Saturday, the loss a%ggrecutinp
$4,000, with only $4,000 insurance.
The hay supply at Fort Sully will this
year be put up by the soldiers, the COM
mandant considering that cheaper tl,an
to let the work by contract.
The employees of the Aberdeen blow
factory have placed sr attachment on the
plant and machinery of the concern for
wages claimed to be due. 1t is thought
that the embarrassment is only tempo-
rary.
Mrs. Hall, a widow of 73 years. living
with her W sons near New Rockford,
hanged herself to Il rafter in the house
Wednesday night. She had become
somewhat depressed owing to the tinan
cial conditions Of her sons.
a representative of the Ryan packing
house Of Dubuque has made n proposit1on
to locate a $3.50, 600 branch plant of that
immense concern Mt Sioux Falls for n
bonus of $50, 900 and four acres of ground
upon which to erect the plant. The offer
has been accepted.
The Dakota assemblies Of the Knights
OF Labor meet at Aberdeen Thursday to
perfect the organization of il territorial
assembly and choose delegates to the
National assembly, which meets in In
dianapolis November next. There are
S0S " AhAA6aA IA lax UCIIlltttN,
Tn Clay county assessors have changed
the asse .sment OF land from $3.50 to SEQ
an acre.
Mrs. +. A. Lewis has presented the
Vermillion Baptist church with a pipe
organ costing 81, 500.
The Dakota Ruralist, the Official organ
Of the Dakota Farmers alliance, will be
removed from Fast Pierre to Aberdeen.
The farmers Of the surrounding country
met at Carthage and perfected the organ
ization Of the Farmers Elevator com.
pany.
The large establishment of the Dakota
Packing company ut Huron was de-
stroyed by fire. II will be rebuilt at
once.
Brookings county claims a resident in
the person Of Corn lius O'Leary, who
was born in Kerry county, Ireland, in
IVA.
E. H. Wiley, of Waldo, Wis. has pur-
chased the Vermilion Republican and
will assume the management imme
diately.
Bismarck is trying to raise $50, 900 to
secure the location of the machine shops
aul Headquarters Oh the Pacific
railroad.
Fred Eiker, living five miles south of
Salem, was engaged in sinking a large
stone in the field by excavating beneath
1t, when the cart h unexpectedly gave
way and the stone fell, injuring him so
badly that he died the mex day.
Judge Mcconnell, at Fargo, has denied
all demurrers and overruled all motions
In the injunction cases under the local
option law and continued them in force
during the pending of the action.
Hon. John j. Kleiner and Commits
sioner of immigration Mcclure say they
believe the signatures of the Indians re-
quired to open the great Sioux reserva-
tion will be obtained as early as Septem-
Der, 1858, and Immediately thereafter
the reservation will be open for settle
ment.