The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-07-05
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES


A couple Of green courfEry beya
came to Sioux Falls to make their
board between seed-time and harvest
by filling informations against tbs
saloon men of Sioux Falls. Up to
date they have lodged complaints
against three retail dealers, and have
the papers ready to serve on several
others.
Capt. John R. Dutch, Faux
county member of the last legisla,
ture, died while visiting in Illinois.
In a warmly contested election for
three directors for the Canton City
school districts, Judge Carter, r. TT.
Hichborn and j. w. Hewitt were the
successful candidates. This war
rants a change in principalship Of
the public schools. The ladies turn
ed out en- masse and cast their votes.
There will be no encampment Of
the national guard of Dakota this
year. Funds available for the ur-
pose are wanting, and the territorial
militia must waste it's energy upon
local drills and Indian scares.
A colony of Icelanders has located
near Pembina. While they are well
educated, they are said to have no
push or energy, andto know nothing
about farming. On the whole they
are better scholars than farmers.
A man at Mitchell has on exhibi-
ton an invention which is a bonanza
for stock men. 1t is an automatic
waterer and is SO constructed that
the animal by the act of drinking
causes the water to flow into the
trough and when it ceases to drink
the water is at once shut off.
1t seems to be rather dangerous
business to be a barber in Sioux
Falls. Three have died tragic deaths.
Sam Bryson committed suicide by
taking Rough on Rats, George Dig
gle died in a manner that leads to the
belief that he was murdered, and
Benjamin F. Smith died OF heart dis
ease. Queen city BARRIERS don't rank
very high with life insurance agents.
Some Of the taxpayers of Dry Run
township, Hughescounty, are kicking
on the projected artesian we'll in that
township on the grounds that. the
benefits arising therefrom will in no
wise balance the expense.
The auditor of Barnes county has
thus farm the season taken in $4,000.
gopher tails at 3 cents each-$2,4OO.
A bonanza for the kids.
A man named P. S. Rice, after sew
eral unsuccessful attempts to buy out
various enterprises in Yankton, de-
parted leaving the hotel man in the
hole for $40 in cash and a $40 board
bill. The hotel manhas sent pressing
invitations all over the country by
telegraph to have the gentleman come
back.
A heavy, quiet rainfall has contin-
ued throughout the James and Mis-
souri, valleys in Central Dakota. The
amount of rainfall is unprecedented
in the memory Of the Oldest residents.
Large crops are now thought to be
assured throughout the region.
Cass is the largest wheat county in
Dakota and has most of the bonanza
farms, but Mr.. Fenton, one of the
leading farmers, in the following, in
dicates that other productions are
being taken up considerably. He
says: the wheat acreage is about Is
,,v1 cent less than usual. Oats and
harley increased Is per cent. Corn
Increased at least $50 per cent. Po-
..atoes increased 400 per cent. There
has been a large amount of millet
seeded for hay this spring. Hay has
been and is nov very scarce; worth
$40 per ton. Oats are scarce. / am
selling oats at 40 cents per bushel at
my granary to my farmer neighbors.
Grain of all kinds is looking fairly
well.
Quite an industry has recently
sprung up from the demand of Iowa
and Nebraska parties for Black Hills
spruce trees. One. man claims he has
shipped nearly 5000 within the last
few months and has not yet filled all
orders.
The school officials of. McCook
county will refuse to pay for the
mathematical maps that they were
induced 20 order, claiming that the
orders were secured through fraud.
In jamestown a subscription has
been started to purchase for the city
a double basin zinc fountain, to be
six feet high and surmounted by the
figure of q child holding the nozzle
from which the spray is to be thrown.
The cost Of the same will be about
$11O, and it will be presented to the
city as a gift.
Father Conaty, of st. Michael,s
Fl urch, Grand Forks, was made the
recipient of a handsome gold watch,
gold headedcane and a dictionary, BY
members Of his congregation. The
presentation was made by 7. w. Ne
vile and responded to by the rever-
end gentleman. /,
Deadwood is somewhat scandalized
over the treatment of two or three