The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-09-20
DAKOTA NEWS.

fifteen bushes an acre nthe vicinity
Of Iroquis.
The rate Of compensation for
teams for hauling hose carts to and
from fires at Pierre has been fixed at
~ in the day time and $3 at night.
Pierre viii vote October on the
question Of bonding the town in the
sum of $1,000 for the purpose of
building two school-houses.
Water was struck at q depth Of
loo feet in the Harold artesianI
well, but they want more and viii co
deeper.
An artesian well, q fire depart
ment and a Touring mill are reckoned
among the contemplated improve
ments at Parkston during the next
month.
The Holt farms, south oil. Aberdeen,
produced this year 9,97S bushls Of
wheat-45O acres-being q little more
than twenty-five bushels to the
acre.
a. Medium, Of Fargo, offered the
directors Of the north Dakota fair at
Grand Forks $1,000 for the privilege
of running q 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 tothe mill.
D. c. Florence's shoe storarat
Grand Forks, was burglarized, the
thieves effecting an entrance from
the rear of the store. Thirty-ones
pair Of shoes in. all were stolen, the
loss amounting to over 800.
A BoWdle man whipped his wife.
When the neighbors heard oft
a dozen ofthem formed a pool. The
Bowdle man was taken Quilted to-
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 8
hall, 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 Redfield,
containing four horses, 4O0bushels Of
grain and fifty tons of hay, was de-
stroyed by fire. The fire is supposed
to have caught from q 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 th-ae chill
dren, who are resiLents 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 ado locked them up. Theywere
tried on achargeof vagrancy. Some
paid their fines but others did not,
preferrippgg the jail.
For the last week prairie fires
have been raging fercely 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 IN unconfirmed rumor that q FAM
lily have fallen victims to the flames.
n. 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 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 w m. Kramer,
three milesnorth of Yankton, burned
to the ground, involving serious loss
to Mr. Kramer. Nearly allthe house,
hold effects were saved. One Of Mr..
Kramer's sons narrowly eBaped be-
ing leftaasleep in the house, and his
mother rescued him at her own peril
Mr.. Kramer vas formerly prcprietor2
ofthe Merchants hotel IN Yankton.
Fire destroyed the barn Of H.,
Benson, Q farmer living six niles
north Of Casselton. Eight hor1es
and q span Of mules werealso burned.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of kerosene lantern carried by one
of his men, Albert Sanders, who was
so badly burned in attempting Us
save the horses that he has since died
of the injuries. There was no in-
surance, rs the barn was q Tempo
rary one.
a big buffalo bull was killed three
miles ftom Cakes, IN Central Dakota.
1T was alone and was supposed tos
haveWandered from the usualfeedinp
grounds, thoughthreeO or four buffalo,