The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-24
DAKOTA BREVITIES.

The land around Oleriches, recent
" opened to settlement, IL being
rapidly taken up,
The liquor prosecutions furnish
the main topic of conversation al
Brookings.
From eight to u dozen is the mum
Der of tramps that show up every
day Mt Columbia. They don't stay
very long, however.
It is estimated by Minnehaha coun
ty formers that wheat will average
very much higher than the best year
during the agricultural history o
thatcounty.
The dignity of the Sioux Falls
court is not to bc monkcyed with
John Dasclc was recently fined 5000
for selling liquors after the service Of
an injunction.
Mrs. DIR. Porter, the vito of ono ol
the heroes of the Reno stand in the
cluster massacre, died mt Bismarck
The relnnins were taken to her own
home Mt Olerlin, Ohio.
Tho camp-mcctings Mt Whitewood
and Spring Valley, under the guild.
once of Elder Leighton, have resulted
In more than 100 conversions Mt the
former place and u large number ut
the latter.
1t shows thcshortncss ofthe wheat
straw in Bca,lle county to know thnt
one Huron firm sent out ten hcadcrs
in one day. Most of the wheat
and oats straw il short, although
the grain is quite good.
The Indian Spotted Crow was ar.
rested and lodged in Jail ut Pierre
for holding up Fred Laplaunt on the
reservation with Winchester rifle.
Spotted Grow il the hardest cusc on
tlercservation.
Fred Wood, of Union, us assignee OF
the o. Is. Chaplin hose team, has
brought suit for 81, 900 against the
All. Smith team, of Clinton, to re-
cover prize money cllimed to be un-
lawful y awardednt the latc fireman.
tournament.
1t is now thought to he q fact that
the acreage of flax in Yankton coun.
ty for this season, which has hitherto
been considered very small, il as
large us the acreage of lust year, and
the flax crop will he as large us the
crops of other ccrcals.
The guests of II Yankton Hotel
have been kept awake nights for Il
week past by peculiar noises in the
walls. Asearch being made revealed
n fi.mily Of infant king birds in a
chimney, and tho noises which have
made strong men nervous were
found to issue from the tiny throat
of those flcdglings.
The worst hail storm ever seen
cleaned out the grain Thorough tho
center of Kingsbury county. Where
it struck nothing is left. Tho extent
of the storm has not been heard. At
least twenty-five farmers around
DcSmet have nothing left. The hail
in some places was composed oil
chunks of ice.
A conflict of authority has arisen
between Judge Spencerand the county
commissioners of Grant county.
There was u vacancy in the office Of
district attorney. The judge and the
commissioners both appointed Il mon
to fill the vacancy. The court rec
ognizes tho man appointed by the
Judge only, and the commissioners
pay the salary to their appointee.
L. Locklart "chastised" the editor
of the Millbank Review on the street
by knocking him down, and would
probably have inflicted scvercpunish.
ment had not tho bystanders inter-
lered. The occasion of the fracas
was an article in the Review reflect
ing on the character ofMr. Lockllurt.
Mr.. Lockhart went Immediately to
the Justices office and paid his fine.
Last May John Lnschc WIS en-.
Joined from rctniling liquor in Sioux
Falls. At his trial before Judge Car
land for contempt of court he was
fined 5000. This is the first case Of
the kind under the local option law.
Since the 2Sth of June cighty-six ar
rests have been made in Sioux Falls
for selling liquor without license.
Some of the snloonmen have been ar
rested from twelve to fourteen times.
The executive committee of the ter
ritori,J board of agriculture held I.
meeting ut Huron. They decided to
hold farmers Institutes each morning
of the territorial fair ut the amphi-
tllcatcr and have short addresses by
specialists on agricultural topics. 4
building will be erected especially for
press headquarters. Baldwin, the
baloonist and parnchutist, will make
usccnsious during the fair week.
Two-thirds of the grain crop o
Southern Dakota liz in the stack, and
Il small portion has been threshcd.
Oats, flax, wheat and barley average
Il larger yield than ever before in this
part of the territory. In IL few places
n slight trace of rust is apparent,
but il scarcely worth mentioning
New wheat was rated No: 1 hard
Corn, is rapidly maturing, and in in
splendid condition. The hay crop fl
the largest for years, and the wild
lands will yield nearly two tons to
the acre.
Upon an occasion quite recently a
Yankton man ran against a well.
laid scheme on the part of his young.
est son and another youth to skip
from Yankton and go to Sioux CITY,
there to seek their respective for.
tunes. They were to go without
their parents consent and Ind
packed n grip with valuablcs for fu-
ture use. The father, upon cxnmin.
ing the grip, found it to contain.
among other things, seven r.,zors,
IL base ball, seven white shirts. q mir
OF socks, some hand music, u pair OF
base bull shoes and some soap.