The Dickinson press., 1888-11-24
MEEk'S NEWS IN DAKOTA

WEEKS NEWS IN DAKOTA
White Lake has nearly completed lay
ing of water mains.
Egan county is suffering from an I'M
usual amount of sickness.
The Deadwood land Office took in
eighty-one homestead patents last Tues
day.
There have been $50 residences and
business buildings erected in Madison
this year.
Prairie fires have again been raging in
the vicinity of Huron and Aberdeen the
past week.
n. b. Anderson, a wealthy farmer liv-
lnS south OF Gary, got his hand in a feed
mil. Amputation will be necessary.
Citizens of Madison intend to give the
local option law a thorough trial, an or
g%anizatlon having been effected with
that purpose i'll view.
Ex%-.Attorney General Templeton quail
flied before Judge Mcconnell at Fargo,
as Judge OF the new Grand Forks Judi
cial district.
lion. j. NJ. Thurston. of Omaha, has
agreed to lecture before the students of
h university of Dakota. at Ncrmillion.
a date has not been fixed.
ID. w. Kcan. inspector, and B. Pattee,
contractors. haze been arrested. charged
with being responsible for the death of
Thompson and Lee at the Iankton
asylum.
y live beaver. caught on the James
river. was purchased by some enthusiasts
tic Republican and expressed to Presi-
dent-elect Ben Harrison. with the COM
pliments of the city of Redtield.
Bismarck schools are crowded.
The saloonhcepers at Grand Forks are
finding trouble in securing bondsmen.
y syndicate of English capitalists are
at Deadwood and are looking over the
country for investment.
Minneapolis parties are negotiating
for the purchase of ten acres adjoining
the city of Huron on which to build cot
tages for rent.
The Yankton insane asylum trustees
nave handed in their designations be-
cause the board retains Superintendent
kcan.
j. NJ. Harden has been appointed by
Governor Church adjutant general Of
the territorial militia, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of General Jenkins.
The insane board at Yankton held q
%protracted meeting over the proposition
to mo Superintendent Kean. Tr,ls-
tee Qnlglc.H SAYS openly that he will re-
sign if kean is retained.
The mex Dakota legislature will
stand: Council. Republicans 90. Indie.
pendents and Democrats 4. House,
Republicans AZ, Independents and Dem
OcralS >.
Lead City Tribune: I'VE hear the
claims made almost daily by our neigh
bors down the creek that Dcadwood is
the metropolis of the Hills. At the
election last Tuesday Lead City polled
sol votes. Deadwood T92. Rapid City
1O3.
n case of leprosy exists in Harold.
Hughes county. The subject is the child
OF a Mrs. BluSum, who was missionary
to China when the child was born. The
case was examined i'll New York a wear
ago and pronounced to be one of leprosy,
The afflicted family are allowed no COM
munication with their neighhors.
Navigation has closed ut Bismarck.
Logan county did not throw a vote for
any Democrat.
The Manitoba has issued a new live
stock tariff from Sioux Falls.
The city council of Fargo has fixed the
license at 81 600, and it goes into effect
Immediately.
The First National bank of Columbia
has has given notice that it will surrcn-
der its charter Jan. J..
The Aberdeen Steam Brick
turned out, 100000 brick during the
season. The yards give employment to
about twenty-five men during the en-
tire season.
The case of Pat Devannah against the
city OF jamestown, in which he claimed
$4,000 damages. has been settled by the
city council for $500.
Judge Crofoot, Of Milbank. has an
nounced that it will be impossible to
hold court in Grant county before
March. 1889, making about twenty
months without a court of record.
The commissions of statistics for Da-
kota will soon complete his figures,
which will show a decrease of 1900, 900
bushels i'll the wheat crop of Dakota for
1888, leaving a crop of 30, 1000, 900.
In Emmons county the vote on resolu-
tlon n removal OF the county seat was:
Winchester 23G. Williamsport 236. A
two-thirds vote being necessary to re-
move. Williamsport will continue to be
the county seat. .
Fargo's new liquor ordinance prohib-
its any kind of gambling. music. sing
ing. dancing or variety show on the
premises. requires the rigid exclusion of
minors. intoxicated persons or females:
the closing of saloons at II O'Clock at
night: that blinds OF screens shall be so
adj usted as to permit an u~nobstructed
view of the interior Of saloons from the
streets.
The Wentworth Letter has suspended
publication.
There is to be a seventy-five barrel
Touring mill erected at Hitchcock soon.
The artcsian we'll will furnish the power.
Ignatius Donnelly, of cryptoyram
fame, is lecturing in the Black Hills
towns to crowded houses.
DIR. Lockerbv. of Grand Forks. discov-
cred a burglar in his premises. and TAX
ing a rifle started in pursuit. He over
took the man in the yard and felled him
with the but of the III and held him
prisoner until the arrival of an officer.
A large amount of valuable jewelry was
found on his person.
A resident of Kimball subscribed $50
four years ago in aid of the Methodist
church of that place. a few days ago
he began packing up his goods prepare
tory to leaving the town. when an at
tachment against his stuff was procured
by the church trustees. His excuse for
mo- paying was that one of the brethren
bet a barrel of apples on Harrison's cleo
ton.
Burlington Dynamiters Indicted.
GALEsBURG. Ills. Nov. 21.-George
Clark and George Kelley. of this city,
and John y. Bauereisen. of Aurora. Bur.
lington strikers, indicted on a charge OF
conspiring to destroy Burlington trains
with dynamite. appeared before Judge
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