New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-29
DAKOTA NEWS.


ton train at East Sioux Falls and
had a. leg cut off
Mrs. Z. j. Tisdale of Huron, was
very severely burnt on her hands
face, neck, head and arms while she
| was feeding a gasoline stove reser-
| yoir. She thought she had put out
all the burners, but. had left one.
lighted and burning low.
The several school township clerks
in the county, when making their re-.
port to the county superintendent,
are required to express their opinion
as to the value of the school lands in.
their several townships. In the re-.
| port received the value is estimated
everywhere from So to $40
| Sxty-fve paving block cutters, in
the employ of the Sioux Falls
! Granite company, are out on strike
owing to a difficulty arising as to
the time of monthly payment. The
company is in no hurry for men, and
will make no effort to induce the
strikers to return to work.
Fargo Special: Attorney General
Templeton returned from Bismarck,
| where he has been attending the
meeting Of the territorial board of
equalization. He reports that the to-
tai assessment of the territory, real
and personal, this year is $161, 400
974.32; last year it was $157,0S4,-
| 365.9 so; showing an increase this
year of 81 1876, 60S.33.
Engineer Bergstrom, of the Min
neapolis water works, arrived at
Grand Forks. He brought with him
a divers pahphernalia to be used
for the purpose of cleaning out the
intake pipe of the water works in the
Red river. 1t will be several days,
however, before the stones and mud
are fully removed.
JudgeRose has returned home after
concluding Morton county's term Of
court, and was waited upon by a
delegation offfty citizens, who pre-
sented him with a handsome chair.
Ex-Mayor Flint made the presenta-
ton speech. The chair is an elegant
affair, costing over $1OO. 1t is
handsomely upholstered, and the
frame consists of twelve Texas steers
horns.
/ 1t is believed by "old timers that
the commissioners at Standing Rock
are quietly getting signatures to the
treaty. After the big council and
defiant speeches by Gall, John Grass,
Sitting Bull and others all the Indi-
ans were dismissed and sent home.
They visited individually Indians at
their home, and undoubtedly they
are meeting. with success. These ru-
mors come here through Indians and
| by way of runners. In fact, it is the
only way news can be got, for all re-
| porters and correspondents have
been dismissed by the commission,
thus closing avenues for communica-
tion with the press.
| Some Would-be practical iokers
went to the Grand Forks engine house,
uncoiled over eight hundred feet
fire hose, carried it a distance ofthree
blocks to the residence of a tribe of
the denll-monde, ATTACHED the hose to
the hydrant and turned the water on.
After opening the front door of the
residence OF these parties, they placed
the nozzle of the hose in. proximity
to the inner door and fed. An hour
or two afterWard, when the frail an
gels, discovered it, their domicile was
flooded to a depth of several feet,
carpets destroyed and furniture gem
orally Although sentiment general
~ is opposed to such a proceeding,
it has relieved, or will do so, atleast,
that neighborhood ola pestilential
nuisance.
In the Democratic county conven-
ton at Fargo there was a fusion be-
tween Prohibitionists, the Farmers
alliance, disgruntled Republicans and
Democrats. The convention in
dorsed Smith Stimmel, the Farmers
alliance candidate, for the council;
Augustus Roberts, Republican, for
judge of probate; William Mi tchell,
Republican, candidate for superin-
tendent of schools; John D. Batson
was nominat ed for treasurer: d. v.
Mcknight, register of deeds; Peter S.
Goldberg, auditor; G. w. Smith, sher-
nf; S. B.Bartlett, distric attorney;
]. D. White, surveyor; DR.. A. A. An
drew, coroner; Walter Muir and j. NJ
Wager for members Of the house
Grand Forks Special: The bid Of
the Dakota Investment company for
the new bridge bonds was excepted.
Their bid was $5O,531 for $4,000
bonds drawing z per cent interest for
twenty years, when the bonds become
redaamahln The I1sI,al cioht @,f +r,o