The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-27
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

quick as he dug the snow of OF her she
jumped up and charged at him with so
much vigor that he WAS glad to beat
hasty retreat. This seems to indi-
cate that hogs can hibernate like
bears. Perhaps some time III the fu.
ture it will become the common thing
to keep hogs over winter by burying
them in a snowbank.
a gentleman from Ashton states
that the natural gas struck in the new
well is increasing in pressure as the
at which the flow began in the expert.
mental well, it registered 2l pounds.
The body OF Esbsrt Wilkes, a farmer
living near Ludden, who has becn
missing since the great storm. was
found near that place. Wilkes was ~
single man about forty years old. and
came TO Marshall county about. two
years ago. 1t is tn. first blizzard
corpse reported found in Central Da-
kota.
There is quite an oil excitement in
the vicinity OF Lead City, ami several
wells are going down.
A Holstein COW at Holabird gave
birth to Il calf that weighed l2l
pounds when hours old.
Black Hills tin, the product OF u
Custer county mine. is now quoted in
the Chicago market reports.
The territorial board OF agri, uIturc
has been in session at Grand Forks.
The committees took into consi,,cra,
tion bids from various towns inNorth
Dakota for the fair, with the follow
in. results: Grand Forks bid $4,000
straight for the use OF the grounds
complete, which includes water, hay.
straw and building; Bismarck mad, ~
bid and offered the fair grounds. straw
and water, llillSboro made II similar
bid; Fargo made II little bid which was
subsequently withdrawn. The bid OF
Grand Forks is the best Of thelot.
There is n 5-year-oll COW in Clay
county that stands l6 l-2 hands
high and weighs l,SSS pounds,
Circus men are bargaining for her.
tnited States land patents are now
arriving, to the great satisfaction OF
the owners OF land in Day and the
neiahboring counties.
The new council at Mitchell organ
lied and elected K. G. Irvine marshal
and Chris Horton night watch over
the present incumbents who were put
in two months ago in place OF officers
suspended for NEGLECT of duty. The
council voted not to appropriatrS5o
to send % hose team To Huron, and
the fire department threaten to dis
band.
Many farmers in the vicinity OF HUI
ron have begun SOWING wheat. In
some parts oil the county many farm
ers have in from 80 to 100 acres.
Company u, Second regiment u. y.
g., OF Watertown, will attend the in.
terstatr drill at Nashville in May.
Citizens have raised l,2OO to dcfray
expenses. Mayor Gestey and the new
council were inuuyurate,i.
The jury in the case OF Gooding VS..
County Commissioners Neal and John.
son, charged with misappropriaton
OF public funds. disagreed, and was
discharged at Bismarck. II is under
stood that the Jury stood eleven for
conviction to one ioracquittal. Judge
Francis administered scalhing re-.
buke TO the commissioners alter dis
charging the Jury, and advised them
to resign. They will not, however.
and the case will doubtless be retired
ut this term OF court.
Judge Francis. in the celebrated
case "f Griffin, s;lloonkeeper, against
Winchester, an attorney, supern.
tenden, OF public Instruction and
superintendent OF Sabbath schools,
for tine purchase price OF gallon OF
whisky, alleged to have been purchased
for election purposes last campaign,
decided that the defendant can recov-
er nothing and that each party must
pay his own costs.
The board OF trustees of the insane
hospital III session at Yankton adj
iourned without making any change
in the officers at the hospital As has
been expected, the matter OF changin.
tho officers has not been broacncd he.
fore any meeting OF the board thus far,
and those who want places in the in
stitntion are feeling clum. The board
ut it's last meeting awarded con
tracts Tor an electric light plant Tor
the hospital 10 the Edison company
and Il contract for an artesian we'll
to James II. Capmbell OF Hankton:
also approved bonds o! contractors
for the new wings
As proof that cattle can he winter.
cd well and at little expense in Stark
county: W. b. Powers. Gladstone.
has fed but 10 tons oi hay to 26 read
OF horned stock all winter. They are
sleek and their condition IS excellent.
Mr.. ,olwell. six miles east oi Glad
stone, has fed only 40 tons Of hay to
23o head OF stock so far this win.
ter, Both herds were feeding on the
prairie during the last three weeks oi
February.
Judge Tripp at lankton granted an
order to lfinnesan IL Bowyer OF that
city compelling Auditor Ward to pay
them S7lG.36, the amount OF two
vouchers issued to Finnegan Il Bow
yer by the old board OF trustees oithe
insane hospital before the removal OF
that board. The causes assigned by
the auditor for failure to issue war
rants upon vouchers before this were
that the board had not advertised
tor bids for the work nor had the
plans for the work been submitted for
the govern or's approval. This result
will cause the payment OF many ac-
counts which are now in allegiance.
At DE smet II coroner's inquest was
held in the case OF the man found dead
north OF Arlington. He proved to be-
Hans Christensen. aged twenty-six.
He had trouble at home with his par
cnts, and his father drove him away
with shotzun A revolver was found
by his side and bullet hole in his
head. 1t was fired from behind. APP
pearances are that he shot himself,
but how could he do it without SINCE
ing his hair is Il query.
The first case OF drunkenness which
has come before the police court nj
Aberdeen since the saloons were closed
appeared on the 10th inst.
a bet OF $3.50 a side was madr in
Rapid City. One party offered to wa
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