The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-07-19
DAKOTA NH1EEOTEs.

A Deadwood youth, for the con
sideration of SO, climbed the liberty
pole, a distance of flo feet, and fixed
the halyards in place. When he
reached the ground q circle OF admir-
ing friends raised another $40 Tor
him.
During the storm at Brookings
lightning struck post in a pasture
fence south of town, and running
along the wires, killed six head of3
cattle and one horse.
The loafer and bum problem is aggi-
tating the people at Sioux Falls.
The buns are becoming extremely
insolent, and the police are frequent
ly required to keep them from INSULT
ing ladies on the street.
A number of German families from
Russia have this spring joined their
friends in Foster and Eddy counties.
Almost. every acre of broken land in
the two counties is in crop, and a
large amount of new breaking is now
underway.
Custer county is having a little
county seat excitement, which, with
the political matters, will tend to
make things lively in that part of the
Black Hills. The people in the east
ern part of the county want to move
the county seat from Custer, and
have petitioned for an election. But
here the trouble commences. The
agricultural part of the county has
three aspirants-Buffalo Gap, Her
mosa and Fairburn.
Col. Burke, Inspector of the Ninth
district G. A. R.. at Fargo, has granted
permission to have a G. A. r. en-
campment at Grand Forks during
the territorial fair. Instead of the
militia, as at firstanticipated, Grand
Forks will have as guests one thous
sand veterans during the fair.
The liquor dealers at Sturgis have
formed a trust, and it now costs a.
man 10 cents a glass to saturate his
system with beer. "Red-eye" is pro-
portionately high.
A scheme is on foot in Codington
county for a sort of reunion of all the
residents of that county who voted
for Gen. Harrison in 1910.
Some of the larger cities of Dakota
can boast of fine resident pianists-
jamestown, for instance, claims Mrs.
Fred Klapp, who is one ofthe soloists
at the Fargo musical festival, and
who has played concert engagements
in London and elsewhere in England.
A Sioux Falls man is talking of
starting q daily newspaper as a
scheme to reduce his avoirdupois.
It would be hard to hit upon a surer
way of losing flesh.
The bum element is a PURGE of ter
ror in Sioux Falls. The Press says
Gin the outskirts of the city ladies'
who are in anywise timid live in holy
fear during the day while left alone,
and some even go so far as to keep
their houses locked, even during the
hottest weather. When it gets SCI
the men arm themselves at nighttime
if duty calls them on the street, it
would seem to be about time for an
organized raid on the part of the
police"
A movement is on foot in the vest
ern part of Sully county to organize
a claim holders protective associa-
ton. The object is to protect act
ual settlers claims from being
jumped while they are temporarily
absent earning a living, not being.
able to do SO on the land on account
of drought and hailstorms.
A male patient escaped from the,
violent ward of the insane hospital
at Yankton. He was one, of the.
most violent patients ever confined
in the hospital, and it is not known
whether he dropped from a third
story window or passed by one Of
the officers who did not know he was
crazy. At last accounts he has not
been heard from,
At a, meeting of the chamber OF
commerce at Bismark, a committee
vas appointed to confer with the
management Of the various railroads
contemplating extentions to Bismark
with a view of influencing the COM
pletion of the extentions this year.
Resolutions were adopted urging
that q committee be appointed to
investigate the alleged obstruction
of the Missouri river by the new and
old bridges at Omaha. 4
Lightning struck the residence OF
R.P. Hall, at Mitchell, dangerously
injuring Mrs. Hall ndshattersng the
kitchen stove. The lightning came.
down the chimney.
The stonemasons employed on .the,s
Illinois Central depotstruck at Sioux.
Falls for nine hours work at TEN
hours pay. They had been receiving
$4 per day. Shortly after the mena
walked out the masons employads, bWr
James Ward and 3. B. PolkaIhoauis
for the same reasons. There. are $50
.masons in the city belonging to the
union, and it is feared the strike win
become general.
Two saloonkeepers at Casselton: