The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-20
DAKOTA JOTTINGS,

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The roll Of the Aberdeen public
schools shows an actual attendance
of45O pupils.
The commissioners Of Hughes
county are prospecting for asuitable
site for 9 poor farm.
The Blizzard asserts that II Elk
Point had fifty more new dwelling
houses they could readilyffnd renters.
FredM. Burnes has been appointed
auditor Of Hyde county and his sal
airy fixed at $500 per year.
Dean and Wayne Mason, Of Plank
inton, have departed for Los Angeles,
CAL, where they will abide in the fu-
ture.
The Republican says: The num-
Der OF eastern gentlemen who arrive
daily to inspect Aberdeen promises
great things for 1889. The majority
decide to locate here"
Trump, the notorious murderer,
skipped from Tower after beating q
Fnlander with q revolver at his den.
Officers are in pursuit. Warrants
were issued for therearrest Of Trump
for the murder Of Doyle.
George G. Crosse, Of the Dakota AL.
lance company, is considering the
adyisability Of removing the head.
quarters from Aberdeen to Water.
town in order to secure shipping ad.
v~antages.
There is talk among the ladies Of
Columbia Of recognizing the Shakes
peare club or forming some sort OF
society that will as effectually enter
tain the wives while the husbands
take are OF the babies.
While moving a house at Grand
Forks, Joseph Schwitser of Afd6ta
was injured by a coupling pin, which
flew out from its place and struck
him q frightful blow on the jaw. The
attending physician is hopeful Of his.
recovery. y
The Black Hills country is making
a name for itself as q horse-growing
country, and it is predicted that
within ten years it will be as famous
for it's horses asthe bluegrass region.
It already boasts many fine horses
OF the best breeds known in thewerl.
An insane patients son of H. j.
Fahnestock-was taken to Yankton
from Watertown in charge of his
father, Larry Deming and j. I'll.
Stamp. He is o young man of Is
and SO violently insane that three
strong men are required to handle
him.
A halfbreed boy, ID years old, was
accidentally shot by his brother, at
Rose Lake, IA miles west of Barth-
gate. His brother was CARRYING q
gun on his shoulder through the
brush just ahead OF the unfortunate
hoy, when it was discharged, blowing
the whole top Of his head of.
a heavily loaded freight train col
ided with the accommodation train
near Bismarck, smashing the accom-
mediation locomotive to pieces and
badly wrecking the freight engine.
Seven train employees of both trains
were severely injured, though not fa-
tally. Train Dispatcher McCabe Of
j JAMESTOWN is here to investigate the
cause.
Simon Westman the burglar, in
jail at Grand Forks, attempted to
commit suicide in his cell by hanging.
He used q strap for the purpose, but
his avoirdupois was too weighty
and the rudimentary scaffold victim
and all fell heavily on the cell floor.
His bedding has been removed and
q watch set over him, though the
opinion is that it was done to gem
crate sympathy.
Theproyident aid society is new
organization ut Aberdeen. Itsahiei
aim is to furnish it's members with a
low but sound life insurance and at
the same time establish abond Of fel-
lOWship among members. To be
eligiblefor membership the .candidate
u~ndergoes q medical examination.
and obligatea himself to Me north
Masonss and Dixon's line OF it's
kaggipary western extension.
he Ladies' Aid society Of tho Con-
Vocational church at Sioux Falls
has just received incorporation pa
pers from the secretary Of the ter
ritory andis now the onlyaid society
in the city which enjoys the corpor-
ate rights Of suing and being sued.
The society has invested ia Sioux
Falls real estate to the extent of
5000 and hopes to make enough in
this way to be able to put upa1Fith
other help-a fins church building
In q few yeara.
Seven miles from Yankton, IS o
farming community where several
young home missionaries labored off
and on, and finally gave it up as q
bad job. Father Nicholls.Na-Eon-
gregational clergyman, over IA
years old, went out there q year ago,
and the result Of his work was that
q. neat brick chapel, entirely paid for,
was dedicated, and he was installed
pastor over . congregation Of IS
church members, not one OF them Of
Congregational antecedents.
Franh Waine, living g few miles