Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-05
DAKOTA CONSIDERATIONS

The university of north Dakota Is
open a, Grand Forks with 100 students
1t took seven hours to draw away q
Northern Pacific freight wreck at Ed
ridge.
The new banking firm OF f. H. Hsger-
~ & Co., successors to Hagerty & MARBLE
has begun business at Aberdeen.
Brooks Bros elevator at Gilley, Grand
Forks county, burned Wednesday
night. Two thousand bushels OF wheat
was destroyed,
Near Wheatland The house aud barn
on the farm of B. O. Whitaker were
burned, together with four horses. Loss
$4,000; insurance, 5000.
The Hand county fair opened al
Miller Tuesday with booming success.
The exhibits were fine and an immense
crowd was in attendance.
A special on the Minneapolis & st
Louis brought to Watertown Wednes-
day q company of fifteen grain buyers
on q tour of inspection. Wheat sold
that day at $1.04.
A prairie fire that started four miles
north of Ayre Monday night swept the
country north and east for miles. The
damage is variously estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000; no insurance. Frost
nearly ruined the grain, and fire has
finished it in that locality.
Ell. Fl. Brooke, four miles south Of
Blunt. is diligently boring for coal, and
claims o large vein within forty. five feet
of the surface. He is now boring oil
sinking his shaft, and is confident of Sc
curing an abundant supply just below
the slate rock he has struck. IL vii
soon be decided, for he has the mean.
to push the enterprise.
Brown county democrats nominated
the following ticket: Register of deeds
j.. A. H%oulahan, Aberdeen; district at
torney, Geo. B. Coe, Aberdeen; auditor
Horace Barnard, Frederick; treasurer
John Gaskip, Columbia; sheriff, Pa
DAILY, Aberdeen; probate judge, Frsnl
Payne, Warner: coroner, O. G. NOLAN
mon, Aberdeen, the present incumbent
Pat White, q laboring man, entered
Pat McGulre's dive in Grand Fork
Tuesday evening, and after imbibins
freely, got into a quarrel with snothe
frequenter. Blows were exchanged ant
the soufle ended by White landing on tn
outside, being pitched through the dool
| windows. He was dangerously cut by
| the glass. His ~assailant has been ar.
| rested.
Thomas KlelneRal. representing E
Shipley g. Co., Wholesale grocers 0
J Minneapolis, was arrested in Waterfowl
for pedd!ing without a license. Agent
OF these so-called Wholesale houses can
vsss the country soliciting orders fton
farmers for goods, and by selling an in
ferior article secure many orders, mucl
to the detriment of local merchants
| who caused his arrest.
The Fargo board OF education got int
q controversy with the city water work
company last spring, which resulted il
the company shutting off the waite
from the school buildings. The sewer
leading from the buildings have becom
stopped and the water company had t
be called upon to flush the sewers to re
move the stencil which would otherwis
| naoooe.kaT 10 nIooinr fba onbnoI-
The Lawrence county democrati
convention for the nomination of candi
dates for county offices made the follow
ing nominations: Sheriff, John Man
ming, OF Dssdwood; treasurer, Hem
Morris, of Te.raville; register of deeds
Robert w Mullen, Lead City; distrie
attorney, William Mclaughlin, of Deat
wood; probate iadge, William McDon
ough, of Deadwood; assessor, DR.. RalpI
OF Spesrfsh.
A report from Eldridge, ten miles wei
of jamestown, on the line of the North
ern Pacific, said q big prairie fire We
raging near that village Wednesday an
the town in danger. The FIRE starte
that afternoon and approached the cit
rapidly. All its residents were ont i
force fighting the fire. In response to
reques! for aid q Northern Pacific CO
with Fl ty men left jamestown to hei
save the town. Fires ale also raging i
other directions.
The body of Charley Miller, bette
known as .Dutch Charley" was foun
floating in the mill pond near Sluu
Falls Monday. he had been workin
for Poorbaugh Bros. and disappeare
suddenly a week ago. A bullet no
was found IN his head, and neighbors Sc
they heard pistol shots in that vlcinII
last Saturday. 1t is supposed Mill.
got into an alteration with some on,
was shot and the body thrown IN Il
pond. His money was also taken frol
his coat.
While thrashing grain with q stea
thrasher on the farm Of Ohadler Bot
ford, five miles northeast of Huron Tue
day afternoon, a spark from the engir
set fire to the straw under the separate
The wind was blowing almost q gale ar
carried the fire to the stacks Of u
thrashed grain and soon five OF the
were consumed, together with q lar
amount OF thrashed wheat. Three ricl
of hay, three large stacks of millet, +
barn, cattle sheds. 8 lot OF farm maohil
cry, ETC., were also destroyed. Mr.. Ro