Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-01-04
DAKOTA NEWS.

DAKOTA NEWS.
Steps arc being h ken to induce pattie,
to establish a ,xmill at Grotor.
-Huronites are prospecting for coal,
and are confident Of success.
Tho G. A. b. lad campfire at High.
more rscen ly. Crows opera house was
crowded.
Tho Huron board OF trade would like
to correspond with parties who could be
induced to etart creamery.
Joseph Hornsr, saloonkeepsr At
Warner, IL accused Of marrying his niece.
Considerable Indignation Is being mani
tested over the matter.
The Cass county grand jury has In.
dictei the publisher of the Fargo Argus
for admitting lottery advcrtis sments con.
trary to the statutes of Dakota.
Information received from promi.
nent Daiotsn shows that The msnorial
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time for their departure to Warrington.
Indeed. it 10 more than probable that half
the committee will not SO ct all. A menu
Der OF the committee 10 said to have re-
marked that no man could travel to Wash
ington and sustain ths honors OF the mis-
sion on less than $1,000, and he doubted
whether many of his fellows would 80
down into their pockets and produce that
sum or ,sser one. He thought it prob.
able that the committee would meet and
transmit the memorial by mail. or depu-
tixe one of its members 10 boar the 'docu-
ments to congress.
Rev. Fielder is the new presiding elder
at Aberdeen.
Aberdeen is to have . new national
Iank. Capital, $15o,0oo.
The Eigerton hotel at White Lake
was recently destroyed by fire.
Scarlet fever is raging at Mandan.
Schools have cl ,sed in consequence.
CLARK county people are agitatina tbs
question Of providing q court house and
Jail.
Chris Huber. o. Dead wood, has been
adjudged insane and sent 10 tbs asylum.
Cash receipts OF the Aberdeen land
Office for the week ending December "a
were $3,s67.s7.
There is plenty OF coal in Buf4e Oh
county, few miles north OF Bismarck.
John Laplant half breed Indian on
the Sioux reservation, has left for parts un-
known. Since his departure it hos leaked
out that he has carried on regular system
Of thieving on ths reservation for years,
not stoppin at murder to accomplish his
ends. Ho used a. tools an Indian boy and
young Frenchman. His plan was to ride
to . corral and while he kept watch with
drawn rsvolvers send the Indian and
Frenchman to drive out what stock hs
would select. It appears that he became
suspicious Of the Indian and sent bullet
through his head. burying his body in .
shallow hols with his feet and legs partly
szpessd. ~ Pselissa Ne faasAnea4
two horses 70 keep still about The mur.
der. His promise was not fuldlled and
consequently he squealcd. To substanti-
ate his story tho Frenchman conducted .
party Of men to the scene OF the murder,
where the body of the Indian boy was
found, only partially covered with dirt and
brush.
-Dakota's bonded indebtedness is said
to be 100000. Assessed value, $751;
600, 900.
The commissions Q at Deadwood have
fixed the license for selling intoxicating
liquors at $500.
Pumpkin Soe], Little Wolf and Thun.
der Bear, three Indian policeman at Pine
Ridge, will be arraigned at the next term
Of court, charged with murder.
WIN. Schlopp, ranchman, was shot
and killed by Robert Highson. a cowboy,
one day recently, near Minnesota. The
difficulty was over game OF cards.
Gov. Church in speaking Of the admis-
sion Of Dakota. said: ''It certainly looks
now ~ II an enaDIlnB - .nma charac.
Ter would pass both houses Of congress
this session. While . desire TO secure
partisan advantage may preciptate .
squabble, the fentimo mt Of the
present congress 10 favorable to . square
vote ON the merits. OF courss congress
cannot compel Dakota 10 accept admission
- whole, but she will probably have an
opportunity to accept or reject such .
proposition next fall. There will b an
effort to incorporate . provision permit
ting her 10 divide in the future, similar 10
the Texas provi sion, and there 10 some
likelihood Of such . clause being adopted.
think this would reconcile tho people
generally 70 the measure, though OF cousse
some would oppose it."
Custer Cityis attracting considerable
attention from abroad, owing TO her large
tin resources.
The fight between Jack Kesfe, Of Phil.
dslphis, AMI o. H. Smith, champion
heavy weight Of Nsbraska, at the Aber-
deem opera houss rscen y, resulted in
draw" Neither had the advantage, al
though in the fifth round the marshal and
police stopped she hght ~ it was getting
70 b. bloody. Both now wish to fight TO :
finish any placs in tue territory, any mum.
Der OF rounds with fonr ounce gloves.
Fargo - near ~ can bs ascertained. viii
be the next place Of meeting.
"A bank will soon commen % operations
ct Oldham.
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Mexican Wax uatche-.
Those small WAX matches which eli.
Oar-smOkers use. and which are nut nm