The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-10-11
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

past year is 22S.
Sioux Falls now has Chinese store
stocked wholly with goods from the
6owery kingdom.
Merchants at Deadwood complain
on account Of the mutilated coin
that is in circulation in thatcity.
Douglas county farmers shy that
the blackbirds are very plenty and
are doing great damage to corn
fields.
1t is understood that hardwood
wants q paper bad enough to give
$500 bonus, 400 subscribers besides
and erect a building for the Office.
Suit for an alleged debt Of $1 has
been commenced in court at Dead
wood. The party sueing states that
it is for principle and not principal.
The La Grace Courier hints that
there is a small fortune waiting for
the man who hassufficient enterprise
to start a lime-kfn in that vicinity.
A large mountain lion is terroriz-
ing the inhabitants in the vicinity Of
Boulder park, near Deadwood. No
one ventures forth at night without
q gun.
James Miller, accused Of passing a
forged check on a merchant in Grand
Forks, admitted his guilt recently
and was sent to jail in default of
$1,000 bail.
It leaks out in well informed politi-
cal circles that the conf rmation OF
Judge Templeton by the senate is
not likely to follow soon. His nomi-
nationis said to be hung up.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
thirty residents of Bismarck are re-
ported to be thinking seriously ofgo-
ing to China with Marquis de Mores
and engaging with him in his gigan-
tic railroad scheme.
The superintendent of the public
schools at Sioux Falls has made his
report for the month of September
showing an attendance of 1913
scholars, 738 of whom were neither
absent nor tardy.
A Burleigh county farmer, who re-
fused IS cents per bushel for his
wheat, says that considering the
price which wheat will bring within
two months the Missouri Valley has
raised the biggest crop in it's history
this year.
George Devoe, near Yankton, re-
Gently thrashed his faxssandahXsasts
ual measurement thu
fifteen bushels to 81
said 20 be the larg
ported in Yankton c0uff6 snd the
fax is of the best quality.
A farmer near Lake Madison har-.
vested a crop of rye this year from
one acre of ground which yielded
twelve bushels. The most remark.
able part of the story is that he had
never sown any rye on that piece of
ground and is unable to account for
the growth.
A ive-foot vein of coal has been
discovered on the farm of H. 81.
Brekke, living ten miles from Pierre.
The coal is pronounced of a quality
similar to the Hooking Valley. The
vein is thirty feet deep and promises
to supply all Dakota with cheap
coal.
The Deadwood Pioneer makes this
statement: GAS an indication of the
changed condition of business in
Deadwood, a month ago only one
man and boy were employed in the
printing department OF the Pio-
neer. At present it requires FIVE men
and two boys to keep pace with the
The Sioux Falls Press wants ahos-
pital and by way Of starter re-
marks; physicians give it as their
opinion that the coming winter will
witness more sickness, suffering and
restitution, and more demands on
the county for aid, than any previous
year in the county's history. This
ought to hurry the hospital matter.
along"
The Rapid City Republican makes
the following prediction for the mar
BILE industries in the Hills: s.The time
is not far distant when the marble
industry Of the Hills will occupy one
of the front seats. In quality the,
marble is not excelled by any marble
of the same shade onsthe American
continent. It takes a high polish
and it's color is rather pleasing to
the eye.
Mrs. Sadie Stewart committed sui
eide near Aberdeen BY drowning IN q
well. About q year ago she married
a man employed ina ticket office at
Wahpeton, and about three months
afterwards learned that he had
another wife sosshe left him. About
two weeks ago she gave birth to a
child. She was q lady of good edu-
cation and pleasing address.
The Salvation army has decided to