The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-10
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

D1AAO1 "A lVLWO IVVl LID.
The city council of Rapid City de-
clares that tho weeds must go, and
thrcatens to make it expensive for
parties who neglect to keep their
premises in good condition.
Last April c. IL. Hunt of l'ittsflcld,
Muss., shipped n cur lond Of mules,
twenty sets of harness and two wag-
ons from st. Louis, Mo-, to Drayton,
Dakota, in charge of William Wal.
lace of Pcmbina, to dispose to best
advantage ind remit the proceeds to
Hunt. Wallace disposed of the out.
fit, turned over only 5000, g,,ve his
wife 500 and is now in Manitoba.
A telegram from Mr.. Hunt to the
chief of police Mt Winnipeg was too
late to catch him there.
Aberdeen has n footpad and he was
rash enough To hold up the secretary
of the Y. NJ. G. A. ofthat place. lie
didn't get money, hut received IL
thump ON the head from the cane OF
the sarctary.
United States Marshal ID. Marattn
brought to Yankton L. II. and $. W.
jacobs, president aud cashier rcspcc-
lively of the National Bank Of Midi
son, Lake county, who were arrested
on IL charge of inlsifying accounts
with intent to ,lcfraud deposit
tors. The defendants waived rx-
animation before the commissioners,
and were held to answer in $4,000
bonds, which were furnished. Their
hank w;,s CLOSED sometime ago 10y
the public examiner, who is said To
have found evidences of large crook
ctlncss.
Thencws ofthepassage bycongrrss
of the hill dividing the Fifth judicial
district and giving two Judges with
seats mt Aberdeen and Huron, was
resolved with great satisfaction, as
business aud private interests have
suffered greatly from lack ofn,lcquate
courts.
At the recent meeting of the board
ofcounty commissioners at Milln,nk
II very large petition was presented
asking to have tho question of the
sale of Intoxicating liquors submit
ted to u vote next fall, and the board
granted the prayer.
The hail storm which passed over
Sioux Falls covered only n narrow
belt country. 1t did not extend
beyond the wcstcrnlimits of the city,
aud was only about II quarter ola
mile wide The Baptist college, IL
fnur-story building, suffered the de-
struction ofcvcry light of glass on
the north side. Other buildings in
in the track of the hail sustained
similar losses.
Barney Finncgan, sixty years old,
was found dead in the bushes near
the James river at Jamestown.
1ntoXicutiOn, exposure and starv-
alton are Thought to have caused his
death.
A young man named Oliver Bah
cock attempted suicide ut Lakotn by
stabbing himself in the neck and
breast with ajack knife. TIlcwo,ln,ls
are not fatal. The authorities have
photographed to his relatives in Mnus-
ton, Wis.
DIR. $. J. Hill, of Fargo, recovered
his valuable dental Instruments that
were stolen from his office some
weeks ago. They had been sold to
the Minneapolis Dental Manufact-
uring company ly u man who
claimed to have just retired from
practice in town. a member of the
firm being in the city, and having
learned of DR.. Hills loss called upon
him, and the Instruments were easily
identified.
The report that plcuro-pncumonia
had broken out among the cattle in
the vicinity of Sioux Falls is contra
dictcd by w. ID. Stiles, clerk of the
district court, upon whose alleged
authority the report was based.
ID. Alloway, territorial veterinarian,
declared that plruro-pmcuinonil
never existed in Dakota.
Over three thousand Intliansnrc at
Cheyenne agency. Fort Bennett, pur-
s,i;lnt to the orders Of the Indian
agent, waiting the arrival of the
Sioux Indian commission. 1t is not
known definitely when the commits
sion will arrive. The Imlinns may
lrmain in camp ut Fort I'cnnctttrom
now until negotiations are over. The
disposition among the lntiansnow is
not to sign treaty, but best inform
cd men say it is IL rusc of the ln,lial,s
to create an expression oflnstilityto
u measure that they may extract
presents, icasts, etc, aftcrwl,ich they
will all sign to II man.
A meeting of millcrs was held nj
Fargo To organize II nillcrs' associa-
tion. The following cities nn,l towns
were represented: Fargo, Grand
Forks, DEVILS Lake, Mimic, Mnyvillc,
Oriskl, Valley City, Bismarck and
Mandan, un,l Moorllcad and Fergus
Falls, MINI. 1t was decided to or
g;,nizr TN association to he known
ns the North Dakota Millrrs and to
liz governed ns far as practicable by
the rules governing the national mill
crs.
President Jocclvnc, of the Water
town motcr line, returned from Do
troit, Mich, where he has completed
the purchase of the necessary iron for
the line. An increased force will br
put mt work on the line Immediately.
The Watcrtown contractors petit
TONED the city council for n six-
month extension of time in which to
complete it. The council adjourned
without actingupon the petition.
Mollic Mccormack daughter of Sec
rotary Mccormack, turned the first
sod ut Fargo, for tine magnificent
$3.50, 900 hotel, which will he enclosed
this fall, according to the plans. Tho