The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1888-02-03
TERRITORIAL GLEANIxcs

TERRITORIAL GLEANINGS
Secretary Mccormack feels confident that
Dakota will get two additional judges.
A. E. Henderson, a leading hardware dealer
OF Fargo. died in New York, Jan. 80.
Mrs. L. B. Gibbs, Of MayviIle, has secured a
verdict OF $500 against the city OF Fargo for
injuries received from falling through de-
fective sidewalk.
Gov. Church has written to the officers OF
the Bankers Mutual Relief association, Of
Aberdeen. asking them to show cause at once
why they should not be restrained from doing
business. The action was taken at the instl
CATION OF Public Examiner Harris, who pro-
nounces the organization unsound.
The president Of the Dakota Farmers' alli-
ance is in Chicago making contracts for the
ensuing year. He says the alliance now has
le'ooO members, and is in very prosperous
condition. 1t is estimated that the farmers in
tho alliance by combining were saved about
Sl'OOo,OOO on their purchases last year.
A Fargo dispatch of the SOth says: The
bodies Of the Hutchinson boys were found to-
day. They wandered four miles south of
home. Becoming exhausted they laid down
and went to sleep. Their bodies had not been
mutilated by wolves and when found they
were In each others arms, same as il they
were In warm bed.
The people Of Watertown are rightfully in
dignant at the blizzard report which credited
seven persons with having been frozen to DEATH
Not single person lost his life in Coddington
county. -Four farmers reported frozen to death
were safely housed and not even frost bitten,
Miss Sarah Dolan, victim OF the blizzard, lost
her life in Duel county. Mrs. /. NJ. Westfalt
OF Watertown, reported frozen, died of can
Ger and was dead hours before the storm
commenced.
W. T. j. hcMahon of Grand Forks was ar
rested on the charge Of selling intoxicating
liquor without license. He waived exami-
nation and gavo bail to appear in the district
court. On writ of habeus corpus the de-
fendant will be taken before the high court In
February. As both sides agree to this as a test
case it will be conducted by able counsel aud
the decision make final determination as to
the legality of the local option law in ter1i-
tory. Until this is settled there is not likely to
be any active measures taken against violation
OF the law, both sides awaiting the edict of the
highest authority in the territory with no small
amount of anxiety.
Hunter Eye: The telegram sent to the post
Office department last week In regard to the
regulation of the mail service seemed to have
some effect after all. Word was received here
last Saturday that team would be put on to
carry the mail between Casseton and Banch-
ard, and Monday tho Manitoba folks started
out from Mayvlle with two engines and
crew to open up the line. The mail was
brought up Monday by team, and train
which managed to crawl through here in the
afternoon took the outgoing mail. The Mani
toba will probably try and keep the line
open II possible, but with the condition of the
track and the engines they have on this line it
Is altogether probable that the mail will be
carried, for while al least, by team.
Mandan Pioneer: Dakota suffers great deal
more from the impecunious newspaper corre-
spondent who seizes onto every blow and mag
nihes it to a blizzard, than from all the bliz-
yards that ever swept over her fair face. The
East is Jealous Of the progress Of the West, and
as Dakota is one Of the most progressive terri
tories in the worlds in fact far more pro-
gressive than most Of the states Of the Union,
the animosity Of the Eastern newspaper man
is shown whenever he has an opportunity. 1t
Is sorrowfu to think of the fate that will befall
those wicked men who abuse their places by
lying about Dakota. We don't believe that
sins of this character are easily forgiven. It is
all very well to have sin forgiven, the COM
mission Of which has done no ono in particular
any harm, but sin committed wilfulIy, of
malice aforethought for the purpose Of injur-
ing Dakota, is different matter, and We don't
see how it can be forgiven.