The Dickinson press., 1888-09-01
WEEKS NEWS In DAKOTA

The saloons ut Red1eld are run on the
club house plan. 81 tickets emitting the
owner to ten drinks.
Horse thieves are doing a large bust
ness in and nea Mandan. Five were
stolen in n night last week.
A man named Caullier, of Jefferson,
was robbed of sl47 at Elk Point by fol-
lowers of Ringling Bros. circus.
The total assessment Of real and per.
sonal property in Dakota is $lHl, 42O, 974,
being an increase of "a, 1886, 0Os over last
year.
Ole Oleson, an employe of the Illinois
Central railroad, had his leg cut off at
Sioux Falls by falling under a moving
car.
The citizens Of jamestown have pre-.
sented Judge Rose with a handsome $lOU
chair. The framework of the chair is
made from Texas steer horns.
A party of FOUNDERS in Grand Forks
attached section Of hose to n water plug
and flooded a house of ill-repute. destroy
ing the carpets and furniture.
William Jarvis, an old resident of
Grand Forks, was seriously injured in a
runaway accident at that place. His
horse became frightened at the cars and
threw him from the buggy, ,iislocating
the shoulder and breaking several ribs.
The merchants of Deadwood have
agreed to close their places Of business at
= O'Clock in the evening.
A parade of young ladies on horseback
will be one Of the interesting features of
the Jerauld county fair.
Arthur & Estes, Of Clear Lake, sold
1900 steers to Wilson e. Co. The amount
received for them was s85, 0O0.
George Baker, of Yankton, was SEN
fenced to Jail for fifteen days for NAL
treating his sou. 1t was shown in the
evidence that he chained the boy to a
log.
Seventy-five Of the Sioux Falls granite
cutters are still on a strike. the balance
returning to work.
The Insurance Company Of Dakota
has been r%eorganized at Sioux Falls. the
old officers and directors retiring.
The paving cutters strike at Sioux
Falls has been declared off. They re-
ceived notice al headquarters to go to
work, that their strike was not justif-
able.
Groton has nine elevators with q
capacity of BOO, 00O bushels.
James F. Fisher, late probate Judge at
Milbank, died at Tacoma.
j. w. Walker has decided not to re.
build the mill recently burned at Grand
Forks.
The surveying outfit Of the Black Hills
and Pacific railroad is out from Mandan
thirty-five miles and is moving toward
New England City, which point they
will reach in about three weeks.
A new quartz mill is being erected at
Rapid City, the necessary funds being
furnished by Chicago parties.
V. w. Cooley. living at Manfred, OAK,
was driving a load Of hay, when the
horses ran away, throwing him under the
wheels, injuring his spine to such an ex-
tent as to completely paralyze him.
Mayor Griggs, Of Grand Forks, and the
city council are ut loggerheads and the
council refuses to confirm the mayors
appointments, and the end will doubtless
be a lawsuit.
The first car Of new wheat for the sea-
sou has been shipped from Aberdeen. 1t
graded No. l Northern and brought ~
cents per bushel, which is 10 cents above
the price paid last year.
In the Red River valley most of the
wheat is beyond the milk state and har-
vesting will begin next week. South of
Fargo there has been no damage what
ever, and north of Fargo there has been
only slight damage to a few scattering
fields, and nothing like the widespread
damage that was reported last week.
A. d. Allen, of Scotland, was arrested
in Sioux City on a charge of bigamy.
Will Lawrence, a Sioux Falls saloon
keeper, was sent to Jail for thirty days
for disregarding Judge Carland's injunc-
ton.
The Black Hills Methodist Episcopal
conference is in session at Rapid City.
George Kline, of Frankfort, wal
drowned while bathing in the Jim river
at Melette.
Preseason Moore, of Fargo, became
crazed through religious excitement, and
has been sent to the Jamestown asylum.
A tramp fell from a freight train near
Garfield and was cut to pieces. He wal
supposed to be Isaac Benjamin, of
Wheeler, Wis.
Seventeen cars of a stock train on the
Manitoba ran of the track near Fl. Blu
ford. Nearly 100 cattle were killed and
five trainmen were injured.
w. 7. Love, president of the Huron
street railway, has brought action against
the Manitoba railroad to enjoin it from
laying tracks across plaintiffs road in
Huron.
The county commissioners at Yankton
have issued a call for an election on local
option, to be held Nov. Z.
Fire destroyed T. o. Johnson's stock
together with a jack, two buggies and a
quantity of small grain. The loss is
$1,000. with $4O0 insurance on the barn.
The action brought by W. T. Lora
against the Manitoba railway to enjoin
the company from laying iron across the
City Street railway track, was heard by
Judge Spencer at Huron and the injunc-
ton vacated.
While o. T. Grattan. of Elkton, was at
Brookings taking part in the Mathews
reception some one spent the time in de
stroying the windows and ornamental
work on the new house being built by
him on his farm.
f. Melville, a travelling man from In-
diana, lies at tina point Of death in a hos
pital at Aberdeen from injuries received
by being thrown from a saloon. The
saloonkeeper says the mar injured him
self by falling on the floor.
The man who committed suicide in the
station house at Sioux Falls Monday
night was Herbert Vonton, who wal re-
Gently discharged from the penitentiary,
having been sent from Bismarck for de-
frauding the government.
Lawrence, the %14-year-old son of James
Duboise, who lives nine miles southwest
of Huron, had his skull crushed by being
kicked by n horse. Several pieces of
skull were removed, one nearly an inch
and a half square. It is thought that
the hoy will recover.
AN EXILED PRESIDENT.