Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-11-06
has been placed under bail to appear
before the grand jury, which meets this

has been placed under bail to appear
before the grand jury, which meets this
week.
A disastrous prairie FIRE swept the
country east OF Gary Wednesday, night,
destroying thousands of dollars Of prop
erty. Homes, bars, grein, eranaries,
stables ard hay stacks were consumed.
III. Honnegen, seventy two years of
age, while on his wGy kome from Milbai k,
walking beside his loaded wagon, slip.
ped and fell under the wheels, both legs
and one arm being badly crushed. He
died in o few hours.
Miss Kinnea has returned to Fargo
from the national Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, bringing with her
the banner awarded Dakota for the
largest percentage of increase in mem
bership during the past year.
d. Hodgson was arrested at Milbank
and taken before Jadge Abbott on q
charge of selling liquor without license
to a man who had his arm crushed by
the cars recently. He waved examina-
tion and gave bonds for his appearance
before the district court.
Information has reached Jamestown
that Kruse & Baker, the Milwaukee
plumbers and steam filters, who have a
$4,000 contract at the jamestown insane
asylum, have made an assignment to O.
@. Robinson, Milwaukee. Considerable
money is said to be due employees On the
contract.
In 1882 Miller and st. Lawrence bad
a hot contest over the county scat of
Hand county. Miller then 3on, but it
was on she promise OF building a court
houae which was to be given to the CONN
ty. The court houss was never given to
the county, and the ST.. Law peo-
pl. are now contestlng the matter oyer
again.
| Judge Rose has decided the Stanton
county case IN favor of Kidder county.
This was ar act of the legislature OF
1885, authorizing the formation of Stan.
ton county from ranges II and 70, Kidder
county, the range SO. Stutsman county.
subject to q vote. Kidder voted for it,
Stntsman againss it. The case was ap.
pealed.
Norton Place was taken suddenly in.
sane and attacked in the dead Of night
his employer, Hiram Bari Der of Bath
Brown county. A desperate conflict en-.
sued. the maniac getting the best Of the
battle. Barber sosk flight to a neigh
boris house, holy pursued by his an
tagonist armed with q hatchet. The in.
sene man is still at large.
The sheriff of Brown county is look
iog for John Dersa. James Ringros sn6
Danial Behilton, saloonkeepers in Aber
deem, who are ordered to appear befor.
Judge Orofoot and show cause why they
should not be punishe ed for contempt il
violating the order of injunction issued
by Judge Spencer some months ago re-
strsining them from selling liquor.
Asthe lat beat of the political drum.
circulars have been issued accusing An.
ditor Fauiknet, republican, of Walsh
county, OF being q deiaulter in extrt
clerkhirs and overydrawn salary to til,
amount of $3,Sl2.75. Mr.. Faulkne
claims he drew the extra amounts on tb,
ADVICE OF the county attorney and hi,
warrants ere al signed by the commits.
sieners.
The grand eonsistory of Scottish Bit,
Mssons of the southern iurisdict, ON o
the United States. at the recent biennia
con vea.ion in Washington, conferred I'm
uauai honors upon Dakota masonry b,
elsoting four gentlemen to take th,
thirty-third degree. THESE are Frank J
Thompson, Charles @. Kaeisly, Marc A
Brewer and Thomas O. Paxton. Th,
orient OF Fargo stands second from th.
top among all the DIVISIONS in the south
ern jurisdiction.