The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-15
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

The Plankinton reform-school has
received it's first inmate. It is an
unruly colored kid.
A Potter county farmer has re-
ceived $414 for the fax raised on
eighteen acres OF ground.
The business men of Deadwood are
bowling for a water cart to relieve
them Of the dust on the streets.
D. H. Kean, injured in the Yankton
insane asylum accident, is worse,
and it is feared that he may not re-
cover.
Ed Harnvis, ofRiverside township,
claims to be the Oldest settler in
Brown county, having lived there
since 1878.
A. L.. Belknap's hardware store at
Huron was robbed of $500 worth of
r~evolvers and fine cutlery by some
one unknown.
The police at Deadwood have not
made an arrest for fourteen days.
Morals are above par and the city
free from offenders.
The Blunt bakery has closed, and
every man in that town from this
time on will have to get married or
do his own baking.
The chief of the fire department at
Sturgis engaged in the work of per-
suading the inhabitants Of thattowp
to build new chimneys.
A barrel Touring mill
will be erected in the near future at
Hitchcock. The power will be furn-
ished by the ~artesian well.
In a saloon fight at Sturgis George
Waterford cut Jud Preston in the
neck, almost severing the jugular
vein. Waterford was arrested.
Charles ~Gottschalk, manager of
the opera-house at Aberdeen, has
completed arrangements to take
charge OF the Fargo op%era-house.
Fuel is more plenty this season
than ever before in the Black Hills
country, owing to the fact that ma
tive coal is taking such a prominent
position in the markets.
A new street game, which surpasses
Skinny in it's ability to clear the
thoroughfare of all pedestrians. has
been inaugurated as an electric light
evening sport at Yankton. 1t SCALED
football.
An attempt is being made to Or
ganize a temperance society at Sioux
Falls. Politics will be left out of the
platform, and it's object will be the
promotion Of Temperament in the COM
munity.
H. Honnengen, seventy-two years
OF age, while on his way home from
Milbank, walking beside his loaded
wagon, slipped and fell under the
wheels, both legs and one arm being
badly crushed. He died in a few
hours.
Preparations for the accommodation
of the legislative crowd next winter
are already being made in the board
inghouses and by house owners in
Bismarck. The session will be one
of great interest and a large number
of visitors will be present. .
A report a few evenings ago at
Lennox that a professional burglar
had been put off from a freight train
at that station created great con-
sternation and caused several good
citizens to pass asleepless night. The
burglar failed to materialize.
A lost drill stopped work on the
Gettysburg artesian well some time
since and all efforts to remove the
obstruction were abandoned. 1t has
been resolved to again attempt it's
removal, as 1900 feet of q hole rep
resents too much money to lose
without a struggle. ...
A burglar entered the residence of
II. NJ. Redfield, near hardwood, a
few nights ago. Mr.. Redfield was
absent, and Mrs. Redfield boldly
struck a light, and was about to
battle with the intruder when the
hired man came into the room and
aided her to capture him. He was
handed over to the officers.
A Brown country boy, who has
yet to see his Bird summer, seriously
interferred with his mothers usual
evening devotions the other night.
When she came to the "Give us this
day our daily bread clause of the
Lords prayer the future statesman
and lawyer convulsed the household
by saying with great vehemence,
'STake biscuits this time ma"
At the fire at Gary, w. B. Enos
was found tied in his store, and he
reports that he was robbed of 3d.
500 which was paid to him the day
He was unconscious until
the next morning. He describes the
men, who he says asked him into his
claiming he wanted some zinc
for q ~threshing machine, when they
threw q blanket over his head and
him down.
County Commissioner Barlow of
Foster county says Foster county
declines to accept the tax settlement