The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-08-30
DAKOTA NEWS.

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trail railroad, fell under q construc-
tion train at East Sioux Falls and
had q leg cut of.
Mr.. Mayo, assistant at the Union
depot, Cakes, and Miss Minnie Thomp.
son were married by Rev. r. n. Hooke
at the residence of D. A. Shutter, and
were serenaded by the band Of which
Mr.. Mayo is q member.
Mrs. u. j. Tisdale Of Huron, war
very severely burnt on her hands
face, neck, head and arms while she
was feeding o gasoline stove reser-
voir. She thought she had put out
all the burners, but had left one
lighted and burning low.
The several school township clerks
in the county, when making their re-
port to the county superintendent,
are required to express their opinion
as to the value Of the school lands in.
their several townships. In the re-
port received the value is estimated
everywhere from % to $40.
Sixtg-ive paving block cutters, in
the employ of the Sioux Falls
Granite company, are out on strike
owing to a difficulty arising as to
the time of monthly payment. The
company is in no hurry for men, and
will make no effort to induce the
strikers to return to work.
Wahpeton presented a beautiful
sight in the elaborateness of her dec
orations of public and private build
ings in honor of the forth annual SEES
sionof Knights of Pythias, grand
lodge for Dakota, which convened
here. As all the delegates have not
arrived, the Knights have not set
tied down to business.
Fargo Special: Attorney General
Templeton returned from Bismarck,
where he has been attending the
meeting of the territorial boa1 of
equalization. He reports that theto-
tai assessment of the territory, real
and personal, this year is $161,42O,-
974.32; last year it was $157,OS4,-
365.99; showing an increase this
year Of 81, 1885, O8.33.
Engineer Bergstrom, OF. the Min
neapolis water works, arrived at
Grand Forks. He brought with him
a divers paraphernalia to be used
for the purpose of cleaning out the
intake pipe of the water works in the
Red river. 1t will be several days,
however, before the stones and mud
are fully removed.
Judge Rose has returned home after
concluding Morton county's term Of
court, and vas waited upon by q
delegation offifty citizens, who pre-
sented him with a handsome chair.
Ex-Mayor Flint made the presenta-
ton speech. The chair is an elegant
affair, costing over 500. It is
handsomely upholstered, and the
frame consists of twelve Texas steers
horns.
1t is believed by "old timers that
the commissioners at Standing Rock
are quietly getting signatures to the
treaty. After the big council and
defiant speeches by Gall, John Grass,
Sitting Bull and others all the Indi-
n were dismissed and sent home.
They visited individually Indians ut
their home, and undoubtedly they
ARK meeting with success. These ru-
mors come here through Indians and
by way of runners. In fact, it is the
only way news can be got for all re-
porters and correspondents have
been dismissed by the commission,
thus closing avenues for communica-
ton with the press.
Some would-be practical jokers
wenttoth the Grand Forks engine house,
uncoiled over eight hundred feet o
fire hose, carried it a distance ofthree
blocks to the residence of a tribe Of
the demi-monde, ATTACHED the hose to
the hydrant and turned the water on.
After opening the front door Of the
residence of theseparties, theyplaced
the nozzle of the hose in proximity
to the inner door and fled. An hcsrsr
or two afterward, when the frail an
gels, discovered it, their domicile was
flooded to a depth of several feet,
carpets destroyed and furniture gem
orally. Although sentiment general
~ is opposed to such q proceeding,
it has relieved, or will do SO, atleast,
that neighborhood ola pestilentjal
nuisance.
In the Democratic county cdsren-
tion at Fargo there was fusion be-
tween Prohibitionists, the Farmers
alliance, disgruntled Republicans and
Democrats. The convention in
dorsed Smith Stimmel, the Farmers
alliance candidate, for the council:
Augustus Roberts, Republican, for
judge Of probate; William Mitchell,
Republican, candidate for superin-
tendents of schools; John d. Batsofs
was nominated for treasurer: e. I've.
Mcknight, register Of deeds; Peter s..
Goldberg, auditor;C w. Smith, sher-
if; s. B. Bartlett, district attorney;
j. D. White, surveyor; DR.. IA. IA. An
drew, coroner; Walter Muir and j.. M.
Wager for members Of the house.
Grand Forks Special: The bid Of
the Dakota Investment company for