The Dickinson press., 1888-01-07

his health will Ii" better in Il NOR"
southern cline. His friend Hope il;
may prove as he expects.
Judge Campbell returned Friday
morning from Metlora where he had
been to defend A. z. Osborn on Il
charge OF perjury and Howard Eaton
charged with aiding and atetting per-
jury. The eases were tried before
Justice Williams of Medoru and
arose out of the late election held in
Billings county. Osborn WAS held IL
appear Nefura the grand jury with
bonds in $500. The case against
Eaton WAS dismissed.
The following summary OF the Riril,
ardton Meteorological ~"lservatlu,
station FOR the year lSS1. is interest.
ing and shows All amount of humidity
that should disal,uSr the minds of
those whoronstantly use the argnm, MT
of arid desert" ''lark OF m%uisturc.
etc. t" the injury nf Dakota:
Total snow fall. 13.l inches.
wet precipitation. 81
Average maximum temperature 20 =
minimum "a q
mean $50 q
ADoI.PH NORDBERG. Observer.
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1t seems from late %tvlesralhir re-
ports that the Stutsmm county rail
road tax cas- is still an unsettled
question. On the strength of the de-
cision of the case Ivy the territuriai
supreme court last summer
the treasurerS of CuSs. Ran
SON and Traill counties have paid OH
orders of the county commissioners
several thousand dollars r%etunlins
Northern Pacific land tax. hut a few
days ago Judge Mcconnell uf Fargo
received Il letter from Chief Justice
Trlpp arranging for rc.ar.ulnrm, of
the case ut the next term of court To
he held ut Bismarck in February upon
which Judge Mcconnell advised the
county trraSl,rerS in his district to
stop reminding. This is the ease
which District Attorney Rose of Thu,
county has fought 50 strcnWouslv anal
it now begins to look us if Mr.. Rose
would come out on top of the heap at
last. AS il is Il question of su.nr S,1l..
600 To this county the people are hat
urally very much interested in The H.
nal misunderstanding Capital.
The future of Dickinson is indeed
very bright. Many enterprises ami
projects are being formulated to ir
pushed forward this Year that Will
make ii the most p%lusprruH, in the
history OF the town. >~ryrnty-liVr
cords of stone are now being deliver
ed FOR the foundation ni II Large brick
block to be erected in the spring. Tn
Dickinson coal mines have been lra.-
ed for term of years hy men OF
means and the output irom tll. mines
will be very large. y railruu! lrom
here south is All assured fact. ENtrM-
slons and additions to the maclliu"
shops are prospective. y number of
private houses wil! he erected. aud
many other Things are contemplated
that will send the town to the front.
n. {. Lawrence. who has isply mlli-
aged the TOWNSHIP and railway Land
interests here for the past five wears.
has been summoned I" New York
City Oh business. the Iatnrr of which
we are not permitted t" make public
at the present time. hut which is of
vital Importance. We might say.
however. that the Mutur" of tine htlSi.
ness. if carried ont. and we have every
reaso to believe that it will irc. a,
some of the heaviest capitalists in the
city are at the hack of it. is such that
Dickinson will have Il great boom
backed 10y something solid a,"l sab
%Stantial. The year lsss will hr the
most prosperous in the history "!
Dickinson and surprise yel the old
est inhabitlnt. Paste this in yp,lr
hat and see if the PRESS is not right.