The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-10
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

not since been heard from.
Rumor says that the lack OF funds
will deprive Dakota OF the joys of ats
annual militia encampment, together
with it's sorrows and headaches.
Tile first term OF court ever held in
Faulk county convened IN May. a
calnedar OF only forty. five cases has
accumulated within five years.
B~ridgewater narrowly escaped be-
ing entirely destroyed by fire. Three
stables were burned, and only by
traordlnary efforts was ths town saw.
ed.
The railroad committee of the Far.
60 board OF trade have been to st.
Paul to confer with the managers of
the lines running to Fargo to, see il
better local rates cannot be secured.
They went at the request Of the rail.
roads and have long columns of sta
tistics prepared to sustain their posi-.
ton. The railroads are noncommit.
tai about the amount of aid they will
furnish. -
The Forest City and Sioux Falls
railway company claim that they
will have the road finished from
Forest City to Gettysburg within two
months. The right-of-way parties are
now in the field. -
Mr.. Clute, OF Plankinton, comes for.
ward with the biggest snake story of
the season. He says that week be-.
fore last he killed JOG garter snakes at
one shetland he won't throw off q sin
%glesnake either. Prohibition does not
prohibit in Plankinton, either.
Judge Spencer has sentenced Ben
King to a years hard labor in the
Sioux Falls penitentiary for assault
with a deadly instrument.
At Ordway one day last week we'd
ding was postponed because the bride
groom was engaged in a game of base
ball and would not quit the game.
The call for a teachers institute at
Aberdeen by the territorial board OF
education under the protest ofcounty
superintendent Mcleod was respond
ed to by only wen teachers, and was
a failure. Supt. Dye, OF the territorial
board, threatens to revoke the licenses
OF the teachers who were not in at.
tendance. 1t is q victory for the Alb
erdeen school board, which was back.
ing the county superintendent.
M. G. Connors, q Dakota cattleman,
who is also interested in the oil wells
in the southern part of the. territory,
says that Dakota will soon market
some good lubricating oil and thereby
add another feature TO it's various
commercial advantages.
Rev. Arthur L.. Gillett, OF Grand
Forks, a graduate of Amherst. has
been appointed instructor OF a~pologet.
les at the theological seminary at
Hartford, Conn.
Settlers on the Crow Creek reserva.
ton have not yet been ordered to
leave. Commissioner Atkins tele-
gram vas not fully understood by
Agent Anderson, who has sent for
better instructions, fully realizing the
difficulty to move old settlers who
have been there three years, and now
have large fields OF grain growing, and
have their all invested in improve
ments, many homes costing hom
$500 to $1,000.
Miller people observed Ar Dor day
by planting about 800 trees in the
courthouse grounds.
A fire broke out in Lange's clothing
store at Spearfish, destroying the
building and the entire stock ofgoods.
The fire crossed over to. Blackwelps
billiard hall and saloon and destroyed
that with it's contents. The to-
tai loss is about $4,000. The
amount of insurance cannot be learn
ed. The fremen responded promptly
and turned on three streams, but the
dry pine buildings we're ruined before
the fire could be checked.
A private dispatch received at
Grand Forks, stating that the ter
ritorial board of agriculture in ses-
sion at Bismarck, had selected Grand
Forks as the site for the territorial
fair this fell, caused general rejoicing.
The county board OF agriculture and
citizens generally have worked with a
view towards attaining that desirar
bic end. Subscription lists have been
passed around, and upwards OF; ST.
800 subscribed by private individu-
ais in addition to $500 subscribed by
the Northern Pacific railroad making
q total of $1,000. This amount was
necessary to insure the board free
dom from debt in running the fair.
It is reported that Capt. Ed Bean Of
st. Paul is quietly drilling the Water.
town military company for the com
petitive drill at the territorial encamp.
ment, which occurs there in June.
Great secrecy is preserved in order to
secure an advantage over other com.
panies OF the national guard. Capt.
Bean who made SO much reputation
at Washington last year, IS paid q
large sum tor. his instruction, and oc-
cupies the position of.first lieutenant.
The members of the company are
sleeping in their armory, and are tax
ing a severe course in the manual.
The prominent N%orwegians OF Mad.
ison are preparing for a celebration
m tho 7th nf Nav u,hich ;o %bo 60.