The Dickinson press., 1888-09-29
WEEKS NEWS In DAKOTA
The North Dakota fair at Grand For
proved to be q great attraction.

proved to be q great attraction.
kretschmer e. Alsop to parties from
Boston. The new firm will take charge
oct. l, and the paper will continue Re-
publican in politics. The price paid was
1880.
a Bohemian in the employ of a farmer
aamed Mahoney, of Brown county, met
With u singular accident while blowing
with a yoke Of oxen. The oxen became
anmanageable, and the driver fell under
The pillow, the point of which cut a severe
cash in his shoulder.
President Westover has applied to the
court that A. NJ. Crosby be not allowed
20 act as receiver of the Insurance Com
pany or Dakota. A restraining order has
been issued. Insurance circles are greatly
excited, as Westover wants a full inves-
legation, saying Crosby has misrepre-
sentcd affairs.
John Fugelberg caused the arrest of
knute Rotegard for q violation of the To-
,al option law at Sioux Falls. Rotegard
afterwards called F%ugelberR into the ga
loon and pretended to make friends. \
crowd was present, and one fellow, evil
lently hired, attacked F%ugelberg, but he
held him in check with q gun and mad
him arrested.
Emer Erdahl was killed by the cars
near Argusville.
Wheat was quoted at 50 cents per
bushel at Fargo Saturday, the highest
price in years.
John sweeney, of St. Paul, vas proba-
bly, fatally shot in a row at a house Of ILL
repute in Dickinson.
Edward Greeley was shot and killed at
Williston by l. Martin. The difficulty
originated over cards.
Twenty stacks of wheat belonging to
J.. ]. Nierling, residing near jamestown,
were burned, the fire catching from the
hired mans pipe.
y nan named John Sweeney, Of St.
Paul, was shot at Dickinson by Il man
named Ludwig Weiss. Sweeney was
hit in the thigh and his leg will have to
be amputatcd.
AT a prize fight at Grand Forks be-
tween George Fulljames and an un-
local sports, Fulljames was fatally in
jured by a blow over the heart.
Young White Cloud made a speech at
the Standing Rock conference in favor of
signing the treaty, and this so enraged
Sitting Bull that he made an attempt to
kill White Cloud, but the interference of
Chief Gall saved him from the Infatuated
The p~ostotiice at Hillsboro was robbed
of $500 in cash and q valuable mail
amounting to probably as much more at
midnight. The work was evidently lone
by professionals, as the safe was a bur-
glar-proof one, and was blown up in the
most scientific manner.
The east side pier of the Northern Pa
cific bridge at Bismarck moved eighteen
inches, and there is a land slide of IL
quarter of a mile noticeable on the shore.
A solid wooden pier is being built be-
tween the stone pier and the bank to
support the short span. Travel will not
be interrupted.
The United States land Office officials
at Fargo report that notifications of in
tention to make final proofs on home
steads are being received now at the rate
of ten to fourteen a day, and that during
the past two weeks they have received
nearly 200; all are five year proofs Final
homestead proofs will be the largest OF
any year since the district was estab-
'ished.
A. NJ. Crosby, the self-elected receiver
of the Dakota Insurance company, has
resigned and John L. Lewis, Of Sioux
Falls, appointed by Judge Garland.
Charles E. Armstrong, of Castlewood.
manager of the st. Charles hotel and
agent of the Porter Milling company, has
departed. leaving q shortage of 5000
bushels of wheat and $6OU in money.
Two half breeds were trying to break a
colt to saddle near Pembina, when the
animal struck u with the fore feet, kill
ing him instantly, and throwing and
dragging the other about a mile. When
found the man was dead, his head being
kicked to q pulp.
The coroner held an inquest over the
remains of George Fulljames, the prize
fighter, and a verdict was rendered to the
effect that he died from the rupture of a
blood vessel under the temple, caused by
q blow from an unknown person, called
Tramp" or "Hobo."
Willie German vas accidentally shot by
a companion while hunting heal Valley
City. He is not fatally hurt.
A camp fire of the Watertown division
of the G.. A. r., comprising several
counties, will be held in Watertown Oct.
25.
Leon T. Hale. of Glendale, has brought
suit against his father-in-law, James
Pierson, for So, 900 damages, charging
that Pierson has nlienated his wife's af-
fections and enticing her to leave his
home.
Three forged checks We're presented
to the Grand Forks National bank, all
the work of the same person. They were
Endorsed by O'Brien & Jarvis, George H.
Barlow md NJ. Madison. They lose
about $50 each.
Prairie fires have been raging in the
vicinity of Glendale, and the loss to set
tiers will aggregate Sc, 1000. Most of the
fires originated through carelessness.
A man named Harrison, claiming to
be a cattle buyer, hired a team at Nolga
last Friday and has not been heard of
since. The sheriff is looking for him.
\ woman named Sarah Stewart was
found in a well near Aberdeen. She
was married a year ago to a ticket agent
was a married man she left him. Sus-
picious circumstances surround her
death.
Canton was visited by a destructive
fire Tuesday night. The flames were
discovered i'll the third story of the Syn
dictate block, and in a short time the
business heart of the city was a leaping
mass of flames. In two hours one entire
block was destroyed, including the post
Office, Merchants hotel, the Loan and
Trust company and fourteen business
houses. The loss will reach f1OO, 900,
with a light insurance.
Turned Out No Sham Battle.
PIERRE, Oak, Sept. 27.-In the sham
battle at Fort Sally between Companies
A, 3, G. and d, hot blood arose, and The