The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-17
DAKOTA NEWS ITEMS.

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Four prisoners from Nebraska were
placed in the United States penitent,-
ary at Sioux Falls. Their names and
offenses are as follows; William Bar.
ada, manslaughter, till July, 1889;
Charles Wassaman, perjury, till March
1889; James Gross, perjury, till Sep
tember, 1880; William E. Lemon,
fraudulently obtaining letters from
the postoflice, till July, 1883. This
makes fifteen prisoners now in charge
of Maj. Fluenwider.
The following Dakota postmasters
have been appointed: JohnW. Daley,
Harter, Cass county, vice Alexander
T. Candle, absconded; Herman o.
Steel, Sanborn. Barnes county, vice
Louis l.. Lehman, resigned. The
postollice at Gustins, Potter county,
Oak, was discontinued.
E. f. Bond, proprietor of the San.
born house, at Mtchell,. died OF blood
poisoning. His lSmains were taken
to Milton, Wis, fyr burial.
The first annn.i-ban Of the Breck.
enridge Division, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers No. 356, took
place at Wapheton. Thirty of the
brotherhood were present and $50
tickets were sold. It was the finest
social event ever known in Wahpe.
ton.
Joseph X. Brown, an octogenarian,
father OF Col. w. II. Brown, died at
his sons home in Grand Forks. lie
was q former resident OF St. Paul,
where he spent several years of his
life. He leaves q wife OF about the
same age.
Smallpox has broken out in Man
dan. 1t is supposed to come from
Spokane Falls. Three cases are re-
ported. Local authorities are doing
all possible to keep it from spreading
At Deadwood. Edwin Il. Smith, for
the murder OF Jerry Chancey, was
sentenced to eight years hard labor
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary by
Judge Thomas i'll the district court.
The controller OF the currency has
approved the Aberdeen National bank
and the Citizens National Bank at
Fargo.
At Hi!,hmore, the county commits.
sioners, at the direction otCounty At.
torney A. N. Vancamp, signed with
him a complaint charging Homer
james, eX-treasurcr with embczzling
81 900 OF county funds.
A car load OF corn has gone to the
Kansas sufferers, the gift OF the HUI
ron board ot trade.
The bodies of the Hutchinson bows
were found near Gary. They wander
ed four miles south OF home. Becom-
ing exhausted they laid down and
went to sleep. Their bodies had not
been mutilated by wolves, and when
found they were both in each others
arms.
The county commissioners met at
I;rookings to make settlement with
cxTreasurer Nichols. When the
books were examined last fall there
was 81, 700 for which there were no
vouchers to show that the money had
been paid us shown by the ledger.
Mr.. Nichols has visited every town
treasurer in the county, and claims
that he has sect, ed receipts enough
to not only cover the deficiency but
leave the county in debt to him.
Rev. NJ. Borge. the lutheran minister
who has charge OF the circuit of which
Brookings is one of the stations, has
received II call to take charge OF he
church of that denomination at l.l
Crosse, Wis. lie has decided to re-
main at Brookinss.
A Vermillion dispatch dated jan
10 stated that a gentleman whose
word could be relied on had
just returned IRON Lake county, and
said that thirty persons were frozen
to death III that vicinity, but la, the
local authorities were slpprrsslny the
news. The gentleman whose word
can be relied on lied and relied several
times III his narration. But one citi-
zen oil Lake county perished IN the
storm, and he was fishing on lie lake
when the storm struck, lost his way
and WAS frozen to death.
Hon. James Il. Teller, Mayor OF IIu-
ron, publishes the following vigorous
denial OF some OF the Blizzard yarns:
"lndian Agent Kinney 'sstatcments us
to the loss OF lite in Dakota by the re-
cent blizzard aregrossly false, and the
Chicago Tribune was promptly so in
formed, but refused to correct the
ialsehoods to which it gave currency.
The scene Kinney described never oc-
Cured. and the names mentioned are
largely fictitious. No foundation
whatever existed for the story OF the
babies dying on the cars; only three
persons pershed i'll this country. and
the loss of stock did moi, cxcect! 100
head. The total death list in the ter
ritory will fall below 200. There was
no suffering or loss OF lie, except to
persons wandering on the rraircs
| without shelter from the storm. which
lasted but fifteen hours, during which
the mercury was only 23 deg. below
zero. His falsehoods widely circu-
lated. has caused great uneasinrss
among people having friends in Dako-
n. and will seriously injure this Sc C.
ion.
News OF the appointment of Maj.
Eowley as register of the land Office
at Mitchell gives general satisfacti on
regardless OF party lines. Rowley was
the locator OF the town site OF
Mitchell, and has a handsome resi-.
dence on the site OF his original home
stead.
Two cowboys named Arthur and
Potts attempted TO run the town OF
Buffalo Gap,a station on the Elkhorn
road forty miles south OF Rapid City:
when citizens turned out in full force
and killed both OF them. Who fired
the fatal shots no one knows nor
wants to know.
Miss Allen. one OF the victims OF the
blizzard, died ut Kimball from tn
result OF an amputation OF her frozen
feet.
At Huron, n 50, 800 fire occurred iii
Westdahl's tailor shop. Insured for
! $500.