The Dickinson press., 1888-02-18

having made the trip from Dickinson
to Queenstown in the short space of
thirteen days.
j. F. Vinton has been making some
changes and improvements in his
elevated cable railroad model and en-
hibited it on Willard street Wednes-
day and Thursday. After making a
few more minor alterations he ex.
poets tn have the model complete and
is sanguine of success.
Abraham Lieher, late OF Grand
Forks. where he was engaged in the
restaurant business for several years, |
will open, the first of next week, in
David Browns saloon, Il iirst-claSs
restaurant. MI. Lieber will keep his
restaurant open day and night and
proposes to furnish the best of lunch.
warm OF cold meals at reasonable
PRICES.
Thos. Ryan is making arrangements
tn increase the size of his building |
now occupied as Il meat market Ivy
Fred Willard. He will add sixteen
feet to the real and huill on an addi-
tional story making a large two story
building of it. The upper story will
he fitted up for sleeping rooms and
Mr.. Willard will occupy the lower
story.
There is trouble brewing ut the Lee
high mines. The Northern Pacific
Coal Go. is mining on the right OF
way and Beckett x Foote are mining a
short distance from the right of way.
The other day the drifts were opened
into each other accidentally and the
Northern Pacific Coal Co. has obtained
a temporary injunction from Judge
Francis against the other parties and
a hearing is to he had at Bismarck on
the 2Sth.
Register of Deeds .Auld. recorded
this week deeds representing slo0,om
and covering the property of w. :.
Dickinson in and around the town.
which has been transferred to the
New York City syndicate. The gen.
tlemen composing this syndicate pro-
pose making things lively the coming
season and are already at work per-
fecting plan, with that end in view
and they will he announced at the
proper time.
4. man at Deudwoud, says the Pio-
neer. gave his wife S2U0in %greenbacks
for safe keeping. The lady put the
money in Il pillou-rasc, and shortly
after thoushtlessly gave the article
with others to I Chinese wlShee-
Hashee. Discovering the loss she
went to the laundry and found the
fgreenaarks il~oatill. around in pieces
i'm IL kettle of boiling water. The
fragments were secured aud sent to
Washington. and it is thought the
loss will not amount to more than lo
per cent.
Commissioner McClurc's book gives
the following table of mortality.
which shows Dakota's climate to lie
the most hcalthful Oh the globe: Hol-
land, | in 81: switzerland. | in III:
Denmark, ] in 10; Great Britain, ! III
As: Sweden. ] in 80: Norway. | in S.:
Texas. ! i'm SO: average of whole Unit
ed States. | in 66; Pennsylvania. | in
81: Wisconsin. | in 81: Iowa. ! in 81;
Minnesota, | in SO: Dakota Census Of
1851, | in 1856.
Governor Swinefurl. before the
house committee On territories para
lived the Dakota delegation the other
day Ivy telling them that they repre-
sented only II little spot of earth out
here. why" said he. ''hrrr is II
country with more miles of seacoast
than all the entire border ol the
United States on the Atlantic and Pa
ciiic and the gulf included. Here is a
country with IL climate like that of
Maryland in winter and like Florida
in Summer. You Dakotians might
better so home and he still until Alas
ka has had Il chance for her rights.
II is IL singular fact. says the MAN.
dan Pioneer. that in the hig storm no
deaths among the red men have been
heard of. The Indians of Yallkton
agency We're generally away from
their quarters duning the blizzard,
anu some are known to have made
their way safely over three or four
miles of prairie during the height Of
the storm. One Old hunter and trap.
per. i'm particular. cauyht 10y the storm
while lie was on the prairie. wrapped
himself in his blankets and allowed 4
snow drift to I've built around and
above him. He turned mp the mex,
/. day without one frost-oite. The nal
+ had secn such stormes before.
The average Dakota editor may us,s
/, ally be found in that state Of minC
> and pocketbook aptly defined by thu
|. expression. ".Anytliing. oh. Lord" !
$ Jackrahbit was taken OH subscription
i. by the editor of this great l"iterar,
5 and household necessity (price Sl.5
per year. on Monday last. Not tia
we would make sport of the fact. bu
rather that we consider ourselves fol
tunate in the acquisition. 1t is Il vas
Improvement owe gopher tails. nc
: only in the way OF nourishment hl,
in deliracy OF flavor. We do nc
Il claim, however. that it equals in e
ther quality the good old-fasIiione