The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-28
DAKOTA NEWS.

Of Iroquis.
The rate OF compensation for
teams for hauling hose carts to and
from fires ut Pierre has been fixed ut
- In the day time and % ut night.
Pierre will vote Oct ober 1 on the
question Of bonding the town in the
sum Of $1,000 for the purpose Of
building two schoOl-houses.
Water was struck ut q depth of
LOO feet in the Harold artesian
well, but they want more and will go
deeper.
An artesian we'll, a fire depart
ment and o Touring mill arcreckoned
among the contemplated improve
ments Mt Parkston during the next
month.
The Holt farms, south of Aberdeen,
produced this year 0,07S bushls of
wheat-45O acrcs-beinga little more
than twenty-five bushelcs to the
acre.
A. McBain, of Fargo, offered the
directors of the north Dakota fair at
Grand Forks 81 900 for the privilege
of running q wheel of fortune, but
was refused.
A representative of II lnrge eastern
paper mill will buy tllx straw at
Parkston this fall. The straw will
DO worked up and then bnlcd. and
shipped to the mill.
E. C. Florcnce's shoe store Mt
Grand Forks, was burglarized, tho
thieves effecting an entrance from
the rear of the store. Thirty-one
pair of shoes in all were stolen, tho
loss amounting to over 500.
A Bowdle man. whipped his wife.
When the neighbors heard ofitabout
n dozen oftllem formed IL pool. The
Bowdle man was taken out, tied to u
telegraph pole and beautifully lar
rupetl.
Twenty-Five years ago occurred the
battle of Whitestonc Hills. In
this engagement the Sixth Iowa cav
airy, Col Pollock's regiment, was
surrounded by 5000 Indians, but
cut their way out, killing 200 braves.
The Merchants hotel in Yankton,
changed hands. W. j. Walters, who
has conducted it for IL year and IL
half, selling to L. Jcnccks, formerly
proprietor of tho Jcnecks house.
The hotel will not suffer by the
change.
The barn and grnnary of Frank
Tcnholz, ten miles west of Re,lfcld,
containing four horses, 400 bushels of
grain and fifty tons of hay, was de-
stroyel by fire. The fire is supposed
to have caught from a steam tlresll-
er.
Mrs. Dennis Hanrallan, who died
at Grand Forks, was one OF the
Oldest settlers ofSibley county, MINI.
Her remains were taken there and
inferred in the Catholic cemetery at
Jesserland. She was about ninety
years of ago and leaves three chill
dren, who are residents of Dakota.
A gang of toughs who have been
terrorizing the citizens of Hillisboro,
Casselton and other places struck
Grand Forks. The chiefof police was
awaiting their advent and without
much ado locked themup. They were
tried on n charge of vagrancy. Some
paid their fines but others did not,
preferring the jail.
For the last week prairie fires
have been raging fiercely neur Bis
marck. The grass is considerably
higher and dryer ut this time of year
tlian ever before. A vast area of
prairie is covered by the fire. There
is an unconfirmed rumor that a fam
lily have filllen victims to the flames.
H. W. Carney was arrested ut
Pierre for iccndiarism and theft. On
restitution ofgoods stolen he was
released, but having made threats
against the lives and property o
citizens he was rearrestcd and held
until q train arrived, when he was
placed on board with orders to 30
out into the wide, wide world, never
more to return.
The.rural residence ofWm. Kramer,
three milesnorth ofYankton, burned
to the ground, involving serious loss
to Mr. Kramer. Nearly 1.-THE house.
hold effects were saved. One of Mr..
Kramer's sons narrowly escaped he.
ing left asleep in the house, and Ills
mother rescued him at her own peril.
Mr.. Kramer was formerly proprietor
ofthe Merchants hotel in Yankton.
Fire destroyed the barn of F. ii.
Benson, u farmer living six miles
north of Casselton. Eight horses
and span of mules were also burned.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of kerosene lantern carried by one
of his men, Albert Sanders, who was
80 badly burned in attempting ia
save the horses that he has since died
of tho injuries. There was no in.
surance, us the burn was u tc,npo.
rary one.
A big buffalo bull was killed three
miles ftom Cakes, in central Dakota.
1t was alone and was supposed to
have wandered from the usual feeding
grounds, though three or four buffalo
have for several years been reported
as in the foot hills, between the Jane,
and Missouri rivers in the counties O
Logan and Emerson, which are sparse
ly settled. It was killed by thre,
men after n hard fight. 1t weighed
about 1, 700 pounds and is one of tn,
largest killed in Dakota in severa
years.
What Immigrants Give and Take.
Speaking of the pccuniary value o
immigrants, it is well enough to fig
ure them up as worth economical,