The Dickinson press., 1889-05-18

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weighing Ply pounds and valued at Sl6.-
000 has been received at the United
States assay office here. 1t came from
the Spotted Horse mine at Maiden,
owned by MIR. Meadow. The bar is the
largest aver received at this Office.
WEEKS NEWS In DAKOTA.
The motor is running from watertown
to Lake kampeska.
The contract for a $751; y city hall at
Watertown has been let.
The Bismarck p%enitentiary board
elected editor futile chairman.
The Dakota Theological Institute will
be held at Iangton this year, July .
to u.
w. H. Boyle was robbed and beaten
into insensibility by tramps at East Du-
buque.
Peter Hogan, of Cakes, blew out the
the gas in a Sioux Falls hotel. He may
recover.
The wind reached a velocity of seventy
miles per hour at Yankton on Monday
of last week.
During a storm at jamestown a large
number of good sized frogs came down
with the rain.
A call has been issued for a conven.
ton of the friends of single tax, to be
held at Huron on May 22.
A box car was blown from the Mil
waukee track at Dell Rapids, and Fred
Smith, 4 brakeman, was instantly killed.
At Washburn the contract for putting
IN a water works system was awarded
to Lewis & Maxey of Gardiner, Me.
Work will be commenced June 1.
Tho executive committee of the Da-
kota Press association will meet at Aber-
deem on the 10Th inst. and decide on the
place of the fifth annual meeting.
At junction City Policy Croker shot
and killed his s%on-in-law, George
Walker, in a quarrel. Crocker was
arrested and taken to Stevens Point.
e. NJ. Coates, of Yankton, has begun a
suit against the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul road for taking an oil car be-
longing to him and using it for some
time.
1t has been arranged to make a survey
for a road from Pierre northwesterly
toward Puget sound. The Illinois
Central is said to be backing the move
ment.
An unknown man, probably Walter
Chappell, was killed by the cars at
Jamestown. a deed to five lots in Man.
orine, Anoka county, Minnesota, was
found in his pocket.
The Fargo city council has appropri-
ated S2io for the purchase of instruments
and uniforms for the city band, and $500
to be equally d~ividedamong the three
volunteer fire companies.
The appointment of Mr.. Pruitt, as
postmaster at Gettysburg has been re-
Noked, and his commission withheld.
The present postmaster, Francis, is an
old soldier and will serve indefinitely.
The great temperance revival conduc-
ted by j. NJ. Dunn at Dubuque has
closed. Over 500 signatures to the total
abstinence pledge have been obtained,
chiefly among the young men of the
city.
Last week twenty-five raw recruits
were received via Pierre at Fort Sully
from Columbus barracks, Ohio, and
Thursday, just after the visit of the pay
master, seventeen of them deserted,
None of them have been found.
1t transpires that Miss Edwards, whose
body was reported to have been found
in the lake at Chicago is not dead. She
is married to a prominent Huron real
estate dealer and is enjoying her we'd
ding tour at the home Of her husbands
parents in New Jersey.
Five railway systems entering Sioux
Falls have agreed to build a viaduct
over all their lines and side tracks on
Sixth street. The viaduct will COM
mence at the eastern terminus of the
new bridge over the river and extend
east about a quarter of a mile.
Rev. Charles Mclean. of Pembina, has
been suspended from the ministry by the
presbytery pending an investigation
into his views on the temperance uues-
ton. Mr.. Mclean is charged with hav-
ing drunk a whole glass Of beer during
his two years %sojourn there.
The Watertown water works case.
which has been pending for more than a
year, was compromised by the passage
OF a new franchise on a basis of 60 cents
per hydrant: the original contract was
4S cents. and the company claimed -
cents under a subsequent agreement.
Anthony Massey, father of two boys re-
Gently charged with an assault with in
tent to kill in the White Cap cases, shot
himself dead. He was highly respected
but recent severe illness and the charge
against his two sons SO preyed upon his
mind that it is believed he was deranged
William Sells. who attempted to kill
his wife at Grafton, had prepared HIM
self tor the fearful deed. He practiced
on his wife's tintype. He evidently
intended to take his own life as well as
that of his wife. He bequeathed the
body of his wife to a citizen of Grafton.
at Webster a dog owned by Andrew
Small went mad and bit several other
dogs before it was killed. War was de-
clared on all dogs in sight, and some
forty or fifty dogs were laid away before
the village assumed its usual customs.
No persons were bitten so far as heard
from.
AT Chamberlain an 1S-months-old son
Of Register of Deeds Stevens Sc
secured q cup containing gasoline that
had for a moment been left within
reach, and before the family could pre-
vent had swallowed a large quantity of
the fluid, dying from the effects few
hours later.
The farmers of Sac county have been
badly taken in by alleged agents of nur-
series. Early last month a young fellow
claiming to represent the nursery at Fort
Dodge went through that county taking
orders for stock. These orders turned
out to be notes payable at Fort Dodge.
The orders taken in Sac county
amounted to over $4,000.
The idea that the location of the Cath.
olic see has been definitely settled is
claimed by Father Collins, of Fargo, to
be entirely erroneous, and Fargo's
chances for securing 1t are as good as
that of any other city. Fargo and