The Bottineau pioneer., 1889-03-07
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

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The Chautauquans in Onida are
very enthusiastic over their organ
Hation and work. S Il
During the past four years Mime
haha county has paid into the terri
torial treasury for taxes VAS, ,269.37.
The committee who have in charge
the matter of raising funds for the.
rebuilding of the university at Mitch
ell report excellent success.
The police at Sioux Falls have no.
tilted all saloonkeepers not to al
low minors to frequent their places
of business. s.. i II %sl
There are but three cases of scarlet
fever at Bismarck and the board of
education have decided not to close
the schools. /.
C.. G. Holland, of the Frederick
Free Press, has disposed of his entire
interest therein to w. E. Hicks, who
assumed control. ~.
Five House bills were recommended
to pass. Among them were the bills
to permit keeping billiard and pool
tables in saloons. 49,
1T is estimated that there are fully
200 persons engaged in horse breed
ing in the Black Hills, and they have
now on the range fully 10000
horses
1t is reported that over fifty young
men at Watertown have quit using
tobacco as q result of Rev. P. E.
Hops caustic sermon on that sub,
iect. 49,. ~. Il l.,
A large brick building lis soon to
be erected at Salem. The ground
floor will be occupied by the Citizens
bank and the second floor will be ar
ranged for a Masonic hall.
"A correspondent says that rents
are higher in Miller than in Kansas
City, and some building must be
done soon or the people will have to
live in tents. -.
|, The number of young men at Dead
wood who are conspicuous for their
habits of idleness has become SO
large that the authorities are hustling
them out oftown.
Careful investigation shows that the
rumors regarding the financial status
of the Sioux Falls penitentiary were
set .afoat by some of the anti Church
Democrats of the city. ~ t.
Inasmuch as Sioux Falls has no
police or fire alarm service it is pro-
posed to furnish the night clerk of
the Cataract house with O police
whistle and to that place all alarms
can be telephoned.
The Iroquois alliance will hold a
meeting on the 22d inst, at which
the county purchaser will be present
and take orders for the machinery
and give prices at which the same
can be bought. '
Another attempt was made at
Gary to burn the town, but thewo
of the fiend was discovered in timet
prevent serious damage. The citi-
zens are thoroughly aroused and
every means will be used to bring the
culprit to justice. p s. -. :
John Wilson, one ofthe Homestead
train robbers, who turned states evi-
dence and pleaded guilty, escaped
from Deadwood. He picked the pad
lock on the cell door and then escaped
from the building by jumping from o
second-story window. A posse is out
hunting for him. ~.
The Rapid City Journal says: sThe
legal fraternity of this city is waxing
wroth at the very unsatisfactory con-
dition of the large and constantly in
ereasing court business in this county.
1t is now almost a year since a term
OF the district court has been held in
Rapid City and the docket full" e
nThe trustees of the University Of
North Dakota at Grand Forks have
decided to close the institution for a
lew weeks on account of the breaking
out OF fdiphtheria among the students, s
The plumbing is to be thoroughly
|overhauled and the buildings will be
aisinfected by fumigation from top
to bottom. go -
The county commissioners and the
district attorney, M. N. Johnson, are
atiwar at Michigan City, the aammis-
tsioners sought to issue bonds Tor
seed wheat in conformity with the
tnew law, but it appears that the
county is already bonded to the full
amount allowed, 4,per cent Of the
valuation. . = q
| Oldfeld, the boy arrested at Mor-s
ton and Brought to Watertown of
she charge Of robbing the gambler
tQutehys Of $500, acknowledged the
crime, and gave testimony which
showed that Flaherty and Phillips
originated the scheme. All three
We're held to the grand jury, bail be-
ing fixed at 81 900 each, in default of
which. they were remanded to jail.
Interest in the coal mine continues
unabated at Centerville. The two
drills are steadily at work. and ara