The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-05-31
DAKOTA MENTION.
Condensed Happenings Throughout
Both North and South Dakota.

III Is reported llaU QlaulOHuS llttNe
been discovered in the Black Hills
adjacent To Rapid City.
Judge Moody. OF Dealwood, will
assist in the grand welcome to Hon.
5. :. Cox at Huron. July 4.
Mrs. \. NJ. Bowen. of Sioux Falls,
is the owner of IL iiw tree which is
bearing fruit. there Icing four ligs on
the tree.
The chair of astronomy in Brook
ings college has been rendered to
President Mcl.outh. of Rrookings
college.
Sioux Falls is excited over the
prospect OF IL 81 ,0oo.noo packing
house and stock yards and IL SlaU,-
GOO opera house.
Fire. ON the 21st DESTROYED the
dwelling. grannly. and barn of \. Ii.
Descent, near Wahpeion. The loss
will amount To $4,000.
There have been a97 pupils enrolled
ut the normal school ut Madison
during the past wear and lOl are
now in attendance
T.. Il. Ru@gles. OF Webster. has
appointed custodian of the Fort
Sissrton abandoned military rcscrva-
tlon mt $GOpcr month.
Christian johnson, formerly OF
Maple Valley. Wis. wns found dead
lnhiS field. ten miles east OF Melville.
Heart disease wnS the cause.
Billy Nutiall, well known through
out the Hills recently sold II coal
minr, located about twenty -fivcmiIr
above Fort Fctterman, for &1O.5On.
The appointment OF \. j. lruitt
as postmaster at Gcttysburg's lraS
been cancelled and i. W. Francis will
he retained. Francis wHs Il union
soldier and has given satisfaction.
The Drake company. of Sioux
Falls. has sent to the Paris cNhibi-
tihn valuable specimens of chalcc-
donN. These specimens bear in large
letters the lnllnc of Sioux Falls, :. ID.
Jesse lrttrlmnn. who lives ten
miles north uf Elk Point, dropped
dead of heart disease. MIR. Frttcr-
man had been IL resident of Union
county Tor moro than twenty Years.
The business men of Aberdeen
have formed a club for the purpose
of looking after the businss
interests ot the city. A
large building will be erected bv
the c!nh.
Crops oi I'LL kinds never in better
condition. From I'LL appearances at
present, and weather still remains
favolal,lr. here will he I'm extra
heavy Weld in I'LL kinds of small
grain.
The county commissioners of
Campbell county offer Il bounty of .
cents for all gopher sralp- brought
to them, and thcSmall boys are max
ING Fourth oi July money ut the rX-
prnsc OF the gopllerS.
During IL severe storm at Chamber.
lain lightning struck the residence
of NJ. Dorsey, two miles from the
city, instantly killing his ten year
old son. Other members of the
family We're considerably affected,
but none seriously.
A quartcttc of Sioux Falls urclins
n day or two osurreptitiously left
the comforts of their several homes
Tor IL peep at the great biz world on,
their own hook. With full s1onnrhs
and high hearts they s.,lir,l forth.
With empty stomach and their
hearts in their heels they nave re-
turned
Peter G"ifrr, an employee of the
Chicago ( Mort lwrslcrn railway.
while assisting in turning IN engine
on the turniHhr mt Huron WAS
struck on the head 10y - heavy iron
crank. KILN" linn almost INSTANTLY.
He had been ut work only II few
months. w;lS single and had relatives
in Springfield, III.
4 raincd al Steele Tor thrty-six
hours and the ground is thoroughly
soaked. This. witla shower or two
i'll July, will ensure the crop. kiddrr
county never i'll her history present
ed a more encouraging appearance.
The prairie lands are even now ear.
pctcd with rich, nutritious grasses
and thest stock ready for thebutchcr's
block. lircaking iswrll commenced,
and Il largely increased acreage for
next years crop is assured.
AT IL large pnbIicmeetiny ofritizcns
at Pierre II bonus of S21 900 WAS
guaranteed for the construction of Il
large hotel which willcost. when COM
pleted, $4,000. W. T.. Locke. OF
WaterviIlc, N. y. has made IL con
tract to commence the erection ofthr
structure ut onccupon the guarantee
oi IL bonus which is NOW subscribed.
This will lac she largest hotel in Da
liota. being COX to feet, five stories
and basement.
One ofthe dcscrters from Fort Ben
nett was caught mt IIighmorc the
other day by the marshal of Blunt.
and while he WAS being taken to
Pierre attempted to escape by Jump
ingfrom IL moving train near Iioln-
bird. The officer shot him in the
face. and he was again arrested. He
is recovering and will lie all right in
time. The ball went downward and
came out under he chin, or he swal-
lowed it or spit it out. as he saws he
spit something. audit was either
the ball or some teeth.
Dan Gallagher and John IIawlcv.
two old prospectors and miners,
have returned to dcatwood from the
new gold placer di""ings. Gold Run.
They have made eleven placer and
two quartz locations. 4 district
will he organized, Il recorder elected
and laws adopted governing Local
tions. The 'li@gings are dry. hut
wonderfully rich. and include Gold
Kun, II distance of four mics. anli it's
tributaries. Joe Walters, WHO dis
covered the dirrinns, wheeled dir, :,