The Dickinson press., 1889-06-15
WEEKS NEWS In DAKOTA.

A real estate hoard has been organized
at Huron.
Grand Forks sent a car load of flour to
JohnstOwn.
j. F. Mead. OF Hunter, lost his barn
and thirteen horses by fire.
Watertown's city assessor has COM
pleted a census, and finds 6 1888 people.
The city council of jamestown has re-
duced the liquor license from $500 to
$500.
Dispatches show that more than 600
Indians at the Rosebud Agency have
signed.
DR.. Collins Of Mitchell has been ap-
pointed veterinary surgeon for South
Dakota.
Sitting Bull, who has been dangerous
ly i'll of pneumonia, is reported as being
out of danger.
Burglars secured 800 worth of cutlery
from McDougal & Quinn's hardware
store at Mandan.
July 90 has been selected as the time
for the South Dakota editorial v
ton at Watertown.
a stock yards and packing house com
pany has been organized at Sioux Falls
with a capital stock of $500, 600.
Hon. Charles G.. Williams, formerly
congressman from Wisconsin, has been
appointed register of the WATERFOWL
land office.
The Farmers Alliance Fire Insurance
company, of Dakota, is taking in 81 GOO
a day in premiums. In two days the re-
ceipts were $1,000.
The Dakota Sunday school convention,
in session last week at Jamestown,
divided and effected the organization of
North and South Dakota associations.
Over 1900 persons attended the old
settlers picnic at Esmond. Speeches
were made by Governor Mellette. Hon.
d. L. kanouse, Judge Keith of Sioux
Falls and George Woodruff Of Illinois.
The Yankton, Norfolk and Southwest
ern Railway company advertised for
proposals for constructing the entire line,
a distance of sixty miles. Contractors
must be ready to commence work by
July 10.
The old settlers of Esmond held their
annual picnic yesterday. About 1900
were present. Speeches were made by
Governor Mellette, ~ex-Speaker Keith,
Warden Kanouse of S:c.a Fails, and
others.
Mitchell Republican: Editor Sage of
the st. Lawrence journal has been ap-
pointed postmaster, and Editor Girton
of the Villas Farmer is now deputy ter
ritorial auditor. Verify the signs of the
fimor a r o,,cp,cio,,c Gov +l,n <rnr@
The preliminary examination of Ar
Duncan, has been concluded at Pierre.
The defense waived a hearing and was
bound over to the next term Of the fed
eral court without bail.
Farmers of Broadland county had a
gopher hunt last week, resulting in the
destruction of 1890 of the pests. Two
companies were organized, the company
bringing in the least number of gophers
furnishing a dinner for the winners.
Capt. q. D. Mari, government en-
gineer, with a party of twenty-five men
is now engaged in triangulation and
preparing sketches of the Missouri river.
The party started from Bismarck in the
spring and expect to finish up at Sioux
City before the river freezes over.
1t is understood that the officers of the
Postal Telegraph and Gable company
will soon begin the work of extending
the wires from Sioux City, Iowa, to
Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Aberdeen and
Huron, in South Dakota, and thus com.
pete for the telegraph business of that
section.
Governor Mellette has issued a procla-
nation asking Dakotans to contribute
for the relief of the Johnstown sufferers.
and recommending that contributions be
sent to j. NJ. Bailey, Jr., territorial
treasurer, at Sioux Falls, who will for
ward the same to the governor of Penn
%sylvania.
George Nix, lately with the Illinois
Central railroad, has started from Sioux
Falls with an engineering corps for the
Pacific coast. The trip will occupy four
months, and if the route is found to be
practicable work will commence at once
on the new transcontinental line. Eng
lish capitalists are backing the project.
Chamberlain is getting up a unique
Fourth of July celebration. Among the
attractions will be several hundred OF
the noble red men from tho adjacent
agencies, commanded by the celebrated
chiefs, White Ghost, Iron Nation. Little
Pheasant and Big Name. They will be
mounted on their ponies and dressed in
full Indian garb.
A young fellow named Walker, of
Springfield, while fooling with a loaded
revolver at Crow Creek, accidentally dis
charged the weapon, the ball, a 44-cali-
Der, entering the right eye of Miss White
Head, a belle of the Sioux tribe, who
was standing near, and passed entirely
through her head She is still living.
and hopes are entertained of her recov-
cry.
The grand commandry knights Temp.
lar of Dakota, which met at Mitchell,
elected the following officers: w. D..
Stiles, Sioux Falls, r. E. c.; C. B. Little.
Bismarck, d. G. c.: L. A. Rose, Fargo.
E. G. G.; j. NJ. Mcbride. Aberde en-.
E. g. P; c. w. Burnside, Sioux Falls,
q. S. W.; y. NJ. Holmes, Crank Forks.
E. u. S. W.; T. F. Singiser, Mitchell,
e. G. j. W.; A. w. Howard, Yankton,
G. T.; B. NJ. Rowley, Huron, e. r.
pepresses the Pope.
ROME. June 10.-The statue of Bruno,
the philosopher, who was burned by or
| der of the InouisitiOn in 1000. was IN.