The Dickinson press., 1889-06-01
WEEKS NEWS IN DAKOTA,

Gold is said to have been found around
Gary.
A single tax league has been formed at
Huron.
A New fe;a capitalist will build an
$4,000 h - a. Pierre.
o. w. Blair, of Huron, is the new re-
ceiver of the Huron land office.
The county seat war between Armour
and Grand View is over, the latter hav-
ing o
Watertown has been decided upon as
the place for holding the next editorial
convention.
Eighteen thousand dollars worth of
Pierre bonds were sold at a premium of
$500 Saturday.
Arthur Redmond, charged with MUIR
dering w. q. Duncan, the stockman, is
in Jail at Pierre.
The Indian agents have been ordered
to eXpel every white settler from the
Sioux reservation.
Mrs. Florence Huntley, of Bismarck.
is now doing editorial work on The
Washington Post.
The Grand Forks Gas and Electric
company has been organized with a cap
ital stock of $500, OOO.
Dakota bankers in session at Fargo
last week voted to divide and form SEP.
;rate North and South Dakota ~associa-
lions.
a $4,000 fire at Mitchell destroyed
the agricultural implement warehouse
of j. y. Walrath and the warehouse of
G. w. Taylor, hardware dealer.
Amos B. Mitchell, % years of age, sent
up from Codington county for ten years,
in 1887, for criminal assault, has been
pardoned by Governor Mellette.
Bank burglars at Hot Springs were
scared off by the butting against the
door of a calf with blind staggers. The
calf was found dead in the morning.
United States Marshal Harris captured
a horse thief giving the name of Laran-
ger, on the Sioux reservation, near Plum
creek. He is now in the Pierre Jail.
a mad dog bit j.. G. Halter and his s.
year-old daughter at Webster, S. D.,
l%acerating them in a horrible manner
The dog was killed and the wounds eau
terized.
c. E. Murrill, of Bismarck, has re-
celved a new printing outfit from Chi
cago and will o begin the publication
OF an independent paper at Washburn,
Mclean county's capital.
The Yankton asylum trustees let the
contract for drilling an artesian well to
Lupher Bros, of Pingree, for ST. 900.
DIR. and Mrs. o. w. Archibald were re-
elected steward and matron.
The Normanden, the Norwegian paper
at Grand Forks, has been sued for $l0,-
O0o damages for libel by S. Larson.
The alleged libelous article reflected on
tie character of Larson's hotel.
A couple of bewitching young China
girls passed through Bismarck last week
EN- route to Portland to visit their father,
a wealthy merchant in that CITY. The
girls are being privately tutored in the
East.
L. Y. Smalley, editor of The North
west Magazine, has been at jamestown
the past week to select $4,000 acres of
Northern Pacific railroad lands for the
Minnesota and Dakota Land company.
of st. Paul.
The Capital City Land company, of
WATERFOWL, owning $500 acres, has re-
ceived its charter from Secretary Rich
ardson. In a few hours after the books
were opened 81, 9G0 $1,000 worth of prop
erty was sold.
A census has been taken of the In
dians at Lower Brule and Crow Greek
agencies, preparatory to the arrival of
the Sioux commission. The Indians
have been told to hold themselves in
readiness to treat with the commission,
and they are anxiously looking for it's
arrival.
The North Dakota Medical society met
at Larimore Thursday. The following
officers were elected: President, j. G.
Millspaugh. Park River; first vice presi-
dent. DIR. w. III. Hamilton, Grafton:
second vice president, DIR. A. w. Archi-
bald, Jamestown: secretary, G. ID. Con-
key, Larimore: treasurer, DIR. A. p.
Ronswell, Larimore. The society de-
cided to meet at Jamestown next year.
At Lisbon thieves broke into the barn
at James Morrison's farm and stole sew
eral horses. The noise awoke the farm
hands and the thieves were followed.
Finding this out they abandoned the
horses and fled. Later in the night they
returned and fired the granary. Four
thousand bushels of wheat, two new
threshing rigs, seven harvesters, engines
and all the plows, wagons and seeders
were destroyed.
Foreign fire insurance companies wrote
$31 ,410, 1888. ID in Dakota risks and re-
ceived in premiums $649, 947. y6 during
the past year. These companies paid
losses amounting to 1888, 1858, leaving
them a profit on their Dakota business Of
companies during the same yea wrote
risks amounting to Ss.773,o74.35. taking
The domestic companies incurred losses
amounting to sos OF, leaving a profit
of 1851 ,67G.23.