The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1889-01-18
Dakota GhEAx1NGs.
The county seat Of Ward county has been
removed from Burlington To Miuot.

DR.. Galloway, Of Fargo, one Of the trustees
OF the North Dakota Hospital for the II sane,
has resigned. He will 60 to Tacoma.
At the statehood convention held in Fargo
on Friday last, the committee reported resolu-
tons urging immediate action by congress in
matters pertaining to the admission Of the two
states, North and South Dakota.
Foster county people are said to be agitated
over a scheme Of the representatives Of the
twenty second district, who are charged with
the intention Of changing the place of holding
the district court from Darlington to New
Rockford, in Eddy county.
The twelve-year-old son OF Leon Supernault,
living fve'mles north OF Grand Forks, acci-
dentally shot himself while hunting. The
charge struck the right breast, tearing away
part OF the ribs and leaving the lung exposed.
He was found exhausted, but will recover.
The commissioners Of Walsh county have ap.
piled to H. P. Upham, Of St. Paul. to take up
$4,000 Of courthouse bonds, which have
long time yet to run. In case Mr.. Upham re-
fuses to accept the money they will call for
tenders for this money, and will loan it to the
highest bidder, to remain as sinking fund.
Mayville Tribune: At the annual meeting Of
the Beidler & Robinson Lumber company,
January 7th, the capital stock was increased to
81, ,0OQ, 900, fully paid in. The business affairs
OF the company are in highly satisfactory
condition. Few cities in North Dakota have
an institution With as large capital fully paid
In. The officers Of last year were reelected.
Portland Inter Ocean: A party of surveyors
are now at work locating permanent line
from Henderson, Minn., west along the Goose
river on the same line surveyed about "
ago. which strikes the townsite of Portlan,
the south, missing Mayville just one tnsi. ,us
authority states that the completio has re-
road the coming csnfris i Sns ns, The un,,,u
Casselton Repubf all;
came in on the NortLentral has to-day the j,
fatal accident He started to get off the train
while it was moving. BE was under the i'm
preston that it was hardly in motion. Jump
ing to the platform his feet flew from under
him and he fell between the platform and the
train. He had the presence Of mind to lie per.
fectly still close up to the platform while two
cars passed by him. Singularly enough he es-
capped unhurt.
Several weeks ago girl 25 years old arrived
at Huron from Washington and found employ.
ment in the family Of J. P. Noland. Last
Saturday night the girl went to the outhouse
and gave birth to male child, which she
threw into the vault. Mrs. Noland discovered
the condition of affairs and sent for the mar
shal. The child was taken out dead. The girl
refused to give the name Of her seducer and
acted very mysteriously. It is thought she is
somewhat deranged. She gave her name as
Mary Jomlist.
The bonded Indebtedness Of Dakota is ST..
00S,800. The largest amount charged against
any institution is the Jamestown asylum, 1906.
600; Yankton insane asylum, $4,000; deaf
mute school, Sioux Falls, $4,000; University
Of Grand Forks, $4,000; University Of Yer.
million, $ll7, 600; penitentlary at Sioux Falls
81, ,SOU; Bismarck penltentiary, $9S,60O; Agri-
cultural college at Brookings $97, 500; Madison
Normal school, $49, 400; School Of Mines, Rapid
City, $4,000; Reform school, Plankinton, $780,.
600, and Normal school, spearhsh, s25,OOO.
the streets here that c. A. Benson, county treas
urer Of Barnes county, was short in his ac-
counts $4,000 when he turned the Office over
to his successor the other day; but later in-
formation is to the effect that Ills shortage was
only SO, 500, and that he has turned over to
| his bondsmen an abundance OF property to
make good this deficit 1t is reported that he
had negotiated for loan, and thinking the
| matter was settled and that he would have the
money in day or two, he used some Of the
county funds. At the last moment however,
the "deap' for loan fell through, leaving him
| in the lurch. Seeing the turn matters had
| taken, Mr.. Benson appeared before the board
| Of county commissioners and frankly explained
the whole situation-havng previously turned
his property over to bis bondsmen to secure
| them against loss Mr.. Benson lisa we'll known
hardware merchant at Valley City, and is said
| to have on his books some.$50, 900 of accounts,
but on account of the light wheat crop in that
county last year, he has not been forcing col.
lectioDs. In addition to this he has property
sufficient to make good all bis liabilities.
The Minneapolis Tribune sent special cor
respondent to Walsh county to investigate the
| reports Of destitution and suffering among the
farmers in that county. The correspondent
spent two days and drove some sixty miles,
visiting about twenty five families. The east.
ern part Of the county has been settled for
many years and the farmers are generally well
to do and are not suffering from the loss of the
crop by the frost Of August. In the western
part Of the county the settlers have been there
only four or five years, and were generally
without means when they settled there. Many
have lost crops In previous years from hail or
other causes and the total loss of their crop
this year has left them perfectly destitute, and
many Of them are suffering for food, having
nothing but frosted wheat to subsist upon. In
concluding bis report, the correspondent says;
1T was learned from reliable sources that the
farmers in the western portion OF Walsh coun.
| ty are not the worst afflicted, but that those
west of Langdon, in Cavalier county, on the
north, and many in Nelson county, on the
south, were in more destitute condition, as
| in a number Of instances the wheat was so
badly frozen that it had not been cut, thus
leaving them without even that support" The
attention of the county commissioners aud the
people of Walsh county have been called to
the matter and they will provide for the needy
without outside help.
|
The National Farmers' alliance closed its
meeting at Dss Moines, Iowa, January 18th.
Addresses were made by A. j. Streeter, OF Illi-
nois, McCune and Terrell, Of Texas, and steps
were taken looking toward consolidation with
the Southern Farmers' alliance and the grange
| into one organization of million members A