The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-04-18
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

The South Dakota executive COM
mittee of the constitutional prohibi-
ton convention is formulating plans
Tor the conduct of their campaign.
s. D. Cook, of Sioux City, has sold
his half interest in the Elk Point
Independent to J. J. Clifton who
will be the newspapers sole pub
Usher.
Patents granted: Closure for
churns, William H. Leseur and F. R.
Bassett, Aberdeen; grain measuring
machine, William McConachie, Belle
vile.
Ed. Green, who was charged with
killing an infant at Sturgis of which
he was supposed to be the father,
has been acquitted after a trial at
Deadwood.
The work of grading for the Bur-
Iington and Missouri branch to the
Black Hills has been resumed and
the contractors have orders to push
the work rapidly on to the coal
fields.
Prof. Hood of Aberdeen has been
notified by the president of the uni
versity of Dakota Ut Vermillion that
graduates of the Aberdeen schools
will be admitted as freshmen without
examination.
The territorial encampment, G. A.
R. at Aberdeen, adjourned after a
busy session. A parade included 400
veterans, the Aberdeen Rifles, the
Hub City band, fire department and
500 citizens.
Three of Chamberlain's saloon
keepers were arrested recently,
charged with selling liquor on Sun
days. They waived examinations
and gave bonds for their appear
ance before the territorial grand
jury.
At Aberdeen there was a large
meeting for discussion of the Sioux
Falls constitution and omnibus bill.
The meeting was in the interest Of
the prohibitionists, who raised sever
al hundred dollars by subscription.
Gov. Mellette announced as the
new board of trustees of the Yank-
ton insane asylum: William B. VAL
entine and Zine C. Richey of Yank-
ton county; George w. Snow of Bon
Homme, j. M. Talcott of Union
county and O. H.Dahl ofMinnehaha.
c. G. Shaw, who has held the Office
of postmaster at Vermillion for
fourteen consecutive years, and the
office of county treasurer two years,
left with his family for Washington
territory where he will remain dur
ing next year recruiting his health
and looking to the interests of his
fruit farm there.
DEVILS Lake wants to be the cap
ital of one of the new states. We
don't believe the people of Dakota
will consent to having their laws
made in such a place. The average
Legislature will give any town a bad
name, but that is no reason why the
suggestion of an inferno at the state
capital should be affixed to every
official paper.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Grand Forks, business men had
an enthusiastic meeting for making
Grand Forks the business CONNER
cial city of North Dakota. George
B. Clifford presided; J. Walter Smith
was secretary. There is an univer-
sal feeling to advertise the city and
surrounding county in the east. A
committee of ten was appointed to
consider plans for future work and
report next week.
George Rinehart and wife and Jer-
ry Watson and wife of Parkston
went riding, leaving their children at
Watson's to play. After their par
ents had gone the children began
playing tramp, and the Watson girl
took up a heavily-loaded shot gun
and pointed it at the Rinehart child,
when the gun was discharged. The
range was very short and the charge
entered the child's back, actually
blowing the heart out.
J. D. Faxon missed severalsacks Of
wheat and some oats at Newrock-
ford. He trailed the thief, who
proved to be a German claimholder,
Robert Utecht, to his shack, where
the stolen grain was found. Upon
being confronted the thief confessed.
Later Henry Johnson, who had lost
wheat in the same fashion, confront
ed Uetcht, who offeredto compromise,
and later in the day took O dose of
poison. He now lies in a critical
condition.
The territorial auditors office is
now under lock and key, and admit
tance within is e~ffectually cut off. In
other words, Dakota is without an
auditor. Deputy Auditor Palmer
has gone to Pierre to attend to tho
real estate rush there, in which he is
largely interested. Gov. Mellette
told Palmer that his salary would
continue, but that he should have
no official authority, but Palmer
does not relish this and has not been
near the auditors Office since.
A few nights ago, says the Trip
Times, some emigrants were camp.
ing at Midtown for the night and
after completing their arrangements
they discovered a little child missing.
A HINT was instituted and manv