The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-02
DAKOTA MENTION.
Condensed Happenings Throughout
Both North and South Dakota.

Condensed Happenings Throughout
Both North and South Dakota.
Jack Keefe, the alleged pugilist, was
arrested in Sioux Falls the other
evenings for an assault upon a car
penter named Rivers.
Joseph Wells, of Spearfield, says:
"For small fruit, such as berries, the
Black Hills certainly beats any coun-
try lever saw"
Pierre has closed a contract for a
system of electric lights. Bismarck's
electric light system has suspended
illumination.
TheAberdeen club has a membership
of thirty-nine, and the membership
is limited to fifty. 1t has been decid-
ed to build a $4,000 clubhouse.
Judge S. J Conklin, of Watertown,
is lying dangerously ill. The issue
of the Dakotaian, is delayed in con-
sequence.
Ex-Gov. Ordway said to a St. Paul
reporter the other day: II intend to
locate a stock farm somewhere in d.
kota, but do not know just where
yet.
A fellow named McGobbish, of
Palisades, near Sioux Falls, will be
tried for an attack on A. L. Skinner,
Manitoba agent at that place. He
is said to be a white Cap"
While eating breakfast John L.
croix of Grand Rapids, dropped over
dead. He vas a Frenchman, and had
reached the advanced age of lO4
years
The Sioux Falls Press says: "Judg-
ing from comments in some of the
newspapers the idea generally pre-
walls that Sioux Falls desire for the
capital location is entirely selfish"
John King, of the capitalization,
is reported by a Sioux Falls paper
as saying: III am frank to admit the
contest seems to be narrowing down
Sioux Falls and Pierre"
officials of the Northwestern rail-
way on a recent visit to Aberdeen
owned up that the business being
done by the road at Aberdeen ,justi-
fed a new depot, and that it should
be built at once.
August Kuehne, an experienced
brickmaker from Mankato, Mimi,
has purchased ground in Chamber
lain, and will at once erect the struct-
ures necessary for the manufacture
of brick.
Now that the building season is
opening in Yankton the Press and
Dakotaian suggests that cit costs no
more to put up modern styles than
to erect the dry goods box pattern
of residences"
The Lenox independent wants it
distinctly understood that one of the
main objects in view in publishing
that paper is to collect a certain
amount of coin made by the United
States government empolyes.
In Clark county there is over $40,
600 invested in school houses, while
the value of saloon property is SO,
500. There are eight linen employed
in the saloon business to eighty
teaching school.
Charles Pettibone, the directory
publisher, has arrived and commen-
ced work on the third annual city
directory of Aberdeen. He estimates
the present population at 1000, an
increase of 1900 over last years
compilation.
The Yankton Telegram insists
that the people of Dakota couldha
promptly relieved all prairie fire suf-
fers, and that the contribution adver-
tising the people will get will do them
much more harm than well meant
charity will do them good.
"The people of Dakota have gone
right to work to help each other out
of the trouble caused by the prairie
fires, and in a few weeks the suffers
will be talking politics as ch~eerfully
as ever" says the Aberdeen Republi-
can.
There is already more immigration
this spring, says the Letcher Blade,
than there has been at any time in
three years. Over 100 ears of
"emigrant movables'' have passed
there in the last week, all represent.
ing new comers..
Hon. F. H. Hagerty, commissioner
of Immigration, says his Office will be
removed from Bismarck to Aberdeen.
At present his clerical force is at work
on their blanks for assessors statis-
tics. As soon as this work is done
the office can be moved. :,
The Harrison(D Douglas county,
Herald gives this cherry information:
"Born to the editor and wife, April Z,
a1O-pound girl. Everything islovely
with the female portion of The house,
hold and now is the time to take adj
vantage of the old man and sub
SCRIBE" %
Dan Scott, of Sioux Falls, once a