The Dickinson press., 1889-07-13

Barney Morris and J. L. Brown Ell,
gagged in an alteration, at Slatcher'i
hardware store, last Monday, which
emded in Il fight and might have re
suited very seriously to Mr.. Brown
Morris had been drinking and Wa
in his language. He sudden
ly grabbed Il pitch fork standing neal
Ivy and made Il thrust at Mr.. Brown
one of the tines entering his abdo
men, causing Il painful though moi
serious injury. Morris was arrested
Tuesday and taken before Justice
Chase who held him in bonds of $500
until Friday to await the result o,
MI. Browns injuries, failing to sc
cure hondsmen he MAS locked up h,
Sheriff Hayes until Thursday whel
he furnished bonds and was released
The preliminary examination is hein.
held as we so to press.
Hon. s. $. Cox, who delivered tin
Fourth of July Grafton ut Huron. ant
Lewis Baker. editor of the st. Pau
Daily Globe, passed through here las
Saturday, in Il special Car, hound fol
the Yellowstone Park. The addres:
WAS upon The Four New Stars" ant
IL mastery effort, showing thu
growth and advancement of thu
and especially the growth ant
prosperity of the four new states
whose early admission to the Union
is due to the efforts of Mr.. Cox il
the last congress. During the stay
of the train here IL PRESS representa-
tive had an interview with the two
gentlemen and they both expressed
themselves as having great faith il
the future of North Dakota. We are
under obligations to Mr.. Cox for ;
printed copy of his Huron
address.
Assessor Lewis has kindly furn
ished us report of the assessment
of Stark county. which makes YER.
good showing. and from it we fine
that there are Sl,394 acres of lan'
owned and assessed ut $2lH,5Q1; tow
lots. Sl60,l2 horses. l,O45, valued a
S3S,156: mules. 81. valued at Sl.l4-
cattle. 33,3l4. valued III S54.3l3; sheer
997, valued ut Sl.4V5; swine. 403, va
ued at 1910; making Il total valu;
ton of S575,lo3, or over halt Il millio:
According To the assessment if TIL
wealth OF Stark county were divide
up equally each voter would hav
Ssg4.l5. hut rs the assessment w;
not made on a full valuation the act,
al amount of wealth to each vote
would he something over Sl.30O ;
their net earnings since the seth
ment of the county. We doubt
another section of the country Gil
make IL better showing tor SO sho1
Il; time.
brakes Magazine. THE July nun
her of this popular periodical is brill
full of patriotic interest. All VIII
believe that the American idea
losing ground should peruse its at
mirable stories and sketches. Emm
Bennett contributes IL capital Fourt
of July story entitled "Dodc's Tr
umpll." All survivors of the ";
upon both sides, and readers general.
will peruse with interest Col. John
Garnett's vivid account of how til
news of President Lincoln assassin;
ton was received ut General JG
Johnson's headquarters, and through
out the South generally. 1t is II walt
able addition to the literature of TIL
war. The usual budget of Shot
sketches for which brakes is famol
is calculated to please all taste
The science department is, as usll
excellent; and "Quacks" are the ven
best of their kind. No America
family can afford to be withol
brakes Magazine for July.
DR.. J. i. Mcdonald returned, la
Saturday, from his trip to the Pacii
coast. In an interview he gave
some facts that are worthy of car
full consideration. lie was delightt
with California and especially S;
Francisco, but both there and
Western Washington it requires cal
tai if Il man expects to go into bus
ness or make investments. He co
siders Dickinson a better town tn;
any he visited between here and II
coast for business, and says the lat
is least overdone here in all lin
! and he considers investments hel
prices and amount taken into consi
Grafton, the best that could be ma
and AS an evidence of this faith do
not offer any of his property for Sd
but intends to hold it. Easte
Washington-all that portion east
the Cascade mountains-is suffer-
from the drouth a great deal INC
than Western Dakota and wen t
coast country, where they are gen
ally we'll supplied with moisture.
very dry. AS Il stock and diversiti
farming country he considers tt
far ahead of eastern Washington.
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