The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-16
DAKOTA MENTION.
Condensed Happenings Throughout
Both North and South Dakota.

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Both North and South Dakota.
There are more than 300, 900
farms in Dakota of 100 acres each.
Spencer, McCook county, shipped
600 dozen eggs one day recently.
A company is being organized at
Blunt for the manufacture of header
attachments. Expect to turn out
% per day.
Faux county farmers claim that
the condition of the soil is better for
all small grain than it has been at
the same date for six years.
In the Homestake mine q miner
named Fredericks fell from the two
hundredfoot to the five h%undred-foot
level, and was instantly killed.
The Huronite urges Sioux Falls to
"brace up in the capital fight, for
"Huron don't want anything that
comes too darned easy"
Watertown, on a small vote, car
ried the proposition to bond the city
for 100000 to build a high school
and $15,O0 to build a city hall.
They have some pretty good edi-
tors in Dakota. Elder Treat, editor
of the Plankinton Beacon, is an
nounced to preach at the Closson
school-house.
A ~Bridgewater man, in his last
weekly shipment, sent out 1900
dozen eggs, and if he had had cases
he would have made it 5000 dozen.
The hens are at it in Dakota.
C~Treasurer Bailey has deposited the
territorial funds with the Atlas Ma
tional bank, of Chicago, and will
hereafter pay all warrants in Chicago
exchange.
Yankton is finding Mr.. Pettigrew,
of Sioux Falls, a man after it's own
heart. Mr.. Pettigrew says to Yank-
ion that if the Wilmar and Sioux
Falls will not build the road himself.
Dave Clark has gone to Texas to
look after the shipment of 5000
head of steers which it is the inten-
ton of the Sheidley Cattle company
to ship to the Black Hills this year.
st. Paul's city council has appro-
priated $4,000 for distribution
among sufferers from the prairie
fires in Dakota. A committee was
appointed to superintend the distri-
button.
The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader
appeared wi tn twelve pages, eight OF
which were printed in blue, red and
green. The Argus. Leader calls it an
Easter bouquet. The publishers sue
ceeded in resurrectinga good many
advertisers.
The Lake county commission
ers offer prizes to the boys for
the destruction of gophers, The boy
who kills the largest number is to re-
ceive $40, the second prize is 500,
and the third $40. The other prizes
range from 81 up to $S.
They have generous editors in Da,
kota. The editor at Salem says:
t'If the parties who have been helping
themselves to our hay for the past
month will just make themselves
known we willload the wagon up at
the stack and haul it down fol
them"
The Mitchell Republican makes this
comment: "Cof. Gale has won in his
mandamus suit against Auditor Nc
Mamma, and will get the cash fol
his warrant on the Yankton asylum
fund, while the poor devils who have
not been paid for their work by
Gales contractor will get left"
The Cam Valley Chief says the
special newspaper correspondent sis
the prince of all liars, beside whom
Judas Iscariot is as q molehill to q
mountain" The Chief proceeds to
say that the fact is that Buffalo
county sustained q smaller loss. by
the prairie fires of April. 2 than any
other county in the territory through
which the fire passed.
Nick. Frederick was killed in the
Star mine at Lead City. He was
down to the 2OO-foot level and was
engaged in fastening the car whenthe
engineer started up and Nick was
thrown to the bottom of the shaft,
3OOfeetb below. The engineer claimed
that he had the signal, but the miners
insisted upon his immediate dis
charge.
The jamestown Alert says, with a
deal- of emphasis: "You may hive
the stars in a nail key, hang the
ocean on a rail fence to dry, put the
sky to soak in a gourd and unbuckle
the bellyband of eternity and let the
the sun and moon out, but don't
think you can escape the place that
lies on the other side Of purgatory i
you don't pay for your paper"
The Aberdeen News says editorialy
aThe most senseless officeseekers in
Dakota will be sensible enough to
leave Delegate Matthews u~ndisturbed
while watching yer the bedside OF 9