The Dickinson press., 1890-10-18
GENERAL NORTH DAKOTA NEW

NSN-''NL mi NEWS.
Maj. Frank S. Corwin, of the Steele
Ozone, died last week ut Pecatonica, Ills,
Steps are being taken to reorganize the
Fargo Fair association and lay out a
new nee course.
A young man named Corn married q
Miss Wheat at Langdon the other day,
and the choir sang what Shall tie
Harvest Be-"
Professor ~Stoitsbridge has arrived at
Fargo from Indianapolis, and taken
charge of the Fargo Agricultural Col.
lege and Experimental station.
According to the report of the com.
missioner of the general land office the
number of acres of land entered in the
Bismarck district was 12S, S4S; DEVILS
Lake, 142,3sS; Fargo, 10G,G74; Grand
Forks, 101,071.
The most conservative estimate places
the amount of damage by recent prairie
fires near Mandan at 300 900. The
Riverside Ranch company lost 300 head
of stock, worth over / $1,000, and hun
dreds Of tons of hay.
At q special term Of court held at Val.
ley City by Judge Rose, to consider so.
loon cases, all were dismissed by the
judge, holding finally that the Wilson
bill is absolutely imperative and void.
All further prosecutions will be aban.
doned at present.
Fargo v was dediscatssa With ' elaSera ae
services, occupying the entire day. Rev.
principal address. President Barnes
also spoke. In the afternoon short
speeches were made by Governor Miller.
State Superintendent Clapp, Register
Potter, of the land Office, and others.
The sixth annual meeting of the Pres.
byterian synod of North Dakota opened
at Jamestown Thursday night. with
about thirty ministers in attendance,
The synod consists of the mesbyteries of
Bismarck, Fargo. and Pembina. In It
are 4S ministers, 81 churches, 2,842
church members and 1920 Sabbath
school children.
The commissioners Of Stutsman county
have granted a petition of ladies for
separate ballot boxes that they may vote
for superintendent of public instruction
this fall. The constitution gives women
the right to vote for school officers, but
the legislature failed to provide for
separate ballot boxes. In a number of
counties separate ballot boxes will be
provided on the order Of county com
missloners. but the legality Of the action
will be tested in the courts.
Deputy United States Marshal Hold.
gins brought to Fargo from Fort Bert
hold Wednesday, White Elk, the young
%half-breed who is awaiting trial for kill.
ing a young squaw named Carrier Cher
ries on that reservation last May. The
deputy and his prisoner were accompan-
led by Indian Agent j. 8. Murphy, of
Fort Berthold, and five Indian wstnesses.
The names of the latter are Short Bull,
Son Of q Star, Turtle No Head, Good
Bird and Owl Woman, the last named
being a 5-year-old daughter of the muir
dered squaw. White Elk will be tried
for murder during the present term Of
the United States district court.
Senator Pierce stopped over a day a.
Fargo on his return from Washington.
He seemed well satisfied with what
North Dakota has secured in the way of
favorable legislation in congress. He
states that at least $500, 900 has been ap-
propriated in various ways for the new
state. In the matter of sugar beet cul-
ture and the manufacture of sugar he
is very sanguine. Recently two car loads
of sugar bests that had been grown in
North Dakota on the line of the North
ern Pacific railroad were received in
Washington. They were found to con-
tain IS per cent Of saccharine matter,
and yielded ten tons to the acre. This,
coupled with the fact that the state Of
fers 2 cents bounty for every pound of
sugar manufactured in the state, to-
gether with the additional bounty Of
fered by the general government, makes
it very probable that in the not far dis
tant future sugar will be manufactured
extansiya1Y.