The Dickinson press., 1890-09-13
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS,

IN
The Valley City Times-Record has
been enlarged
Jamestown Congregationalists will
build church this fall.
Buxton elevators refuse to buy or
handle farmers wheat.
The East Grand Forks Jail is crowded
with Migrants run in by the police.
Congress has authorized the survey Of
the seventh parallel between North and
South Dakota. ''-->~
The new Bismarck land officers, Re-
ceivcr Fisher and Register Neal. haye
taken charge of the office.
Andrew f. Tl,ornberg ha. been ap-
pointed postmaster Of Mandan. There
has been quite contest over the Office.
John Myers, living near Grand Forks.
is hunting for his 14-year-old runaway
daughter and a Scandinavian named
Gems Springham.
United States Marshal Price is in
Gra..d Forks, looking up suitable
room in which to hold a term of the
United States court.
Col. John L. Mitchell was nominated
for congress Monday by the Democrats
OF the Fourth district, which includes
the city of Milwaukee.
The Grand Forks roller mills, con-
snn1ed sum during the season ending Sept. /,
lo9o, 100000 bushels of wheat, and
manufactured $4,000 barrels of flour.
Burglars went through the Windsor
Ut Grand Forks one evening last week.
and robbed tho guests of wearing anna.
rel, JeWelry, etc. The thieves were sub
sequently run down.
Superintendent Sims. a well known
elevator man, estimates an average Weld
throughout the state of nine bushels to
the acre. In the Red River valley the
average yield will be twelve bushels.
The house has passed the senate bill
approrriating 5000 for a survey of
the boundary line between North and
South Dakota. The survey will be made
under the direction Of the secretary of
the interior.
Faulkton gives the Aberdeen and
Pierre road-the Northern Pacific an
tension-the right of way through that
city, depot grounds and yard room and
$4,000 bonus, to encourage the early
construction Of the line.
Evan Collidge, of the Waupaca Ma
tlonal bank, has assigned to frank W.
HipEle, of Waupaca. Assets. SY7. 600.
liabilities, $4,000. The cause Of the
failure was too heavy line of loans
and discounts and Il recent run on the
bank. VA 'Ao
There was 8. big prairie fire raging
south of Dickinson last Week and % =
novel way to quench it was adopted
horses being killed for the purpose and
used as drags. The animals We're killed
and then split down the back and the
carcasses attached TO long ropes. It is
estimated that hundreds Of thousands Of
acres were burned over.
North Dakota Republican,: Mrs. Mil.
lez', wife of the governor. was a connos-
itos in little newspaper Office at Drw-
Gen, N. T., when her husband con1ted
ard married her. She lropped into fiat
oi,ice the ether day and set up & counle
OF sticks full of matter, lust to show
that her right had not forgot its Gun.
ming" ' >'|'''
Peter Schools, agent for Cargill Bros
elevator alt everest, N. D., was arrested
charged with embezzlement from the
elevator company. 1t is alleged lie ap-
P1Sl'A -st'SSh ILL., lhOSGGNtS vi lu( ()11SnHlS
of wheat, SO bushels of corn and Sa0
bushels Of oats, amounting to abo,t
$500. 1t is alleged that he acknowledged
taking $3.50. He was bound over to fho
grand jury.
A; comnui1ication intended for the
clerk OF the supreme court of Grand
Forks county. was enclosed in an en-
velope and addressed the "Hon. Circus.
Court, Grand Forks, N. D." Hayin@
been duly stamped and passed through,
the mails, it now remaileth on file in
the Office Of the honorable auditor of
the county.
Fire at 12 o'clock Sunday night on the
stock farm of G. L. Hood, at Midway.
twelve miles north Of Crosse, caused the
death OF three valuable horses, the tro.-
ting stallion Jack, the marc Good Night
and the dauntless colt Reedy. Other
Valuable horses in the stable were saved.
in considerably below 2:30. Two men
sleeping in the stable were SLIGHTLY
burned.
The states attorney of Grand Forks
county, IN an opinion in response to a
request OF the county commissioners on
the subject, holds that the commission
ei3 nave no stu.hoflty 70 supply separate
ballot boxes for the ladies, and as they
could only vote on school matters any
way, their ballots of course could not be
deposited in the regular boxes. His
opinion, if sound, disfranchises the
ladies until further legislation is en-
acted providing for separate boxes.
Jamestown Alert: Trouble with In
dians on Montana reservations is causing
large stock raisers to lock to other sec.
tions for pasturage. North Dakota is
naturally the first region to investigate.
1t is said the grass in this state is now
so much better for sheep than the de-
pleted ranges i'll Montana that the won
der is that stockmen have not found it
out long ago. North Dakota is bound
to become a favorite with the flock-
master.