The Dickinson press., 1890-11-15
NEWS IN NORTH DAKOTA

Considerable scarlet fever prevails at
Bismarck.
jamestown is considering the question
OF putting in a gas plant.
Cass county commissioners have tab-
pointed a sheep inspector.
The State Teachers Educational asso.
citation meets at Fargo on Dec. 80
and 81.
Over loo, goo bushels of wheat have
been marketed at New Rockford so far
this season. :
Valley City people are Rejoicing over
ASSURANCES that the $500 road viii
build to. that place.
Burglars are working at Grand Forks.
a jewelry store was robbed Of 500
worth of goods Saturday.
hug Hug, q Grand Forks hinaman,
voted at the election last Tuesday. He
secured his last papers in 1856.
This building of a 5000, ooe-bushel ele-
vator at Grand Forks is being agitated
by the business men of that place.
"A rocket was accidentally shot through
joe Hare's plate glass window in Bis
marck the other night. The damage is
about 800.
"A Grand Forks man sent all the way
to;ScotaId for a hired girl, after hay
ing a varied experience with the native
queen Of tho kitchen.
William Z. Newberry, another of the
Salem train robbers. was captured at
Plains, Va, Saturday, and started at
once for North Dakota.
The Ladies of Grand Forks have Or
ganized a women's exchange. They
have rented quarters in The Herald
building and will occupy at once.
Fifteen North Dakota banks are now
in operation under tho. state law which
requires them to secure a charter and
make statements to the public ex-
amiaer.
Bismarck people will have a chanceto
hear the Emma Abbott company Nov.
10. Grand Forks is the only other
place in the state where the company
will stop.
The insane asylum board met at,
Jamestown Friday and accepted the
artcsian we'll just completed. The well
is about 1,3Ga feet deep, and flows 6,u00
barrels Tet Cay.
William McCrary's ranch in the Kill
deer mountains north of Dickinson has
bera swept away By prairie fires, also Il.
nulntsr OF nelshborlas ranches. All of
NitCsaFy,s property, excepting his shack
aud stock, was swept away by the
ti;Dios.
Grand Forks new grand opera house
Was formally opened by Governor Mil
lcr Monday night. The Emma Abbott
Opera company gave the opening per-
iu1imnnce. The receipts for the evening
| We're nearly $1,000. The building cost
upwards Of $4,000.
Jamestown Alert: 1t is not at all UNI
likely that within q year OF two the Red
River valley will be bowling for bitches
TO run the water off. Old timers who
! pause to reflect admit that the valley
has suffered more from excess of mois-
tuIe than it 9 did for lack Of the
III
Mrs. Anna G. Rowland, of Fargo. has
been granted an absolute divorce by
Judge Mcconnell from William How
land, an Episcopal minister of Passaie.
N. j., on the grounds of cruel and i'll
human treatment. She was given the
custudyo OF herdaughter, Florence Sidell,
and $500 per year alimony.
The suit Of the state against the
Great Northern to compel that road to
transport coal at the rates fixed by
what is known as the coal rate law. has
been decided adversely to the common
wealth cn the ground that the law is
repealed by the general law governing
railroads, and passed at a later date,
Decision by Judge Templeton.
North Dakota cities are indulging in q
discussion as to the property valuations
of each. The palm apparently belongs
to Fargo. The Bismarck Tribunc's
Fargo figures are So. Csc. IT'S, and the tax
per 81 900 is $3.50. Grand Forks comes
next with the valuation of So, 513, $50
and a tax rate Of $3.50. Bismarck is
third with a valuation of 81, $50, 492 and
a tax levy of $15. so on the 81 1000.
Gen. Thomas Fl. Ruger, commanding
the department Of Dakota, accompanied
by Lieut.. Thomas NJ. Woodruff, Fifth
infantry, his aide-de-camp. is now al
Fort Yates, to take such military pre-
cautions as he may deem necessary tc
provide against trouble or a possible
uprising of the Indians. He will also
visit Fort Sully and Fort Bennett, 8
D., before the conclusion of his trip.
At the meeting of representative
from Grand Forks, Trail, Richland
Walsh, Penbina and Cass counties
comprising the Red river valley board
Of immigration, Martin Hector, Of
Fargo, was elected president, and George
Clifford, Of Grand Forks, secretary
Representatives of the various railroad
interests were also present. An eAecu
tns1 c Of tbs Rsa oe pivsr aogn If n %, from on
thorized, aud the counties urged to i'm
mediately. call meetings and name {