The Dickinson press., 1890-09-06
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NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.

Mayor Charles E. Mech, of Mandan.
died suddenly at the Northern Pacific
depot Thursday.
A test case has been made to deter
mine the constitutionality of that Ger
tain act of the first legislative assembly
of the state of North Dakota known as
IAN act to provide for the organization
and government Of state banks"
Cakes Weekly Republican: Mrs. Karl
Hoybak gave birth to twins in the latter
part of September, 1889. and the 23d day
of July, 1890, she gave birth to another
pair of twins. Al1of them are alive and
well. Who says Dakota is not fertile?
Miss Delsna Peppen, alias Maggie
Jessup, was arrested at Winona, N. b.,
Friday for horse stealing. Last July
she hired a horse of a Morris, Mimi,
liveryman and forgot to bring it back.
Miss Jessup is only II years old. She
will be taken to Morris for trial.
Indian Agent Bremen has just COM
pleted taking the census on Turtle
Mountain reservation. There are 2B2
full-blood Chippewa Indian and 1,19G
half breeds. In addition to this there
are about 1000 breeds living outside of
the reservation, all of whom draw
rations.
The Bankers association met at Grand
Forks Thursday. Their business was
conducted in secret. The silver bill was
discussed pro and con E. Mears, of
Fargo, the well known banker and
money loaner, was adjudged unworthy
to be longer a member of the association
and his name was ordered stricken from
the roll.
Jamestown Alert: More confusion in
the seed wheat matter. The commits
sion, it seems, did not put out wheat
under the lien act of the last legislature,
but under the lien law of 1887. Farmers
who got the seed will find it a first lien
on crops, but not on land to be assessed
as taxes. The commission doubted the
constitutionality of the law.
South Dakota is to be given $40, 900
for public land surveys. BY a separate
measure $500, 900 was appropriated to
survey the Sioux Indian reservation In
South Dakota, and that state gets $4O,-
600 out of the 1895, 900 appropriated for
land surveys generally. North Dakota
gets $40, goo; Montana, $1,000; Wash
ington, 800 600, and Idaho and Wyo-
ming $1,000 each.
James Montgomery, a young man
working on a new building in Grand
Forks, was assisting in the work of ele-
waiting some heavy stone to the upper
stories and his left hand was drawn into
n of the large pulleys in such a man
ner as to prevent extricating himself.
The first finger and part Of the second
was pulled out entirely from the hand,
of several inches.
L. NJ. Moore called on Cashier SMUT,
Of the Grand Forks National bank, and
desired to draw a dra% on the National
bank at Fort Worth. Tex, meantime
asking a monetary advance pending the
return of advices. The cashier refused
to comply and wired the bank at Fort
Worth, receiving the following RESPONSE:
if you can" After victimizing three or
four citizens by bogus checks, Moore
skipped town.
Railroad Commissioner George s..
Montgomery and a few others have
started a new town at the crossing of
the Milwaukee and the Minneapolis and
man in Sergeant county, and propose
to make an effort to get the county seat.
They have christened the burg Cogs-
| well. It is reported that they have pe-
titions in circulation to the board of
county commissioners to have the mat
ter submitted to a vote of the people at
the November election. According to a
law enacted last winter they will have
to secure the names of one-third of the
voters of the county on their petition
before the question can be submitted
and three-fifths to secure the county
seat.