The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1890-12-12
htutsman comfy has 2O,0O0 sheep.
Deer are numerous in Ward county,
Grand Forks is after another college,.

Two companies Of infantry have been added
to Fort Lincoln.
Griggs county had poor crop this year
only 35o,G00 bushels, worth s250O00.
A Cass county farmer has just finished husk-
ing so acre field of corn. It averaged 5S
bushels to the acre.
Fcrtl raFota is shipping potatoes to Texas
and yet some people seem to think that we are
in destitute condition here.
Con. Malioy, liveryman Of Bismarck who
conveyed the Buffalo Bill party to Sitting Bulls
camr. drove 81 milrs in 2S hours.
Senator Pierce has introduced 'ill appro-
prating S200,00O for the maintenance Of Fort
Lincoln. He thinks It will pass.
Editor Bowsfld, of the Ellpnlala CONNER
cial, has established correspondence bureau
at Bismarck, and will-furni~h numlmr Of pap
prs Of the state with legislative news,
The seed wheat furnished t,y LaNIonre county
last spring amounted to about $7,o5O. More
than S6.000 of seed liens have now been maid
off. County officials think that nearly all the
balance will he paid.
Wahmton Times: A man few miles south
of Bismarck died the other day from eanders
contracted from his horses. The animals were
subsequently shot. People should be careful
of this decease as it is con agaous.
DR.. Pattpr, professor in the university Of
North Dakota at Grand Forl =. claims to have
discovered the missing link in the Darwinian
theory Of the evolution Of man. H. has traced
tn" origin Of man To the jelly fish and pro-
tozoa.
Jamestown Alert: Snritwcod lake froze
over for the first time this year Tuesday the
2nh irst. This is the latest date of which the
lake has Closed over since 1852 The usual
closing has been hptween the 14tl, and 18th
Of November.
Fargo Republican: Th" North Dakota Eagle
correctly says North Dakota is adding wool to
the list Of its great products. The next thing
will he sugar hrpts. Wheat. wool, stock and
sugar will make North Dakota the wealthiest
state in the Union.
Mandan Pioneer: Navs comes to town now
that the whites, who pass in the vicinity Of
Sitting BnlPs lamp don't care to visit that
Gignl'ary at present. Their regard for their
personal safety seems to he grpatar than their
curiosity to ste the ghost dance.
Bo'tin'au Pioneer: Mr. Wm Clerk has re-.
turned from Manitnhh. Dakota is not so had
after all, IA most nf thasa who thought of try
ing for few months the Manitoba paradise.
presented by Canadian posters, are again
returning and are satisfied to remain with us.
North Dakota Republican: In the re-elec-
tion ct Hon. Walter Muir as its president, for
the coming year. the members Of tile: farmers
alliance did a good Thing for tlie stale. It IL
such men as Mr.. Muir that prevents the ALI
aEcr from becoming harmful feature in poll
tics.
Mclean County Mail: Sugar beet culture
and sheep raising arp two things that will have
great deal to do towards bringing this coun-
try out in time. There is nothing 10 hinder
in the development Of these industries 10
their fullest capacity, and the character Of thu
country fully warrants it.
The coming legislature will probably give
the subject Of state militia more favorable con
sidpration than the last session. State senator
! Harmon, OF Morton county, led the scha in
the last legislator" to do away with the militia
and was among the first to cali upon the gov
ernor for militia mem during the recent Indian
scare.
Mandan P nnppr: There is every reason t
brliav" that the Object Of III" force Of soldiers
who are gathering at Fort Lincoln and Yates,
is to dsarn the Indians on the reservat;o
This is what is lacked for, and music will
follow this attempt. 1t is evident that the
Government does not intend to have an out
break either this fall Or in the spring if it can
! he helped.
! Aberdeen News: The alliance Of North Da-
| kota refused to tIdnrsp til" smh-tr. asur,
| scheme. although earn. silly urged by Walt,
| Muir, the president. 1t now appears that tn.
| northwest is opposed to the measure. IT,.
| great conve' tion Of farmers at Council Buff
re-" ctr'l il in srit" Of Farmer Warla's elqm
"nca. ard Ninnrs"ia, N,rth Dakota AMI S,,uti,
Daknta-hy silphre-.rr OF record agai st it.
| Besides buying NJ about all the sheep If r.
I'd for sale in Montana, North Dakota II.
| furnishing that state feed. The Northern
Pacific has made special tariff rate on hay ~
80 cents per hundred from Dickinson T..
Montana. This 3 a large reduction from th'
old tariff rate. says the Dickinson Press, an
| is a matter Of considerable interest tn that s.
tnn as large amounts Of hay ar" Constant
being shipped west
/ Bismarck Tribune: Last month was a..
warmpst N v"mber in the history cf the b.
! marck signal office Established in 1874. TIL
mean temper 'turr was 81 dpur"ss above zero.
IL 1878 the mean temperature was 366 ID
in 1855 it was 3O8. Those two years are the
only ones approaching the month jnst closed
in millnesa. The precipitation was also he
low the "veraga-on'y IA of an inch. Tier.
were but two cloudy days IN the whole mouth.
Of Geo. Petite. at Dunsrith. Rolrtte count!
dissaprars about the middle Of October and
was suppospd to have hpen kidnapIrd, but q
few days ago the dead body Of the clid was
found in clump of bushes about three mile,
from home. Part Of The face and neck had
hren eaten away by wild animals and it cnnl
not h. ascartainpd whether the child had lpal
murdered or had wandered away there and
died Of exposure.
Cassalton Republican: Between those who
are enlarying on the dangers of an Indian out
break and playing the distress and starvation
racket, i: would seem that North Dakota il
hound 10 suffer. Maj. Edwards did a good
thing by giving apanorama Of this state IN the
last Sunday Argus. 1t was presentation o.
facts, figures and atistics that ought to h.
sent out all over the east It ia, however,
had TO have such truthful representation
proceeded and followed by stories Of India