Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-01
The Two DakOtaS,

The Two DakotaS,
Burglars are rushing business at Dead
wood
ID. X. Bryant of. Huron has been appointed
member of the state board of pharmacy.
Fifteen new school houses will be erected
on the Sioux reservation lately opened within
the next few months. These school houses
ale to cost in the neighborhoOd of 500 each.
A hundred-acre field of wheat belonging to
Claus Gounger, living near Elliton, was de-
stroyed by fire few days ago. The fire was
started by some careless sportsmen who were
hunting in the field
a test case has been made to determine the
ConstitutiOnalitv Of that certain 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"
A young man named Miller, working on
farm near Ellcndale N. d., was overcome by
gas while descending into well and fell a
distance of fifty feet, striking on his head.
He was dead when taken out. The deceased
was son of prominent farmer iu Mcintosh
county.
Jack Vaughn an elderly man employed!at
Kratka's livery barn in Madison, attempted
to stand on the top of ladder to nail on
board at height of some twenty feet from
the ground. He lost mis- balance and fell TO
the ground, striking on his head in such q
| manner as to make u severe scalp wound.
James Montgomery. Young man working
on a new building in Grand Forks, was assist
ing in the work of elevatng some heavy stone
! to the upper stories and his left hand was
| drawn into one of the large pulleys III such a
| manner as to prevent eXticating himself.
| The first finger and part of the second was
pulled out ly from tho hand, the ten
| dons being draw for n distance of several
| inches
| DR. Bamson of Croolston was called pro-
| fessionaly to Fisher and on arriving at the
| depot at that place was shot and killed by "a
| farmer named Horace Russell, The bullet
entered the back part of his head and came
out over the eye. The first shot missed the
| doctor and narrowly escaped killing one OF
the brakemen A few weeks ago the wife OF
| the assassin had left HIM, and in some way
or another he had concluded that DE- Balm
| son was responsible for the separation. After
| committing the deed Russell fiedto the woods
| and hid there for short time when he vt lun-
| tarily came out of ambush and gave himself
up saving: 81 want every one to know
| what done II for and then don't care what
| they do with me-"
North Dakota is in peculiar fix with ref
erence to n state levy for state taxes. The
| constitution provides that the legislative as
| sombly shall pass law for raising revenue,
| but the legislature neglected to pass law
for such a purpose and the question now is
| as to what can be done. The old territorial
| law empowered the state board of equalza-
| tion to fix the rate, and the territorial law
| prevails where no state law has repealed the
same. The constitution permits a 4-mill rate
and the territorial law only 3-mill rate.
Even the 4mlll rate will leave deficiency
| and lawyers are cOgitating as to what can 30
| done. The eVying of a tax being the taking
| of private property for public purposes, tho
| law in regard thereto is always rigidly con-
stued, and it is not unlikely that there may
be those who viii undertake TO resist the coll
| lection Of state revenue levied under the cir
| cumStanceS.