The Dickinson press., 1890-06-14
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.

mission met ut Lisbon and organized
with II. M. Davis, Lisbon. president; w.
Y. Bentley, Bismarck. secretary.
Bishop Stanley has purchased the
Sweat property at Fargo for $4,000, on
which will be erected a Catholic cathe-
dral within II year. This practically
makes Fargo the see city of North Da-
kota.
1t is said, upon what is considered the
best Of authority that although Cover
nor Miller is not Il candidate for u sec
ond term, he would accept in case he
was nominated by the Republican con
vention.
Fifteen counties in North Dakota and
htty-one in South Dakota sent reports to
the United States signal Office at Huron.
They indicate the most favorable out
look for wheat, oats and barley known
in either state for years.
A company representing over 100 per.
sons has been organized at Minot for the
purpose Of gathering buffalo bones as
far west as Malta, Mont, and which
point many cars are on the Great North
ern side tracks to be loaded with accum-
ulations. Bones are worth IS u ton at
the track.
The efforts to secure a charter for the
Louisiana lottery in North Dakota are
being renewed with great energy. The
state is swarming with agents of the lot
terry, and it is said that IS, DOC, 200 will be
expended with IL view to securing the
election of a governor and legislature
favorable to the scheme.
Sargent caunty has furnised q couple
more residents of the penitentiary--
Henry lode, five years for mortgaging
property that didn't belong to him, and
William Allen, two years for assault
with intent to kill old mar Holcomb.
Mrs. Allen is yet to be tried by Judge
Lauder for conspiracy to kill Holcomb.
The representatives from the subor-
dinate Communicates of knights Temp
lar, of North Dakota. to the grand com
mandery held at Sioux Falls, organized
the new grand c~ommandery of knights
Templar of North Dakota by electing
Hon. Leonard A. Rose, of Fargo, emf
nent grand commander. Beautiful and
costly grand commandery jewels were
presented by the South Dakota grand
commandery.
An enthusiastic meeting wa held
at Bismarck last week, in the inter-
est of the Bismarck. .Kearney and
Gulf railroad. Judge Hull, of Nebraska,
who has just completed q tour of the
route overland, was present. The scheme
is to build an air line from North Da-
kota to Galveston. making Il North and
South trunk line. Terminal facilities,
right of way, and 81, 900 per mile bonus,
was guaranteed at the meeting.
For the benefit of those teachers who
cannot attend the regular terms, the
board of the state normal school, at Mil
nor, N. D., has decided to hold a sum-
mer term of ten weeks, beginning June
30. The regular first, second and third
grade studies will be included in the
course, with English literature, rhetoric,
Latin, psychology, which will include
Ogden's Science of Education, the latter
being required in the next regular exam-
ination for county certificates.
One of the laws of last North Dakota
legislature requires elevators to pay an
annual license of $3.50 per thousand
bushels capacity on Aug. L. Now it is
said, in retaliation, the elevator men
will refuse the fifteen days free storage
heretofore allowed where grain was
taken to the elevator and not sold. III
such an event farmers say they will Pc
tition the railroad companies for side
tracks, platforms and cars and do their
w shipping. Under the existing laws
railroads are obliged to provide such
shipping facilities. and the railroad COM
missioners will see that the laws are en-
forced.
The North Dakota Farmers alliance
held a three days session at jamestown
the latter part of last week, and dis
cussed matters pertaining to the good of
the order. The principal theme was tho
a~dvisability Of putting a ticket in the
field. A majority of tho delegates were
opposed to tho scheme, unless it was
found absolutely necessary to protect
the farmers. 1t was finally voted to
make demands of both the old parties to
nominate men pledged to the principles
enunciated in their platform, and in
case either should nominate such men
to support them. In case the parties re-
fused to nominate such men then a con-
vention is to be called and a ticket put
in the field. A state committee to guide
the alliance politically and determine
whether the candidates nominated by
the old parties shall be supported or an
alliance ticket placed in the field was
mittee to be made up later. A resolu-
ton requesting the legislature to extend
the elective franchise to women was
adopted. The legislative committee re-
viewed the work of the last legislature,
endorsed it, and made demands for the
future. They ask congress to pass a law
preventing the importation of liquor into
prohibition states; also to pass the But
terworth bill. They demand that the
next legislature shall pass the Austral-
ian election law and submit to a vote of
the people a proposition to amend the
state constitution to exclude lottery COM
panies. Governor Miller was commended
for his firm opposition to the lottery.
NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBoRs.
1t is said the cracker trust will build
an immense factory in Minneanolis