The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1890-03-07
DAKOTA GLEANIHGs.
From Exchoneea.

congress petltion signed ny ), lOU North Da-
kotans praying for favorable irrigation.
Senator LaMoure'a bill. No. 200. provides
that the secretary OF state shall give bond of
$4,000 to be deposited with the state auditor.
Valley City Alliance: The triplets born to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller Of this city havo
been named, We are informed, Faith, Hope
and Charity.
An Emmons county man forgetting his dog
locked the animal in school house aud
week elapsed before the door was opened. The
dog was found to be all right, hut had gnawed
away good deal Of wood work during his
long fast.
Fargo Republican: Mr.. R. B Ccckranc, OF
Sherhrooke, has sent the Republican a small
sample OF Ignite which he found in his well
at a depth Of forty five feet. He says sit
burns we'll and makes a good fire." The exact
locality is on section II. Town 147, range s..
The act providing for liens upon crops aud
for the levy Of tax to secure the payment of
the purchase price Of seed grain, approved on
| the 18th Of last month, provided that app|ica-
tions for seed could he filed with the county
auditor ny TO March lst. Representative Cole
has introduced bill extending the time TO
April 18th.
| The Western Union announces a great re-
duction in telegraph rates in North Dakota, to
tahe effect March LIST, next. The rate between
all offices in the state after that date will ho
40 and 3, aud taking effect the same date the
rate, B;smarck, North Dakota to and from all
Offices in the same state, will be reduced to 25
aud "a reduction Of firty Dor cent.
New Rockford Transcript: F. A. Sehrng is
now in Arkansas. P.J. Braman and n. j.
Hanson have received letters from him which
strongly express his disgust OF the country and
its idle slovpnly and ignorant people. He has
not found any country, after travelling all over
the south, that comes in gun-shot Of North
Oak ota MS desirable place 10 live.
Devils Lake Inter- Ocean: Farmers report Il
greater depth OF snow on tho ground row than
at any previous time in the past three years.
1t is u foot aud q half deep on the prairie, when
there Is any grass t" hold it and nearly as deep
"n thu plowed ground. Most Of them predict
that with favorable spring there will be plen-
ty OF moisture and bount full crop will follow
M matter OF course.
Representative Moores BILL No. 307, is ex-
planned fully in its title, which reads as fol-
| lows: "A bill for an act making 1t III sdr-
meanor Tor any person TO ask or request for
himself or another 10 be placed upon any jury
and making 1t nsd-meanor fer ANY sheriff.
con table or other parson when asked or re.
quns!td 80 to do, to select or place any such
person upon the jury, and prov ding for the
punishment thereof"
Fargo Republican: Parties from Cassrlton
coItirn the rurnors Of new disclosures In con-
. noctlon with tho post Office irregularities at
y. at that place. 1t Is said that a private safe
belonging to ex-Postmaster Fulton was re-
Gently open~d aud that number Of opened
:, letters were discovered which had contained
:, money, the exact amount Of which Is not
!, stated. Tho Investigations are still heins
;, pushed Monday next is the day set for the
=. preliminary hearing OF the case.
s Wheatland Eagle: 1t is told that one OF the
d; bellies Of Valley City found horseshoe, an,
II. hoping 1t would bring her good luck, place,
ii. it under her pillow when sho retired, wher
a she had always placed her false teeth. Whe
she arose fn the morning, ere dawn, she place
cover the mistake until she went to make III
=, the bed and found her plate OF teeth Some
" idea may be gained from this Of the warmth.
;, OF a Valley City girls osculatory carcss.
in Hunter Eye: A unique letter was recent,
ID received by Commissioner Helxesou, from Nor
ID r.stown, Penn. The letter contained 4 dollar
" hill for sufferers rolled around 4 email Case
:, itself was written with red and black ink alter
70 uately. The envelope was covered with Brbli,
= cal verses written in a neat feminine hand and
the address waa commissioner Hrlgpson, Da
g kota Gods, United States" The writer signs
x herself 'G"d's wife Ivy the grace Of ceremony
II and calling His blessed majesty good, kind
n nlerciful, just King, Christ Jesus, Jehovah En-
" anuel." 1t is evidently the work of female
ia religious enthusiast.
y" Alert: This morning was a singing coll
u ono. Thermometers differed. some register.
~ ing 2s, %, 30 and 30 below, 1t was fully &C
II below ut 7 4. III. The wind bad died away
y and the weather was most agreeable. These
~ cold, still days in North Dakota arc the PEI
l frcton Of winter climate. This morning cogs
+ we're chasing each other and rolling over and
" over In the SNOW on the streets in the highest
OF spirits. Children going to school raced alt
III lotered by the way the same as il II were
It. June morning. Horses whose breath IaC
~ formed a white covering OF frcst over theil
IT, bodies, stood quietly in front Of stores un
~ blauketed and apparently very comfortable
W Thirty below and no wind is glorious geo,
weather.
d New Rockford Transcript: The loan CEN
l. panirs doing business in North Dakota or
j. working tho 'scare act'' for all it is worth O.
DO the farmers who are so unfortunate as to b
under mortgage obligations to such instiiu
tons. BY preaching foreclosure they III: nj
datk the farmers into deciding them the lane
j.. giving in return lease for Ole year and
h. PROMISE to deed the property back II the il
= tUrest is paid next fall. Tho outcome Of
or will DO that the companies will turn tn
=. far n+rs out neXI winter to seek new homes
-, 1t costs fifty dollars or more 10 forecIose All
=. owners Of land eau rest assured the loan com
H.. panies are not going to incur extra expense /;
-, this time. Don't sign any deeds.
y. Geo. Osgood IN Fargo Republican,: Tw,
hr years ago this spring bought riglly-Gve acre
u Of land OIL the Shryennr for $1,000 Isunl,ner
followed it, summer tefore last, sowrd it las
spring and harvested from, the eighty five acr.
5000 bushels OF wheat The blowing consuln
N ri srventeen days; the narrowing, four days
he the seeding, four lays; the cutting, seven day s
us the shocking, eleven days, and the threshiig
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