The Dickinson press., 1890-10-11
NEWS OF THE DAKOTAS,
NORTH DAKOTA.

Burglaries are becoming a common
thing at Grand Forks. three being re-
ported for Monday night.
Since Fargo has been running her
own water works plant a reduction of
two-fifths in rates has been made.
The boiler of steam thresher exploded
ut Buxton. The engineer and another
man were killed and Knut Ostriem was
seriously injured.
North Dakota Baptists met in annual
convention at Jamestown Wednesday.
The Woman's Baptist Missionary society
held its its annual meeting at the same
time and place.
Marten, alias Jones, q prisoner in the
East Grand Forks Jail, on q charge of
robbery at Mayville, n. D., escaped
has been found.
The Dakotas will hereafter be a GUS
toms district by themselves, and Penn
bina the principal port of entry. The
bill was passed on the day before CON
gress adjourned.
A commercial man by the name of
Gorden was robbed the other evening at
Mayville of a mileage ticket, gold watch
and $SJ in currency. It is believed that
the guilty partyis under arrest at Grand
Forks.
Seven men were arrested for robbery
on the Front street bridge at Fargo.
They. were held in 1880 bonds to the
grand jury. They attacked two men in
broad daylight and secured $25 and a
watch.
The president has appointed A. n.
Malone, Charleston, w. Va, William
Hayne, South Bend, Ind, and Isaac
Fennimore, Mt. Holly, N. J., as commits.
sioners to negotiate with the Turtle
Mountain band of Chippewas.
Dodgers have been posted at James.
town advertising for 500 men and teams
to work on the Minneapolis, St, Pau
and 500 Ste. Marie extension from
H%ankenson, N. D., northwest. 1t is
thought that the 500 people want to
| connect with the Canadian Pacific and
| that the road will run through James.
town.
One evening last week a farmer named
Victor Catani, residing at Turtle river,
The latter seized a pitchfork and struck
Catani repeatedly over the head, frac-
turing his skull. Catani's as%sailant was
arrested and sent to the county Jail at
Grand Forks pending the outcome OF
Catani's injuries.
In tho cas- of Edward Bowker, Of
Fargo, who made application to submit
final proofs in Nebraska for his entry
in North Dakota, the secretary of the
interior denied the application. This
was made under a recent act of congress,
authorizing entrymen to make oath be-
fore any court in proving up, but the
secretary holds the court must be 10
Gated within the district in which the
land is situated. The decision has an
important bearing OH many cases in
both the Dakotas.
Ths North Dakota w. c. T. U. held q
four days session at Jamestown last
week. The candidacy of Mrs. Eisen.
huth, OF Foster county, on the Demo.
cratic state ticket for superintendent OF
GERS elected for the coming year are;
Miss Kinnar, of Fargo, president; Mrs.
Ida Fox, Valley City, vice president;
Mrs. M. U. Wood, Fargo, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. r. A. Bill, Jamestown,
recording secretary: Mrs. Boyle, Ellen.
dale, treasurer.
WINE Tile e:year-o!d son OF Ole Hogan.
q farmer, residing a few miles south OF
Ojata, was herding cattle Thursday, the
little fellow was attacked by a mon.
strous sand hill crane, which repeatedly
swooped down on him and finally fast.
ened onto the boy, severely decorating
his hands and face with Its bill and
talons. The boy used a stick he carried
to ward off the bird, and finally with
one we'll directed blow en- the head
killed it. This is the first instance on
record in Dakota of a sand hill crane
ever attacking a human being, unless
| previously wounded.