The Dickinson press., 1891-10-24

Logan county: David Hankey is ths
new mail contractor between Napoleon
and King postotfices .... Farmers have
become discouraged over the non ar
rival of steam threshing outfits; the
horse powers are too slow. Peter
kuenig has been renominated for county
in the Third district.
Proposals will be received for the erec.
tion OF two school houses in district No.
6. The Homestead gives good advice
to farmers to keep small flocks of sheep
in place of large ones,
Walsh County: Several delegations
from the eastern part of the county
waited on the commissioners to advo-
cate drainage. . John Ladd, charged
with shooting James Gallagher, was
held to bail in the sum of $1,000. Z. {.
4 here is a blind pig reported at Cashel
..., The Crystal school house will be
built hy the Robertson Lumber Co. for
$3. 0G0. f. q. Morrow has q new con.
tract for carrying the mail from Ardoch
to Walshville. .. Business men of Park
River have wired the Great Northern to
send twenty threshing outfits to help
them out.
Steele County: L. O. Day is the re.
publican nominee for county commits
sioner in the First district, and o. w.
Williams in the Fourth -. The Hope
Pioneer has sent out postal cards to
every farmer in the county, asking for
crop reports. d.. Steele County will use
blankets for election booths. The
question was asked, where is the stove
that should be in the Broadluwn school
house. Leo Lang claims that over
four inches of rain fell one night re-
Gently. . The Pioneer wants street
lamps to illuminate the darkness of
Hope.
Nelson County. Peete & Burke have
built granary at Lakota. i. =. Pat Nor.
TONS broncho got caught in the wire
fence and was very badly injured. -.
Miss Kate d. Allen is teaching in Dis.
trict No. 2. at Illinois Wild Geese
are very thick around Illinois. j. s.
Metcalf has sold $50 dozen eggs since
April 10. Mr.. Parker, of Orosier,
says that much wheat will not be
threshed until next spring. .. Joe
Pierce has built sheep sheds 100 feet
long by 25 wide on his place near
Lakota. -. Commissioner Joseph Pear
son reports his wheat averaged 30
bushels to the acre.
Burleigh County: The Bismarck Set
Tier says that travelling blind pigs are
that city The Burleigh
County election booths are being made
Of pine. The name of Menoken sta
lion has been changed to Burleigh.
Captain Gleason, with nine men and
one team, dug and picked up 1.7OO
bushels of potatoes in one day :. =. Gerald
Pierce is selling large tracts of land
around the city %. The Peoples conven-
ton nominated Captain Morehouse for
lo-omission. in the Second District.
A son Of Mr. Houghtaling, near Ster.
hug, fell from wagon and had his leg
broken.
Grand Forks County: Professor Rut-
ledge is in charge of the Gilby schools
80. The Grand Forks News calls Attor-
ney Hildreth the Samuel J. Tilden OF
Noith Dakota. ... Burglars tried to go
through the store of J. Jacobs at Lari.
more but were frightened away before
securing anything .. The Larimore Sill.
YER Oornet Band has been reorganized
....Mr. and Mrs FL. Curry have hat'
an elegant new residence at
"A threshing engine set fire
to some grain stacks near Belmont and
burnt up 800 bushels of wheat. "A
stranger stopping at the Union Hotel,
Grand Forks. claims to have been
robbed of $3.50.
McLain County: Hans Olson, OF
Sverdrup Township, finds that his oats
averaged 4at bushels .. The govern
ment snag boat Josephine, has been
clearing out the channel of the Mis-
souri, :. Wolves are quite plenty along
Snake Creek in the northern part OF
the county. e. A new vein of coal has
been discovered ut Turtle Lake. 1t was
found by Peter Miller while digging q
goose pit. Miss Ida M. Lambert Is
school ut Ingersoll will close Oct. %
with very entertaining programme
80. Andrew Peterson, of SYerdrup
Township, raised / ,035 bushels of wheat
on 30 acres.
Morton County: FL. r. Lyon secured
an average OF 34t bushels of wheat from
his Taylor farm ....T The First National
Bank of Mandan has subject to check
S151, 900. ....O One farmer is going to
make thorough test of winter wheat
and winter rye >. Miss Edith Palmatier
was thrown from IA horse and had her
shoulder dislocatea .. The Inter Ocean
Hotel has been sold to Joseph Hagar
and w. S. Barrows The average
yield of wheat in the vicinity of New
Salem is said to be thirty two bushels.
-. The postal receips of the Mandan
office were S7G6 "a for the past quarter,
an increase of 81 per cent.
Emmons County: Coyotes are plenti.
full in Buchanan Valley ~. Attorney
Armstrong reports seeing two coyotes
near Long Lake Greek chasing an an.
telope. Joseph Redoute has pur.
chased 300 more sheep. Mathew
Baker has proved that he did not start
the prairie fire and The Record says it
d from stroke of lightning
49,. Wesley Baker has taken 800 more
sheep making 1000 in his flock :. =. One
settler near Glencoe threatened to have
another arrested for cutting his wheat
on Sunday; the other one retorted that
he had better destroy his wild mustard
first. There was no arrests On either
side.
Sargent County: r. A. Candor, OF
Cogswell, has purchased carload OF
sheep . Fred katchem, near Havana,
has the typhoid fever. E. s.. Much wheat
is being received at Havana Several
cases Of scarlet fever at Forman. ..
Harlan hasa new paper with 7. B Hur.
ley as editor j. Green goods circulars
are being received by good many peo.
pie in this county The Item says
that State Senator Haggart will be a
candidate for Senator Casey E
seat. Mrs. B. Ronning, while picket.
ing a COW at Minor, became tangled up
in the rope and had both bones in ore
ankle broken. The Alliance Milling
Co. OF Minor, has been incorporated.