The Dickinson press., 1891-04-11
NEWS IN NORTH Dakota

Local talent presented ~Rmeralda"
at Bismarck.
The commission to codify the laws
met Wednesday at Bismarck.
NCol. E. N. Falk has moved his print
ing press and other Times fixtures to
Hillsbory from Caledonia.
Q: Simpson, formerly a hotel keeper
cessful attempt at Suicide Saturday.
1t is feared that tho appropriation for
the North Dakota insane asylum at
Jamestown viii not meet the needs Of
the INSTRUCTION.
At<Aspecial meeting of the county
commissioners of Grand Forks county it
was voted to bond the county for Sc, 600,
to furnish seed wheat to destitute
farmers of that county.
The Grand Forks Driving Park asso.
citation has been organized. A stock
company will purchase tho interest of
Swan & Hunter in the fair grounds and
succeed them as owners.
Hon. N. E. Nelson, collector of GUS
taken charge Of the district. R. Nor
rison, formerly clerk in the St. Paul
custom house, is his special deputy. No
other appointments have yet been made.
Governor Burke, has appointed Viii
liam A. Bentley, colonel of the First
regiment, adjutant general; Lieut.. H.
NJ. Creel, of Devils Lake, inspector and
judge advocate general, and William
Dewey, of Grand Forks, chief of supply.
The North Dakota agricultural college
board of directors met at Fargo and
elected Hon. H. F. Miller, of Fargo,
president, and Col. j. B. Power, of
Glendale, secretary. The election of
treasurer was deferred until the next
meeting.
A dispatch from Forman, Sargent
county, claims that the township seed
grain law is a dead letter, owing to the
inability to negotiate the bonds issued,
capitalists not considering them gilt
ed ed security. The county commits
sioners are considering the advisabNity
of bonding the county for seed.
The case of w. J. Doheny, of Grand
Forks, against Manager Gottschalk, of
the Fargo opera house, was tried Satur-
day and under instructions from the
judge Gottschalk was acquitted. The
charge was assault and battery. Doheny.
was put into the wrong seat at the opera
house and refused to give it up, when
Gottschalk elected him.
A Washington telegram says the Sec
rotary of the interior has approved a
list, embracing $4,000 acres of land
within the indemnity limits of the
Northern Pacific railroad in Dakota, for
equal amount of lands lost within the
granted limits of the road in Minnesota.
This approval makes these lands subject
TO state, county and municipal taxation.
Flank Sperry, of Bismarck, has in his
Possession the skeleton of an Indian
maiden. The head has retained the
hair, which in life was q bright red, but
is now faded. The skin seems to have
dried to the skeleton, and the r still
hold their decorations in the shape of
of rings and other tokens Of affection,
evidently bestowed on the once fair
maiden by some young brave.
The office of state commissioner Of
agriculture, which has hitherto been
located at Grand Forks, will now be re-
moved to the capital, in accordance
with the provision of the constitution,
which says that all such offices must be
located at the capital. The commits
sioner of agriculture is really the state
statistican, and has charge of the funds
for the relief of the destitute. Several
additional duties were also added to his
Office blythe legislature.