The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
NEWS IN NORTH DAKOTA

hthfs:
The Tower City journal has moved to
Buffalo.
Mrs. Babbige, of Fargo, celebrated
her 9Gth birthday Thursday.
The Sl06. 900 thirty-year 4 per cent
bonds of the state of North Dakota
brought 6 $1,000 per cent premium.
Governor Burke has pardoned Arthur
McGarey, who was serving a term from
Ramsey county, for grand larceny.
Governor Burke has made all his APP
pointments except those connected with
the militia. provided for by the new
military code.
A Bismarck telegram says: Alex Nc
kenZie intends to put about 10000 head
of sheep into Sheridan county. This is
IN unorsanized county adjoining Nc
Lean.
Rev. Howard McQueary, who was re-
Gently convicted of heresy by the Epis-
copal synod of Ohio, has received a call
to preach by the Congregational church
at jamestown.
North Dakota worlds fair commits
sioners met at Fargo Thursday and or
gained. Hon. Fl. P. Rucker, of Grand
Forks, was elected president and H. C..
Southland, of Fargo, secretary.
One of the amendments to the school
laws provides that after July l the
comfy superintendent of schools will
receive I cents per mile for all travelling
necessarily done by him in the discharge
of his duties.
Some leading Democrats of North
Dakota are organizing Il company to es-
tablish a Democratic daily and weekly
at Grand Forks. A. S. Cormack, late
editor of The Milton Tomahawk, is the
chief promoter.
1t is said that the defense in the trial
of Remington, the murderer of Elevator
Agent Flett at Arthur will be that he
was %hypnotized by the Minneapolis
woman whose name has been so often
mentioned in connection with the affair.
Mayor Baker, of Bismarck, issued an
order last week for the enforcement of
the section in the city ordinance respecta
ing the closing of business houses on
Sunday. This includes all stores, sa-
looms, barber shops, etc. Drug stores.
pOdfttA:iS l1OusSo. IlOtC1S anu lively SldDlcS
are exempt.
The report that the Sissetons and
Wahpetons are in a destitute condition
is untrue. They have been drawing ra-
tons for the past three months, and are
now having their seed wheat, oats and
corn distributed to them, and they are
actually i'll better circumstances than
many of the white settlers in the vicin-
ity.
At the recent G.. A. r. encamoment a
committee was appointed to solicit funds
to buy seed wheat for needy old soldiers
i'll portions of the state where the crops
had failed OH account of the drouth. S.
G. Magill, Post No. 5, Fargo, is treas
urer of the committee and contributions
may be sent to him. w. II. Makee and
e. l.. GRADER are the other members of
the committee.
Governor Burke has appointed as
worlds fair managers, under the new
law, Messrs. Ii. c. Southland. Fargo; A.
e. Labrie, Grand Forks: F. L. Good
man, Hillsboro; w. c. Plummer, Cas-
SETON: p. B. Wickham, Glenullen. For
compiler of laws: r. NJ. Pollock, Cas-
selton: P. II. Rourlie, Lisbon: G.. J..
Hamilton, Grand Forks. 1t is under
stood that j. F. Plilbrick, of Bismarck,
will be selected clerk of the commission.
Postmaster Judd, of Fargo, came
across /; "corker" in the way Of an ad-
dress OH a letter the other day. Near
the top of the envelope was the name,
doctor steuart;" just below this,
cart vile no tell and still lower down.
extending across the envelope. rhav das
ried from HER" The latter part of the
address was interpreted to mean half
a days ride from here" The letter was
sent on for the amusement of the dead
letter office clerks.
jamestown Alert: There are indica-
tions that the Northern Pacific will do
considerable railroad building in North
Dakota this year. A large amount of
bridge timber is being nnloaded here
and a trip through the yards the other
day disclosed a big stack Of graders
shovels. etc, which will likely be used
this summer. The Jamestown and
Northern will undoubtedly be extended
to the Tartle mountains and it is quite
likely that some extensions will be made
in La Moure county, while the road
from Cakes to Pierre is said to be a sure
thing.