The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1891-08-22
NORTH DAKOTA.

NURIH UAkUIA.
Interesting Condensed News from Owe
the State by Counties.
Towner County: Grasshoppers hav,
been flying over Cando.
Wallace County: In this county til.
assessor reports 1O9 horses and s7t cat
tie, valued at $11,3OO.
Dunn County: This county has 1000
horses, 4, 400 cattle and 6,443 sheep, all
valued ut $lO2, 2,GOO.
Mckenzie County: There are 5l7
!',rs's IN the c"uity y, 1900 cattle and
$3.50 sA> ep, a. sessvl at S29a, 700.
D!ckey County: Grain nroan! Oahcs
SO heavy that men hired to cut ii II
fuse to put the binders in the ii.l%s.
Hettinger County: Another hail storn
visited this coUnty, doing about $1,000
damage. .. Five families from Vermont
who setsled ut Vermont CITY, S. u are
to move to New England City, in this
county.
Mclean County: The commissioners
unanimously accepted the settlement
proposed by the Northern Pacific on lie.
llnquent taxes. .... Samuel Fairman will
he the wheat buyer ut Washburn this
year:
Wells County: Thomas McKitterick
has sent a carload of fa. sheep to Chi.
cago. The personal property is as
sessed at S2s, ,260 more this year than
last, and real estate So, ,OGS. Hail has
done some damage west of Sykeston.
Logan County: The Homestead gives
good advice when it says farmers ought
to plow fire guards early and wide. j.
d. Hoof reports q rainfall of 81 inches
for the week.
Rolette County: W. W. Barrett is
circulating petition to congress to set
aside the Turtle Mountains as national
park -. The county levy is 8 mills.
Troop A had dress ball at Dunseith
Aug. H.
kidder County: The weeds around
Steele have been cut. Professor Burn.
lam will have charge of the Steele
school another year. e. w. Nav of Daw-
son broke his collar bone, in conse.
4uence OF too fast driving Treasurer
Roberts has filed new bond.
Foster County: This county now has
l,033 horses, 1,9l1 cattle, 2.5G3 sheep
80. Melby now has a mail route. =.
Presiding Elder Hovis preached at Car
rington Aug. ID. NJ. Murphy of
Cnrrlngton has eighty acres Of barley
that will go fifty bushela per acre.
Mcintosh County: Ashley ladies
have been holding picnics while the men
haye had to keep up cold grub ut home
go. Hurve st hands are in demand here
:. South Dakota teams are passing
tb lough the county enronte to Cuss
County to take in the harvest.
LaMoure County: More laborers are
needed in LaMoure County IA boy
herder was seriously gored by COW at
w. j. Organ's corral .B. G.. Feezcr
has moved his flock of sheep, 1900 in
all, fro 4 Russell to jamestown. Cap
tain Boise is kept husy adjusting hail
losses. :. LaaIoure shipped three tons
of butter last Saturday . llalyCr j Jhn.
sons two and q half year-old boy was
seriously hooked by COW.
Pembina County: Mrs. John Pep
pard is superintendent of the new Sun
day school in the Peppard district. {. {.
Martin Gillis of st. Andrews has lost q
$3.50 mare -. Clarence ID. Hoselton and
Miss Victoria l. Shuts were married al
Dray te H.. l. E i uker has purchased
rancli nc~r Willss.un and will put 600
young steers upon it. Louis NORM OF
Neche has been held in $500 bonds for
illegally selling liquor.
Richland County: Rev. Father Rab.
steineck is to return to Wabpeton. -.
Annie d. Tyson and Frank q. Johnson
were married at Tysonville . Mr..
Eckts, whose building was closed by
the sheriff, has commenced proceedings
to have the same released w. e..
Riebe has resigned as chairman of the
supervisors Of Park Township.
.... The Lidgerwood Broadaxe says
the hail reports around Cayuga were
Overstated.
Burleigh County: Burleigh County
hss II, 1888 acres in wheat, 4355 in corn
and 4,42G in oats; 2.7o5 horses, G,S7s
cattle; 5,0lG sheep. e. Ny ron W. Hutch
inson. chief clerk in the Bismarck land
Office, las been married to Miss Ger
trude Griffin The young ladies OF
Bismarck presented Canterbury Tales
at the Athennum Friday evening.
General Bently is slowly improving
Pat Walsh was injured quite severely at
Menoken while rakirg hay.
Benson County: A. A. Day claims
IN Ihe News the mercury rose to l2ls
in tie sun. 3. =. The News has valuable
corps of correspondents. The land
southwest of Leeds which was surveyed
last year, will be on the market Sept.
IT,. Miss Lulu McVey closed hcl
school at Hulricane Lake with picnic
The Northern Pacific has secured the
contract to haul the supplies for TT
Totten 80. Mrs. Harry Rush has closed
the Ooeron school and makes good re-
port -. CLAUS Berg has resi- gned as
postmaster at Minnewaukan, and the
candidates are Ed L. Richmond anc
Capt. D. Harshman.
Nelson County: Bert o. Seymour
has brought the Lakota Band up to {
high standard. and the boys now play
we'll. -. B. F. Pickert and Miss Lizzie
Litzeuberger have been married
Plats of the following land in Nelson