Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-05-08
NORTH DAKOTA.

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There are 1,456 school houses in
North Dakota, occupied by so,s21
scholars.
o. E. Blackwell, of Jamestown, gets
i. the contract for supplying the insane
asylum with North Dakota coal at
$3.50 per ton.
Joseph R. Warner, aged 80, unmar.
ried, Was killed at 2:3O O'Clock ON the
morning of the 5th INST, while coup.
ling cars in the Northern Pacific yard
at Fargo.
The city council of Lisbon has made
arrangements to establish wool
market in that city and adopted reg
ulations governing the storage and
buying the wool.
The Ingalls, house &C Grand Forks
closed its doors to the travelling public
!. on the 30thu ult. Col. Ingalls, and Man.
Z ager Wells assumed the management
next morning OF the Dacotah, Mai,
Coleman retiring.
Articles of incorporation have been
issued by the secretary of state to the
bank OF Darlington, in Foster county.
with cpital of $4,000; also to the
state bank. at Sheldon, in Ransom
county, with a capital ofs25,O00.
An extensive fire occurred at Hope,
on the 9th ultimo, destroying the Red
River elevator and aconsiderablep Dor.
ton OF the lumber belonging to the @.
N. Nelson Lumber Company and sew
eral cars belonging to the Great North.
ern on the track near by.
The attorney general of the state
interprets the wool market law to
mean that the city establishing a mar
ket must not only furnish free storage
orthe time specified, but a man to take
arge OF the house, do the marking,
to-, and the city be responsible for
any loss that may occur before the
time OF free storage expires.
1t is learned at the interior depart.
ment that lists are now being made
out with a view to placing indemnity
iandsin North Dakota in a position
to he assessed in all counties in the
state at the earliest possible date.
This action will reduce several million
acres to taxation that have hereto.
fore escaped it, and the state will de-
rive neat income from this source
alone.
Application has been made to Gov.
Burke for the pardon of Thomas
Facey, now confined in the pepitenti-
ary for life on the crime of manslaugn.
ter. The homicide took placein P, M
bipa county some four years ago,
Facey IN a quarrel shooting his son.
Judge Mcconnell, of Fargo, the trial
Judge, and many members OF the Jury,
have written intercession letters.
The matter is under advisement by
the executive.
The bakers of Fargo have inaugu-
rated a bread war and have reduced
the price for a pound loaf to three
cents to retailers. while thestores only
pay two cents per loaf, it is said. The
old prices ranged from seven to ten
cents. The competition is so stiff
that they dare not cut under each
other in weight and some one seems
to be losing money, but the house
keepers are happy.
John Tyler Tucker is the name of a
stranger who appeared before Cass
county insanity board at Fargo on the
9Th inst. He says he was destined by
God to be Governor of Iowa and af-
terwards President of the United
States, but enemies defrauded him out
of both offices. He insists that he af.
terward died and about five years ago
was resurrected from the dead, since
which time God, and not he, has been
responsible for his acts.
1t was shown in the case of M. J.
sanderson against the Northern Paci-
fic railroad company Oh his home
stead entry in Fargo, that this tract
was selected by the railroad company
in lieu of lands lost from the primary
limits Of the grant, and the1 efore the
application subsequently made was
properly rejected. This decision has
now been affirmed. In the case of
Edward G. Sawyer, also against the
Northern Pacific railroad company,
the ruling was OF the same character.
The officials of the Bismarck land
Office have received instructions from
Washington for them to be prepared
to turn over to the register and re-
ceiver of the new Minot district the
records and plats of the portion OF
the present Bismarck district that is
within the boundary OF the Minot one.
The new Office will embrace the coun-
ties OF Renville, Ward, Mountraille,
Flannery. Buford, Aired, Wallace and
parts of Garfield and Stevens now in
the Bismarck district. The greater por-
tion Of these counties is sunsurveyed and
open to settlement.
Ed I. P.Steade, of Devils Lake, deal.
erinfarm machinery, sewing machines
and other supplies, made a general
assignment for the benefit of his credi-
tors on the ed inst, to A. o. Whipple,
as assignee. The cause is failure TO
make collections on account of the
past years crop failures. Liabilities,
$4,000; assets, 100000. The
White sewing machine company, OF
Chicago, have been crowding him.
Mr.. staede was, up to recently, presi-
dent of the city council and took
prominent part in all doings, CONNER
Cial and political. His business oper-
ations extended to Bottineau, Cardo,
Churchs Ferry and other neighboring
towns.
United States Indian Inspector B.
H. Miller, passed through Bismarck
few days ago on his way to Fort
Berthold. His business at that point
is to secure the signatures OF the Irdi-
ans to ratification OF the treaty
amended by the last congress, here
by they cede 16, 100000 acres of land
to the government in consideration of
receiving 100000 therefor, payable
at the rate OF $50. 900 per year for 10
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