The Dickinson press., 1891-05-16
NORTH DAKOTA.

NORTH DAKOTA. I
Casselton will have a.lodge of Knights I
Of Honor. +,
Bismarck has discontinued the electric G
street lighting.
The wife of Oliver G. Dalrymple died at ]
Casselton May Sd. =
The Great Northern has put in stock l
yards at NerthwoOd. ]
Arbor day was universally observed by
the schools of the state.
A IL pound pickerel was taken from the ,
Sheyenne at Lisbon recently. =
Ex-senator Pierce's family removed i
from Bismarck to Minneapolis Saturday. e
The North Dakota Worlds Fair board
meets at Grand Forks this week to form c
ulate rules. Il
Senator Casey has seeded 1000 acres in =
county to wheat. He will sow 800 !.
acres to flax. u
. The public schools of Bismarck honor
ed Mayor Bentley by planting a Bentley +
tree on Arbor day. G
LaMoure county has paid a bounty this o
on $4,000 gophers' tails at 8 cents \
amounting to 1890. r
Clark W.. Haggart, the penitentiary war 1
den, was married to Miss Jennie Humph-
rey, at Bismarck, May 9Th. :.
Steps will be taken to improve the Red is
and Otter Tail rivers south of Brecken- u
ridge, in the interests OF navigation. e.
The farmers of Devils Lake and sur b
rounding country feel happy over the it
bright prospect of a good crop this season. IL
The May number of the Northwest
Magazine contains an interesting Dakota =,
claim romance from the pen of Mrs. y,
Florence Huntley. NJ
THE barn of Daniel O'Keefe who lives ~
miles northeast of Conway was ~:
with fifteen head of valuable >,
horses and a years supply of feed -
A man named John Arnold robbed a lady "a
named Frazier of s2lO on a Great Northern III
train, between Grand Forks and Fargo, al
after which he jumped from the car and
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Hon. Fred Dennet went to st. Paul ia
week where he will remain until N
when he goes to Washington in r
the capacity of Senator Iansbrough's 81
private secretary. q
B.P Groat, the head of the immigration "
of the Northern Pacific, says v,
there has been considerable immigration -
into North Dakota this season-more than y
for several preceding seasons. !"
Timber culture claimants who wish to u
prove up on four years. compliance with :,
do not need to advertise, but may ., d
prove up at any time they produce their u
and Sl.25 per acre. b
IT is now reported that Congressman =
Johnson has agreed with Senators Casey =
and Ransbrough in the Fargo postofice -,
and that Editor Jordan is the =,
coming stamp canceller of that city. -
The most elaborate preparations are b
being made for the amusement and i'll
s@truction of the North Dakota fremen at
Fargo. Th tournament will begin June II
18th and continue during the 18th and n,
:.
The Business Mems Association of h,
Lisbon elected officers Friday as follows: =.
l.. w. Gammons, Pres't; z. G. Baldwin, l..
.ice-Pres't; A. Sandager, Sec; G. r. -
Palmer, Treas; w. D. Brown, K. S. Adams, III
c. D. Austin, P. A. Rourke, and ID. Marsh, p
Directors. W
1.C. Wade, who is president of the "
Dairyman's association, organized last VI
says the first annual meeting of
The association will probably be held in 81
at Grand Forks. Ex-Governor h,
Hoard, of Wisconsin. will be present and al
leliver all address at the meeting. -,
IT is now apparent, and the statement q
is made by those who have interests in &C
that section, that the Puget Sound coun- d
try has come to a standstill and that D
some locations are on the rapid decline. k
The zenith of the boom has been reached d
and now comes the fall. te
49, Il
REMINGTON, the alleged Cass county -
murderer, and whose defense is said to =
be that he was under hypnotic influence
the time the crime was committed, has te
chosen M. A. Hildreth of Fargo as his lt
attorney. A sensational trial is ex- a
tx
ENTERPR1s1NG Grand Forkers have -
organized a wool market association to +
be technically known as the Prouty :,
Live Stock company-capital $4,000. -
The objects of the company are to buy and J.
sell live stock and provide a large, COM :.
modious building for storing wool. =
A teachers institute for Ramsey county O
will be held in Devils Lake during the il
week beginning May %, 1891. Mr.. James q
McNaughton, principal of the Mayville
Normal School will act as conductor.
Miss Adwilda Adams will have charge of r
the kindergarten department. State y
Lecturer Devine will deliver one or more !
lectures during the week. I.
An extensive farmer of the Red River I
Valley will sow six hundred acres to mil !
let this year, instead of summer-fallow-
ing. He thinks millet makes a better !
preparation for wheat thar summer !
following. He will pillow under a part of =,