Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-12-29
NORTHWEST NEWsLETs
NORTH DAKOTA.

The kickapoos took $1,000 out O
Glendale.
Edward w. Jenkins, of Durbin
has been granted letters patent for
threshing machine.
The Turtle Mountain Indians ma,
be removed to a reservation of 1OO, OO
acres at old Fort Rice.
Frank Plummcr has received til,
appointment of custodian of tn,
North Dakota state building at tn,
worlds fair.
During the month of November
5000 acres OF land were patented IL
the Bismark district and about ar
equal amount.tlled upon.
The foreign population of NORTH
Dakota constitutes 44.G per cent. OF
the total population-morc than in
any other state in the Union.
a non-partisan reception was
rendered to Governor-elect Short
ridge. at jamestown last week. Fire
works, torchlight procession and
speech making we're INDUCED in.
John Bottrcll, OF Elkwood. who is
nearly ninety years old, claims to
have caught with six small traps
during the past three years some
fhirr lilo lpn rnnIor,.
The United States grand jury in
session at Grand Forks returned
Twenty-Five additional indictments,
making Il total of forty-scycn, the
largest number ever returned at any
session of the court in this state.
A sketch of the plans of the Fargo
public building will be ordered in
Washington within ten days. The
delay has been on account Of a long
failure to secure title to the
property. The work will probably
not commence until next spring.
Mrs. Ole II. Alber,son, of York.
fcnton county. left her house Satur-
day night for short time. While
She was away some paper caught
fire from the stove pipe and the room
was soon completely filed with
smoke, which su1focated her two
little children. The mother has
become insane.
Charles Haltimcs. Of Shcrbrookc.
has failed for 100000. He was
unable to realize on paper taken for
horses he sold to the amount of
$4,000 or $4,000 and was forced to
the wall. 1t is said that many of the
farmers who bought of him will lose
the animals they mortaged. Hal
times has disappeared.
WI Anderson, formerly receiver
of the United States land Office at
Grand Forks, tells the Northern
Farmer that the area of the Red
Lake reservation is 100000 acres: -
per cent. is timber land: % per cent.
is pine timber is not subject to
entry but will be sold by the govern
ment. Not over 10 per cent. OF tract
is good for cultivation. The soil is
sandy. but it is a fine stock country.
The kidder county wolf hunt and
roundup, which has been looked
forward to for some time past, came
off Friday. About 100 mounted
kidder county farmers, who have
suffered from the depredations Of
these pests. participated in the hunt,
which resulted in a large number of
the wolves being killed. a bounty Of
50 is given by the county for each
wolf scalp to encourage the extinction
of the animals.
Last Friday mornings train
brought into Fargo Fritz Schlutze
and Miss Anna Schlaet. Of Arthur
The couple were clipping and lost no
time in going to Judge Rebat, where,
both being of proper age, they had
no difficulty in securing a marriage
license, after which the couple were
united in matrimony. From all
parties it was learned that the
parents of Miss Schlaet objected to
the marriage.