Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-14
r DAKOTA NEWS.

Over 300, 900 pounds of wool were
marketed at Mandan, in a single
week.
In Mercer county, there is thirty
ner cent. more ground seeded to grain
than last season.
The Grand Forks National Bank
increased its capital 800, OOOlast week
and sold the stock at s1.10.
The chair upon which Grant sat
while writing the conditions Of Lees
surrender is owned by Gen. Capehart.
OF Fargo.
The line of the Mayville branch Of
the Great Northern will be closed to
grade up the railroad and lay heavy
steel rails.
A large amount of wool Is coming
| into jamestown; farmers in that
vicinity are alive to the advantage OF
| sheep raising.
The amount paid out for pensions
in Minnesota, Wisconsin and the two
Dakotas during the year just closed
was s 100000.
President Hill, of the Gree. N6fsf-
ern. has sent his check for 800 to the
financial agent of the Wahpeton
Methodist University.
Mandan has secured the flagstaff, sew
enty-eight feet high, which formerly
stood in the parade ground Of the
abandoned Fort Abraham Lincoln.
The new St. Johns's Catholic church
at Wahpeton, will be commenced this
month. 1t will have granite founda-
lions and will be 45xl2O feet in size.
The ChiIdren's Home society has
received and placed in good homes, I,
in North Dakota, 20 children from
Fargo aloneduring the last two years.
w. NJ. Wright, of La MOure, has in
his possession a will and a summons
made in the time of Georgs III. He
got them out of an old court house in
Virginia during the war.
Thousands of bushels of poor wheat
are piled up in La MOure county,
damaged by exposure in stacks all
winter and by rains this spring. 1t
will not bring over fifteen cents a
bushel.
The steam plOw at the Cleveland
farm, neal Wahpeton, broke 2Oi acres
of land the other day. 1t turns a
|, furrow five feet wide and is run at a
total expense of sl2 a day.
The assessed valuation of taxable
property in North Dakota was $751;
) 999.74in 1891 and the two mill general
tax on it furnished s176,OOO for school
( purposes. This year the assessment
will reach 500, 900, 600 with 100000
for the state tuition fund.
I. The Diamond mills, at Grand Forks
{ now have a capacity of 500 barrels
$ of -four daily and the elevator capac.
ity is 5000 bushels. The anne com
0 pany are building a mill at Forest
y City with a capacity of 125 barrels.
" A number of leading citizens Of
Miller, we're poisoned by eating tain
n ted preserved beef and were temper
arily disabled. Mrs. Judge Hughes
and Treasurer Rosenkrans and wifi
were among the number.
Several other men have been arres
! ted at Pembina, as part of the organ
, lied gang of robbers, many of whom
: were looked on as good citizens; som
have given bonds for $1,000 to appea
= before the district court.
% Gen. Schofield has ordered Lieut.
Frederick Z. Day, Twentieth infan
/, try, acting signal officer, TO report t
the governor of North Dakota TO
duty at the camp of the North Dtkot
! national guard during its encamI
ment in September next.
d The Minneapolis & Norther
il elevator at Grafton, with its contents
d 90 900 bushels of wheat burned las
It week. 4 terrible gale was BLOWN
Z. from the south, and it was wit
difficulty that W. c. Leistikow
re roller mills and hoffman & Levi
1t lumber yards were saved. Tn
capacity of the house was 1850
bushels, 1t is said the house an
ID contents were insured. The loss O
the huildinv is S20 600.