The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-15
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS.

OF people were in attendance and tho
ceremonies were impressive.
Three men broke iutO Sarles
lumber office at Kelso. drilled the
safe and were just putting in dyna-
mite when discovered. -Four shots
were fired and the same number
returned, all without effect.
The state board of university and
school lands has made it's third selec
tion of lands for the public institutions
of the state, amounting to about 49,
GOO acres. This makes about 100000
acres all told thus far selected, out of
nearly 700, 900 acres to which the state
iscntitled under the enabling act.
Employees of the Great Northern
| railway found in the yard Of the
company at Grand Forks Wcdnes-
day a stripped and wounded man.
with a hole in his head and his two
legs cut off between the knees and
ankles. The belief is that he was
knocked down and robbed and his
body placed across the track.
In the First district court at Grand
Forks Judge TelnpletOn sentenced
Edward Marshall to ten yerrs in the
pententiary for robbery, John Burns
ten years for burglary; Daniel Lewis,
eighteen months for burglary: Frank
Cole, burglary, one year; Gus Staten.
burglary, accOmplice, six months:
John Davis, grand larceny, one year;
James McReady, grand larceny, six
months.
The commission appointed to treat
with the Turtle Mountain Indians
arc pushing their work, and have
already taken an accurate census Of
the Indians, taking care to keep
separate the Canadian Indians,
American Indians and half-brceds.
Little Shell and his followers and the
Canadian Indians arc sulking and
refuse to let the commissioners come
among them.
The baggage room, diSpatchcr'S
office, express Office and car checker
rooms Of the Northern Pacific at
Fargo were completely Quilted by fire
last Friday. SO great was the feeling
there against the Northern Pacific
for its failure to stand by an agree
mCnt to build new depot this sum
mer that the crowd cheercd and
hOWlCd whenever the flames broke
forth iii a new spot.
The war department received
instructions from the president to
send detachment Of troops to the
Turtle mountain Indian reservation
| in North Dakota to assist the
government commission now there to
carry out his Instructions. 1t is said
the Canadian mixed bloods who were
stricken from the rolls because they
were foreigners now make open
threats to prevent any course Of
action that does not include them in
its deliberations.
Grafton was visited Thursday
night by a $40, 900 fire, set probably by
some tramp. Between the p. Sand
agcr Company's general merchandise
store and Bjorneby Il Newgard's hard
ware stores little before midnight a
man was seen running from the place
but could not be caught. The
buildings burned like finder
and not an article in Sandager'S store
was saved, He carried $50, 900 stock.
This is farmers cooperative store,
building owned by S.Carncross. The
hardware store of Bjorineby s. New
gard was burned to the ground and
the stock mostly destroyed. The
| jeWerlry store of Bjornnby in the
same building was partly saved, most
of the valuablcs being in the safe.
The next building, a harness store,
was partially destroyed, but the stock
saved. The tiremen did good work
Sandager's insurance on $4,000 stock
is Sl3, 900: Bjorneby & Newgards on
stock is $1,000, 81 900 having been put
on yesterday: S. Cairncross. on build
ing, $500.
The Worlds Fair Board of North
Dakota has completed its collection
of grain and grasses through the
northern part Of the state, which are
now.in storage Experts declare it the
finest collection of wheat and oats
samples they have ever seen. Large
Quantities Of wheat in the straw have
been secured from one field from the
Turtle mountain in Bottineau county,
five feet and six inches in height and
yielding forty-tivc bushels Of No.
hard grain per acre. BOttineau
county took the first premium at the
New Orleans exposition on wheat
and it stands good chances of doing
50 again at the Worlds Fair The
board is pleased with its success in
securing SAMPLES of aDDleS and crahS