The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-03-04
THE DAKOTAS MIRRORED.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED
FROM ALL SECTIONS.
The South Dakota Tin Mines--Hand.
ling Grain--An Important Bill
Before the North Dakota
Legislature.

caCed at MllDank, >. d., q few days ago.
School lands will be sold in Minnehaha
county, s. D., on April 6, footing up H.
4SO acres.
Gary, S. D., is experiencing a coal fam
inc. Neither hard or soft coal can be had
at any cost.
Over forty entries have been presented
at the United States land office at Cham
berlain, s. D., the past few days for
homesteads on the great Sioux reservar
ton. Every train brings in from a
dozen to fifteen men.
T. j. Foley, Of Moth Platte, Neb., and
S. D. Wadsworth, OF Council Bluffs, Iowa, |
have closed their arrangements to locate
a wholesale implement house at Sioux
Falls, S. D. The capital stock is $50, 600.
The firm opens for business May L.
At the directors meeting of the Black
Hills NatianaI bank which suspended
business December II last, it was decided
to resume on February 20. The institu-
ton resumes business upon a clear finan-
clal footing and pays all depositors in
full.
Information reaches Rapid City, S. D..
from the Cheyenne river, neal Viewield,
stating that a cowboy named Henry
Brewer has been missing from the Hol-
comb cattle and horse ranch for the past
two weeks, and it is feared he has fallen
a victim to the hands Of Two Stick band
OF marauding Indians.
Gen. Taylor, receiver OF the Fidelity In
surance Company OF Huron, s. D., which
collapsed over a year ago, gives notice
that his report has been approved by
Judge Campbell and that he will now
proceed to pay a dividend OF Z per cent
upon all claims allowed and approved
against the Fidelity estate.
BY order OF Mayor WEIGH of Mitchell, S.
D., the gamblers must seek another field.
Gambling has been going on at a pretty
last gait lately and the suicide of the wife
Of one OF the fraternity served to bring
things to n wind-up. Marshal Kintigh
was notified by the mayor to close the
gambling dens and to keep them closed.
CIIO ~ AuISOu udfO CllIO"u up Liz
job OF sinking the artesian we'll in Green
leaf township, near Miller, S. d., afterthey
had gone to the depth Of 800 feet. The
county board has now contracted with
All easternfirm for the completion of the
well. The new contractor says he will
have the water gushing from the well by
April /. 1898
George w. Fisher, OF Redfeld, is out in
a letter to the Argus-Leader, in which he
charges that the, school lands in Sphinx
county are being sold by sections, where
as the law requires that these lands shall
be sold in forties. Maj. Ruth has denied
that the lands are to be so sold, but Mr..
Fischer seems to prove his case by the
official advertisement.
A. T. Buell., Frank T. Davis and B. M.
Rowley have been named by the civil
service commission as an examining
board for applicants for positions in the
postoffice at Huron, S. d. Mr.. Buell. is
applicants for positions will be required
to pass a rigid examination, which must
be approved by the local board and en-
uo1SCu w AO
H. H. Bracket OF Minneapolis, pres
ident OF the Dakota Land and Live
Stock company OF Brown county, S. D.,
is sanguine that this region is soon to re-
ceive an impetus in the stock industry.
Stockmen are looking and inquiring this
way, and with the splendid margin that
is realized in business, he is sure that the
industry will grow very rapidly from
now on. He has 600 head that are
standing the winter very nicely.
The third volume OF the Grand Forks,
n. D., city directory has just been CON-
pleted by Charles Pettibone, for Grand
Forks and East Grand Forks. The vol
ume contains 3,464 names in Grand
} Forks and 1,O24 names for East Grand
Forks. By using the multiple OF 2 IL
this gives q population for Grand Forks
of 8 1860, and East Grand Forks of $3.50
inhabitants, showing an increase in the
population of the city OF Graud Forks
proper Of 100 in two years.
An exciting wolf chase took place at
Miller, S. D., a few days ago. Ed Miller
reported that he had seen a wolf just
south OF town, and Immediately J. A.
Bushfeld, j. j. Cummings and two or
the chase. They had not gone far when
the wolf was started. The dogs had no
trouble in o%vertaking the animal, but the
wolf was too much for the dogs on the
Eight, but after a running fight of eight
miles was captured. The dogs were
badly torn.a
The Old Settlers society and Grant
County Historical association held it's
mid-winter meeting at Milbank, s. D., a
few days ago, at the court house. There
was a very good attendance. Hon. A.
L. Partridge is president and Henry s.
Volkmar secretary. Interesting papers of
q historical character were read, follow
ed by five minute speeches from numerous
old settlers, interspersed with vocal and
instrumental music. The exercises were
highly interesting throughout. On the
third Monday in May, the date OF the an
nual meeting, there will be a basket din
lner. ~,.-
Judge C. H.. Derr and Editor M. p.
Springer of Faulkton, S. d., have goneto
Iowa to complete arrangements for
locating families upon twenty quarter
sections Of land in Faux county. Some
of the tracts upon which these people
will settle are well improved and the
newcomers will mostly bring their stock,
implements, ETC., with them, ready for
beginning business Immediately on ar
nsuol 1ndnn nor1, aaHa that landa in