The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-07
NORTHWEST NEWSLETS.
NORTH DAKOTA.

The Oriental hotel at Grafton was
burned Tuesday. Loss, $1,000; in.
surance, $1,000.
1t is reported that thirty-one newly
surveyed townships in the Minot land
district will be opened for settlement
next month.
A company has just been organized
at Winnipeg for the manufacture and
sale of the new automatic grain
weigher patented by Henry & Wilson,
of Ardoch.
The rev Unitarian brick church at
Fargo bS partly Quilted by fire Sat
urday evening. The loss was 81 900.
The church was used for the first
time last Sunday
A grand wolf hunt occurred last
week in Kidder county. About a
hundred mounted farmers partici-
pated in the hunt, and large num-
Der of animals were killed.
The attorney general has decided
that the Dickinson fire department is
not entitled to any share of the insur-
ance premiums, because the town has
no corporate organization.
1t has been reported that couple
of young farmers from Dickey county
took trip to New York in answer to
green goods ad. and were taken in to
the tune Of 81 500.
A Barnes county bachelor adyer-
tised last spring in Chicago paper
for wife and caught St. Louis
damsel. They were married in July
and now have divorce suit pending
in court.
Charles Haltinner, a Trail county
farmer, has failed for 100000. Two
years ago he did not have cent, but
by renting and afterwards buying
number of farms and then mortgag-
ing them y dozen times or so he has
managed to get into many people for
a sum aggregating 100000.
A large deer passed near the home
of Harry Richards, just west of the
Grand Forks university the other
afternoon. He came from the north,
stopped few minutes in the grove
near Richards house, and then went
south in the direction of Merrifield.
Several of the boys enjoyed the sight,
out no attempt was made to harm the
visitor
The 500 road nas erected barn at
Klum, the new town on their
extension. 1t is substantial and
convenient structure, 2Sx120, with a
sleeping room 16x2S which is
furnished by heating stove and
other conyeniences, the railroad
company supplying the coal for the
stove. All of which is intended for
those farmers unable to put their
teams in a livery barn and 60 them
selves to hotel or restaurant.
The report of the state superin-
tendent of public instruction will
show that for the two years ending
June 80, 1892, the state of North
Dakota apportioned $54S, ,40S.25 for
the maintenance of it's public schools,
= being 1915 per capital for each school
child over six years and under twenty
years Of age. The report will also
show that there are 1854 school
houses in the state, with seating
capacity for 5S,335 pupils. The value
of these school houses and the
appurtenances thereto is estimated
at 50, 900. In these 1854 school
buildings there are organized l,7O7
schools, with an enrolment of
H,9l6, pupils.
The town of Ludden is thrown in
to great state of excitement over
another elopement. DR.. Simms Of
the Kickapoo Indian Medicine COM
pany, eloped Monday morning with
Miss Alice McCarthy,a bright, hand
some young woman of only II years.
They were driven to Britton, S. D.,
where they were married, reftlrning
there at $3.50 last night. The tpride is
sister of Mrs. j. H. Covert and
came here this fall to spend the win
ter with her sister. 1t must be case
OF 'love at first sight," as they only
saw each other two weeks ago. The
bridal pair met with quite stormy"
reception on their return to the
brides relatives. The doctor seems
TO be successful in his business. The
company goes from there to Hankin-
son.
MINNESOTA.