Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-24
THE DAkOTAS.

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The North Dakota Sunday School as
Jamestown N. ID.
North Dakota has acquired another
large colony of Dunkards, who will set
tie In Towner county.
A postof1ice has been established at
Newton, Brule county, S. d., with John
Fl. Wright as postmaster.
The Masonic Temple in construction
At Aberdeen, $. D.. has a corner stone
hat came direct from Jerusalem.
The following ~pcstoffices have been
raised from fourth class To presidential
Cooperstown, $l,100; NORWOOD, 81, 600;
Langdon, 1900.
Burglars effected an entrance into the
store OF the Mitchell Dry Goods compa-
ny at Mitchell, =. D., and stole $500
worth OF silk goods.
Alfred Greasy. a well known citizen.
was arrested at Bismarck by Deputy
Marshal Yegen, charged with sending
obsene matter through the mails.
The general store of H.. Brooks at st.
John, n. D., was broken into and the
safe blown to pieces by dynamite. TIL
robbers obtained 81. 400 in cash and
wheat checks.
c. +. Raney of Courtney, was arrest
I'd for selling intoxicati ling liquors con-
trary 10 the prohibitory law. and was
held under bonds to appear at the an.
uary term OF the district court.
A Cattle thief by The nas,ss 81 Bekos
began 10 herd cattle at Grand Forks
and gathered stock all over the coun.
try as far as Sheldon. more than 100
miles. At one time ne had $50 in the
herd. 1t is held that he disposed Of more
than 100 head.
Seadoc Clark, while driving the stage
from Hartford to Tapol, was attacked
by three men near Grand Meadow, 5.
D.. Clark resisted. one of the robbers
shot him, but the bullet glanced on his
watch. Clark then opened fire and onS
robber fell.
Black Hills gold mines expect to turn
our altogether this year so, 900, 900 In
gold bullion. The aggregate OF free
milling gold ores FOR the year is esti-
mated at $50, 900 tons. principally from
the Homestake and associate compa.
MES.
Miss I~ngeborg JoIe and a ~l4-year-old
daughter Of Mrs. Ola Tveden were over
taken by an engine while driving across
the track near Buxton. Miss Tveden was
almost instantly killed and Miss Jore
sustained injuries which are serious.
The horse was killed and the carriage
demolished.
John Nelson. a prosperous and prom
inent farmer, living six miles from
Grand Forks, is dead, being found in the
roadway. He and Il warkman, both in
toxicated, were driving home from that
airy They hif.hah thnir hnrSaO IN tho
fence about midway and took a nap In
the buggy. When the workman awoke
he found Nelson dead. Excessive drink.
Ing is supposed to have been the cause.
Range stock is not in quite as good
condition as at this tim last year in
North Dakota. The price is low, there
is an abundance of good feed for the
winter; the herds were sold close last
year on of good prices; stock
men are in no haste to cell now, and
shipments will be less IN the aggregate
than last year.
Dakota division, headquarters of the
Great Northern have been moved to
Larimore from Grand Forks. The nov
Is made in order to be nearer the
branches which will enter at Larimore. |
IL will take several families from Grand
Forks, and the move was not looked on
with favor OF that account Il. l.. Adj
ans is the superintendent Of the di-
vision.
Joseph Howetz,a farmer residing rear
Langdon narrowly escaped death div
Ing from Langdon, and the passenger
train on the Great Northern was hid
from view by a sharp cure. last
as the horses were on the track the train
struck them, killing both animals end
wrecking the wagon. Mr.. HowetZ was
thrown some distance away but re-
ceived nothing more than a few slight
bruises.
Traffic on the Northern Pacific and
other railroads in North Dakota has not
been this fall as large as a yea ago,
says a jamestown dispatch. The stock
and wheat rushes are nearly over, and
what traffic there is from now out can
be handled without any additions to
the usual forces. Range stock is not in
quite as good condition as at this time
last year; the price is low. there is an
abundance of good feed for the winter,
the herds were sold close last year on
account of good prices, stockmen are in
no haste to sell now, and shipments
will be less in the aggregate than last
year. The wheat crop in the state is
about a third Of last year.
Two burglars were captured at Graf.
ton. They were in the act of blowing
open the safe at the Great Northern de-
pot. John Hall, the baggageman,
sleeps In the depot and the noise awoks
him, and he quietly secured assistance
The burglars were hard at work on the
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when Hall and his men got back. They
Immediately threw up their hands and
made for the windows. One jumped of
the high platform and broke his leg and
was carried to the county jail on a grain
door. The other was taken to the city
Jail. This Is the third or fourth time
the same safe has been blown open
but this is the first capture made. There
was s25 IN the safe,
A series of very bold grain thefts In
the vicinity of Grand Forks has been
closed up with the capture of the culpr1t
q colored man who had been carrying on
his trade very ingeniously and success.
fully.
Burglars blew open the safe in Hill.
mar Stewards store at Canova, S.
-. Iney ala not secure any money
but took a quantity Of clothing. They
are supposed to be three toughs who
have been hanging around there for two
or three days.
A fire 1t Emersado destroyed several
stores and offices including Bleecker's
general store, Irvine's drug store. Foes
fruit store and postSffiae. The wind be-
ing I'm the south the remainder OF the
town was saved. The loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
job Bailey a sheep hcrder from Bill
Iings, Mont, was found dead on the
prairie near a sheep camp eight miles
south OF jamestown, North Dakota.
The cause Of the death Is unknown.
Ee was rs ear old.
John Lyman. a farmer near Neche,
N. D.. committed suicide by shooting
himself. His poor crops preyed upon
him.. He was In an asylum six years
ago. He leaves "a wife and six children,
ad was well fixed financially.
For months Sioux Falls, 8. D., has