The Dickinson press., 1899-08-26

and liver to a healthy activity, without
irritating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds, Or %fevers, use Syrup of
Figs, made by the California j .Syrup
| Co.
The market was quoted 10 to 20 cents
off Thursday morning.
Joe Messersmith will enter the state
university at Grand Forks this fall.
A. billiard went to Duluth Wednesday
night to meet Mrs. billiard and the child
ren
Prof. Lewis F. Crawford has been
granted a life certificate by State Sup
erintendent Halland.
Miss Ruth Phelan came up from Far
go this week to meet her father and visit
for a few days in Dickinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Shaw came in from
the ranch this week. Mrs Shaw returned
to the ranch Tuesday morning, accom-
panied by Miss Helen Poole. Mr.. Shaw
remaining to work on the railroad. He
was called to go out on Wednesday.
Ed. Massengale failed to get a $4,000
bond in Glendive and was lodged in Jail
to await the action Of the Sept. term of
court which will convene next Friday.
His offence is a serious one and the chan
ces are that he will serve some time in
the pen.
The Cresswell Cattle Co. have herd
of 1900 beef steers in from the south this
! week for shipment and next week they
will have a herd of 1900. This company
will market about 5000 bcevcs this year.
They branded 5000 calves last spring on
their South Dakota range.
The third trainload of. the Cresswcll
Cattle Co. heifers were sold Aug. I6.
One lot of Ss, 1858 lbs; $500; 1882, 1913
lbs; s4.55; So, 1911 lbs, Sass. Before
these cattle-6o carloads-kft the Dick
inson yards it was estimated that they
would net the owners 10000, which they
did.
c. R. Pendergast made a sale of some
&C head OF beef cattle to D. B. thinner
man. Mr.. Pendcrgast had ordered cars
for shipment on the 10th and sold the
herd at Dickinson just before penning.
The steers, including a large number of
2-year-olds, brought $50 each, and the
cows $40 each.
Ii your eyes trouble you. in any way,
or if you cannot see as we'll as yourn neigh
Dor, or have difficulty reading at night,
or if you are in the habit of squirting
when trying to see a distant object; pro-
perly fitted glasses will give you great
relief and satisfaction. Call on w. c.
Candee, Refracting Optician. 8-l2-tf
The Richards-Jcfferie -Stickney stock
train was partly wrecked at Dover Lake,
near Staples, last Saturday. The train
got mixed up in some way with a freight.
Several cars were injured, including one
Car of sheep loaded with the Gibbs sheep.
H. A. Gibbs writes from St. Paul that
they were a. hours in making the run to
that point and II sheep were killed out
rigot and 10 more had their legs broken.
The first of this week Joe F. Slack had
the misfortune to break his arm. He
was going out for a chicken hunt and fell
from the wagon in some way. The ac-
cident is much more serious to Mr.. Slack
than it would be to men having two arms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slack went to the Bralnerd
hospital Sunday night. Mr.. Slack was
in good spirits and thought he would be
back in a few weeks, as only one bone
was broken.
This week D. B. Zimmerman shipped
the finest trainload of beef cattle that
has been loaded at Dickinson this year.
The ~trainload consisted of ~ cars and
was made up of MIR. Zimmerman's own
brand OF cattle, including the Smith and
Pendergast cattle which he had bought.
c. c. Mead had 2 cars of very fine beeves
which were attached to MI. Zimmerman's
train, making "a cars, all of which were
shipped via the Burlington. Mr. Zim-
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cattle to ship this year.
Stockmen are much interested in a new
stock car known as the Fisher Roller
Car Co. make. The cars are built or the
plan of the Street cars with reference to
watering troughs, ETC., with the new feat
ures of rollers on the sides and at the
doors are upright rollers which are in
tended to prevent the cattle from getting
bruised in loading and unloading. One
of the new cars is to be sent out for trial
and it is believed that they will soon be
adopted in the place of Street cars.
J.. w. Follis had "a steers, IT'S lbs, on
Mondays Chicago market which sold at
$3.50; ii COWS, 1924 lbs, s4.4o; - cows,
1888 lbs, s3.37H. On the same day S. M.
Ferris sold u steers, 1892 lbs, at $500.
N. Berry had 20 steers, 1870 lbs, that
sold for S; g steers, 1868 lbs, $500; 20
steers, I17o lbs, s4.25;I. Nollet sold IS
steers, 1891 lbs, at $500; Massacre &
Simpson, II steers, 1858 lbs, $3.50. Mr..
higgins IePoIls Tic Sale Vi d ldISe Pol
ton of the above.
Where was rejoicing in Dickinson Tues
day night when 1t was announced that
Harry Klinefelter had arrived on No. 2.
Harry was mustered into the service at
Fargo on the I4th of May, 1893, sailed
from San Francisco with the North Da-
kota regiment on the 18th of June, arriv-
ing in Manila on the 31st Of July. His
stay on the Luzon Island was a little less
than one year. Owing to sickness he re.
ceived an exchange and turned his back
on the Philippines June "a, this year, ar
irving in San Francisco July "a. Harry
5 is looking we'll and says that the govern
!, ment hospital is a splendid place for a