The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-30
NORTH DAKOTA


class hotel
Dunkards are settling in and around
Sykeston this spring.
North Dakota range cattle never
wintered ia finer shape.
Wolves have killed a number OF
sheep in Stutsman county.
A cheese factory will be one of the
many additions to Langdon.
There will be no jury cases tried 1T
the present term of court in Hillso9ro--
Edward Engerud has been appoint
ed assistant states attorney of CaSs
county.
A party Of Iowa land seekers have
bought 1000 acres Of land in Ramsey
county.
Ellendale capitalists have secured
control of the First National Bank OF
Aberdeen.
Henry Sander of Grafton had his
left leg broken in a runaway Few
days ago.
| Two or three new towns will be es-
! tablished along the line Of the Coopers-
town extension.
G. A. Henry, of the Wahpeton col
lege took first honors at the state inter
collegiate contest.
A number of young Fargo toughs-
have been arrested for disturbing Sal
walton army meetings.
A postofiice has been established at
s, Irson, LaMoure county, with j b. Nil
SOL as postmaster.
Miles Churchill of Valley City is said
to have been offered $4,000 for pateht
horseshoe.
The Northern Pacific has a number
of Italians at work laying new steer
on the Dakota division.
Fifteen applicants for license to prac-
tice pharmacy took the examination
at Fargo, and seven failed.
Applications for divorce are coming
in rapidly at Fargo, and the attorneys
may have to work overtime.
Work will begin OH the Cooperstown
extension of the Northern Pacinc as
soon as the snow is off the ground
Dickey county has just paid off the
last of it's seed wheat bonds and mas
; but $1,000 bonds outstanding in all
An analysis of the water used FOR
CITY and domestic purposes proves il
, impure and unfit for drinking pur-
, poses.
Alfred Morris. eldest son of Nal
colin Morris of Wheatland, slipped on
,, the ice, breaking his right leg III TWO
4 places
The city engineer of Fargo has been
8 instructed to prepare plans FOR brick
. trunk sewer TO cost something IKE
n $4,000.
t Sherbrooke was the scene of a suicide
last week John Il. Nicholson enueu
r his life by taking strychnine. De
o spondency and a coy girl the cause.
s J. III. Hatfield. pioneer of Dickey
= county. fell unconscious while work
ing in his barn. of apoplexy, and died
, several hours later.
w. A. Walsh of North Dakota, en-
Il ployed in the treasury department. has
been promoted from a clerkship at
: $40 to $1,000 year.
q State Treasurer Driscoll has pur-
IS chased $1,000 worth of stock in the
II New Northwestern Fire and Marine
q Insurance company at Grand Forks.
IS A man attempted to rob the Harvey
p State bank. but failed, and was cap
"a tured. His kit Of tools consisted OF IA
!. base ball bat, log chain and crowbar.
Congressman Johnson says he is
about to devote his entire attention to
~ farm operations, and will make nh-
merous improvements on his farm az
a Petersburg.
}: Adam Grovrath has been arrested M
l. Harvey being caught in an attempt
TO blow open the safe of the German
State bank. 1t is alleged that this is
his third attempt.
hnu
. been authorized to act as custodian of
. the Fort Pembina abandoned military
&c reservation, without compensation,
at vice Ora Il. McCumber. relieved
y The Northwestern Fire and Marine
s. Insurance company has been organized
in ut Grand Forks. The capital stock is
v 100000. and prominent men from all
!; parts of the state are stockholders.
E. Fritz Hensel Of LaMourc county lost
re his barn by fire. a few days after he
in came to LaMoure for load Of lumber
ID to rebuild. dropped a keg of nails on
!. his leg, breaking both bones and ia
-. fiicting a painful and serious injury
- William Deering has been released
:. from the county jail of Stutsnan
- county. where he had been confined
on charge of selling liquor without a
;e government license. No Indictment
is was returned against him by the grand
r jury.
N Agent Bingenheimer of the Standing
II Rock reservation has returned from
q trip to Washington where he was
highly conplimented by the Indian
department. for the satisfactory man
IS ner in which the reservation affairs
n are conducted. He has been allowed
: an additional sten2grapher.
d People OF Morton county are going
n SICILY ir.fn tba .Paa mary business