The Dickinson press., 1900-01-27

East early next week, making a stop OF
some days in Chicago.
A Fertile. Mimi, man was in Dickin-
son recently and bought a carload of
horses of Z. Deffebach.
Business still keeps booming with
"Angliss the Optician." Go and see him
it there is anything wrong with your eyes.
Engineer Otto Dosskey has been tenn
p%orarily transferred to Tacoma. He
went west on No. Thursday afternoon.
IMps. Isabella Cook returned Thursday
from Missouri accompanied by her moth
er, Mrs. Carnahan. For the present
Mrs. Cook will keep house for Elmer
Hagan.
T. G. Saunders bought II head Of cat
tie this week making about 50 head to-
ward a herd of 100 which he is buying
from the farmers, as he sees good OPP
p%ortunities, to put on a ranch in the
spring.
billiard & Merry have closed out the
last of the mutton sheep they have been
feeding at the Twin Cities. They fatten-
ed about 1000 sheep and the net average
price Per head for which they sold in
Chicago was around 81.
The annual statement of the New York
MISUNDERSTANDING shows policy hold
ers to be secured by assets Of SII,oo2,-
$500. The Underwriters is one of the
strongest fire insurance companies in
America. Local agency at the PRESS
Office.
Beginning with February and until
June 80, the Northern Pacific will haul
seed grain-Austrian bronze, rape, alfal.
ia, ctc.-at one-half the regular tariff
rate. These rates will apply only to
shipments within North Dakota and
| Minnesota.
BY paying one year in advance to the
PRESS you can get the 1900 World AL
manac free. The book contains 600
pages, is a political register containing
full information upon all statistical facts
and figures. The PRESS will take sub
| scriptions for the World Almanac at 25c |
each.
States Attorney Simpson and Capt.
Gregory were in Richardton last Friday
to look up the evidence against a man
who had been arrested for shooting a
horse. The case came up before Just
ice Webb. The evidence was not such
that warranted the states attorney in
having the party bound over to the dis
| trict court.
An %ex-juror in the Alonzo Freeman
trial at Glendivc a few years ago, writes
an open letter scoring certain Helena at
torneys for statements they have made
in their application Tor the pardon of
Freeman who was convicted of shooting
a tramp. Freeman lived near Medora
but committed the crime in Montana.
l. NolIet of Sentinel Butte is in a po-
sition to realize on the advance in wool
prices. He has over 5000 sheep which
he has grown up from a small band.
| He also has 200 cattle. MI. Nollet lives
IS miles south OF Sentinel Butte and as
there is no school in the vicinity, O n
templates the maintenance Of a private
| school for the benefit of his children, the
oldest one being eight years of age.
Call at the .Messersmith building and
get some of the snaps in goods just
bought at d discount Of Is per cent. The
| advantage is yours. We will sell for the
next 80 days all of this lot consisting of
%tinware, hardware, notions, shoes, %arctics,
clothing, blankets, underwear, ladies',
mems and children's stockings, socks,
| gloves and m%ittens, and lots OF other
goods too numerous to mention.
Loft kLINEFELTER & Co
w. H. Crandall of Merriam Park,
Mimi, general Northwestern agent for
the British America Insurance Co. of
| Toronto, Canada, visited Dickinson last
Saturday, having been called west OF the
Missouri river to ad just a loss at Mandan.
| lIlC DIillSl SlttICllNd 10 tHS lNddIiS hA
and marine Co. of the Dominion, having
a paid-up capital of s~75o,ooo.oo, assets
of 81, 100000 and insurance in force OF
SI5o,ooo,ooo.oo. The company's local
agency is at the PRESS office.
At the meeting of the Opera House
Co. stockholders last SATURDAY. evening
it was voted to accept VIM. Rays offer
of $500 rental for their building for the
current year, Mr.. Ray paying the annual
license of SIS and taking fuel on hand at
market value. J. J. Freeman, J. w.
Currie and D. S. Littlehales were ap-
pointed a committee to invoice the
opera house properties and turn the same
over taking receipt therefor. President
A. Hilliard and Secretary M. L. Ayers
were instructed to see that the proper
lease was executed.
In the last few weeks considerable has
been talked about wool prices for the
coming season. Wool buyers have been
through the country trying to contract
for some of the best clips. Here is a
proposition that a New York Spectator
made to S. P. Gotta: Twenty cents pei
pound, the sheep to be counted now and
averaged at 7 pounds per head, two
thirds of the purchase price figured on
this basis to be deposited in the First
National bank to Mr.. Cota's credit and
L. a.,oJ to opn half IF tho de-
post money without interest. In case
that the price of wool should go higher
than 20 cents and MIR: Gotta should desire
to sell to other parties he to have the
privilege of so doing by paving the wool
buyers 1 cent per pound. This buyer
made similar offers to a number of Glen
dive n~arties hut so far as known non OF