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~KlW*r *, W. 9$F ife' PUBLISHED:WEEKLY BY '$•$'. W. JP. WAJRlTEfe, Editor and. Proprietor. Rnbfteriptien, per Year. Six Xonthg, 1H ADVAXCE. -i$k\ Sfc.qO ,...-.. l.OO HTEntered at the Postoffice in Hopo, North Dakota, as second-class mail matter. TRADE. HarnessT exchange for stock. For partita vD^- J'lars5address Pioneer, Hope, D.T. N©TICK.—Timber VOL. II. amberg & Jacobson, AT THEUt..-.. Culture. U. S. IiAKTJ OFFICE. FAKHO. D. T.. March lith, 1884. Complaint having been entered at this ollice by ... Hans Hansen against William M. Douglass for -,» failure to comply with the law as to timber-culture H'entry'No. 84ttt, dated May 21st, 1883. upon the i-n 14 of section 20, tp 147, fiii, Traill county, D. T., with a view to the cancellation of said en try contestant alleging that said tract is not sub ject to entry under the timber-culture laws of the Vn|ttd States for the reason that there Is a natu •""tai gronrth of timber or trees 011 said section No ,20, tp No. 147, 55 that several acres In said section are covered hv natural timber or trees of such varieties as elm. box elder, basswood and other varieties, many of such trees being about 12 Inches id diameter. The said parties are hereby summoned to appear at thlsotllce on the 24th day of April, 1884, at 10 o'clock a.m.,to re spond and furnish testimony concerning said al leged failure. E. C. GKAKEY. Keceiver. Fllttle & Halveson, attorneys. Mh21 MORTGAGEbeen BALK. Default has made in the conditions ot a certain mortgage executed and delivered by Syver H. Boe, Mortgagor, to James A. Miner, mort gagee, dated the 2d day of January. A. D. eigh (Jteen hundred and eighty-three, and recorded as a mortgage in the office of the regLterof deeds ot the county of Traill, (the county In which this land was contained at the time said mortgage was executed) in tbe territory of Dakota, on the 4th day of January, A. D. 183, at 0 o'clock a. m., In book of mortgages, on pages 581 and 584. on nblch there Is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, the amount ot live hundred and sixty eight dollars and eighty-seven cents, and no action or proceeding has been Instituted at law or lu equity to recover the debt secured by said mort .gage or any part thereof. Tbe said inoitgage was duly assigned by an Instrument thereof, duly executed ami delivered by the said James A. Miner to Benjamin Drake, dated tbe -27th day of Sep tember, A D. 1883, and recorded in the oillce of the register of deeds of ateeie county, 1." r.. on the 18th day of October. A. D. 1883,at2:5o'clock p. m., in book uf mortgages, on .pages 443 and 444. Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a power of sale contained lu said mortgage, and of the statute In such case made and provided ,the said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort gaged premises therein described, which sale will be made at the fiont door 01 the office of the reg ister of deeds of steele county, D. t'„ in the town oLHope, In the county of Steele, and territory of ,-jSMota, at public auction by the sheriff of said r*-• county, or by his deputy duly appointed as agent In said Instrument for that purpose, 011 Tuesday, the liith day of May, A. D. eighteen hundred and 1 eighty-four, at. 10 o'clock In the forenoon to satls ,iyitheamqunl whleh shall then be due on said /ftorWuK with thelnterest thereon, and costs and expenses of sale, and fifty dollars attorney's fees, as stipulated in said mortgage in case ol foreclos ure. The premises described in said mortgage, and so to be sold, are the lot, piece or parcel of htndsituatsdIn the county of Steele and territory ofBitKotn and known and described as follows, to-wlt: rjhe south east quarter of section tour (4) In township one hundred and forty-ilve (145) north, of i^nge fifty-four (.54) west, containing one hundred and sixty acres be the same more or less a&ordlug to government survey. BE.iJA dTN DRAKE, assignee of mortgagee. Pollock & Wilson, attorneys for mortgagee. Dated, Fargo. D. T., Feb. 15,1884. mh21 VTWICK «r FESTAL PROOF. J3i Land Office at Fargo, D. T.. March li, 1884. Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has Hied notice ot his Intention to make Dual proof In support ot his claim and secure fln entry thereof on the itth day of May, 1884, H*f O-j.. ClfUastar, O. A'Su. —fortne 14 o| see 12. tp. 143 n, 5ti w, aud names the follow ing as hia witnesses, viz Gilbert Oiser, David Orser, E. B. Tan Winkle, of Colgate. D. r., and L. K. Began of Boehester, D. T. th.) testimony of wit nesses to be taken before w. p. Miller, Clerk of the District Court al Hope. Steele county, D. r.. on the7th day of Mat, A. D. 1884, at his office. And you, Wm.Kavanaugn, who filed D. s. No. IW'12 on tbe 7th day of April, 1882, are hereby notified to be and appear before the U. 8. Laud Office at Fargo, D. T.. on the »th day of May, 1884, and show cause. 11 any you have, why said D. O. Chldester should not be allowed to make final L7t»f and payment for said land. HORACE AUSTIN, Register, ywotney 4 Frauds, attorneys, mU21 Je rfr .. ^^1^ ••'•ft,*. i-V.- ESTABLISHMENT, ve almost Everything:, and if you want Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Groceries and Provisions, here you will find What You Want, at Lowest Possible Prices. Patent Medicines and Chemicals, Perfumery, Brushes and Toilet Articles, Soaps, and gener al line of Fancy Goods. White Lead, Putty, Oils and Varnishes, Mixed Paints ail desirable shades, a full line of Painters' Material, Lubricating Oils, all grades. Tobacco, Pives, and a fine Unc of Choice Cigurs. SCHOOL HOOKS AND STATIONERY. Prescription* Filled at all Hours. -Combs, Brushes, Saddles, Bridles, &c., at E. P. WRIGHT & CO.'S 11 iw WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD farm for Sale. A Fine farm of 160 Acres, four miles from Ellslniry and seven miles from Page, for sale or will WAMBERG- & JACOBSON. MORTGAGE $ A large student ffijl *.Vr~. ,• Institution, of the county of Cheshire, State of Foreclosure Sale. By virtue of statute in such cases made and provided, and of the power of sale contained In that certain mortgage, executtd by Nick less Berg, mortgagor, to C. F. Kindred, mortgagee, dated November 11th, 1878, recoidedln theortice ot the register of deeds for TraiH county. Dakota Terri tory, January 2!i, I87il, at six o'clock p. m., In book of mortgage deeds.pages i)(!4 !IU5niid which said mortgage was assigned February 28th, 187M, by 0. F. Kiui .. Institutn {few Hai..,........ -(u, duly recorder In the office of the register of deeds of Steele county, Territory ot Dakota, on January yuth, 1884, at fifty minutes past one o'clock p. 111., I11 book of mortgages on page 127,011 which mortgage there Is claimed to be dut, and there is due, at this date, the sum of live hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty-seven cents, and no action or proceeding has been Instituted at law or sage wt lindred to The Cheshire-Provident I11 equity to recover the debt secured by said mort gage or any part thereof: notice is given that said mortal will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises therein described, at public venue, at the front door of the couuty building, In the town: of Hope, in sxid county of Steele, on Saturday, the 2!ith day of Alaicli. 1884, at ten o'clock In the fotenoon, to satisfy the amount which shall then be due 011 said mortgage debt, itnd Interest thereon, and costs of sale, and Illty dollars as attorney's fees as stipulated to be paid In said mortgage, lu the event of a foreclosure, said piemlses fo be sold are tbe certain tracts or parcels of real estate situated at the date of the mortgage In the county of Traill, Territory of Da kota. but now being In the county of Steele. In said Territory, described as follows, to wit: the south west quarter, and the west halt of the south east quarter 01 section number twenty-nine, in township number one hundred and fortr-elglit north, of range number flrty-iour west, containing two hundred and forty acres, more or less. THE CHESHIRE PKUVIDENT iNSTrrtrrioN, Assignee of Mortgage. Benyhlll & Davison, attorneys for assignee of mortgage, St. Paul, Minnesota. feb8 •\JOTICE Of CnXTKST. X\ D. 8. Land Office, Fargo, D. D., I January i5th, 1884. Complaint having been entered at this oillce by Newton A Lewis against John Spalding for abandoning his homestead entry No. I2u74dated Jan. 15th, 1883.upon then 1,4 of sec 22, tp 14(i,T5(i, in Steele county, D.T.,with a vleiv to the cancellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this olhce 011 the 2i)th day of March, 1884. at it) o'clock, a. in., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment. HORACE AUSTIN, Register. C. K. Templeton, attorney. febl OIIKRIFF'8 SAI-K. IO Territory ot Dakota, County of Cass, ss. 1 In District Court, Third Judicial District, John Thorn, plaintiff vs. N. B. Flatt. defnndant. Notice Is hereby given, That by virtue ol an exe cution to me directed, and now in my hands. Is sued out of the clerk's office ot the third Judicial district court, Territory of Dakota in and for the county of Cass, upon a judgment rendered In said court in favor of John Thorn, plaintiff, and against N. B. Flatt, defendant, of which Judg ment a transcript is now on tile in the oillce of the clerk of the court in and for Steele county, I have levied upon the following described real property of said detendant, to wit: the south east quarter (s 1.4) ot section twenty-two (sec 22), township one hundred and forty-six (tp 14(5), range llfty tive(r 5). and that I shall, 011 Monday, the 31 st day of Match, A. D. 1884, ut the hourot one o'clock m., of said day, at the tront door of the court house in the town of Hope, Steele county and Territory of Dakota, proceed to sell the right, title and Interest of the above named N. B. Flatt In and to the above described property, to satisfy said judgment and costs, amounting to sixty-nine (Silti.03) dollars and three cents, together with all accruing costs of sale, and interest on the same from the I 1 th day of February, 1884, at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash. C. H-WARD, Sheriff, ByL. A. Jacobson, deputy, J. c. McCoy, plaintiff's attorney. Dated, Hope, D. T., February 18,1884. feb22 Dr. F. E. MeCutehins, E N I S HOPE, D. T, "vr ©TICK.- -Timber Culture. 1 a3i U. S. Land Office, Fargo, D. T. Nov 8 th, 1883. Complaint having been entered at this office by Charles V. Green against Lauretz Johnson for abandoning his Timber Culture entry No. 4(S78, dated July 30,1880, upon the Vi of sec No. 14, tp 140 n, 55 w, In Steele county, Dakota, with a view to the cancellation of said entry tbe said parties are hereby summond to appear at this office ou the 14th day of April, 1884, at 10 o'clock a. in., to respond and furnish testimony concern ing said alleged abandonment. HORACE AUSTIN, Register. Thomas & Benton, attorneys. teb20 NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF. Land Office at Fargo, D. T., I Dec. 20.1883. Notice Is hereby given that the following uamed settler has tiled notice of his intention to make final proof In suppoit of bis claim aud secure final entry thereof on the 14th day of February, 1884, viz Jeipme Merits, D. s: No. hn27, for the Vi and el^of swii and 14 of ik of sec 10, tp 143 n. 54 w, and names the following as bis witnesses, vis D. H. Madeira, H, p. Peterson, J. S. Pratt, T. McPherson, all of Page, Cass county, D. T., the testimony of witnesses to be taken be fore George Cook, notary public, at Page. Cass county, D. T., on the 13th day of February, A. D. 1884, at his office. Time of taking testimony continued to March 25th, 1884 aua you, Fred B. Simmons, who made H. E. No. 10430 upon said-tract, are hereby noti fied to be and appear at this office ou March 28tb, 1884, and show cause, if any there be, why your said entry should not be cancelled and said Parks allowed to make final proof and payment for said land. HORACE AUSTIN, Register. Iwaw? 4 Francis, attorneys. te^a'9 r.- i. I .11 .V-A-l- I.— "V-J.:* Official Directory. TKRR1TORIAI. OFFICERS. Delegate to Congress—J. B. Raymond, Fargo. Governor—N. G. Ordway. Secretary—George H. Hand. Treasurer—William H. McVey. Auditor—G. L. Ordway. Superintendent Instruction—W. H. H. Beadle. Suneyor-General—Cortez Fessenden. Chief-Justice Snp. Court—A. J. Edgerton. Justice Third District—S. A. Hudson. District-Attorney—W. F.Bali. COUNTY OFFICERS. County Commissioners—P. S. Muckav, Thomas Ward, It. W. Berry. Register of Deeds—Edward J. McMahon. Probate Judge—Charles A. Renwlck. Shertff—Charles H. Ward. Treasurer—Clarence J. Paul. Kupt. Public Schools—H. II. Simpson. t'lerk District Court-Willard 1'. Mliler, Assessor—H. D. Carpenter. Coroner—Dr. W. H. M. Philip'. Justices ol the Peace— Charles Sloper. skinner. Constable—William Cochrane. W. TO SITBSCRIBKHS. It your paper is not received promptly, you will confer a fav6r by notifying the publisher at once. When this paragraph Is marked it signifies that the subscriber is in arrears for tha PIOVKKII, and such subscriber is politely requested to send us the money. On the 25tli of April next, VOLUME THBEE ot THE HOPE PIONEER will commence, and It would be a great accommodation to the Publisher if subscribers In arrears will settle promptly, as the expenses of printing a paper in a new country are necessarily quite heavy, and every cent due is needed to meet said expenses. MERE MENTION. WHAT JlllOKE THE DItOVTH. Ole Aaron lung de bell An' Moses writ de law, Ole Judas went ter hell— Dar's hot lead In his craw. Singer, look up I11 de sky, ole Sister Moll, An' see dat angel wld a paraosol, He's jes' comln' down from his place 011 high "An's ercuttln' de air like a butterfly. Ole Job he had de biles An' Absalom had de mule, John was a mighty good clille An' Tnonias was a fool. Singer, lllng up yer head, ole Sister Jane, An' see de angels er makln' it rain, Da's ilyln' ter de north an' er lljln' ter de south, "Da's •gwlnir fur terbreak dls buniltT drOhlh. —Arkansaw Traveler. Put away the buffalo overcoats. Six car loads of freight came in last Sunday. The snow is disappearing slowly. Take down the storm-doors aud etorm-win dows. Emigrants' movables are arriving daily by rail. P. S. Mackay flRs out in his handsome, new sleigh on Wednesday. The backbone of winter is iirokon, and smil ing spring wafts zephyrs like unto new-mown bay. A railroad crew, consisting cif 35, supped at the Hope House last Sunday evening, R. D. Stewart has adopted a novel plan for exterminating the gopher. Ask him. Farmers are making preparations to com mence their spring work. There is a drift of snow in C. A. Renwick's lumber yard twelve feet high. Everybody wears a spring smile iu addition to linen dusters aud other summer apparel. C. R. Black will be ready for boarders iu a few days. Sheriff Ward leaves La Salle, 111., for Hope, Monday, tiie 24th inst C. H. Brown says he will have tiie dandy billard parlor when lie opens up tiie first of April. We understand that H. 0. Neiman contem plates putting a bar in the Hope House this spring. Dr. F. E. McCutchins left for Mardell on Tuesday, where lie will remain for a week en gaged upon dental work. Some of our citizens have subscribed the means to place a board walk across the street in front of Merrieli Bros Sc Luce's store. John Finieyson will open his hotel, corner Steele avenue and Second street, on the first of April. Mr. John Beal leaves Elk City, Kan., with his family this week, for his farm near Colgate, this couuty. There will be such a business boom iu this vicinity this spring as Hope has never before experienced. H. H. Wasem was out Wednesday last in the latest style spring "Derby." Verily, spring is here. Messrs. Merrieli Bros. & Luce received a car load of seeders by Wednesday's train. This ii the first arrival of farm machinery this spring. Bev. Thomas McElroy will preach iu the Hope Congregational Church, both afternoon and evening of Sunday next, in the absence of Rev. Mr. Norris, who has gone to Minneapolis. Chas. D. Organ, of La Porte, Iud., came in on Wednesday's train, and will remain a few days while canrassing the advantages of our town aud couuty. Owing to snow blindness, Mr. Upton waB compelled to employ a substitute to bring the mail up from Tower City last Tuesday, Mr. Furlong, ot Page, filling his place aud bring ing the mail in on time. Judge C. A. Renw,ck leaves Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday, the 22d inst., with his wife and little boy, aud is expected to arrive in Hope oil Monday's train. His house is'being fitted up and prepared fer his coming. As justice is a stranger to the Mayville Tri buue-Eagle-Tiines-Sinith, a thoughtful reader can easily see why it winces. The west end of Traill can't run the whole. Our agent, Chas. A. Barlow, is preparing for tiie spring campaign by giving tbe passenger room of the dbpot a thorough cleaning. Mrs. Cameron did the work, and it looks as clean as a new pin. That is right, CJiaMR We" like to ®ee a ii^ce, waiti^ roftiii. HOPE, STEELE CO., NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1884. Why is the Mayville Tribune like the "Great Sahara Desert?" Becaus^ its a barren waste. Why is the Mayville Tribune not like the "Great Sahara Desert?" Because it hasn't got the re quired "sand". The enterprising firm of Merrieli Bros. & Luoe sold, 011 Wednesday last, Buford gang plows, 4 Triumph seeders, 4 spring-tooth liar rows, 6 broad tire wagons, one 12 horse power steam threshing engine and a J. I. Case Agita tor threshing machine. This is a heavy day's sale for the opening of spring business. There is considerable, speculation in regard to the extension of the Hoiie branch the com ing spring and summer, though nothing posi tive can be ascertained as to whether it will be this or the Mayville branch. It will be one of the two, and we trust it may be the Hopo branch. Who says advertising won't pay! Rev. Mr. Norris tells us that tlirougteite^lvertisement in- the PIONKKK he has) been able to rent his land advantageously and lie aslo says that lie lias had several oilier applications, among them one from Fargo and another from Ken tucky. The Kentucky party will lie with ns this spring. The first regular train that we have hart for four weeks, came up 011 Monday. Conductor Kirciibuain, who runs freight lietw/ Breek enridge and Mayville, brought it Conduc tor Milton, who was placed on tlief po branch early the winter, will return with the old crew and continue 011 this branch until further notice. H. P. Carpenter is making extensive prepa rations for butter making. He is enlarging and fitting up his dairy and adding to his num ber of milk cows, and expects to do a large business in this line this season. Merrieli Bros, and Luce are engaged making the tin ware necessary for the dairy. Mr. Carpenter will continue to supply our citizens with the lacteal fluid. The Mayville Tribune editor dons a Punch suit and gets off the followiug very, very funny lines: "We hear complaints from the farmers of Steele couuty, that their taxes will be double the amount than formerly, aud unless the divi sion busiuess is declared to bo a fraud by the courts, they will lie compelled to continue dancing to the music of the fiddles in the bauds of their bosses." Wo would be pleased to see a few of those farmers the Tribuue speaks of. We have not feasted our eyeB 011 natural curiosity for some time. Engine no. 162 came in ?#bout 6:80 p. m„ otiiinay, with snow iiH)W Attached. It plowed tbe snow off the main tr'ick without accident, but in attempting to open the side track east of the depot, the left forward truck wheel, caught in the frog, breaking tho flange on the iefft forward truck wheel and causing the en gine to jump the track, running about three rail lengths from the frog. As it left the track a rail was torn out and broken. The engine, after leaving the rails, was tipped partly over, but no further damage was douc, aud no ono was injured. The wrecking car came up ou Monday, and after numerous attempts, the de railed engine was safely placed upon the track, and after steaming up, started to Breckeuridge for repairs, and is out bucking snow again by this time. Everything looks favorable for a large list of new comers to this county this spring. There are a fiue lot of railroad lands that can lie purchased at low figures this spring, and, in fact, some of tho best government land in the territory yet unoccupied, may be found in the northern part of Steele county. Wo predict that no land in this county can be purchased next year for less than double the figures at which much will be secured this spring. Though Dakota lauds would bo cheap at al most any price, yet the so-advertised "cheap lands" of this territory will soon be too high for the man with but little means. This is tbe third and last spring that lands will be sold cheap, so. dear reader, if you do not already own a Dakota farm, catch ou now. Tin Mayville Tribuue is still whining about last spring's elections—at the first of which the people declared that the county seat should not be removed from Caledonia, and at the second that Steele county should be formed as set forth by the legislature one year ago this month. The St. Vitus' dance that the Mayvillo edirtor is engaged in was occasioned by the refusal of the canvassing board to count the contents of the two or three stuffed ballot boxes from the West End. Tho Tribune might have more cause for complaint did it not continually ad vocate tampering with the scales of justice. If the Tribune ever offered a moral point it might get up on a pedestal and cry aloud: "Justice shall not be thwarted," but as it is, that paper had better lay low, and continue the publication of religious clippings. Peterson's Magazine for April is of sterl ing merit, even more so than usual. It opens with a charming steel-engraving, "The Little Gleaner." Then comes a double-sized, colored, Steele fashion-plate four patterns fo D'Oyley's, embroidered, printed in colors and quite half a hundred wood-engravings of fashions, de signs for work-table, eta, etc. Tbe stories, as usual, are the best of their kind. They lead off with "The Utterly Utter Boston Browns," illus trated, that is full of racy wit "Peterson," iD short, gets better and better. Tiie price is s^ill only two dollars a year. To clubs }t is aston ishingly low, vis four copies for six dollars aud a-half, with an extra copy to the person getting up tho club. Or five c-pies for eight dollars, witli both an extra copy and "Tired Out," a splendid steel-engraving, or "The Golden Gift," illustrated, for getting up tiie club. Specimens are seut, gratis, to persons wishing to get up clubs. It is not too late to subscribe for 1884. Address Chas. 3. Peterson, 300 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pa. Weather Report. The following is a correct report of each day's temperature for the week ending yes terday at 8 o'clock a. m., together with that of the correspoudiug week last j.eru. 'iije hyphen indicates below zero: 1 1884. 1883. 8AMj4PM 9AM-4PM .... 23 Thursday I...I20 "VA "V* &*«. "v- ^s£ 9AM-4PM .... 23 Friday 8 24 14 18 Saturday I 2 it! 4 jlrt Sunday '30 :14 20 30 Monday 18 24 32 |10 20-1 8 Tuesday _.!18 34 32 |10 20-1 8- Wednesday !12 38 14-0 Thursday :30 3-1.... Fryday, clear, wiud west Saturday, cl«ar( wind northeast Sunday, clear, y^ind yortli Monday, ciqi^, wind southwest Tuesday,1 changeable, wilid'' Sbuthwesl "Wednesday, cloudy, wind south Thursday, cloudy, v?i(i'd 401% KEffS WUGGETM. GRAFTON, March 15.—A fire broke out here at 6 o'clock this morning. Four buildings were destroyed. Loss, $3,200. Insurance, $1,300. NEW ORLEANS, March 17.—The wind to night readied a velocity of forty-eight miles per hour. Several steamboats and barges were blown adrift 011 the river. The steamer Cannon sustained some slight damage, Portland, Oregon, Special: Great mortality prevails among the horses iu different sections of Oregon. The disease appears to be the blind staggers. CHICAGO, Marcli 17—A call was issued here to-day for a national, convention of anti-mon opolists, to be Iteld hero May 14, to nouiiuate a presidential tiiket. The quota of represen tation will be four delegates aud' four alter nates from each congressional district, lour from each tervitpry and four from the District of Columbia. CHICAGO, March 17.—A fire occurred in South Chicago early this morning, destroying completely the large frame row known as the Calumet block aud twelve other frame' build ings adjoining. Assistance was asked from the city, aud five steamers were sent to the scene, but tiie flames had been brought under control before their arrival. The buildings were occupied maitity as stores. The losses approximate $(0,000 to $100,000. CHICAGO, Special Telegram, March 16.—Tiie Northwestern, Omaha and Northern Pacific railroads have issued a special j^iut freight tariff announcing the rate 011 all Black-Hills freight-, except explosives and classes iiiglier tlian first-class, via Dickinson, Dak., from Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha, to he 75 cents per 100 poundB. Tiie rato will go into effect to-morrow. This lias fairly knocked the bottom out of Black Hills rates, upon which a war has been raging for several weeks. There promises to he a lively fracas over this busiuess. TRENTON, N. J., Marcli 17.—A. L. Love, of Livingston, Montana, was to-day appointed receiver of the Yellowstone Park Improvement Company, LONDON, March 17.—Thoair is full of rumors ot dissensions iu the cabinet, the resignation of Gladstone and the disolution of parliament The cabinet are In favor of a prolonged occu pation of Egypt, to which Gladstone ip opposed. Ministerialists are confident that whatever happens, Gladstone will insist udon tiie final decisiou by parliament on the county franchise question. UntieH of Ton'iM'J. Boards', Editor Hope Pioneer: Iu less thau two weeks the voters in this school township will meet and elect a town ship school board. It will be the first school election in Steele county, and as tho law gov erning it is of recent date, it may not be out of place to call attention to somo of the require ments of the law so that the people can act iutelligently in the matter. The couuty commissioners have divided the couuty into school townships aud fixed the township boundaries as stated in a former issue of the PioNEKit. The couuty commissioners call the first election iu each towusliip and ap point all the election officers. This refers only to first elections, such as are to bo held in April next in this couuty. Right hero ii may be well to state that all officers elected in April hold office only uutil the regular annual election which will lie hold on the 27th day of June this year. The officers to he chosen are a di rector, clerk and treasurer. It is very impor tant to understand that the above officers, who constitute tho township board have general charge aud control of the affairs of tiie schools iu the township. They have full power to purchase, sell, exchange and liiro school houses, etc. to organize, locate aud establish schools to employ all teachers to purchase all books, furniture, etc aud to inaKo aud adopt rules and regulations for organization, grading, government, etc., of all schools in the town ship. The powers of the township board being so great, it behooves the voters to elect capable aud honest men. It is a difficult undertaking to get lid of an incompetent man, and I would advise the voters at the coming election to se lect wisely and thereby save the annoyance of any subsequent "kicking." Members of township boards must be chosen from different parts of tiie township. Only one member can be chosen from tiie territory included in one sciiod. When there are two schools, ono member must be chosen from the territory of each, and one from territory not included by auy school. The election of two officers of the township board from oue school will be illegal and coid. The law is plain and emphatic on this point and should not be violated. At the first election in eacli township tho voters must choose by ballot a name for tiie township, by which name it will be known and designated thereafter. After the township officers have been elected and have qualified, they assume the manage ment and control of ail school property in tiie township. The township assumes all tiie debts and liabilities, all the outstanding bonds, and interest thereon, of tiie old school districts, the school house and furniture of which are re ceived within the schpol town ships and owned thereby, the same as if the bonds had been issued and the debts incurred by tiie school township. Officers of old school districts must make over to the township board a full statement of property, debts, etc., of their district. No township organization shall be deemed complete nor shall old districts cease to exist or their officers to act until all matters between tiie district aud township are adjusted and the property delivered and funds paid over. When there are two old school districts included in a township, there must lie an equalization of taxes and property between tbe districts. Ou the first day of Juue of e?ich year, the clerk of the B9li(\ol township must make an numeration of all the children betwen the ages of seven aud twenty years who are resi dents withiu the township and also list the names of parents or others having ciiarge of such children. The proper person having charge of the children may choose any school in the township to which to be attached, and persons so selecting a particular school are con sidered as belonging to tiie sc^o.o} so selected and cannot attach themselves to any other school without permission from tiie township board. TChe ppfto'ns BO selecting a particular siliool are voters at Bciiool meetings, and with tl children belonging to the gchoo) are known as a school virnler the number assigned it by tbe township board. S* uttt SehoniTneetmgrmn^ be called" at any time by tiie moderator or any five voters who belong to tiie school, ami ten days notice of such meet lug should IH posted iu three public places in the vicinity. The school meeting lias tho power to fix tho time when school shall begin. This is a good provision, as it gives the interested parties the privilege to select a time for holding the school which will bo for the iieat interests of tiie ma jority. The school meeting may also protest against the employment of any particular teacher and tiie township board cauuot employ for tiiat scliool any teacher whom tiie meeting decides they do not wish employed. Tiie scliool meetiug can also decide what extra branches shall bo taught in tiie scliool. With tiie exception of the throe cases mentioned above, tho scliool meeting lias only advisory power, the chief control remaining in the township board. The inhabitants of auy part of a township who have ton or more children of a scliool age, none of whom live nearer than a mile and a lialf to any school house, may petition the township board to provide a scliool house to accommodate their community. Also, when there are twelve or more school children BO situated, they may serve a notice two weeks previous ou the towusliip board that they in tend to organize a scliool, and after being or ganized and a qualified teacher employed, who lias an average daily attendance of nine or more, the pay of the teacher not exceeding twenty dollars a month for four months in each year, shall be a charge upon tho school township. A school month consists of twenty scliool days, or scliool week of five days, and Satur days are not counted as school days. Kvery child between the ages of ten nod fourteen yeM^residing within two iniies of a public school must tou.1 .school at least twelve weeks in each year, at least BljfVeeks of which must be consecutive, unless excuseu'iy the scliool Iward by reason of some Infirmity,"C. that such child or children are taught an equal time in some private school or regularly at home. The township director, assisted by the moderator, must see that the requirements of this provision are complied with, aud in case of non-compliance must make a complaint be fore a justice of the peace against the person having tiie child or children in charge, and upon conviction, the person shall be fined not less than three nor more than ten dollars. I have eudeavord to give an outline of the law so far as it relates to the rights aud privi leges ot the public at large. The several offi cers, when elected, will of course study thor oughly tiie law governing tlieir officinl duties and lie guided thereby. Residents in the vicinity of a school houso should see that tiie township board call school meetings without delay, BO they may elect a moderator and have some voice in the selection of a teacher and the management of thescliool. I would again repent that it is of the utmost importance that the township board, consist ing of director, treasurer aud clerk, should be men of ability and euerey, and, above all, lwneM. Respectfully, parts of SO. 48. Upon the organization of a school township the township board must call and give ten days notice for a special meeting for each school in the township. No person can vote at the school meeting unless he or she is the head of a family having a child or children of schhol age. Proud fathers of infant prodigies under seven years of age, cannot vote at these school meetings. This provision prevents any inter ference in school matters by parties who have no real interest in the matter. At the first school meeting tiie qualified voterB must elect moderator, who will hold tho office uutil the next annual sUiool meeting on tiie last Satur day in August. The moderator so elected has charge of the school house and other property of bis particular school, makes repairs, pro vides fuel, lias power to exclude refractory pupil from school, and has general supervision of his school, subject at all times to the author ity of tbe township Itoard who alone have full control of all thescliool affairs in tho township, E. S. SEYMOUR, Hopo, D. T., March 18th, 1884. THE COFXR IVALENE MINES. What F. Jl. Washburn, who haN Large Interests there Hays About Tliein. Mr, F. M. Washburn, formerly engaged iu Hope by Messrs. Beidler & Robinson, our en terprising lumber dealers, is uow at Eagle City, Idaho, where tiie great gold excitement wages hot. We extract the following from a private letter to our genial station agent, C. A. Barlow, which will be read with deep Interest by Mr. Washburn's many friends in this vicinity, who will be glad to learn of his prosperity: FAOI.E Cm, C'OEUR D'AI.ENE MINES, Idaho. February 28th, if84. FHIKND BAKLOW: Your letter of 9tli received to-day, and I take the first opportunity to an swer. Last summer I started west from Herman, Minn., coming to Spokane Fails, W. T., and soon this gold excitement broke out, and I came here on a stampede about the 20th of October, and have been here ever since. You can lqcato the mines ou a map at about 60 miles south ot the Northern Pacific, near tbe Montana line in the pan-handle of Idaho. Tbe country is new and unprospected, asd I think it is a "dandy." Imagine a town of BOO log cabins, some large, some small, and all of them low, in a deep, narrow gulch, with high, mountains on either side covered with timber from their base 2,000 feet up, then on up 2,000 feet further snow capped, and you have it as it is. Butimagiue me coming from Spokane Fails with four miners and 21 ponies packed, and over the worst mountain trail in the world. We were eight days on the road, and when we got here there was but one small log cabin in the gulch, and I helped build the second one, and lay out a town site (Eagle City) and drew a map of it, and from this lias grown tbe town, and it will be a Deadwood in less than three months. Town lots are now worth from $100 to $5,000, and some of them have jumped from $1,000 to $3,000 in one week, and this in the dead of winter. Old miners say that Eagle City will be as large as Leadville before the summer is gone. Thousands tj men are com ing from all parts of the West, and I estimate the nun\l^ now here to be about 3,000, and there wilt be at, leaB( 25,000 people hereby next August. Everything is. "booming." Saloons and gambling houses are running full blast night and day, aud we have a man for breakfast nearly every morning. We have already a good sized graveyard, started with men who all died with their boots on. Gamblers, rob bew and thieves are gathering bere bos all tbe earth, and all excited cm the gold. I have been playing in big loek have pUnty of town property, and ha*» got a good raising claim, as well as an IntOeat in fonr otben, and if things prove good I will make a "cleui 1 up,''and lit I fail I will go broke, for I have [at everything in here to make or break. How ever, everything looks favorable just now. I have never seen such a good chance to make money, and may never eee another one, and I am going my full length on it, and unless some one gets the drop and puts a ballet Into me, I will come out all right. I want to get out by the first of October next, for a mining camp is no place to stay by, but only to make quick money and get oat. Well, In regard to the couulry, I will say that I would not advise you to come here now, for everything is a gamble, and thousands will come iu and go out broke, for all can't win. If I had nothing here I should not hesitate about leaving, but if I can see anything open where I thiuk you can make money, I will let you know at once. My health has not been good since I came here, the high altitude does not agree with me I am getting as thin as a match and am rustliug like the mischief to make a "scratchr' and get out Minneapolis is good enough for me when I get money. I expect to go to Portland, Oregon, soon, on business. While I have been sitting here writ" ing, a summons lias lieen served on me for jumping a mining claim. I will come out ahead in this little matter, although it will cost ine something. Yours truly, F. M. WASHBCHK. Mr. R. A. Wels, who lilts just returned from the mines, informs the St Paul Globe that at present there are 2,600 people in the mines, among whom are about forty women. He came out through the Trout Creek trail. What Is known as the Thompson's Falls trail which strikes tiie mines at Raven City the town far thest up the gulclu Tills is generally regarded as the spot where the best mines are situated. Raven City is about nine miles above Eagle City, and is about 1,000 feet higher thau Eagle City the fail of the gulf ranges from 75 to 125 feet to tiie mile. There are several paying properties lying between the two places that have been worked more or lees. One of these is known as "Tiie Widow's Claim," and the other as "Tiie Frenchman's Claim," The former is well known to be a good paying mine and very productive, and tiie latter from oue day's work with a rocker, recently yielded $42. Thin shows that it will pay over $100 a day if worked the proper way and with sluices. Work Is to be resumed Immediately on the Widow's mine. This claim IB valued at $30,-. 000, a one-tenth interest having been sold a short time since for $3,000. Tbe Saturday be fore Mr. Weis left the mines, that was the first of Maroli, a meeting was held at Raves City at which it was determined to take the Thomp» sou's FallB trail and ou the next Saturday, the 8th, tiie miners turned out In a body for that purpose and opened the trail from the town to the summit, about seven injles. The work re quired to accomp,ish this was simply cutting down tho timber and trampling down the suow. This the miners kept at till the work waB accomplished, The snow is from six to ten or twelve feet deep between tbe summit and Raven City aud cannot be traveled with pack animalB for at least five or six weeks, during which time ail freight from the Buminlt will linve to be brought down on hand sleds. The toatal length of the trail from one side to tiie other is about thirty miles. Mr. Weis states that everything looks well in the mines, their richness is undisputed, and lie feels oonfident 'bat there will be an Immense stampede into/1 the mine jw soonas the spring opgns. TERRITORIAL TALK. St Paul Globe: Dakota will spend nearly a million aud a half for school porposes this year. St Paul Globe: Bismark is arranging for street railroads this season. There is nothing too good for the capital people. St Paul Globe Mandan has just perfected the organization of a fire company, that prom ises to be efficient. St. Paul Glolie: Delegate Raymond has nom inated Curtis D. Wilber, a very bright young man of the high shcool at Jamestown, as a ca det at Annapolis. St Paul (ilobe: The Yellowstone has been higher at tiie mouth of the Rosebud the post week than over before known. St Paul Globe: The indications in the Red river valley are that the snow will disappear very soon, but not so rapidly aB to cause a flood. Farmers expect to commence seeding Dy April 1. Wahpeton Times: Col. Lounsberry has sev ered his connection with the Bismark Tribunft, and is a promineut candidate for the Governor ship of Dakota. The Mandan Pioneer says: The stock on the upper Missouri ranches is reported in fine con dition. Although the winter was severe, less than four per cent of stock was lost Tho St Paul Globe: Tiie Baptist and Meth odist churches are holding anion revival meet ings at Wahpeton, and much good is being ef fected. Several hardened cases have been re claimed. Wahpeton Times: The Marquis de Mores lias gone to Washington to obtain a contract for carrying the mail from the Little Missouri to Deadwood. The marquis will open up a stage route and put on a regular line of coaches. St. Paul Globe: Mr. Thomas Hanlan, from the Yellowstone country, says (he ice is going) out and that the Tongue river is.uow open, but that the Ice is gorged between Miles and Billings, aud that if a sudden thaw should come on there would likely be trouble. Devils Lake Inter-Ocean t' Modiste Boberts arrived here Monday from St Johts. He brought with him a specimen of tobacco rais ed on his place near the town. Tbe leaf Is 18 luches long, and is well cured and of good color. Mr. Roberts planted a few seeds last season as an experiment He says hfe plants did well, and he cut and housed aboat 100 pounds. A climate and soil that will produce tobacco should certainly have but few terrora for tho timid. A large wheat dealer went to Duluth recent ly with orders to purchase twenty thousand bushels of No. 2 hard for immediate delivery. Visiting the commission men he reports that be was told "we cannot fill the order if it got ont that such an order was here, wheat would go up 10 cents." This confirms tbe theory that tiie Millers' Association have exclusive control ot all the wheat not only in the elevators along the line of road, bat all in store at Duluth. So long as tbe Millers' Association keeps out com petition, so long will the producer be compell ed to take whatever price may be tendered by the monopolists for their wheat This must change. Local enterprise mast take hold and handle the wheat if foreign capital will not come in.—Fargo Argus. An old-time clergyman of eastern Connecti cut was very quick at repartee. Onoe when' on an exchange, he was annoyed to find the room so dark, and beckoning to a person near tbe pulpit, be asked him to open the blinds^ and let in more light "We expect light from you," said tho gentleman. "But I must get It from Heaven first," was Hie quick rejoinder^ —Harpft Bum* "M3 V-*