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THE HOPE PIONEER,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT
R. KL SIMFSOIST,
Editor and Proprietor.
Subscription, per Year, sie.OO
felx Honthg,..n l.OO
IN ADVANCE.
VEntered at the Postofflce in Hope, North
Dakota, as second-class mail matter.
STILL IN FRONT!!
lti£S£Jr
goods
WON£f
ISfExperience is certainly a dear school. I
have been buying goods of every Tom, Dick and
Harry, even sending away to New York aud
Chicago but I shall quit that iustanter.
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With the best selected stock of Groceries and Provisions in Steele
County, and with the determination to sell nothing but first-class
goods. Largo stock of Dry Goods. Elegant line of Boots and
Shoes. Endless variety of Men's Furnishing Goods. Flour, Bran
and Shorts. MOTTO: Will not be undersold.
H. H. WASEM, HOPE, D. T.
Wishing to dispose of the balance of our stock of Winter Goods, we have
marked everything iu the line of
'^-JJoods. Nubias, Scarfs, Gloves, Mittens, Caps—All ,Woolen Goods,
^sat
l»'JI
JSPYou are right, it is, sometimes. My ex
perience, however, is that I save money by al
ways buying my goods at the well known firm
of Wain berg 4 Jacobsou.
OVER COAT S,
WOOLEN UNDERWEAR,
cost
lienreniber, whcn you wish any thing in the line ot Bry Goods,
Boots and Shoes, Groceries and Provisions, or Drugs, that
we are headquarters for the same, and have as
fine stocks to select from as can be found
in the Northwest.
WAMBERC & JACOBSON,
HOPE, DAKOKA.
E A E O S 0.1/.E. IMa-oL^R-EnST
McMahon & MacLaren,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
•HOPE, STEELE CO., £. T.
Practice in the District and Supreme Courts
of Dakota Territory.
Real Estate and Insurance.
iMOZfcTElT TO LO-AJST.
CoUections personally attended to. Taxes
Paid for non-residents.
Settlers Located on Government Land. County and School Orders
and Bonds Bought and Sold. Final Proof made a Specialty.
T. K. HULME,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
AT LAW.
Farm Lands and Town Lpts
BOUGHT AKD SOLD ON COMMISSION.'
MONEY LOANED FOR FINAL PROOF.
s-lk HOPE, DAKOTA
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THE HOPE
Roller Rink
IS NOW OPEN EVERY
Afternoon and Evening.
MUSIC BY THE
Hope Brass Band
EVERY
Wednesday & Saturday
Night.
A. L. RECK EN RIDGE,
Proprietor.
THE
Hope House,
J. Xj. wilco:
Proprietor.
Having just secured a threo year*'-.*.™
this well known hotel, I propose to make it
strictly first-class in all its appointments.
Its rooms aro large, airy and handsomely fur
nished, with every convenience for boarders,
and is one of the largest and handsomest hotel
buildings in the Territory. Every attention
will bo paid to the wants of visitors and board
ers. Livery teams to be had by applying at
the offlcc.
TERMS S2.QO oer Day
L. N. WOOD & CO,
HOPE, D. T.,
DEALERS IN
E N E A
Hardware!
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY,
Stoves Ranges
cSsO., cScO. jj§
LE AGENTS VOW
A A N
Stoves and Ranges,
THE BEST IN THE
WORAD
P. P. RICE
Dealer In General Htrchimdise, such as
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots, Slioes, Crockery
And Glassware,
Alr,o a line line of
NOTIONS AND GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
All of which will be sold very cheap.
THIRD ST., Xoi-th of Hope House,
LIVERY AND SALE
STABLE
Frank Hill & Son,
HOPE, DAKOTA.
t2P"Flrst class In every way. Good hones, tine
carriages with careful drivers furnished at a mo
ment's notice. Single and double rigs and good
saddle horses ready for uae. Terms reasonable.
We are always ready to eell or buy a good hone.
Come and see ua.
VrDTlCB WFIVAL IMS
OOF.
J3I -Land Office at Fargo, 1). T.. ).
January 21st, 188(5.
Notice Is hereby given that the following named
settler has tiled notice of his Intention to make
final proof in support of his claim and secure
final entir therpof, viz:
Henry Bentley, H. IS, No, lf),.188 for the to ik of
sec tp 145 n, 54 w, find names tho following'
lis his witnesses, viz: Amos L. Plummer and
Albert L. Hanson otHillsboro. and Nathan Bentley
and Wilson l*ets of Clifford, all of Traill county,
1. T. The testimony ot claimant and witnesses
to be taken before the register and receiver D. b.
land office at Fargo. D. T„ on tbe 10th day ot
Harch, A. D. 188H, at his office.
HOBACE AUSTIN, Register.
J. F. Selby. attorney. laii2Hfeb5-12-lit-2(8mh5
"VI OT1CK OF FINAL PHOOF.
Land Office at Fargo. D. T., 1
January 21.18K8.
Notice Is Hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his Intention to make
final proof In support of his claim and secure final
entry thereof, viz: Wellington Van Dusen, 11. E.
No. 10,073 for the 14 of sec, 26, t| 140 n,
Etl w: and names tbe following as his witnesses
viz: Leonard Yerwpst, G. W- Winchell. B. w!
Berry, J. 11. Roberts, all of Slierhrooke, Steele
county, D. T. Tbe testimony ot claimant and
witnesses to be token betore i, T, Drakeley, Judge
and ex-offlclo clerk of the probate court, at Sher
brooke, Steele eounty. D. T.,on tbe 13th day of
Uarch, A. D. 1886, at his office.
HOBACE AUSTIN, Keglster.
E. S. Sejmour, attorney.
Iehgmyg4fe26ah6
VOLUME IY. HOPE, STEELE CO., D. T„ FRIDAY, JANUARY 29,1880. NUMBER 41.
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LOCAL ITEMS.
Wheat 68 cents.
Superintendent WInchell was in town Mon
day.
Attorney C. J. Paul went to Fargo on Tues
day.
C. M. MacLaren went to Fargo yesterday on
business.
Commissioner Goplerud iB iu town to-day at
the Hope House.
District Attorney Huline ia confined to his
room by a severe cold.
J. B. Honeyman, ot Slierhrooke, returned
from Cassclton Tuesday.
George A. Luce went to Fargo on Tuesdayrs
train and will return to-morrow.
We learn from the Cooperstown Courier that
Allen Breed has gene to Colorado for the win
ter.
Mrs. Wm. Faulkner and family left for St.
Paul yesterday to join the Captain and enjoy
tUo ice palace carnival.
Coroner Henry Tliutnm left for visit to
Fort Wayne, Indiana, Tuesday, and will re
turn about the first of March.
P. P. Rice goes to Wiluiar to-morrow on a
visit to relatives, and may possibly extend his
trip to St. Paul to visit the iee palace,
Jauies Louey, who has been with Messrs.
Merriell Brothers & Luco for the last four
years, goes to Chicago on Tuesday for a six
week's vacation.
Owing to the bad condition of Urn roads and
the severe weather last week, Mr. Uptou, the
mail carrier between Tower City aud Coopers
town, missed one of his trips.
One of the, county safes which was being
conveyed to Sherbrooke a day or two since
was upset In a snow drift just after crossing
one of the brandies of the Goose.
Married—Tuesday evening, January 26,
at the residence of Rev. 0. P. Miller, that gon
tleman officiating, Alonzo Sicklesteel to Miss
Nettie Hagan, both of Cooperstown.
County Clerk Seymour writes us a communi
cation
Baying
that tho total amount of war­
rants drawn from Jau. 5,1S85, to Jan. 3, 1880,
is $8,408.31, and not "over $15,000," as some
party or parties have reported.
There was quite a merry party gathered at
the residence of Mr. S. E. Fuller Tuesday eve
ning to celebrate the twenty-first birth day of'
his son Edgar. About fort}' persons were pres.
eat aud dauccd till away In tho small hours.
Dr. H. H, Baldwin, who aopie of our read
ers will remember as boing in Hope some three
years since, arrived .from Illinois on Tuesday,
and will for a short period relieve Dr.W. H. M.
Philip, who goes East Dr. Baldwin can at all
times be found in his office In tho Hope House
when not professionally engaged.
County Clerk Seymour has called a special
meeting of the beard of county commissioners
for Tuesday next, for the jiurpose of consider
ing what actiou shall be taken in tho case of
James Brown againBt Steele county, and for
the transaction of such other business as may
be brought before the board.
The second of tho series of tho club dances
was held last evening at tho Hopo House, at
which there was a full attendance, and every
thing passed off very pleasantly, as is always
tho case at these dances. The club havo de
cided to give their dauccs on Thursday even
ing of each week, the day first set for that
purpose. Dancing will begin at 8 o'clock p.
m., and contiuue till 1:30 a. m. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all to attend.
Frauk Gilmore left Thursday to pay a short
visit to his friend \V. H. Robinson, of Mayville,
the secretary and treasurer of the Beidler &
Robinson Lumber company, after which he
will go to his old home in Illinois to visit his
relatives, where he will remain till be regains
his health. Frank has had a pretty close call,
but his'many friends hereabouts rejoice that,
with true Dekota grit, he refused just yet to
yield te the old gent with a scythe in liis hand,
and hope that there are many years of useful
ness yet in storo for him.
From the report of County Coroner Thumin
to the territorial statistician at Huron, we
gifther the following items of interest in re
gard to the vital statistics of Steele county:
The total number of deaths was 6 males, 1 fe
males, 5 under 6 years, 2 between 40 and CO,
4 the causes of death were consumption, 1
heart disease, 1 improper care, 1 croup, 1
brain disease, 1 paralysis, 1 2 of the deceased
were born in Dakota, 1 in New York, 2 iu
Norway, 1 in England. The total number of
birthB reported is 32, of which 17 (one pair
twins) were males and 15 females.
The contractors of the ice palace say they
will have most of the work completed an(J
ready for tbe opening on Monday. There wiU
only remain to be completed after that time a
little of the trimming and topping off on the
main tower. The first evening it is expected
the palace will be brilliantly illuminated. Mr.
C. H. Warren, general passenger agent of the
Manitoba, has instructed Agent Turney to sell
round trip tickets, good for six days, to St.
Paul and return, including ticket to the car
nival groundB, for $11.70. The Bale of tickets
to commence January 30 and continue till
February 13. This is an excellent opportunity
for parties to visit St. Paul aud at the saino
time take in the carnival.
Notwithstanding the blustering weather last
evening, there was quite a fair turn out of the
people of Hope to listen to Rev. 0. P. Miller's
lecture on "An Ancient Ideal." Owing to the
fact that quite a number from the country who
were anxious to hear the lecture were de.
barred froui coming in owing to tbe inclement
weather, and owing also to a ruinor having
gained currency that tbe lecture had been
postponed, by a unanimous vote of those pres
ent it was decided to postpone the lecture till
next Friday evening at 8 o'clock, when it is
hoped the weather will permit of a large at
tendance. As the lecture is for the benefit of
tbe church, and the admission has been fixed
at tbe low price of 25 cents, the house should
be full.
Dr. Philip desires to inform his friends and
patrons that he has conclude^ to, t^e a much
needed vacation for a eoupie ot months, during
which time he will visit bis folks in the East
and at tbe sauw time take a Special coarse is
tbe Chicago hospital, thus keeping himself
abreast ot everything new in the practice of
medicine. After which Dr. Philip will return
and resume yi Is practicev In ^order that his
tUqr imvafler, he has Arranged with
Dr. Baldwin, an old friend from Illinois, to take
his place during his absence. Dr. Baldwin is
a graduate of the medical department of the
Northwestern University ot Chicago, and has
been practicing for the last four years in the
city of Joliet Illinois. Dr. Baldwin comes
highly recommended from that city, and those
desiring his services can find him in Dr.
Philips' office iu the Hope House.
The masquerade skating party at the rink
Wednesday evening was a decided success,
notwithstanding the weather was quite blue
try. The attendance from the country was
large, many of the young folks being in cos
tume. Much amusement was caiiBed by the
attempts to identify those in maBk, and
many lauguablo incidents occurred, which
added to the enjoyment of the occasion. The
following is a partial list ef those in costume:
Mrs. Wamberg representing Night Miss Mary
Roney, Miss Julia Ellsbury, Darkie Twins
Miss Eva Ellsbury, Queen of Hearts Miss
Myrtle Hunt, Day Miss Emma Patterson, Kit
tie Duu Miss Laura Breckenridge, Sister of
Charity Mr. J. J. Wambcrg, Clown James
McCullum, Farmer Will Whisnand, Biddie
McCoy Theodore Whisnand) Irish Character
Lew Roney, Jockey Eugene Warner, Indian
Howard McGovney, Chicago Belle DocBlaker,
Mother Hubbard Ernest Ruttle and J. Ruttle,
Colored Jockies Auios Rugg, Cavalryman
Martiu Schwartz, Boxer.
Both Sides.
It is worthy of special note that our neigh
bors, Griggs aud Steel counties, botli inaugu
rated the incoming of 1880 by refusiug to
grant license to sell intoxicating liquors. Wo
hope the result of their experiment will war
rant our own county board in following the
precedent in 1887. We havo 110 reason to be
lieve that tho sympathies of our commission
ers are specially with tho trade in iutoxicants,
but rather tho contrary and we hopo tliey will
yet be convinced that a soulid policy, as well
as sound principle, requires the suppression of
this business. Edmunds, one of the new Cen
tral Dakota counties, has also refused license
this yeav.—Carriitgton News.
Tho county commissioners of Steole and
Griggs counties aro raising the very shcol with
tho saloon men, having at their late meetings
resolved not to issue any license for the salo of
liquor during the year 1880. Just what the
result of this move will be wo aro not prepared
te say, but wo will risk the wager of our last
summer's hat that before the close of the pres
ent year the business men of both Cooperstown
and Hopo will apply to their respectivo boards
to havo the comities fenced in, advertised as
curiosities and—for sale.—Portland Inter
'an.
A %'ewspnxier Chang,
The Steele County Gazette, which was start
ed about a year ago with a great flourish ot
trumpets to "down" the eld pioneer paper,
The Hope PIONEER, has boen forced to succumb
to tho inevitable, and has gone to the great be
yond, the PIONEER having swallowed theestab
lishment—type, presses, and all. And thus
t'will ever be. The PIONBKR is a good paper
and has always stood up for its end of the
county, and we aro pleased to noto evidences
of prosperity.—Steele Herald.
The Hope PIONEER has absorbed the Steele
County Gazette and the PIONEER is the only
paper in Steele county. The PIONEER is agood
paper and now that it has tbe field alone the
chances aro that Hope will havo a first-class
healthy looking newspaper. One good, clean
paper is worth more to a town than two or
three scabby half starved looking sheets.—
Mayville Tribune.
W. F. Warner has
Bold
out his paper, the
Gazette, to R. H. Simpson of the PIONEER.
This is as it should be. Mr. Simpson, who
runs a good paper, cau now live. Either gen
tleman is too able to divide a small field with a
rival. One by one tbe "newspaper fellers" are
learning that a town of 500 people is different
from Chicago.—Griggs County Cturier.
Hudson's Bay Bouto.
Mr. Donald Grant, the well-known railway
contractor, has gone to Winnipeg to confer
with Muj. Jarvis and others interested in the
Hudson's Bay railway scheme, and to make an
estimate of the cost of buildiug tho road. Mr.
Grant expresses the utmost confidence in the
practicability of the route, aud is satisfied that
the railway will he built by some one in the
near future. Mr. Grant anticipates opposition
from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago and East
ern Canada to the scheme, but is satisfied that
plenty of capital for developing the route will
be forthcoming, and that railway, at least, will
soon bo an accomplished fact It is probable
that tbe fate of the scheme, so far as this sea
son is concerned, will be definitely settled on
the arrival of Mr, Hugh Sutherland, the presi
dent ot tho road, from Europe.
Unclaimed Letters.
The following is a lUt of letters remaining
in the Hope postofflce for the month of Jau
uary:
Also Laren Maggie miss
Beyerlo Katie miss SahwaryuobbR
Ernstly Lincer Whltlo Milton
Henderson W miss
PETER P. RICE, Postmaster.
The rage among newspapers for illustration
has fouud its way into the Northwest, and dur
ing the Carnival at St. Paul the Pioneer Press
proposes to make this feature very pro.niiQcnC
Special artists havo been secured'in addition to
those regqljulf attached to the paper. All
sports, processions and ceremonies connected
with the Ice Carnival will be elaborately re
produced. We advise our readers to send in
their subscriptions at once.
The decrease in the visible supply of wheat
from the preceding week, as posted on 'change
in Chicago last Tuesday, was 1,247,586 bushels.
The total visible supply of wheat at that date
was 55,870,797 the amount in Chicago eleva
tors was 14,561,032 bushels.
We are Interested.
If the Hudson Bay railroad is built, and it
now looks as it it would be, Winnipeg will be
at near to Liverpool as New York or Montreal.
Consequently it would naturally bring a large
immigration to the western part ot Canada^
and will just as naturally briqg$ l^rg*'pro
portion of it to northwestern part of' the
United States. Dakota and Minnesota are as
much interested iu the construction ot this
railway line as our neighbors over the bor
der.—Paul Globe.
McMahon & MacLaren are prepared to pay
taxes for non-residents.
Money toioao, in surns to suit, ebattel
mortgages by McMaho/i MacIrtirenV
v.- *1 A -t v. J. ..
omctAii
Proceedings of the Board of County
CommlRslonera.
SKEBBBOOKK, D. T., January 20,1886.
Board of County Commissioners met pursu
ant to adjournment at 11 o'clock a. m.
Present—Commissioners S. H. Nelson, chair
man, J. L. Wilcox and L. C. Goplerud,
The following bills were presented and, on
motion, were allowed and ordered paid from
general fund:
S. H. Nelson, services and mile
age, county commissioner, to
Jan. 12,1856 $83 60
Detroit Safe company, bill Jan. 4,
1856, one burglar proof safe for
/treasurer $410
Betroit Safe company, bill Jan. 4,
1880, one fire proof safe, regis
terot deeds 440—850 00
John Duncan, hauliug coal from
Hope, Jau. 19,1880 3 45
Beidler &• Robinson Luuilter com
pany, blli lumlier,Jan. 13,1880 9 74
T. E. Huluie, envelops aud sta
tionery 9 50
The following bills were allowed and, on
motion, were ordered paid from bridge fund:
Beidler & Robinson Lumber company,
bill Jan. 18, bridge lumber (29 76
Breed & Lennan, bridge lumber, bill
Jau. 12.1S86 i!2 54
On motion tho board adjourned till 2 o'clock
p. in.
Board reconvened pursuant to adjournment
All members present.
Report of county treasurer was presented,
and, on motion, was laid 011 tho table.
The following bills were presented and, on
motion, were ordered paid from general fund:
W. H. M. Philip, services and expenses,
superintendent board of health $17 00
L. C. Goplerud, services and mileage,
county commissioner 19 00
J. L. Wilcox, services aud mileage,
county commissioner 15 00
Hanua & Wood, 2,300 lbs stove coal.... 14 72
L. N. Wood & Co., two stoves, pipe, etc.,
bill Jan. 20,1880 33 05
Moved and ordered that G. W. Burgess' bill
of $19.50, for work in road district No. 19, bo
paid from road fund.
On motion tho board adjourned.
S. H. NELSON, Chairman.
Attest: E. S. SKYHOUR, County Clerk.
A Big Wheat Deal.
The Minneapolis correspondent of Uie St
Louis Globe-Democrat thus gossips about a
big wheat (leal which ho alleges is on the tapis:
"It has been known on 'change hero for
''some time that one of the biggest wheat deals
ever attempted, If not the biggest ono on
record, is now iu progress in the Northwest,
beiug worked from Chicago. Though the in
formation came direct aud from undoubted au
thority, it was at first doubted, but the course
of the market, which lias been watched closely
iu view of the effects of the deal, has been such
as to confirm the ontire story. A reporter,
working from this end of the line, secured the
story from dilterout sources though ot a con
firmatory character. The scheme, being work
ed by Armour, the Northwestern millers, the
interested railroads, the elevators and the grain
banks, contemplates putting wheat down to
the point uecessaryi whatever it may be, but
certainly below 80 cents iu Chicago, and from
that jumping up for a profit of 30 to 40 cents,
which would bring it here to over $1.20 for
May, and also the advancement ot the value
of pork and provisions while that of wheat is
being depressed. The parties to the scheme
rely upon the scarcity of wheat in the winter
area, and the fact that the country's supply is
iu the Northwest The farmers of that section
have put their wheat iu the country elevators,
and have been advanced money on it by the
parties In interest In the present deal, the farm
ers being advised to hold their wheat in view
of the probability of higher prices. Tbe money
already advanced will soon be exhausted, and
by that time tho market will have been pushed
Wown to bottom, the banks will refuse to ad
vance any mouey, aud the farmers will throw
up their hands and sell out, when tbe associat
ed interests in the scheme will push the market
up. In connection with the report of this deal,
it is stated the visible supply statement has
for several weeks been made to rbow a less
decrease than was anticipated by tbe parties
running the deal having large amounts ready
on track to shove into the elevators at Minne
apolis and St Paul, to go into the visible. It
is also stated that tbe recent reported losses of
tho Minneapolis millers were ail in the pro
gramme, as convincing tho farmers that the
millers are not in the deal, but on tbe contrary
are as heavy losers as they."
Fank Leslie's Popular Monthly
For February is all that its patrons can desire.
The articles vary in character and treatment,
are all interesting and timely, and all well il
lustrated. Mr. CrofFut's article on the late
William H. Vanderbilt gives a striking picture
career aud lite ot the greatest American mil
lionaire, and the reader can judge for himself
of the man, his palace, hia gallery, his stables
and his tomb. Mrs. Lew Wallace, tbe talent
ed wife of our general and diplomatist, con
tributes a very striking romance, "A Fair Cli
ent's Story." The well-known novelist, Chris
tian Reid, gives one ot her striking stories,
"A Passing Idyl." "The Home of tbe Noted
Indian Chief, Cornplanter," is very pleasantly
described and beautifully illustrated bylfrs.
Calista Ingersoli Gara. In T^e Story of the
Man who Wrote Robj.ggsn Crusoe," Noel Butk
ven takes ua bask to Englan 1 in tbe time of
Xe* S'de. "Thibet," as described by Charles H.
Lepper, gives the reader a knowledge of what
will be England's next annexation. R. S, Tan
describes tbe "Past and Present o( a New Eng
land Fishing Town frank Norton, "Irregu
lar Troops," Mrs, M. A. Deijjson (author of
"That Qtphand of Mine"), C. L. Hildreth,
B«nry Tyrrell, Cathie Jewett, J. F. Nicbell,
contribute stories and pomeB. "Telpherage,"
the last application of elestriclty for transport
ing freight, will be read with interest and all
readers will follow Etta W. Pierce's novel,
"Daughters ef Cain." The illustrations of this
number are all striking and good.
Forty clubs in St Paul alone, averaging two
hundred strong, propose to devote themselvet
solely to winter sports and carnival tun d«ri»g
the first two weeks in Febr^.afy, Many more
will come iQ fronj oUievdlrections—Winnipeg,
D.uluih, Stillwater, Minneapolis, Bed Wing
and many other eitles will be represented by
large uniformed clubs. Nothing like it has
ever before been seen in this country. All the
features, sports, etc., will be elaborately illus
trated in the Pioneer Press. Now is the time
to subscribe.
Chicago Tribune:
than Is really n^c^i
Mi
"Wit
that, like all yeaiig
usiasQc.
PAK»TA
The postofflce at Sweetland borned. Xossfl
$1,000.
Tbe artesian well at Kimball flowing 10,
000 tmrreto el water a day.
About $90,000 of bullion from the Home^'
•take belt was shipped last week.
Tbe Pierre board ef trade raised $500 for tti#
purpose ot keeping their lobqylsts in Washing,
ton.
Charles C. Con ley, for years inspector for the
Dakota Cattle association, died last week in
Arkansas.
Petitions are in circulation at Washington
and vicinity for the pardon of tfcCambei', con
victed of bigamy.
Sioux Falls has increased its bonds for the
new railroad to $60,000, $47,000 of which ha*
been subscribed for.
A1 Clark has been held to tho district court
ot Chamberlain for alleged embezzlement from
the Dakota Insurance company.
At Canton the Baptistand Methodist chur^ies
have been holding very successful revival meet
ings the past week or two,
The city council of Jamestown has decided
to put In an artesian system of water works,
to be completed on or before Nov. 1,18S6.
The trial of Jonas Wheeler, formerly of
Litchfield, Minn., for shooting a man at Mich.
igan City, begins at Devil's Lake next week.
Quite a colony from Michigan is coming to
tho Larimore region in the spring, and various
localities are presenting Inducements t* them.
The case of W. M. Holllster, under arrertat
Sioux Falls for perjury, was dismissed on tech-
nlcalitles appearing in the papers before tlio
justice.
A man named T. B. Lane, who lived at Fort:
Pierre, Is supposed to have fallen through the
ico aud been drowned in the Missouri river
recently.
A mnn named J. H. Clark, who shot himself
near Chicago the other day, claimed to be a
resident of Pierre, where ho owned property
valued at $5,000.
Tho school clerks and treasurers of Walsh
county have made up a fuud and will test the
liability of the county to pay their salaries &a
required by the act ef 1883.
A buffalo bull that has been domesticated in
Barnes county for two or threo years, has late
ly been shipped east to some zoological garden
as a wild native of the plains.
The jury In the slander ease of Hopkins
againBt Campbell, tried at Fargo last week,
after being out over 40 hours, brought in a ver
dict In favor of the defendant.
A party of Otsego lumbermen who m'atlBTi^
raiil 011 a dancing party, beating the partici
pants and cleaning out the house, have been
held to the grand jury at Montevedlo. S
A post mortem on the body ot Stephens, tho
mau shot by Sheriff Hawks, of Cavalier county,
shows that the iu juries resulting from the
shooting wero alone the cause of his death.
Hard coal has sold in Walworth county as
high as $25 a ten, but the local paper says tho
county pays $6 a ten more than individuals.
They hope for a railroad the coming season.
Tho business men of Bapid City have organ
ized a milling company, capital $60,000 a
gypsum company, capital $50,000, and a street
railway company with a capital of $100,000.
The first considerable freight train ever tbe
new branch road to Yankton comprised twen
ty-tbreo cars of cattle for Chicago. The stock
shipments from that sectiou are becoming quite
large.
Reuben Noble, of Devil's Lake, has been ap
pointed receiver of the Bank of Devil's Lake,
and has furnished bonds In $10,000 and quali
fied. His appointment gives unlversal,satis
factlon to the people ot that city.
Mr. Smith, the secretary of the Tower City
Social ciub, sentenced to jail for thirty days
and to pay $200 fine, spends most of his time
\n Fargo, aud does not Insist upon the county
paying his board and irrigation bills.
The council of Huron last Saturday night
granted a charter for a street railway to Frank
L. Sheldon, ef Lincoln, Neb., one mile of road
to be completed before Dec. 1,1887. It also
voted $500 In aid of tbe territorial fair.
Private letters received at Huron from W
ash
ington state that an agreement has been ar
rived at between tbe leaders of both parties fo?—
the admission of Dakota along with Washing
ton and Montana, and that it will bo done
within a few weeks.
Tho Colonial and United States Mortgage
company, which loans money very largely in
the North, baa adopted a new form of mort
gage, which requires both interest and princi
pal to be paid In gold. Other loan companies
are said to be adoptiBg the same rule.
Tbe trustees of the Presbyterian college at
Jamestown has decided to push through tbe
construction of the college as
soon as the weath
er permits in the spring. They have advertised
for bids to have material on tbe ground May 1.
The college will be open to students September
28,1886.
The grand jury of Brown ceunty, Dak., has
returned indictments against nearly every sa
loon keeper In the county. Several' druggists
are also among tho victims, and a number of
keepers of houses ot 111 fame* have also bet
indicted. The grand jury also asked the county
commissioners to grant no more license.
A barn in Fargo for stock sales was burned
last week. All the stock was released. The
building was owned by Mr. Taylor, ot Missouri,
and was occupied by Mr. McCormack. It was
valued at $700, and was Insured for $400 inh
the City of London. The fire is supposed to
7b# Ice Carnival at St Eaal *rill be pi«ta»
ly illustrated by the Pioneer Brass daring leb
ruary, and it will bo wall worth year
subscribe at once for a montlvit not logger,
through the resident agent, er it there is acne,
wMiniOur 'aomsto tho hoase office of the
Pioneer Frees at St Paul. Hall orders ma^
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have started from the falling apart ot a stove.
Walsh county, Dakota, is entitled to the flnt
plact when the wonderful productiveness ot
the Northwest Is spoken of. Mrs. Hammer, ef
that county, has given birth to triplets and tw(r,iga
sets of twins, the last, a pair of girls, beingff'iSf
only a few days old. Every true Dakotaa
raises hit bat when speaking of the patriotic.
lady.
Emigrant Agent Powell, of the St Paul road,.
says that the outlook for emigration to Cem
Dakota the coming spring is greater than for
two years previous. "It will be far ahead oil J,
tbe rush ot '83," said Mr. Powell. "The ami-'
gratlon will be from the New England states,'
Pennsylvania and Indiana, and the counties to
be filled are Edmunds, Walworth, McPherson,
Mclutoeb, Logan and Emmons.
Tbe recent statement of Pillsbuiy to the as
sessing officer at Grand Forks, in deprecating
the taxiug of the grain in elevators, that there
Was very little profit in tbe elevator^ elicits th&
statement from C. L. Williams that when C. R.
Hulbert went into the Piilsbury elevator firm
he was not worth $10,000, but be withdrew:
last spring, and was paid as hi* sfcxreot th»
profits $1,600,000. It is the UHXtntimprttsioik
of wheat-growers that Uwte gain has brought
fatness to many jpekefeon its journey to mar
ket.