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I p. THE HOPE PIONEER PUBLISHED WBBKLY BT R, H. SlMFEJOlSr, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription, per Year, 82.00 Blx Months,.. l.oo IN ADVANCE. EwTSntered at tbe Postoffice in Hope, North Dakota, as second-class mail matter. STILL IN FRONT!! f/fesssr GOODS Va/ref »\h5 ^"Experience is certainly a dear school. 11 bare been buying goods of every Tom, Dick and Harry, even sending away (o New York and Chicago but I sliall (juit that instanter. Ave S3. J. iMolULA-HOlSr. V*r, With the best selected stock of Groceries and Provisions in Steele County, and with the determination to sell nothing but first-class goods. Large stock of Dry Goods. Elegant line of Boots and Shoes. Endless variety of Men's Furnishing Goods. 1- lour, Bran and Shorts. MOTTO: Will not be undersold WlthlDt to dispose of the balance of our stock of Winter Goods, we have narked everything in the line of Hoods, Nubias, Scarfs, Gloves, Mittens, Caps—All Woolen Goods, AT COST «P8IW/ 'mm J^*You arc 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 Wauiborg & Jacetisen. OVERCOATS, WOOLEN UNDERWEAR, Kemember, when you wish any thing in the line ot Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Groceries and Provisions, or Drugs, that are headquarters for the same, and have as line stocks to select from as can be found in the Northwest. WAMBERC & JACOBSON, HOPE, DAKOKA. McMahon & MacLaren, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, HOPE, STEELE CO., 3D. T. Practice in the District and Supreme Courts of Dakota Territory. Real Estate and Insurance iMioiisnErsr TO LOAN. Collections 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 Lots SOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. MONEY LOANED FOB FINAL PROOF. HOPE,IIDAK6TA. VOLUME IV. HOPE, STEELE CO I O. !M. Ma.oLA-K.E3ST ,'Vli'iiMiiiiii THE HOPE IS NOW OPEN EVERY Afternoon and Evening. MUSIC BY THE Hope Brass Band EVERY Wednesday & Saturday Night. A. L. RECK EN RIDGE, Proprietor. COAL! GOAL! Having leased H. L. Smith's coal sheds, wo prepared te furnish the very best grades of Hard and fxiississli Coal on the Lowest Possible Terms. Give us a call and we will satisfy you. Arthur Roberts, Agent for Cargill Bras., Hope, D. T. Hope House, J". Li. WILCOX Proprietor. Having jiiBt secured a three years' lease of tliiB well known hotel, I propose to mako it strictly first-class in all its appointments. Its rooms are 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 be paid to tbe wants of visitors and board er?. Livery teams to bo had by applying at the office. TERMS $2.00 oer Day. P. P. BIGE. Dealer In General Merchandise, such us Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Crockery And Glassware, Also a line line of NOTIONS AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, All ef r.hleh will be sold very cheap. TI1I11D ST.. North of Hope Ilonse. LIVERY AND SALE STABLE. Frank Hill & Son, HOPE, DAKOTA. S$~Flrst class In every way. Good horses, Bne carriages with careful drivers furnished at a mo ment's notice. Single and double rigs and good •saddle horses ready for use. Terms reasonable. We are always teadj to sell or buy a good horse. Come and Bee us. McLean & Knapp. Every description of Iron and Wood Work done promptly and satisfactorily. Horseshoeing and Wagon Repairing a specialty. PLOW WORK of every description promtly attended to. Shops on Steele Avenue, opposite Merriell Bros, Luce's store, HOPE. D.T. lilt. II. II. BALDWIN, Physician 1 Surgeon can be fonnd at Dr Philip's old office, Koom~0, Second Floor of Hope I/ouse, until Dr. HUlIp'* return' mkM *94 LOCAL ITEMS. Wheat 63 cents. Mrs. G. H. Frick and children have returned from the East. Attorney McMahon returned from Bismarck aud Fargo Tuesday. The last dance of the season occurred at Col gate Tuesday evening. Sheriff Wnlden returned from Jamestown and St. Paul Saturday. The Cargill elevator shipped out eleven car loads of wheat yesterday. Attorney McMahon and J. L. Wilcox drove to Cooperstewn yesterday. Owiug to a strong headwind tho train was several hours late yesterday. Conductor Tom Casey came in to-day with an extra with three ears of Btock. Several farmers who moved into town for the wiuter have returned to their farms. A large stock of wall paper will bo in in a few days at Wasom's for tho spring trade. Charley Merriell and George Luce wont to Fargo on Saturday aud returned home on Tuesday. Mose Weslcott arrived on Tuesday with a car load of horsos, household goods, etc., from Iowa City. The first meeting of the school board of the new school township of Colgate will be held to-morrow. Wild geese and ducks have made their ap poarance in considerable numbers, a pretty sure indication that the winter is over. Tho winter term of the Hope public school ends to-day, aud thero will he a short vacation before the coimnencemout of the spring term. A large audietico gathered at the church Friday evening to listen to the musical enter tainment, which passed off very pleasantly, netting the church quite a uice little sum. L. N. Wood returned home Tuesday after an ahsenco of several weeks spent in visiting rela tives and friends in Massachusetts. Contrary to general expectation, Louis returned alone. Dr. Thompson, of the Portland Inter-Ocean, gives notice that he will discontinue the prac tice of medicine and is offering his personal property for sale. Is the doctor goiug to leave Portland? Mr. Thomas Baker, Jr., of Fargo, and fam ily, spent several days in Hope during the early part of the week visiting with the pa rents of Mr. Baker, aud departed for Fargo on Tuesday. H. H. Waseui returned from Winona. Minn., whtire lie has been for several weeks under reatiuent for rhmnatism. Mr. Wasein returns 111 proved in health and ready to meet his many friends and customers. A number of young bachelor farmers who went off Inst fall to spend tho winter will re turn as Benedicts, bringing their brides with liiem. Among the number we may mention Charley Palfrey, Charley Connors and Andrew Morgan. Owing to tho failure of several of the town ship oflleers to qualify, the following appoint ments have been made to fill vacancies: C. J. Paul, chairman board of supervisors M. A. Westcott, supeivisor H. D. Carpenter, juBtico of the peace. Charley Ward arrived on Tuesday last, liav ing driven from Milnor, in Sargent county, to Hope. Charley is looking halo and hearty, and 11 marks that if lie can only lay his hand on the man that informed the PIONEER that he was married—woll, he'll smile. A Budden jump from winter to spring oc curred during the week. Tho snow went off with a rush, and numerous lakelets dot the prairie. Tuesday night was the first night this season that it did not freeze. It looks now as if active farming operations would hegiu next week. Jacob Lang writes us that ho expects to ar rive in Hope to-morrow with a uuinber of good horses, some for his own use aud a few for sale. Tiie.se horses have been selected with great care by Mr. Lang, around his old home in Iowa, and are especially adapted for farm work. Those who want horses should see them. Tbe many friends of Ed Thurlow will be lilad to learn that lie has formed a business en gagement with H. H. Waseui. Ed is noted for his politeness and attention to customers,and his smiling phiz will always be fouud behind the counter ready to weigh sugar, measure tape, or perforin any other service far WaBem'B cus tomers. The local wheat market lias been badly de moralized during the week, a drop of 7 couts taking place between Saturday and Tuesday, brought about by the decline in Eastern mar kets. Margins were called on a number of farmers who had drawn advances and con siderable stuff was closed out by the Cargill elevator. J. H. Shaw was arrested on Wednesday on a complaint sworn out by Clarence Carpenter, charging him with assault and battery, and taken before Justice Lee. The prisoucr took a change of venue, and the case was sent to Judge II. L. Smith, Who immediately pro ceeded with tho examination. The court, af ter listening to argument by Attorney Mac Laren, who appeared for the defense, dis charged the accused, on the ground that the complaint was improperly drawn. Oscar Cummings hail a narrow escape from asphyxiation last Friday. His wife being ab sent at her fathers, on retiring lie shook down the stovo and turned off tho damper. Not making his appearance Saturday, his friendB finally became alarmed and Mr. Will Oxton drove to his place to see what was the matter. Arriving at Mr. Cummings' late iu the after noon, he found him lying ou the bed in aa insensible condition, and foaming and bleed ing at the inouth. Assistance was procur ed from Sherbrooke aud Dr. Baldwin sent for. Dr. Baldwin remained all night witli him aud finally succeeded iu bringing him to con sciousuesB. At the present writing Mr. Cutn iiiingB is much better, and will probably soon entirely recover. In another part of the PIONEER will be found the full text of Secretary Lamar's decis ion reversing the ruling of Commissioner Sparks in the Britten case. This decision is one of the most important that has emanated from the land department of the government, aud will be hailed with delight by a large class of settlers whose rights would have been ad versely affected had the ruling of Mr. Sparks been sustained. After reading tbo opinion ot Secretary Lamar, and the law points which lie cites, it is difficult to see how Commissioner Sparks arrived at a conclusion so directly at varience with tho law and the uniform con struction heretofore placed upon it by the offi cials of the land department. Some time since the PIONEER spake of the necessity of setting aside and properly im proving a piece of laud to be used as a ceme tery, and the necessity for some action in re gard to this matter is one that will grow more and more pressing with the development of the country till tbe object shall be accom plished. Mr. E. H. Steele lias authorized us to say that if the people of Hope will form a cemetery company, ho will donate to them ten acres of land, the same to be platted into lots and sold, tbe proceeds arising from the sale to be devoted to fencing and otherwise improving the cemetery. This is a generous offer on the part of Mr. Steele, and one tbat our people should not be slow to avail themselves of. We suggest that a company be at once formed un der the law governing iu such matters, and that officers be appointed, aud all steps neces sary be taken so that the company may acquire a legal existence. L. N. Wood & Co. will handle all kinds of farm machinery this season in connection with their hardware and tin business. They offer to farmers the now Ideal gang plow, made by John Deere, something entirely new in this market, the Eclipse harrow. Monitor seeder, farm wagons, buggies. Universal gasoline stoves, etc. They are also agents for tbe Gar land stoves and ranges. Their machinery is all new and ot the most improved' patterns. Take a look at it. May wheat at Chicago Wednesday closed at 78JS£c at Minneapolis cash wheat was 86%c and at Duluth cash closed at 86%c lor No. 1 bard. •A?-'*' Jpmtcer FRIDAY, MARCH 26,1886. OFFICIAL Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners. SHERBROOKE, D. T„ March 22,1S86. Special meeting of board, pursuant to call of county clerk, at il o'clock a. m. Present—J. L. Wilcox and L. C. Gopferud. J. L. Wilcox in chair. On motion the petition for organization of Broadlawn civil township"was granted, and the boundaries of Baid township established to conform to the boundaries of congressional township 144, range 54. On motion it was ordered that the first town meeting in the civil township of Broadlawn shall be held ou Tuesday, April 6, 1856, at Broadlawn farm, in said towuship. Ou motion the petition for organization of Willow Lake civil township was granted, and the noumiary of said towuship established to couform to congressional township 144, range 57. On motion it was ordered that the first town meeting in said townshiu of Willow Lake Bhall be held on Tuesday, April 6,1886, at the roBi- dence of N. P. Rasmusson, in said township. On motion the petition for the organization of the civil township of Melrose was granted, aud the boundary of said township estab lished to conform to the boundaries ot con gressional towiiBhlp 145, range 56. On motion it was ordered that the first town meeting iu Melroso township Bhall be held at the residence or J. A. White, in said township, on Tuesday, April 6,1886. On motion the board adjourned till 1:30 o'clock p. m. Board reconvened at 1:30 o'clock p. m. Present—Commissioners S. H. Nelson, chair man, J. L. Wilcox and L. C. Goplorud. On motion the petition of R. A. Pope and others for tho creation of a school township of township 144, rauge 54, was granted, and said towuship of 144, rauge 54, was detached from Lake township and designated as school town ship No. 15, with same boundaries as the civil township of Broadlawn. On motion the petition for organization of school township No. 15 was granted and the first election for the organization of said town ship was ordered to be held on Tuesday, April 0, 1886, at Broadlawn farm, in said towuship. Moved and ordered that R. A. Pope, T. \V. Owen aud C. H. Newton shall act as judges of election in school township No. 15, on Tues day, April 6, 1S86. On motion the territory embraced in con gressional township 145, range 56, was ordered to bo detacliel from Pickert, Riverside nnd Hope school townships and designated as school towuship No. 16. Ou motion, tho petition of J. A. While and others for tho organization ot school township No. 16 was granted, and the first election for tho organization of said township ordered to be held oil the 6th day of April, 1886, at the house of J. A. White, iu said township. On motion it was ordered that J. A. White, George A. Luce and Jainea T. Masters shall act as judges of election in school towuBliip No. 16, on Tuesday, April 6,1886. The followiug bills were presented nnd, on motion, were allowed aud ordered paid from the general fund: A. T. Drakeley, two days' eer vices commissioner of insanity, ease of Knut Anderson $6 00 A. T. Drakeley, affidavits, war rants, etc, case Knut Anderson. 2 25—$8 25 John E. Johnson, witness fees and mileage, insanity case ot Knut Anderson 2 50 John Duncan, hauling safe from Hope 40 00 John lHuicau, hauling lumbor from Hope 2 00—42 00 R. D. Stewart, bill February 9th, for work in county building to date, less Beven brushes aud thieecans burnt umber. 68 75 A. Giibertson, carpenter work at county building from Novem ber 21,1885 to March 2,1886.. 206 28 Fargo Argus,bill January 10,1886, slier ill's blanks 5 48 J. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, post ing notices aud mileage, Col gate civil township 5 80 J. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, post ing notices and mileage, Prim rose civil township 5 20 J. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, serv ing notices on road viewere and mileage, January 27, 18S6 7 40—18 40 J. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, post ing nnd serving notices and mileage, Colgato school town ship 9 60 J. P. Worth, deputy sheriff, post ing and serving notices and mileage, Primrose civil town ship 7 20—10 80 Beidler & Robinson LumberCom pany, lumber for county build ing, bill March 3. 1886 607 62 D. P. Baldwin,bill March 22,1886, hardware, oil, plank, etc., for county 9 74 Ou motion L. C. Goplerud was appointed a cominitteo to examine the bridge site for a bridge petitioned for by Ole J. Coltoin aud others, February 16,1886. On motion Mr. J. L. Wilcox was appointed a committee to examinotlie site for a bridge in township 144, range 55, petitioned for by S. C. Fuller aud others. On motion, the matter of warrant No. 22, dated December 24,1883. was referred to tbe district altorney for his opinion as to proper course to pursue. On motion the board adjourned. S. H. NELSON, Chairman. Aitcsi1 E. S. SEYMOUR, County Clerk. The Cooperstown Bank Suspends. News reached Hope on Wednesday that the Bank of Cooperstown closed its doers Tuesday morning.' The suspension was caused by the failure of the Lcnham Elevator company. The bank was owned by Julius Stevens, a partner of Anton ISnger, the county treasurer of Griggs, and H. G. Pickett. Tho deposits amounted to about $15,000, one-half of which was county aud school funds. The capital ot tho bonk was $10,000. It is claimed the Lenham Ele vator company owe the bank $10,000, and if, as is expected, the company Is able to meet its liabilities, the hank wi'l bo able to resume. Mr. J. L. Wilcox, proprietor of the Hope House, had several hundred dollars ou deposit in tbe bank. Remember tbat Dr. C. L. Opsal, the den tist, is at the Hope House, rpady for business. Dr. Opsal made many friendsdliring his former visits to Hope, aud has satisfied ail who have availed themselves of his professional services. As his stay In Hope will be limited, and as be has already many engagements ahead, those wbo desire bis professional services should call on him .is early as possible. Dr. Opsal is sup plied witli all the latest mechanical appliances to enable him to work expeditiously, and all who call on him may rest assured of having their work well done. Don't fail to read the new "ad" of Merriell Brothers. They can supply you with anything in the way of farm machinery tbat you may desire. You can have your choice of six dif ferent seeders, or a horse-shoe press drill if you prefer it. Flying Dutchman, Cassady aud Bufford sulky and gang plows, the Kalamazoo spring-tooth, Boss and St Paul harrows, and a full line ot fanniug mills, cockle separators aud pumps. In faci anything you want from a bodkin to a steam thresher ill be furnished by them. Givo them a call and look over their stock, even though you (To not wish to buy. A correspondent from Hunter writes to tbe Fargo Argus regarding the prospect for tbe Fargo, Missouri River and Pacific railroad, an ticipated to run northwest from Fargo out through northern Cass county, Steele, Griggs aud so on to Fort Stevenson or vicinity on the rver. The road is expected to cross tbe Sbey enne in the vicinity of Hoagland's or Pink ham's, and on through Roberts' farm aud Bay moud's, northwest. Charles A. Roberts, ot Fargo, is one of the incorporators, and to bim may bo addressed any letter. Some right of way has been obtained, and it is expected par ties will be out soou to obtain right of way through tbe country preparatory to a prelimi nary survey. C. J. Paul loans money tor final pre ?n better terms than cau be secured elMWhe A Mk NUMBER 49. DAKOTA PABA6BAPHS. The Gasal brewery at Jamestpwn has been rebuilt. Valuable deposits ot tin havo been found near Custer. There are three new hotel enterprises on foot at Water town. Hon. Frank Pettigrew is announced ns a candidate for congress. Bangor has voted the Wolsey & Bismarck railway $20,000 and right of way. The Dakota Veteran is published at Madison, in the intorests of the old soldiers. Union veterans lecture to the school children at Yankton on the history of the war. The Mltcholi postoffice will be made second class April 1. Salary, $2,200 per annum. Two or three strong companies are begin ning to bore for oil near Spoarfish, In tbe north part ot the Black Hills. In the Woods murder case at Bismarck the jury brought in a verdict ot murder in the first degree. A he made. degree. A motion for an appeal will probably Applications for admission to the school of miues already overruu its accommodations, and additional appropriations will be asked from the next legislature. Fifty families aro reported coming from one locality iu Manitoba to the Dunseith region this spring. The migration from over the line is expccted to be large this year. Numerous wagers are being made tbat tbe Manitoba railroad will build ninety miles wast of Devil's lake this year. The Dunseith Her ald regards it as a safe way to bet. Bishop HarohaB written from Philadelphia a very touching letter to the Episcopal congrega tion in South Dakota on tbe occasion of the special mission services which have just begun. Parties are arranging for a largo colony from Illinois to locate in Campbell county. It looks ns if the region beyond Ipswich would get a great portion of the Immigration this year as it did last yenr. Two of tbe doctors of Altoona, O'Brion and Potter, wore arrested the past week aud taken to Huron to be bound over for the May term, on a charge of prescribiug too much liquor for their patients. David Conway died suddenly of bronchitis, at Hurley, aged seveuty-two years. Mr. Con way was ono of the oldest Odd Fellows in the United States, having been a member of the order for over fifty years. Rev. Stewart Sheldon, for the last sixteen years general missionary and superintendent of homo missionary work in South Dakota, has heeu appointed to the field secretaryship of the Congregational Union Church Building society, Boston. Hiltsbnr Banner: Mr. Leon Levisee, of Portland, has been sworn in as a commissioner from tho Portlahd district. Au order from Judge McConnell soated Mr. Paulson, but there aro some men in Traill county unaccustomed to regard Judges' decisions with either respect or reverence. A large mooting of taxpers was held at Val ley City ou tho 13tli iustaut for Uie purpose of receiviug tho report of a committee appointed at a former meeting to investigate the muni cipal affairs of Barnes county. After a lengthy report in regard to the affairs of tbe county, a uuinber of recommendations were niado by the committee, iuciudiug the following resolu tion, which were adopted by the meeting: "Resolved, That tbo dealing in county secu rities by any county official, deputy clerk or other attache of a county office is contrary to the public interest, and we deem it the duty of overy citizen to notify any official of any such dealing on the part of attaches of his office, and jfter such notification, such official shall be Iffld accountable to the people the same ns though lie himself was the speculator. Aud the carrying on of this uusiueBs through out side parties will not excuse the official iu cases where thero is reasonable ground to believe that attaches of the office are participators iu the profits." Sherbrooke Snburbs. Perhaps a few Items from tills part of the world wouldn't come amiss, for we, who live In the country, can't see bow the people in these small towns manage to survive when the weather doesn't permit the country folks to come to town to buy their supplies so as to keop you moving, more or less as the case may he. I shall not daro intimate that winter still lingers in the lap of spring, but will say that we have an abundance of snow iu Steele county, of which we aro getting rather tired, as shoveling a tou or two of snow every morn ing bvforo we can reach the barn door, is rather monotonous, if not wearisome, we have, in our mind's eye, a model stable which we liopo to build when we get a sufficiency of the filthy lucre to head off our creditors. The winter has seemed of short duration to UB country folks, who have not had time to make half the visits we had intended making, and as for taking that course of reading which we promised ourselves nil last summer and fall, we have been obliged to put that off till some day in the distant future—till we getrich—and, like many other tilings, I fear it will always be too far distant for us poor mortals to reach. This neighborhood is and has been remark ably healthy, excepting the Bickuess and death of Mr. and Mrs. Wallen's little two-year old daughter, which occurred last week. The parents have tho sympathy of all their friends. The Millers and Andersons seem determined to keep themselves nnd neighbors alive and merry, notwithstanding tbe much talked of Dakota blizzard, as we hear of their having a storming party at the residence of Mrs. M. A. Winslow last Friday night. There were fit teen, all told just enough for a sleigh load. They took well filled baskets along, and on their arrival Mrs. Wiuslow was asked to sit down and rest while supper was being pre pared. They soon had the table set and a bountiful supper ready, to which one and all did ample justice. We will have to acknowledge that it was a noisy crowd, and all were Imnt on having a good time, noiso or no noise. Mrs. Winslow remarked tliat BIIO thought it was forty iustead of fifteen, but Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Anderson said they didn't mind such talk at all, and told the children to give tbein an other war-hoop, so that they'd be sure to re member how they gave surprise parties. All voted tbe evening a complete success financial ly (because they bad plenty to eat) and secally, and about 10 o'clock took their departure. There have been quite a good many dancing parties in the neighborhood southeast from here about five miles, and we hear tbey enjoy them very much. We would like to "trip the light fantastic," but the fact is, we are getting so old, we feel that our toes are turning in, ana we forbear, for we faintly recall the time when we used to laugh at a pigeon-toed person try ing to dance. Roy Miller met with quite a misfortune in the loss of a -pup, which inadvertently (tbat Bounds good) fell into tho well last Thursday and yielded up its young life before they could find the ladder to rescue it. He and Willie Anderson claim "'twas a fine dog, and would have been a great runner," and we, being older, do not doubt the truth thereof. Tho farmers are talking about how very busy tbey soon will be, and from our experi ence we do not gainsay them. O. M. F. Will Sparks Btiignt Washington Special: It is whispered that Commissioner Sparks is about to resign in dls fiust because of the many dampers put npon liin by his superiors in the Interior Department. The rumor tbat the famous ordor of April 23 will soon be reversed is a bitter thought tor Sparks. It was upon this order that be basM his presidential aspirations. Sparks declined to be hampered by either precedents or possi ble consequences. Tbe.resnlt is that Jenks, who is the admitted legal head ot the depart ment, found it necessary to call a bait Now his chief business is in explaining to Secretary Lamar why Sparks is wrong. For eight years Col. D. 3. Williamson, Quar tor-Master, D. 8. A., and ex-U. S. Consul at Caliao, was crippled with rheumatism. He got no relief until he used St Jacob's Oil, which cured him. No remedy on earth equals it for pain. Price, fffty cents a bottle. The importations of Iudia wheat into the English market during January and February, for the first time, exceeded those from the United States. Tbe exact figures are: India, 2,249,867 cwts. United States, 1,812,154 cwts. Ladles! look out for a large invoice of Ham burg Edlngs and Laces at Wasem's next r.i'i I'i&ia Cr Governor Stohentan, of Gdlftifa&L bas u. ^hn^lluM^ 8^ 8WUU°r' Secretary McConnack, of Bismarck, is in Washington to Bee about his confirmation and some other territorial appointments. The government has commenced noosed* ings In the United States court at Cincinnati to test tbe validity of the Bell telephone pateilt Reports about tbe health ot ex-President Arthur are said to be greatly exaggerated, sir. Arthur is a very sick man, bat his condition is not serious. The democrats ot Minneapolis have noml nated Dr. A. A Ames for mayor, and the re publicans have re-nominated G. A. PiUsbury. Both have accepted. .Hud,on Bay railway project, spg with extension to connect with the Milwaukee mk at FftfSOj is creating much comment the Red River valley. «uu,?rs the serious illnets of Secre- J1?°L Tuesda.y evening, grew out of the fact that be wrenched his ankle severely to rl°we "P and Was 484611 homo in 8 The strike on the Gould southweetarn system -_f'1 still continues, and Boems to threaten serious consequences to business and traffic. A num ber of establishments at Kanjas City have closed and others have reduced their forces. The 'r prospects for settlement seem more remote than ever. J. D. Martin, suspected ot the murder of Buck Moore at the stock yards in St Paul, was taken before Judge Cory Tuesday morning, but as the state was not ready to proceed, the case was adjourned till April 8, by mutual consent' Hon. D. P. Stubbs, ot Fairfield. Iowa, appear ed for the accused. The wreck ot the Oregon will considerably undermine tho public confidence in the infalli bility of the water-tight compartment system as at present employed. Only one of the Ore gon's compartments was damaged, but that one was so large that as soon as it had filled the vessel went down like a stone. It is evi dent that it these compartments are to be ot any service in serious emergencies, they must be1' built considerably smaller than those of the Oregon. Iver Jacobson, of Cooperstown, is in St Paul consulting with Northern Pacific officials to see what measures can be taken to hurry up tbe payment of surveyor's fees upon the rail road laud In Griggs county that it may be taxed this year. He says it will make a differ-' enco of $9,000 in the amount the county can collect, and that the Northern Pacific officials seem to be doing all lu their power to hasten tho work, but tbe present delay is in the sur veyor-general's office of the territory, which doos not sooin to have sufficient force to push the work aloug. Unless the plates are filed by April 1, tbe lauds cannot be taxed uutil next year. Second Comptroller Maynard has settled an important quustion arising from the act of April 22, 1872, which directs that every volun teer soldier who enlisted foctlireo years prior to July 22, 1861, under the president's procla mation of March 3,1861, and the orders of the War Department issued in pursuance thereof, and was actually muBtered into the service for three years before August 0,1861, and who was honorably discharged, Bhall be paid tbo full i# bounty of $100 unless already paid. The sec ond comptroller holds that said bounty is pay abUi to the heirs of every deceased soldier who, if living, would be entitled thereto, whether be died before or after the passage of the act Sliyinc Horses. This trick or vice L* generally the effect of nervous timidity, resulting from an excitable temperament. It is aggravated by improper handling. To punish a horse for shying in troduces a new cause of fear. The horse will bn more alarmed aud show more tokens of fear at the prospect of a whipping than at the im aginary object of danger iu the road. Hence one bail habit is confirmed by tbe introduction of another. It is impossible to whip terror out of a horse or pound courage into one. Kind ness aud gentle persuasion aro the best weap ons to correct the pernicious habit of Bhying. The less fear exhibited by the driver, and the less notice taken of the shying by using harsh means, tho Booner it will be given up. A care ful, experienced horseman can genaraily detect an object likely to causo a nervous horse to shy, aud by word or touch will encourage him to pass it unnoticed. Wlieu this fails, give him time to look at the objoct ot his fear pat bim and coax him up to it, then take him past it two or three tlmeB, till he takes no notice of it. When defective sight is the cause of this bad habit it is incurable, and it tho eyesight is falling, the horse for ordinary driving will be perfectly useless. A nmre we knew that had gone quietly in liaruoes for two or three years, suddenly took to jumpmg the white stone crossings of an ordinary macadamized as If tbey were water brooks. In three months she was stone blind.—SeUntific American, Novel Insurance. It is reported that the local managors of the proposed railroad from Wolsey to Bismarck have deviBed a method ot insuring that cer tainly has themeritoforiginality. Tbefarmer will receive from the company Insurance on a certain number of acres of grain, and pays tbe premium iu grading on the road. In case of Toss he is to accept the first mortgage bonds of the road in payment It is siated in this way: A fanner Insures 100 acres at 50 cents per acre, or $50. In payment ot the premium he per forins $50 worth of work grading tbe proposed line. In case the entire crop is destroyed by hail, valued, say at $10 per acre, the farmer accepts in settlement for the loss, $1,000 worth of first mortgage bonds, face value. It is not stated whether a patent has been secured tor tbe^cheme or not.—Athton (Dak.) Herald. News reaches ns from La Salle, Hi., by one who was thero and saw the whole perform ance, tbat our genial ex-sheriff and fellow townsman, Chas.H. Ward, bas at last stepped ofl into tbe wonderland of matrimony. So Charles has gone at ladt! The remains will lie in state at the Hope House for two days upon bis re--- turn here, after the bridal tour, which will he in a few weeks.—Hope (Dak.) PUmeer. Avaunt, there! you carnivorous, amphibious distorter of fact, or by all the BuBsian gods we will run you through. Charley Ward is as free as the prairie wind, ai.d has never thought, or hardly ever thouget, a moment of trotting in double harness, matrimonially speaking. Take •er back, Mr. PIONEER.—La Salle Prm Dem ocrat. The Board of Railroad commissioners meet in Fargo April first. There is a movement on' feot to secure connections of trains atCusseiton aud from Fargo north on the Mayviilo and Hope brances of the Manitoba road. Probably fifty families in Fargo are connected with farms north, of Casselton, located when the Northern Pacific operated Uie Mayviilo branch under the present management—or want of arrangoment—to go out to these farms tbey have to lay over night at Casselton—sometimes' both ways. The Northern Pacific folks and tbe Manitoba folks could cure the evil in fif teen minutes. While the board is in session it might try the Milwaukee and get a connection' west from OrtenvHle to Aberdeen, without aa* all night stop over at O.—Fargo Argut. New Edition—Settler's Onlde. Henry N. Coop, tbe land-lawyer «f Wash ington. bas just issued the tenth edition ol his Settler's Guide. It is an indispensable boolc for all who are, or expect to be, interested in public land. Settlere will save money by pur chasing ft, and all who expect to take np land, should get posted on tbe several laws nndec which land can be entered. A chapter, illustrat ed with numerous cuts, shows how to tell town-' ship, section and quarter-section corners, and, explains the system of surveys. It gives (torn mis8ioner Sparks'orders and several late de cisions and instructions, aud full information- ,'s about the homestead, pre-emption, timber-eui-v-"^ ture, desert land and other laws. The prim of Uie book is only 25 cents. It will tell who is entitled to enter land how continuous your residence must be what improvements you must make what affidavits yon must swear te all about contests and on what grounds: they can be commenced also about State lands, stone and timber lands, mineral lands, and desert entries, saline and railroad lands,:' coal, townslte and other lands scrip, warrant,: and other entries, &o. Its purchase will save:, you money and trouble, as erroneous state-' ments circulated by conversation among set .' tiers may, if acted upon, contest, perhaps your' land and improvements. Mr. Copp wishes to secure the address of every Mexican war vete ran and widow. Notice to Teachers. The regular spriDg examination of appli cants for certificates to teach in Steele county will be held at Sherbrooke, Tuesday, Afttt 6* 1886. Applicants will come prepared with paper, pens, ink, and ono dollar 1 #1 *2 a. Institute tee. G. W. WrecttBliL, Superintendent of Schools, 1 «0« S Seed Wheat tor Sale. Fifteen hundred bushels pore Saskatchewan Fife Wheat for sale at reasonable rates. Also one of thebest tanning mills to the countty*. Apply to V. A. WlffiwiT, A A "f