Weather Notes and Local Happenings Mixed In A Letter
A garbled compilation recounts Sam Jones betting scenes at $10 a game, references to futures deals, a push for a national capital move, drinking fountains in Yankton, and a large park show featuring Cole's Coloneal Show. It blends weather vibe with anecdotal letters from Boonrowly and Faruen, including farm hardships, band performances, and letters from 1883 through 1885 with flood of personal updates and community notes.
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Sam Jones
Sam
Incanza
Yankton
Bo River Tow
Cow Boy Bros Band
Cole
Fargo
LFE
Northwest
America
E& T
Winman
Northern Pacific Land Forfeiture Bill Passes
Congress confirms Maratta and Hutchinson appointments as the House and Senate clash over the Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill. The bill would forfeit land west of Bismarck, with a conference request after the Senate amendment, amid debates on river improvements and canal funding. Across sessions, votes split along party lines as committees report on finances pensions and public debt. Adjournment follows a secret session and a continued disagreement on river and harbor appropriations.
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House
Senate
Wasuinetos
Allison
Committee
Treasury
Beck
Aldrich
Committee On Pensions
Willis
Kentucky
Conference Committee On the
Hiscock
New York
Congress
Missouri
Ohio River
Mississippi River Commission
Yeas
Payson
Tlinois
Fortification
Wasmintox
Portage Lake
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Hennepin Canal
Sturgeon Bay
Lake Michigan Ship Canal
Mississippi River
Ordnance and Gun Foundry Boards
Keupp
United States
Holman
Bland
Townshend
Minols
Cobb
Indiana
Northwest
Ryan
Perkins
Kansas
Dorsey
Nebraska
Nelson
Minnesota
West
Land Office
Democratic Party
Committee On
Indian Commission in Minnesota lands deals and Dakota purchases
A ten member commission led by John W Wright and other officials has been appointed to negotiate with tribes in Minnesota and northern territories for reducing reservations and settling land matters. Plans include government purchase of parts of Fort Berthold and Blackfeet territories, with broader talks on excess land.
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Indian Commiasics
John W. Wright
Tennessee
H. B. Whipple
Minnesota
Charles P. Larrabee
Indian Office
Secretary of the Interior
Montana
Dakota
Washington
Idaho
Fort Berthold
Gros Ventras
Assinaboines
Janes Connor
Mankato
Minn
R. J. Upshaw
Tongue River
Mont
L. T. Spencer
New York
Rosebund, Dak
Bismarck
W. Hutchinson
St. Cloud
Strikes at Crookston Over Wages Hurt Local Work
In Crookston Minnesota on July 27 two strikes disrupted the town. Cigar makers at Brown's factory struck for a higher per thousand rate while the proprietor says he pays union prices. About forty bricklayers quit, leaving several unfinished buildings. Contractors expect work to resume after a pay adjustment.
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Ore
Dean Paruen
Tilvue Creek
Walt
Breseh
CrooksTon
Minn
Brown
Embezzlement Case Hits Baptist Society Chief
Philadelphia July 27 The cashier and chief book keeper of the American Baptist Publication Society William P Pierson defrauded the society of 60000 and was bound over after a carriage accident left him homebound. A warrant charges him with stealing and embezzlement.
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Baptist Publication Society
Philadelphia
William P. Pierson
Nieleg
Pierson
Mexican Outrage and Australian Cabinet Influx
A dispatch from July 2 reports Mexican authorities kidnapping and killing an American citizen. The article covers Premier Salisbury announcing his cabinet and Irish policy, land fraud debates in the Northwest, Becker's appeal to Dakota, and various political gatherings. Fortification bill discussions include river and harbor projects, funding increases, and defense needs. Appointment news lists postmaster shifts and state department positions. The piece also notes Mrs. Folsom’s White House visit and Salisbury policy moves, plus China Britain treaty actions and Burma frontier delimitation.
Mexican authorities shoot kidnapped US citizen in Texas case
In Galveston Texas on July 28 reports say Senor Mondragon chief of police at Pedras Negras demanded the body of Francis Rasares, charged by Mexican authorities as a horse thief. Deputy Sheriff Diaz arrested Ra Aurea, extradition papers signed without hearing, prisoner handed to Mexico. Rasares, a naturalized citizen, appealed to the U.S. consul. Consul Lynt demanded release and transfer to Eagle Pass for trial. Mondragon claimed the case moved to Saltillo higher court and refused to act. News later said Rasares was taken ten miles below Pedras Negras and shot by Mexican authorities.
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Texas
Galviston
Tex
Senor Mondragon
Pedrax Negras
Mexico
Bagley Pass
Francis Rasares
B. Diaz
Raaurea
Hoffsetter
Sherif
Rasures
United States
Lynt
Eagle Pass
Mondragon
Saltillo
State Department
Washington
Ireland
Rasares
Pedras Negras
Democratic Appeal Seeks Donations For Campaign
Jary Becker issues a circular calling on all good Democrats in Dakota Territory to contribute funds to cover campaign costs. The note stresses it is a request, with an assessment of twenty dollars mentioned by Mr Kor. In Minneapolis, the Commercial Cable line partners with Mackey Bennett and Canadian Pacific to secure twenty five year telegraph connections linking Montreal to San Francisco. Wansaw reports police uncover a vast revolutionary socialist movement with branches in Paris and St. Petersburg, involving Polish students.
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Minnesota
Rumsey County
Dennis Ryan
Michael Doran
St. Paul
New York City
Cleveland
Kelly
M. Doran
Minneada
New York
Doran
Ryan
Hig Caampaign
Hill
John Brinton
Jary Becker
Yaxbroy
Dak
W. H. Becker
Dakota Democratic Central Committee
Kor
Minneapolis
Commercial Cable Company
Mackey-Bennett Line
Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company
H. A. Tuttle
North American Company
Chicago
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Poerone
Portland
San Francisco
Wansaw
Socialit
Paris
St. Petersburg
Ther Ianders
Dakota Notes Echo Wide Rural Struggles and Developments
A miscellany of Dakota items reports St. Lawrence voting to incorporate a new jail being built in Pennington County, Aberdeen school funding, Grantout valuation at 1,807,745, frost in the Black Hills, Wolf depredations near Flandreau, a traveling man jailed in Sioux Falls, Lake Eindoenka hunt, Miller artesian well to 75 feet, Twin Brooks elevators by Milwaukee, Brookings bond vote for artesian water, Iroquois harvest outlook, Elk Point calf with three eyes and two mouths, Columbia bonding for railroad access, Mayville farmer injuries, Sioux Vale library's oak purchase, Pin Ridge Indians church affiliation, Casselton Patrick Ford paralyzed, Sparks’ entries suspended at Huron, Watertown rainfall claim, Fargo barn fire, Mount Dillon arrest in killer case, Fargo liquor sales to Indian, St Mary’s church cornerstone, Wild Bill’s grave marker controversy, and rate/immigration notes amid drought and population projections.
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Aberdeen
Grantout
Black Hill
Agate
Sully County
Nortolas UY
Flandreau
Sioux Falls
Eindoenka
Miller
Milwaukee
Twin Brooks
Milbank
Brookings
Iroquois
Elk Point
Columbia
Martin Theresin
Mayville
Iag
Henry Lane
Johnn Sullivan
Big Hole
Mont
Mount Dillon
John Elshire
Chamberlain
United States
St. Mary's Church
Fargo
Dakota
Wild Bill
I.E. West
Dakota Railroad, Commission
Milwaukee and Northwestern
Northern Pacific
Manitoba
Duninp
Henderson
Moore
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Buvwda Orrsox
Brimance
Custer
Maratta
Daniel W. Maratta
D. W. Hutchinson
Amsterdam
Cutcaco
Ji Stout
Court House
N. C
North Carolina
Rockingham County
James Madison Stout
Polly Minckle
Jones Creek
Tony Brush
Groon
Preacher Hazlett
Jim
Miss Polly
Inckle
James Stout
Lement
North Dakota
North Dakota Dental Association
St. Pauly
Huron
Oak
Pioneer Press
Duluth, Watertown & Pacific Ras
Cnantorre
N.C
John Cardwell
Wilkesboro
Chicaco
Perch English
Bonn
St Paul
Burlington & Northern
Pais
Salisbury
Becker
Ate
William Murphy
Kingston
Meeker County
E. A. Biggs
A. A. Ade
District of Columbia
Vic William Hunter
J. B. Moore
Delaware
EB. Spencer Pratt
Alabama
Persia
Bach
Supreme Court of Montana
Motien
Folsom
White House
Jallabury
China
Loxpox
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lord Salisbury
Lord George Hamilton
Chie
Michael Hicks-Beach
Viscount, Cranbrook
Ford
Lord Toldesteigh
Heutenant
Duke of Aberdeen
William He. Smith
Richard Ashton Cross
Fuser Stanley
House of Lords
Randolph. Churchill
House of Commons
Lord Granville
England
Pekin
Burmah
MEXIC
St. Lawrence
Pennington County
The
Law Library Association of
Siouxvale
Pins Tidge Agency
Church
Anrison
Douglass County
Aukton
Patrick Ford
Casselton
Sparks
B. F. Spotts
Hamlin County
Watertown
Cumming
Minnesote
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Southwest
Yellowstone Journal
Abernethy Grover
Ner
United States Land Office
Miles City
Washington Berry
Major Grover
Helena
Uber
Plains
Benton
Omron
Grase
SNL
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