Jamestown alert., 1881-12-16
Territorial Talk.
Sioux Ful!s~antsa a telephone exchange.
Elk Pout Catholics have locat,,l ccm-

| sioux lul!S"antSa telephone exchange.
Elk Point Catholics have ocatt Il a ccm-
etery.
a brass band is beng orgn.i1ed in
Springfield.
4 Madison hal It's sixth snow ,tnrm
Thanksgiving day.
The building Of q Lutheran church at
Canton is contemplated.
Railroad meetings are the order Of the
evenings in the Hills.
Mitchell is gpin. to have an oil mill
aud We story griss mill.
One hundred and sixty pupils are en-
rolled in the Watel!cwn schools.
Lake Preston, Lake county, wants a
wagon maker aud a harness shrp.
1t is the cnikcn>p,x that the young.
stcrs Of Elk Point are wrestling with.
The United States express company
have Superseded the American at Canton.
Capt. Lowe Of Chamberlain will open
IL general merchandise stare in the Bijnu
hills soon.
Tie Blulc county tree planters will
he'll, their annual meeting the first week
III January.
Edward N"ldt living near Madison
died very suddenly at his residence one
day last week.
Alexandria Herall: The Oshkosh
lumber company pay tut $500 per
month for freight.
The Episcopal ladies of Canton are pre-.
va f,l,t ft) ,nrl.rt anne
evening next week.
A farce of ninety men are pushing track
laying on the Southern Minnesota from
Madison 10 Howard.
Owing to the d, ,ciine in wheat, Mr..
Shcaf Ut Elk Poiut has reduced the price
OF -four twenty five cents per hundred.
The Catholics OF Elk Point have secured
grounds and 'cutcd their cemetery just
west of the Protestant cemetery.
Milk is very scarce in 'YMertnwn at
present, which is probably attributable,
the Courier thinks, to the scarcity Of rain.
\ new school house has be,n built at
McCOok which il sald to be the best FL.
ished aud furnished Country school house
in Union county.
J.crb Lnvctt Of Flandreau was instantly
killed Monday last by falling from the
railroad bridge across the West Vur,nIlion
river which he was engaged III bull ;ing.
The Custer County Leader says that
shccp-f, cdinS bids fair to become enc of
the leading industries of central and west.
crn Nebraska in the coutse of a very few
.a"s.
The only child Of Mr.. and Mrs. a.
lIariis OF Gnnton, died last week Of dlph-
the:In, which makes the third they have
lost within the last two years With that
dlStas'.
Edward Wcldt, farmer, died sudden.
ly near Madison few days ago. lie was
10, X aga;ns | lie stack said he would MT
pitch any more and fell over in no uncon-
sclous state. Two hours later lie was
dead. lie leaves wife aud children.
Yaukton Press aud Dakotalan: "Bids
were opcucd by Territorial Treasurer
NicVay ter The purchase Of the Dak, ia
pcritcntiary bonds The only proposals.
accepted were .l,ose OF s. b. Cnulsun,
YanAton, for $4,000 at $1.U3131, and
Acarsaga National bank, Warner n. H.,
f"r - 900 at II 031l. No mere bonds
will be sold at present, because the mouey
will not be needed.
Elk Point Courier: "Since tho solidi-
fication of the roads by the cold snap, our
streets arc thron!;cd daily with farmers,
bringing in wheat, cattle, hogs and corn,
and business is just booming again. The
farmers pretty generally understand that
Elk Point is the best market in this sec,
ti"n of country 70, hogs, cattle and pro.
duce, and if there is half chance to get
here they are going to come.'