Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-10-07
Territorial Talk.

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The track on the Huron branch is
laid to within twenty miles Of Ord
way.
The Maxwell mill started up again
last week after long resting spell
A large elk wandered into Spring
field Sunday last and wandered out
again.
Burr Robbins exhibited his sway
up circus in Watertown, September
oath.
Mr.. Gray of Flandrau offers for
sale 100000 ash and box elder seed
ing trees.
The first week of the Scotland
school closed with forty names on the
register.
1t is reported that four weddings
will occur at Canton within two
weeks.
Seven miles of the road being built
from Mitchell to Huron is already
ironed.
Aberdeen, Groton and Columbia
are all anxious for the county seat
# Brown county.
Mrs. Gen. Beadle and daughter
are visiting in Pierre.
The Presbyterian church at Volga
is nearly completed.
Pierre expects to have a $4,000
school house before winter.
Pierre has new church free from
debt, bell and preacher.
Aberdeen has entered tbs ring as
candidate for the capital.
A Catholic church is being built at
Elkton, Brookings county.
Potat .es in Clark county are a large
crop and Of mammoth size.
There is a prospect of a union de.
pot being built at Canton soon.
There is very little grain being
marketed in Scotland except flax.
The Sphinx County Herald will soon
be published at New Ashton.
The Territorial Sunday school con-
vention will occur at Huron about
the 17ih October. ....
Sioux Falls is to be treated to a
dramatic entertainment by home tai
enc, at an early day.
Track laying on the Southern Min.
nesota has reached a point six miles
beyond Dell Rapids.
Sixty gentlemen and fifteen ladies
attended a ball at Bath, Brown coun-
ty, not long ago.
The new Methodist church at
Pierre is the only one within radius
Of one hundred miles.
Mr.. Whalen, founder of the Dell
Rapids Exponent, is city editor OF
the Sioux City Times.
St. Michaels society Of Sioux
Falls are preparing to build an elegant
church editice to cost $ll, 1000.
There is talk at Pierre Of forming
a company for the purpose Of putting
down an artesian well.
Eden's $4,000 mill was washed
ont and tumb!el into the river almost
a total wreck, a short time ago.
G. II. Fullerton, formerly editor Of
the Elk Point Tribune, is now mem
Of the Sioux City News force.
A number Of good carpenters could
find steady employment and good
wages at Plankinton, Huron county.
The people Of Brookings county
will indulge in two fairs this season
one at Brookings and the other at
Volga.
The Coddington County Courier
will be changed next week from an
eight column folio to six column
quarto.
Many of the farmers about Tabor
have thousands Of bushels Of corn
raised this year and many hundreds
Of old still on hand.
On Thursday last the high wind
blew carpenter from the top of a
building in Sioux Falls, without,
however, seriously injuring him.
The Congregati onal society of
Vermillion have received the intelli-
gence that they are to have five hun
dred dollars from the church build
ing fund.
II. NJ. Stearns, foreman Of the work
on the Queen Bee mill at Sioux Falls
was presented few days ago with a
handsome silver set by the men en-
ployed under him.
The election in Hanson and Davi.
son counties which takes place Octo-
Der 18th will decide the question
whether the two counties shall be
consolidated or the division line
changed.
The Sioux Falls Paragraph COM
pleted its fifth year last week. The
proprietors are desirous OF publish
ling daily soon which we predict
will be one of the leading dailies OF
the territory.
The Chamberlain Register states
that a man named S. l. Clark has
discovered good quality of coal
about mile south of town. He has
used it in his blacksmith forge and
says it is Of excellent quality
A genuine elopement affair helped
the people of Scotland out on some.
thing to talk about last week. The
wedding occurred at the Campbell
house. Both parties We're from
abroad and registered under assumed
| names.
Redfeld (Spink County, Sun: A
party of engineers have surveyed the
past week, a line of railroad will run
through Sphinx county next year.
Sioux Falls Paragraphs: At a
meeting of the Cross mining compa.
ny last week, it was determined tc
continue the work with all energy,
| and an assessment of $50 per share
was levied upon the stock to furnish