The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1881-06-17

y party Nl Mll'ttlk gentleman com
pusrd Of J, G.. DIake, T. ID. Ely, J.
Eastman and !. J Elescr have made
arrangements for putting a steam
pleasure yacht on Big Stone Lake.
The Grand Forks Herald, one Of the
! most valued Of our Northern Dakota
Exchanges is now issuing semi week
| ly edition.. and we heartily congratu
| late Bro, Wlnshop on his enterprise.
! Some hurglariously inclined indi-
vidual entered Knapp & Blanchard's
saloon last Sunday while the proprle-
! tors were abSent,and abstracted some
loose change from the money drawer,
| II NJ. Wilcox, the carpenter and
/ joiner has established 4 work shop in
! the building one door south of Mind
rr' furniture store, where he can be
found busily engaged at the different
kinds of work iii his line.
| MOvius Bros. have just received the
agency Ct the New \ ork tndcrWrlt-
ers- -Germania and Hanover fire in
| Surance companies, and are prepared
to issue policies for these cOmpanlrs
| two IF the most substantial III the
country.
| Commissioners Cameron and Stearns
are both about to erect handsome new
residences en- their farms. Tacy have
been in office only SIX months, and are
| probably like the busy bee, improving
| each shining opportunity of catching
ON 10 the little ducats.
We learn that w. y. Jackson is out
| ON the Jim and is IL the law and Land
locating business, He has given up
his newspaper enterprise and says he
Will leave the journalistic field open
for those who have never fought and
died Ior their country before.
We return thanks to JAS. Shaw, OF
| afiibunN, for the sple ndid strawberry
treat which we indulged III at his e1-
n4ase l,tst Sunday. Ills is the only
il,.ce IL that country where they can
| II. obtained ami those wishing q me,s
| Jt tie luscious fruit should call there.
| Gaa II the pressing wants Of Big
Stone 1t present. Is 4 good barber.
5a lie right kind Of 4 man would ind all
/ the work lie could attend to, and the
ihogs woul,ln' t have to 60 around look
mr. as they do, without room enough
on their 'phizs for a Chinese woman
to Kiss.
| pre ommited to mention last week 4
very pleasant call from W. II. Donald.
IsOa, ha represented this district IN
the Territorial legislature last winter.
| donaldson is as hearty as ever, and
1f. IN his late associations with Coy.
I1fdway doesn't seem to Nave corrupt
~ him II. the least, either morally,
/ physically or politically.
Bro. sheets Of the Orionvile Her.
laid has returned to his post from his
recent visit, but lie appears 10 have
] t4iaAi,iously failed IN the nesetia-
It.ens Which we mentioned last week
Is pending, though probably through
t.8 fault Of his own. j. II. knows
Ifa.l well that il is impossible for q
single man to run a country newspaper
Es5t1st.tsssl ulls, when he has to take his
lpaT iii potatoes, ruta lagas, cabhages,
Iete. However, we advise him not to
Iteel discouraged. but when he Is
#s.s,NnItalicd and detected over his
! fal passage Of scripture which says
every dog has his day.
Milhanh is to have a fifteen thons-
md dollar church, and fifteen thols-
aud elullay preacher, ready made and
placed II the pulpit, together With all
tile necessary fenliture and fixtures
of Il liIst.elass gospel mill. We con-
grltuiltetne sinners Of our Ielgabor-
inr toni. s4lAl when the machine gets
/ well ef..#s5 III ana III good running or
der We .Aiteet - Sec a decided change
| iii the LauE,,ls Of the town, but we ale
afraid that Nlil1anl> v llson Will sce
rs grandchildren gray headed before
he secs tire fifteen thousand dollar
church. The cheapest thing IN the
county is-..talfy,. and Bro. Lewis
swallows 1t as il it were his natura
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