Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-05

rora county, 1900; Brule, AS; Buffalo
5lS; Douglas, so; Charles Mix, 9l5
Miner, 500.
The United State land Office at Mitch,
ell .losed all busiuess for that district OF
the 22i.
Petitions for the reapp)intn ent Of Judge
Moody are being circulated in the Black
Hills.
Two thousand dolla-s were recently PAID
for the reliuquishment Of a Hanson county
tree claim.
A number of mines In the Rockford die.
trict are 60 he connected by railways 10 bc
built Immediately.
The I~n1ians have leen creating some
uncasiuess among In" t~ettlers in the Tur.
tie mountain country.
Sioux Falls has ordered a steam fire en-.
CINE, and org uized u hose company with
tgenty.seveu members.
The people Of East Grant Forks have
taken Steps to procure n Catholic priest
and will organize a s. cieiy.
There Is considerable talk Of a Ave hun.
ired barrel Touring mill being built at
Sanborn, Barnes county.
One hundred aud t%wenty.nine govern
mtnt claims were III d On ia Que week re-
Gently at she IA 80 land Office.
Reports f.om al section Us of the Hills
are tht, best and buffalo are ~ re- numer-
Ous than they have been since 1876.
TIE Chamberlain Register thinks il is
n pity that the chalk stone at that place is
not utilized iUr bui dins purposes.
10 il thought that "a much De 5000 cords
OF split wood was Consumed by u large
timber GIe on WLttewood suumi5 recently.
The Grand Trunk railway Is looking
toward Dakota from Duluth 10 Grand
Forks, thence to Pembinn and on to Win
nipeg.
The bridge across the Missouri at Bis
marck Ia fast nearing completion and by
October Goth will be ready for trans to
pass over.
Judge Webb has resigned as register of
the land office, his resignation to take
effect az soon az o successor shall be ap.
pointed.
The Northern Pacific officials have col.
lected agricultural statistics sufficient 10
show that the present crop is the best ever
harvested along their limo.
Mrs. Ed win A. Curley died at Spearfsh
on the 10Th. Deceased was q very accom-.
lady, and her am is a familiar
one TO literary people.
A potion of one of The largest elevators
at Grafton took u tumble the other day
and dropped sev, raj thousand buthels OF
wheat 70 the gro'nl n? lives 10 t.
The Alexandria Herald says one hun
covered wagons passed tnroui h town
last weeI in four days, Ill moving west
where Uncle Sans lands are free.
The impression pr-vails in Miner county
that the Minnesota Southern railroad will
lon he extended &C o5s the j III and work
Is to commence on this Mitchell. Huron line.
Fort Meade ia now supplied with water.
giving it ample protection against
hire. Hydrants have been put III where
necessary, and ~ hook and ladder and
hose company organized, both consisting
Of soldiers under the direction of COM
officers.
The proposition to Issue 800, 900 bonds
tor the improvement e Fargo, failed in
the county by n vote of about sixty. Fargo,
however, has just tae kind OF men who
will 60 Town into their pockets and make
thei improvements fr IN their own means.
.Bisna,ck Tribune.
List sunday morning about 6 o'clock, |
Edward Matthew, who lived two miles
north of Elkton, took his gun and went
Dut TO shoot a hawk-goins west from the
house. Both barrels acct lentally went off
passed through his right lung, as he
attending to go through some willow
brush. Hedropped the sun, returned to
.he house, and died. -Brooking, Sentinel.