Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-12-27
DAKOTA ITEMS.

A Buffalo county faSner has twenty
sons.
The Bismarck Daily Capital has sus-
pended.
Vermillion was seorched by $4,000
fire on the morning of the goth.
The capital commission building at
Bismarck is about ready for the roof.
There is talk of the Alexander Mitch
ell house at Mitchell being purchased
by stock company
The young ladies of Wentworth, Lake
county, are arranging for Il grand Leap
year ball early in 1884,
The Springfield Hill company bought
12,OO0bushels of wheat which was raised
by the Santee Indians.
George Schair of PuE,wana broke his
arm on the dashboard OF his buggy
while striking his horse.
A postotfice has been established at
Dakota City, Hutchinson county, with
a. a. Wright as postmaster.
The books of the Haron land office
show that 100000 acres of land have
been taken up during the past year.
Hon. r. f. Pettigrew has built Il fine
$4,000 roller mill the past summer on
his large farm north of Sioux Falls.
There are ninety-two students in at
tendance upon the Yankton college,
twenty-four Of whom ars from abroad
kingsville is the narne Of a new town
near Bijou Hills, on the line of the
Chamberlain, Springfield and Yankton
railway.
The Redfield Journal says contractors
are preparing bids for $4,000 hotel.
to be erected near the Milwaukee and
st. Paul depot.
Twelve hundred head of cattle have
been killed at Standing Rock agency.
This number will supply the Indians
with frozen beef all winter.
Mrs. Lydia w. Slaughter. Bismarck's
poetess and for several years its post
mistress, has been granted a divorce
from her husband, DR.. b. +. Slaughter.
Aberdeen stands chance of getting
a university. A Chicago gentleman
proposes to give that city 100000 as an
endowment for a university to cost
S10,OoO,if theAberdeen people will build
it.
E. G. Wheeler has re-embarked in
business at Huron. Mrs. n. NJ. Far
rington, Mrs. Wheeler's mother, has ar
ranged the old unsettled matters to a
| great extent, and the new business will
be conducted il her name.
The Steele county authorities have
been enjoined from issuing $4,000 of
court house bonds, At the election
held to vote bonds but one polling place
was opened and that at Steele, the
county seat The voters outside that
precinct did not vote.
The body of a man supposed to be
Fred Young was found under the ice in
the James river. An eight year old son
was found with him. The father had
probably been drawing the boy on his
Sled and both had broken through the
ice and were drowned.
Dakota City Advance: The colony
of Mennonites living about seven miles
south of town have sold their farm and
its effects. and will return to Pennsrl-
vania. whence they came. Their Da-
kota, Hutchinson courrty dirt, brought
them the neat little sum of $25OOO
Ianllton parties are the purchasers.
Press and Dakotaian: Father Shehan
has received another installment of
twenty-five children from the Boston
home for the destitute and has found
homes for them. Father Shehan has
thus far found homes for as many as
seventy-tive homeless orphans. This
looks to II sinner like practical christi
anity.
Yankton Herald: Holton & Peirsosl
will ship twelve car loads of fat cattle
to Chicago by special train to-day. -Four
/, car loads belonging to the same gentle
men will be loaded at Tyndall and join
the train at Sanborn. The two hundred
head shipped from Yankton are the
product of the farms of Messrs, Holton
s. Person in this county. They also
sold $1,000 worth of fat hogs to Yank-
ton packers yesterday.
/ PETTEP THAN ENEP