The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-11

III" lOng.taket.ot location of the great
hatcl-to secure the site for which St faul
enterprise contributed $40 UpO as bonus
Tor n 800 400 suuerstrucu!re has at last
been determined, and there is now no ob-
s'scle III the way of imlhedia'o work upon
the foundation II is To b- mIlctd in
two years, the sit. selected il the trace
bounded hy 2IO feet OH Seventh street Oh
the north, 500 feet on kobt +, street on the
west, and l5u l-et on Sikh street on the
: ut'', or the magnificent total OF So feet
tro.tEre OF turee OF the br., business streets
IN rh' city, and at point midway between
Z tate capitol, the postotlce Hnd custom
hGNat district on The west, and the union
depot and the wholesale district on the
east; and the river and lev.e interests on
lhe south. and the tend Of business north
toward the great terminal grounds OF the
Norihern Pacific in fact the most central
location thar could possibly have been se.
Ieuted
For 1mumypg the harbor At Dulnth
S27O,G5l have been expended prior 10 Jan.
-, lsel Since IN ~ time tT6, coo has been
expended u il believed, from pas; expert.
euces, that it viii he necessary Co 40 IA large
amount VI dredging each year For dred .
az: al Superior, Wis, f4I 46i ~ availsble
during The year, t2l, l35 of which was *
psnd"t. The sSt!U1a;r! an,"i,ii io roui.
p'rir the pfoject ~ 1852 NO, al which 10. g.
a'o can be used the next year.
he "unsrd Steamship Company has
contracted for The building of the two stesm
ers on scale which il ~ said will he in sd.
vance Of anything which hsS VET hesu de
vistd Tor the Atlantic ssrvlce. The ships
5000 horse power The price is EXCESS oi
t6po. 600 iof each, and il ~ esiened hat
| the two vessels shall make a speed Of nine
teen knots per hour or Ia cross the Allan
tic - les tran siX dsys
AT the recent Mormon conference in
| Sal, Lake City, some 2OO missionaries were
| sen, out 36D for the year. OF these, 100 60
| to the Snuthern States whence 200 convert.
| have hreu forwarded recently to Colorado
Some idea oi tho despotism of MormoIiism
may be seen in the fact that with a popnla-
ton Of l25,o0O. they" are more than 22Oo
| churci, officials.
| Ia connection with the recent failure in
| Boston the rumor~ ~ the amount of paper
| held ~ banks there have be- N greatly ey.
| sgrerai.a The total capital Of the hank,
| ni Bue,ou is 80, ,Up pb aud no sing e bank
has anything approaching lnTFe psrcen,
! ~" ui ig capital lav-st"i ~ any suspended
paper Very many banks do mo- bold =
| dollar ~ u.
| Unless the late departed Mr.. Iukster o
Grand Forks has been writing letters from
that bourne whence the mails do not rur
| regularly, he is still alive and not a ba,
| oking corpse in the Mouse River valley
| A. Mr.. Matthies had a letter from HIM tive
days after his supposed death.
| Edward Gamble, hosiery manufacturer o
Philsdelphia, has mad" m assignment I,
| l. 4. Beatty fuf the benefit oi his creditors
AUD EnUch Blood u: the same civ also
| hois,ry manufactured, assigned To James 1
Hay The liabilities and assets are small
American travellers spend IL is estimated
sluo 0o0 OOD Ia Europe every summer Tn
3 6OO, ,O,U inhshrias t. ~ Philadelphia, Ne,
York snl Brook'vn spesd SIS, ,0OO,Oo dur
il 4 the season upon the strip Of Sand he
t.~rn Cape Msv Point and Long Beach.