The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01


The lumber camp OF Foster, Blackman d.
Co, near Big Rapids, Mich. was burned.
Loss, $50 Uot. insurance, BlSWJ.
& ENERAL NEUS IN BRIEF.
| q conservative 'nIste made by the
| Northwestern Miller puts the daily capaci.
ty az The Minneapolis mills at 2G 600 bai-
| rel. year ago at this date the capacity
wns estimated az Il. $50 barrels. The years
increase therefore is = 40. II is claimed
that these amounts more nearly represent
the real working figures than is usually the
case with statements of the kind A study
at these figures gives some Interesting re-
suits. The number oi bushels of wheat re-
quircd to make the q, G60 barrels Of -four
per day would be- 1873 800, the transporta
ton Of which would take 2G6 cars, or n sol
id tram mile and three quarters in length.
Besides the -four the daily product of bread
| stuff would be- 400 tons, Ia haul bpth Of
which would require 34s cars and sixteen
locomotives. or more thad two miles OF SOL
| III 'rar. tan average price Of 81 per bar
rel Tor Hour and iS PER toH Tor mlllstni',
TIE total daily production oi he mills
amounts to &ll772s, or nearly S37 900, 600
IN The course Of year.
within a year there has been listed OH be
| New York stock exchange no lrss than
| 800 600, zoo of securities Nearly 800.
00o ODo Was listed in one week before
! the adjournment uf the governing commit.
| Tee for the summer. The number of nil' =
of Tailf' al built ia 1879 wa 4. .72i; in 1852,
| u ~as II ,5Hl. These built in the former
year were ;apsred for S27o.E D 600 or $5s
| 600 mile; those of last year construction
| brought 1900, 600, 600 oi bonds aud stocks 10
| swell the supply Of Wall street, DeiHg owe.
| }Gl 600 mile.
On the 24tb intelligence was received from
Fort Bniord TO the effect that party Of
Grosventre Indians, who are camped near
the post, were rade1 by the Crees who ran
OIL n lot of stock. They were pursued bv
{ Grosyenires To the Little Muddy, 30
miles distant, where fight ensued in
which several were won. ded on both sides,
but The stock was not recovered. Lieuten-
| ant Robinson, with a detachment of the
Seventh cavalry, is in pursuit Of the thieves.
| Great excitement prevails ut Fort Buford.
A collision occurred on the 26th inst of
! EddyslOne light IN the English channel he
tween the French steamer NJ. Germain, from
Havre 10 New York and the steamer
Woodburn, from the east by way of the
Snez canal The Woodburn immediately
sank. Eighteen of her crew were drowned.
The 81 German, disabled, arrived at Ply.
mouth and landed the passengers saved from
In. WGodbuin.
The Cincinnati produce exchange held a
meeting recently TO consider The quest ion Of
inviting the National Butter, Cheese end
f. ,gs association tO hold ts annual session
| this season Gat Cincinnati. Members were
| unanimously in favor Of the plan, ana il is
| understood that the convention will assem-
! bic the first Tuesday following Thanksgiy-
| ing day.
Two patrol wagons, u dozen policemen
and about 500 boys attempted to Iun down
| three Texas steers which had escssed from
| the stock yards to the open praires south of
| Chicago recently. Two we're captured but
the third overturned buggy containing
three persons and made mad rush Tor n
! little child, which, however, had a miracu.
| lous escape, and created other havoc befOre
| il was finally shot by a policeman.
II. l.. Bridrman, of Frank Lesiie's Illus
trated newspaper writes the Northwestern
agent %: that publication that he expects on
the occasion of the laying Of the last rail OF
the Northern Pacific To have one oi the best
| artists III The country Ia make the sketches
| for the psper.
! i.nrine Shaw, mate al the Juno swan
! no yards through heavy gate 10 fasten a
! line t@ he rhooner Jessie Har, while she
aas a;roUDd on stone pile a. ibe Phila-
| delphia break water. He vii get 81 900 a.
salvage money.
! At st. CathafincS, Ont. Mr., Wardell
/ found skull in lot OF coal iR the hold of
| the burned steamer Glenfniss. None of the
crew were missing ana the affair creates a
| mystery.
The lower house Of the Georgia legisls-
lature has adopted resolution instruc-
| ting the members of congress from that state
10 vote for postal telegraph service.
Building Inspector rsterorook of New
| York has forbidden The building Of bow
| windows projecting more than twelve
inches beyond the lot line.
Phe Bellbrook magnetic well, near Day.
| ton, has been sold for 5000. The we'll
was visited last Sunday by 5000 per.
I sons
| Since last March shout 4, 900 head Of cat.
tie have been bought up in the region ,rib.
utary to Waseca and shipped to Montana.
Clark x Edwards, pristers Of Chicago,
! fail "a Liabilities, $4,000; assets unknown.
OIL paintings worth 81, 500 were seized on
the steamer Eeypt at New York.