The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-06
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

The constitution as adopted contains
| An excellent provision relative 10 the
care Of school lands. Il provides that
| none Of this land should be sold Mt less
| than ten dollars per acre and that not
more than one.third the entire body
shall be sold within ten years from the
date OF the first sale. Provision is also
made for renting this land while il re-
| mains the property OF the state. The
vast gift of the government is Tins care
fully secured to the uses Tor which it
WAS intended and made To serve in the
| highest degree the educational interests
| Of the state.
| There is considerable activity in Bis
| marck military circles. The governors
guards are reorganizing.
The Fargo brick and tile company
| sell brick 10 Bismarck.
| Spiritwood lake near jamestown is
| fdvorile pleasure resort.
Travel over the completed Northern
Pac iic is rapidly increasing.
The Fargo & II. Louis railway is max
| ing encouraging progress.
Prairie fires have been threatening
Bismarck.
The country in the Mouse river valley
! IL said to contain inc xhaustlb,e deposits
| OF coal off superior quality.
| dakota.
Augustus n. lIurd Of Bismarck las
| obt .ned divorce from his wife on he
ground that she is a common scold.
Mrs. Dan kirthbridr, living near
| ni.y, ErnpI E,,lya !,
| 10 TWO girls and boy recently.
| Work at the Bismarck capitol grounds
| has been resuued, brick having arrived
Architect Burlington condemned large
| quantity Of brick and it was Necessary
| 10 stop work.
| Rev. DR.. Ward Of Iankton was the au
thor Of the address 10 the people, the
| chapter on iucation, and the chapter
| on the great seal and motto in the >I-uX
| Falls constitution.
Efforts are being made 10 find the
grave where Rev. Mr.. Smith and Charles
Mason, killed by Indians ia 1876, were
| buried together.
Capt. Harmon has been granted rights
for street railway at Bismarck.
| Deadwood is putting in the electric
| light. 1t will be burning Oct. Is.
John oungblJod, living near Rem
| shaw, claims to have foun specimens
| of gold in the soil on his farm. He il
sanlulne of finding gold in paying guam
titles.
The pressed brick layers who get s. n
day for their work, get double pay TO
| Snn1aua onI in, I.,u,onI Th.
bun ding boon paws little heed to the
Sabbath in Sioux Falls.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
| congregation of Sioux Falls are erecting
| comInodious new church and have il
raised and enclosed.
The Black ii lis Pioneer gives o col.
umn Of interesting statistics concerning
the Homestake mine. During the year
| ending June 3nth, 1882, the Honestake
mills crushed lS0,5li tons Of quariz
yielding 81 ,237 1906 During tn. year
ending June 3Uth, 1883, ther. were 49,.
074 tons of ore crushed, yielding 81 1856
3e4, IL, The total expenses Ior the ast
| fiscal year W. re $sU, ,54s 49, of the re.
mainder $6On,WoO was paid TO stuckhold-
ers. The capital stock of the company
is represented by l25,M0 500 shares.
Hamlin County Times: A man living
near Poinse,t th.eshed forty acres of
wheat the other day that averaged Just
thirty bushels per acre.
One of the best signs Of the times in
the farming communities Of Minnehaha
county is that 20 many farmers are
working into the live stock business
and of the improved strain of blood
Nothing will Increase the wealth Of an
agricultural region so rapidly ~ the
growing OF stock. Stock raising il essen
tiai To successful farming, and thorough
bred stock brings tho best profits aud
quickest returns.
WISCONSIN
Mary Viii @, an unmarried woman
twenty seven years Of age. became VIC
lently insane at Racine. on religion, and
went 10 female academy, wher. she
attempted T. stab the lady attend mt
with pair OF scissors, She was taken t.
the Northern ;nsane asylum at O>kosh.
There is great rejoicing at Bismarck
over the award to Bu.leigh county of a
gold medal for the finest ayr cultural
display at the Cincinnati exposition.
Father Stephen. formerly Indian
agent at Standing Rock, has goEe TO
jamestown to take charge Of the parish
there.
The capital commissioners will begin
| to auction off their real estate, given
them by the city of Bismarck, Oct. -.
Gsv. Ordway's bank at Bsmark has
opened tor business. with SD,mJcapital.
The Homestake mine has paid $780,
OU dividend tins year
Near Crystal, Pembina county, Oak.
recently James Massey lost three thous
and bushels Of grain; James Matthews had
| his separator burned; and the Gains
| lee Brothers engiLe Was badly damaged
| ALI by threshing-tires or tobacco pipes.
President :Ellisbury Of the Dakota &
Great Southern railway, says he husi-
ness men NJ all points are subscribing
literally for stock. Superintendent Brit
ton recently let contract for twenty-five
miles west Of Forest City, and five miles
west OF kibbv, TO j. Noak * Co, who
will commence work ut once.
The southern terminus Of the James
River Valley railroad has been finally
located at Ordway, and graders arr al
ready ~ WORK. IhiS road VII give an IN
dependent outlet 10 Chicago for al The
new towns in that region. over both the
Milwaukee & Northwestern roads.
Flandeau is to have a Norwegian pa.
per.
The hotel at Forest City, the new
town ut the mouth Of the Little Chey-
enne river, in Porter county, OAK, WAS
burned one night the latter part Of last
week, eniailing loss of $3.50 on ibe
proprietors ana guests. A large num-
Der OF valuable papers belonging TO the
townsite company and others were also
consumed. Mr.. FRY, proprietor OF the
newspaper at Forest City, is loser 10 the
tune Of 81 500.
II is claimed that a company has Just
been organized in New York city with a
capital Of $40, 10000 The charter is for
a line Of railway from Tower City TO
Sioux CITY.