Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-03

have organizpl a literary society
The Missouri river is several ieet
lower at Chamberlain than ever before.
The sales OF farming machinery at
Scotland during 1883 amounted to $751;
600.
The Alex, Mitchell house has been
sold to a syndicate at Mitchell for the
sum of $4,000.
The Standby property, mine and mill.
in the Rockford district, is being work
ed with good success.
The Aberdeen grist mill has named
one of its brands of flour Ordway. Be
cause it's n. g., probably.
The people of Bee heights attempted
an artesian well, and after boring 300
feet struck into Jasper granite and gave
it up.
There are siXty-one saloons in Fargo,
and the authorities fine persons who
frequent them on Sunday, all the way
from five to twenty dollars.
The,new Touring mill at Mitchell will
be 4Ox9O feet and five stories high, with
eleven sets of rollers, and, it is claimed,
will manufacture 100 barrels of flour
daily.
Oliver Dalrymple, one of the farm
kings ofnorthern Dakota, threshed this
year 10000 bushels of wheat and 10000
bushels of oats, all from $500 acres of
ground
Olaf Helwig, proprietor of the North
western hotel at Sturgis, was terribly
scalded about the head and face the
other day, While pouring some water
into an oyerheated kettle.
The Forrestburg Gazette says Woon-
socket is infested with roughs and dis
solute women. A citizens committee
has been formed to preserve order. The
town contains nine saloons.
c. w. Bailey, who is the owner of
three locations on Little Rapid creek,
near Rockford, says he has the biggest
mine in the world, and million tons of
ore in sight that will mill $500 ton.
DR.. Tompkins, of Miller, has 400 acres
of land broken near Wolsey. In the
spring he will break 500 acres more and
put flax in the new ground and wheat
in the old. 1t will require 100 yoke of
oxen to do thn work
The proprietor of the Bradley house.
at Mitchell, gave Christmas dinner,
which lasted from one until five and
consisted of seventy-one different
dishes. One hundred and siXty-two
persons were partakers thereof.
AT the sale of abandoned government
telegraph lines at Bismarck, Alex Nc
Kenzie purchased the line from Fort
Buford to Bismarck, POS miles, for
$1,000, and the line from Fort Bennett
to Fort Meade, l67 miles, was purchased
by e. Nagle for $4,000. Both lines will
be operated by the new owners.
Deadwood Times: When Jailer Bill
ington heard of the supreme court de-
cision, he went to Crow Dogs cell,
awokc him, and told him the news.
Grow Dog leaped out on the floor, and
jumped up and down, excsaiming: "Bet
your boots. bet your boots; washta,
washta."
Yankton Herald: A. w. Lavender
has sold his Yankton grocery store to
Joseph Pierson, the cattle man, and 0.
H. Carney, for long time chief clerk
in the store. Mr.. Pierson has had
an extensive experience in the business
having operated a similar establishment
in Illinois. Capt. Lavender will doubt
less give his undivided attention here
after to his Scotland store.
Press and Dakotaian, Dec: 2Sth: A
combination of Yankton ladies have
arranged leap year party, which is to
take place at the Merchants hotel New
Years night. According to the consti-
tuition and bylaws Of this organization,
gentlemen unaccompanicd by ladies
will not be admitted and no gentleman
can accompany a lady unless she asks
him to. The right to reject any and all
invitations is reserved to the gentle
men. During the progress of the ball
the gentlemen Will be required, when
not dancing, to SIT around against the
wall and patiently wait while the ladies
go down into the basement after cloves
and roasted coffee.
Springfield Times: From a gentle
man from Brown county, Nebraska,
who is in town we learn what is proba-
bly, the straight story in regard to the
horse thief business in that state. He
says shat there have been but three men
hung SO tar, old man Wade, Eph Wealth
erwax and Murphy. John Hoyt made
his escape from the vigilantes, but in
getting away was shot twice, and. it is
believed by some that he is dead. Andy
Culbertson and twelve others are in
Jail in Holt and Brown counties, and
have not yet been tried by the courts.
Kid Wade and Aus Culbertson have
not yet been caught, but the vigilantes
intend keeping up the chase until they
are caught or skip the country. Old
man Weatherwax has not been hung as
reported, but is in jail. Eph Weather
wax was left hanging to a tree until
the wolves ate the flesh from his legs.
BETTER THAN EVER.