Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-07-15
SOUTHERN DAKOTA.

Brookings new Touring mill start.
ed up the 9th.
Five hundred people attended the
celebration at Forest City.
Aurora county was blessed with
$780, 1000 rain the other morning.
The White Lake military company
starts out with sixty.two members.
The Touring mill at Aberdeen has
been disabled by break in the dam.
Judge Palmer has postponed his
Moody county term of court until fall.
Alexandria wants fax mill, brick
yard, a creamery and an arteslan we'll.
Three hundred and fifty Parkerites aid
ed in celebrating the glorious at Marion.
Many thousand dollars are being In.
vested in residences in Sioux Falls this
season.
Miner county will soon be noted for
the number Of school houses within her
borders.
The farmers of Brown county are talk
ing of organizing mutual hail insurance
company.
The average assessed valuation of
decided land in Sphinx county, this year,
is S475 per acre.
s. L. Baker, of White Lake, has sold
half interest 10 three year old trot-
ting horse for 5000.
The southeastern part of Brulet county
contains fine farms, good houses and
barns and first class people.
An eight year old son of Mr.. Cade,
of Lake county, fell into we'll and was
drowned, Wednesday, the 9th.
The Fourth of July programme at
Chamberlain was fully carried out, there
being $500 people in attendance.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pau
train dispatcher at Millbank, has been
ordered to remove to Aberdeen.
An adopted daughter of VIM. Wheat
ley, OF Alexandria, is showing signs Of
insanity and great alarm is felt.
| A thousand people attended the cele
bration at Milltown, which was an enjoy
able affair, Notwithstanding the storm.
The were rain and wind and mud at
Groton on the Fourth, but every par
of the programme was carried out al
the same.
July Sth was the end OF the Chatauqu
year and the Chamberlain members o
the circle celebrated the day by rid
into the country.
Rain interfered somewhat with tn
celebration at Alexandria, yet there wer
more people in the town that day tina
, ever before in her history.
Two prominent Norwegian gentleme,
OF Canton, were married in Sioux Fal
the other day to two prominent Norwe
gian ladies, also of Canton.
j. b. Brown, county treasurer of NJ
Cook county, has lately made settl
ment with the county board which
most creditable and satisfactory.
8 A new house, only just completed. b.
longing to Elias Anderson, of MINI
haha county. was mysteriously burne
not long ago. The loss was abor
Sl,5oO.
Jasper E. Sloan, of Clark county, W,
q drowned in Rock river, at Janesvill
Q Wis.,, last Wednesday night while
It bathing. He was twenty.one years
J. age and was attending the western scho
!. OF telegraphy.
nj Groton Independent: A number
u farmers and business men of Groton 81
~ vicinity have expressed willingness
donate from five to ten bushels. each,
j. wheat to the parties losing their Gro
70 by the hail storm Of last week.
}. The G. @. Washburn post, of Fla
n drau, will take their new flag. which th
Is claim is the handsomest one in the ter
n tory, to the national encampment
at Minneapolis. The silver cornet ba
will also accompany the post.
al, Lennox items. Sioux Valley Nev
o. Mr.. NJ. Crowley has lost four childr
I'd with diphtheria in the past few da
or three of them dying within forty eie
IA hours. Two more are sick, but hopes
ve entertained of their recovery. One ch
N has escaped the disease so far.
7e Marion Sentinel: Dirk Tieszen,
ct ing three miles west of town, lost t
9. children, aged five aud eight years,
t. drowning last Thursday. 1t is suppot
m to have happened as follows: As
zs children were playing at pond near
le house, the younger fell in. and the ole
ut one in attempting to save his brotht
at life, was taken beyond his depth a
at dro wned also.
It. The Sioux Falls Press says that
~ w. 3. Jones, who grows only corn a
Q root crops on his magnificent farm. "
ID. OF tue Sioux river, declares the con
rd tion Of the corn crop at present ahead
gh that OF any year since his residenct
nR that section, aud equal in promise to
ofleorn he had ever seen in any country.