Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-01-10
DAKOTA ITEMS.
Mitchell claims Il population of 1000.
Woonsocket has population of SOC.
A Masonic lodge is talked of at Sa-y

I A Masonic lodge is talked of at Sal
lem.
Bismarck will put in water works in
the spring.
Fort Custer was somewhat injured
| by a cpclone recently.
h SamMcMaster, superintendent of the
iHomestake mine, is in Australia.
Deadwood has new public school
building which it is proud OF.
Five hundred men are engaged in the
granite quarries at Sioux Falls.
A colony of 100 Russian families have
recently settled in Potter county.
A Rapid City couple got married y
after brief courtship of thirty years. I
/ Seven lumber yards will be running
| in Ipswich, Edmunds county, when
spring comes.
A grandson of Vanderbilt will open
a two section farm near Fort Lincoln
in the spring.
The building improvements in Sioux
Falls during the past year amount to
over 100000.
The governors guards at Bismarck
have decided on gray and blue colors
for uniforms.
/ A new coal mine has been discovered
near the Knife river. The vein is seven
feet thick.
| LaMoure county is infested with
gang of horse thieves, but they are
coming to grief.
Fargos improvements for the year
Just closed, in buildings alone, foot up
Ito over million dollars.
The board of county commissioners
of Trail county will reduce the license
Ffor selling liquors from $40O to $3.50.
A Bismarck cigar dealer has opened
well-flled reading room, containing
all the leading dailies and magazines.
Sheriff Alex Mckenzie, of Bismarck,
presented Col. Lounsberry with an ele-
CANT gold watch and chain on Christ
mas.
Rev. j. B. Currens organized a Pres
byterian church at Woonsocket Dec.
10th, which is the first church organiza-
tion in the town.
AT the suggestion Of Delegate Ray
mond, commission is to be appointed
to inspect the coal mines reported in
the Sioux reservation.
LIE Beau is supplied with coal from
the reservation by the Indians. 1t is
2 delivered by squaws who pack it in
/ sacks on their backs.
l The next grand encampment of Da-
kota Odd Fellows will be held in May
at Mitchell. There will be a parade Of
! the brethren in uniform.
;. Mitchell has notorious rough by the
name of Jack Muldoon, who threatened
to burn the city. He got thirty days in
the cooler for his rash threat.
Plankinton Free Press, 5th: Three
years ago to-day the few people who
J. tearing up the railway ties to use as
fuel.
v Stephen Fitzpatrick, q farmer living
seven miles from jamestown, started
. to walk homo from a neighbors anC
:, was found dead the next morning. Ht
had frozen to death.
), 1t is the intention Of the members o1
- Fthe Chicago board of trade to create g
:, new grade for the northern Dakota No
hard wheat, and they will handle Ret
river wheat on its merits.
=, 1.-THE Happy New Year mine, situated
- - one mile from the Sitting Bull mine
turns out two tons a day to the man
the ore containing from forty to twt
~ hundred ounces in silver per ton.
- Fargo Republican,: The Leech farm
was lately sold by Col. Leech to his son
for $4,000. This is one of the bes
ie farms in the Red river valley, and tn
le value speaks well for Dakota soil.
-, Press and Dakotaian; Milwaukee
~ railroad officials are taking steps to Sc
cure seed corn for central Dakota fror
Yankton county, }. FL, G. Young, secre
~ tary of the fair association having re
'e ceived communications on the subject
~ .. Yankton Press: Karr & Richey hav
IL taken the contract to complete the artt
= sian well on the Rifenbark farm. Th
well is down 32O feet, but has nc
NC reached flowing water. Messrs. Kar
li' & Richey expect to send it down to
~ depth Of 700 feet.
Ir.
.or The Huron city council has passed
=; saloon ordinance to increase the amour
~ of city license for retailers from $3.50
~ $500. provided the county commission
ers reduce the amount Of county licens
from $3.50 to $500, thus making til
total license fee for the city and count
Ily $500.
I'D A temperance crusade has commence
'rd in Yankton, the ministers visiting tt
1e- saloons and holding prayer meeting
'y- therein. At George Browns saloo
in they were not permitted to hold Sc
yer vice, the proprietor stating that he d
Ike not consider a saloon suitable pla,
I. for Religious services.
,se The Black Hills oil company has bee
ct organized in Deadwood. The incorp
on, rators are Captain knight, R. II. Evan
a., a,i +. w. Pettlgrew, d. A. Mcpherson al
;he Daniel Mclaughlin. The company h
IN. secured by location 1920 acres of lar
I'VE near Sundance mountain, upon whi'
or. there are numerous and strong Indie
ize tions of oil.
DC The committee appointed by t
on Grand Forks chamber Of commerce
10 regard to hegrievances of wheat gro
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