The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-16
DAKOTA.

lherc mas been so little rain at YanlztOn this |
fall that cisterns arc running dry.
Rev. r. II. Deliver, of the Yankton Metho-
dist church, has been transferred to Dead
wood.
The brick work on the Presbyterian college
building at Pierre is completed to the second
| story.
Arrangements are being made for series of
grand military balls at Bismarck the coming
winter.
During the past year fifty-cight persons have
joined the Methodist church at West Pierre, all
by letter.
a Democratic paper is to be started in West
Pierre by L. B. Miller, formerly of the Fair
bank News.
Three thousand five hundred head of cattle
have arrived at Fort Yates from Niobrara, for
Indian beef.
| Smallpox has appeared in the family of Bert
Farnsworth, near Canistota. The place has
been quarantincd.
Farmers at and around Bcrcsford are talk
in= Of combining to put up a tow MILL to be
run by themselves.
At tie coming cle~tion Moody county will
vote on the question of lcvying 2-mil!s tax to
build county Jail.
pelican measuring eight feet and four
inches from tip to tip of its wings, was shot
near Villas a few days since.
Water was forced through the mains at Sioux
Falls for tie first time on the 9Th, and so far as
| tested With satisfactory
Eight big smoke stacks built in Sioux Falls
the past year speak well for the growth of the
city in important industrial enterprises
Ed S. Rowlcy, who has been arrested at Can
ton for the recent murdcrous assault upon
Mayor Gale, is a brothcr-in-law of tn: injured
man.
Parker grain buyers have bought 10000
bushels Of flax already this season. and have
paid out over 900 to the farmers for that
seed alone.
Fargo, Grand Forks, Moorhcad, Brancri
and Wahpcton fire companies have promised to
take part in the Fergus Falls tournament the
after part Of the month.
Private Babe, OF the Seventh cavalry, COM
mittcd suicide at Fort Meade on the 5th, by
shooting himself through the head Gambling
rcvcrscs were the cause.
A little lake, not more than mile in circum-
ference, about twelve miles north of Sioux
Fails, is found to lie swarming with fish, many
OF which arc big pckcrcl
At Vcrmiliion, Oh the 9th, a man named
Chapman was badly wounded in the left shout
der by the accidental discharge of a shotgun
he was taking out of wagon.
The building of the new round house, and
the other improvements under way, call upon
the milwaukee, railroad company to disbursc
about $3.50 weekly in Mitchell.
The wheat crop OF Dakota is estimated at So
Cooc0o bushels for 1884. Tie surplus with
other or: in for export Will bring revenue of
about So, 100000 into the territory.
A petition, signed By about Goo names. will
ask the county commissioners to again grant
saloon licenses in Union county. Just at pres
cnt the saloon is prohibited in that county.
Edgecton Enterprise: We learn that from
the fosr bushels of Saskatchewan wheat sown
last spring by NJ. NJ Gunsolus, cigllty-scvcn
bushels were thrcshcd last Tuesday 1t graded
no hard"
The safe of c. II. Flowers ut Marion juno
ton, was ri'!ca few nights since of 5000. The
safe was not broken, and the robbery was the
work of some one who knew the combination
on whic. it Was locked.
Because no one could be found who was
willing 10 act us postmaster, the po>tollicc at
Utica has been discontinued, aud the citizens
of that place and vicinity WILL hereafter, be
served by the Yankun Office
At the banquet given by the Press club of
Pierre to over 100 Of the visiting newspaper re-
poctcrs and publishers, it was found that the
average age of the Dakota newspaper man is
the remarkable low figure of 3i$1 years.
Mrs. Sarah Pattcc, of Kim,a!l has secured
judgment for ;o,CG0 against the Chicago,
Milwaukee and S.. Paul Railway company for
injuries received in an accident one year ago
last winter. The company has appealed the
asc.
Near Brdgcwatcr on the Sth, William Mann
accidentally shot his wife while they were get
ting ready for ride lie took the gun along,
and while loading, it was discharged. The
shot entered her head and she died in two
hours.
The October term of the supreme court is
now in session at Yankon. Since the last
term two associate judges nave been added to
the list, and the full bench now consists of
Chief Justice E,lgcrton. and Associate Justices
Hudson, Church, Palmer, Smith and Francis.
Sioux Falls Press, = Wesley McI.oud, who
sent a bullet clean through his breast q week
ago last Sunday, is getting along better than
could have been expected. He will be taken
to his fathers home, near this city, as soon as
he is able to make the trip, perhaps the latter
part Of the present week.
Mitchell Republican, q The Bank of Da-
kota has only been closed ten days, and ycstcr-
day paid the creditors 40 per cent. of their
claims. Mr.. k!mball, cashier OF TIE bank,
thinks that within short time they will be
able to pay dollar for dollar. This is a good re-
port, and one that the many friends of the gen
tlcn,cn interested will be glad 70 hear.
Mrs. Hutchinson recently died at Canning.
Previous to her death she had hid away for
safe keeping roll Of bills amounting to S13ij,
the whereabouts Of which unknown to the
other members Of the family. n few days
since Mr.. Hutchinson picked up an old sacquc
in the yard, which had been thrown away, and
examining it found the money scwcd up in it.
IIarboring the opinion that her character was
not of the best, the women of Canning, Hughes
county, banded together and warned Miss Mel
lie Knapp, who has been laundrcss and
school teacher, to leave the town. The girl
disappeared Sunday, and now it is not known
whether she was murdered or las committed,
suicide. She is vouchcd for by lcoplc who
knew her as good and pure, and tic excitement
in the section is at fever heat.
Yankton Press, 6: Saturday afternoon be-
fore Judge Edgcrtor, result was reached on
the motion for new trial in the cases of l.. T..
Carpenter and W. D. Russell, convicted in the
United States court for conspiracy in the issu-
ancc of fraudulent surveyors scrip. The