Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1885-09-17

AT the meeting of the town trustees
Monday evening, a few bills We're al
lowed, and G. S. Conklin was delegated
to interview the railroad authorities in
regard to the completion of the Center
avenue sidewalk to the depot platform.
-. The latest form of prescription has
for postscript, the mysterious letters
II. r. Bert Allen can explain them. :.
Round trip tickets from Chicago to
Huron will be sold for Sl5 during the
territorial fair -. There is considerable
dissatisfaction expressed in someplaces
over the census returns, and rightly too.
III you haye nothing else to take to
the fair, take your wife or your best
girl. -. Remember those fire breaks....
Skating rink open Wednesday and Sat-
urday evenings :. +. Fred Near, Frank
Wood, Ren. Swan and Grant Hough
took in the Clay creek plum groves Sat
urday, and returned home heavily la
den. -. DIR. Gallagher is repairing teeth
at Centerville and Beresford this week.
-. The grain buyers wander pretty
far up street sometimes Newt.
Spence will have his hair cut very short
before he returns to Illinois. 1t was
not his wife he was seen walking from
the depot Without she re:,ds the Her
aid. -. a gang Of track-layers for the
Centreville- Y ankton line passed down
Sunday. =. The editor and family eat
eggs, and Il number of dozen will be
taken on subscription -. Wlllsome one
send the New Era an almanac, a late
issue of the paper was dated Septem.
ber 9th, Sunday -. Mr.. A. d. Tomlin-
son left at this office six ears of corn
which weighed seven pounds, The
largest ear weighing one pound half
I'VE acknowledge the receipt OF ;
complimentary to the Turner County
Fair. :. /. Hurley has boot-black. G.
y. Near had a two year old heifer killed
by lightning Friday afternoon. -. Dur.
ing last Fridays storm stack OF ha.
belonging to VIM. Harniss was strucl
by lightning and destroyed. IT. G
Griffith has severed his connection will
the Chamberlain insurance company
...." / want more help" is the or,
heard from the farmes in all parts o
the county >. The Northwestern Ha'
Co.'s warehouse at Centreville wa
blown down last Friday -. DR.. Martil
called at the Herald Office Tuesda
morning and remarking that he say
an item in the Herald which he though
ment him, pulled out crisp greenbac
and some silver to llquldate his indebt
edness. Go thou, and do likewise....
Lawrence Hanson keeps his team bus
hauling goods and produce betwee
: Hurley and Daneyille. .. None of tn
Hurley post attended the reunion q
Aberdeen. The post would have gon
nearly solid if a special car could hav
been secured at reasonable rates.
number of our citizens have had thei
residences and business houses photo
graphed this week. We have ha
t only one good watermelon this yea
and our devil is very tond of the frui
Y 49,. Fine hay weather this week. !.
second hand coal-hard or soft-hea
r ing stove for sale at this office. . "A. l
: McGrew was passing around the cigal
Saturday and Monday, and all on a
t count of the arrival Of a fine boy at h
: house. Lon. appeared as proud of tn
new arrival as he did of his new ditch,
: although there is no patent on Il
e former. -. The rain storm of last FL
day was the heaviest Of the season, an
d we have heard number say th,
r never before saw as much water ia
in the same length of time. A lit
II hail fell, but not enough to do al
d damage. I'll. w. Brandt of Pennsy
vania, made an unexpected call on tt
S Fromer boys last week, but they we
u none the less pleased to see him. I
t was accompanied by his daughter al
Z her husband, the Rev. Mr.. Peterso
....Itis reported that Attorney Jon
: left marks of his heels on the inn
e side of the bars in the jail window La
night, in his Intellectual attempt to
out. Don't think he will volunteer
tend jail again while the sheriff goes
a church sociable.
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