Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-13
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Dr. Burr, of Mitchell, was in town
this week.
Holm and Frank Vessey, of Crow
AXE. were in town Sunday.
Miss Frances Cum mings is home
,.,n, = winters visit to friends in Iowa
ye,sey Bros, Ransom & Co., are SELL
mo large quantities OF farm machinery
Johnston and Blowers are contract
4,r iorge quantities of flax seed nova
Lays.
Tbc net proceeds of the concert at
Y,r,,lc's hall last week Monday evening
were &l42o.
Cox. Pierce vetoed the bill to remove
.be eaptal of Dakota from Bismarck
.,I Here on Monday last. -
lhe legislature has passed a bill ap-
gropriating $50, 900 towards building a
lpiotlt sc1looi 'at I'lankint6n. a9
Nd. Wilder left on Saturdays stage
for a brief visit in Vermont. He will
he absent two or three weeks.
O.G. Woodruff returned from Bis
marck last week. Hereports the coun-
ty safe from any division scheme.
Thirty-tve acres of old ground to rent
FOR the season. In town 1876. En-
,,lire at the Jerauld County Bank.
There was 55,OOO,OOO bushels more of
wheat in the United States on March l.
1855. than at the same date in 1884,
Farmers are busy sowing grain, and
harrowing while the people IN snow
bound Iowa are envefopeu in snow or
mud.
Five hundred bushels Of White Rus
sian flax seed for sale at $3.50 per BUSH
rl. Enquire at the Jerauld County
Bank.
Tlandreau people celebrated the ap-
pointment Of MIR. Rice as attorney gen
eral of the territory with music, fire.
works, etc.
The Dakota Adrora, formerly pub
lished at Plankinton, is now published
ut White Lake and is called "The Au-
-0rl Democrat
Large numbers OF land seekers pass
Trough town daily on their way to the
indian reservation. Most of them re-
5urn "sadcer and wiser"
The decrease in the public debt dur
ing February was ss3,2ul,975. The de-
.Tease since June 30, $50 5,44l, ,268.s6.
Cash in treasury, S4S S,4G7,557.
The Free Press says that Miss Lizzie
Moore, well known to many in this
aeighborhood will accept a position in
A large dry goods store in Montana.
DlED.-Of lung fever, infant son of
sir. aud Mrs. George Winegarden, OF
Viola Twp, during the night of the 7th
INST. Funeral took place Monday at
.ernoon.
MARH1ED.-At the residence of the
brides parents in ANNA Twp March
9Th, 1885. by Rev. Chas. Vessey, MR.
RANSOM ELLIS and Miss ELLA PR1M-
NER, all of ANNA.
Invitations have been out for some
slme for a grand ball at the rink in
Noonsocket last evening, under the
auspices of the Oriental Order Of HUI
lnility. A jolly time is reported.
Gen. Grants eyentful life is rapidly
drawing to a close, and the country
VIII soon mourn the death Of the great.
eSt military genius Of modern times
Cancer of the tongue is eating his life
away.
Read the new advertisement OF
Morse & LaPoint in this weeks paper
you need anything in their line you
cannot do better than to give them &
@all and look over their stock before
purchasing.
II. G. Stephens and j. II. Kughlel
nave built AN addition on the south enc
'f the building near the WoodburI
house and will reside there in the fu
cure, keeping bachelors hall' in one
part Of the building, and using the 9th
n part for q wagon and paint shop.
Ill. Il. Brock has sold his interest il
he White Lake Dispatch to H. B. Mer
fltt the name Of the firm being Nevi1
\ Merritt. Mr.. Merritt was one OF The
founders of the, Dispatch, and we have
no doubt but that he will ably assist il
Neeping that newspaper up to it's form
II standard.
Mitchell Mail: In the language O.
me Brule Sioux, Chanka means fire, ant
'kka, steel. Alta point north of Mitch
eli, the Indians usually found silicates
which they used for tlints, hatcnets
.HfoW heads, etc. This suggested it
lame for the stream, Chanka-okka, o.
rlreSteel. Chanka is pronounced
EhaWuka.
on the morning of the 9Th inst, tn,
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