Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1885-09-10

Let's nave two new cross-walks at
the intersection of Center avenue and
Monroe street. They are very much
needed. The frost of last week was
sufficient to catch a small amount of
corn in Turner county, though most of
1t was too far advanced to be injured
....J. V. LamSon and family are eX-
pected home soon from their simmer
visit, Mr.. Lamson having spent most of
the time on his extensive cattle ranch
In Colorado. Thompson Il Wallace
report threshing ia bushels of oats in
twenty-five minutes, on the farm of L.
j. Hill, last Saturday a.. The merchants
who advertise are layingin an immense
stock of goods for the fall trade. ...H.
+. c. Jensen is siding his Center avenue
store building -. Rees has fine stock
Of cigars at the City Drug Store, and
variety sufficient to suit the tastes of
all. Monday was a rainy day, and
hundreds of tons of hay were soaked in
this vicinity, w. ii. Murdoch has the
thanks of the editor and family for
generous supply of superior sorgum
molasses, manufactured by him with
his new mill. Mr.. Murdoch says the
cane crop is fine one this year, and we
can vouch as to the quality of the pro-
duct.... Now is the time to get to the
front with your substitution money if
you want that 5000 New Howe sew
ing machine.... We understand that
freight rates have been advanced at
Hurley and other points on the North
western road, while the Milwaukee
company haYe reduced their rate at
competing points. Territorial Super
intendent Jones favored the Herald
with a copy of the school law .... The
premium list of the Territorial Fair is
a neatly gotten up pamphlet of fifty
two pages, and was issued from the
office of the Huron Times -. The "Da-
kota School Journal" is the name of
neat pamphlet printed at Blunt, d. r.,
by the Advocate Publishing Co., and
edited by Henry Hoffman. . :. The as
sessment of Turner county is 81 ,579,553,
and the levy for territorial purposes is
three and one-tenth mills. -. Mr.. Tom
linson has on his farm a watermelon
which measures 39X47 inches. The
Chronicle and Index are both busily en-
gagged booming Centreville. Now is
your time boys. While the railroad ex-
citement is running high. -. The Aber-
deen Republican (democratic) think
| there will be the largest gathering of
| the unterritied ever held in the territory.
at that place on the 22nd.. There are
$4,000 farms in Dakota, varylngin area
from 600 acres down.. jeff. Stock.
well has sold his interest in the Plank
ington Free Press to his partner, I. n.
Aud. We hope that jeff. will soon re.
turn to the journalistic field. Court
convenes at Canton Sept. 22nd.. Dead
wood and vicinity was visited with a
snowstorm Saturday morning. The
dispatches state that the outlook tor
grain is gloomy in the extreme. :. The
plaSterer has interfered somewhat
with our newspaper wo TX this week
but the interior of the Office has been
! improved. Call and examine. !. Grain
is rolling in right smart. School COM
mences Monday next. j. j. McIntire
will have charge of the Hurley schools,
with Mrs. McIntire as assistant. /.
Will. Conklin's new house-24x24-is
looming up. Lodges of the A. 0. U.
w. haYe been organized at Hurley and
Centreyille. >. Town trustees meet next
Monday evening ...L. l.. Smullin will
occupy the Episcopal parsonage this
winter. Ask John Mansfield to roast
you some peanuts :. :. The county dads
have been in session this week. Don't
forget to attend the fair. Cattle buy.
ers are getting numerous. :. According
to official returnes Parker has popu.
lation of SGT; Centreville. 2S3; Hurley
276; Marion junction, 25l..... Charley
Poole has done first class job of plast-
ering at the Herald office--it takes cash
to pay him, however, and perhaps YOU
can furnish little if you are in debt tc
the printer. Nv. III. Shaft is building
a new barn. Jas. Christainson is doing
the work. Mr.. Hardin, an expert
workman from Arcadia, Iowa, has
charge of the work on VIII. Conklin'.
new residence. The Turner Count,
Bank paid out $500 for cattle We'd
nnSday r. Reac hnc raceiyad nffic;a
notification of his appointment as post
master.