Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-12
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
DAKOTA

OANO41
Grafton has Q new opera house.
The ~artesian well at Mitchell flows about 10
barrels an hour.
The Presbyterian church at Park River is
nearly completed.
A15,0OD-bushel addition is being built to
the st. Thomas ~elevatsr.
A. McCully of Grafton has been appointed
principal OF the st. Thomas public school.
The first barrel OF -four ground by the
DEVILS AXE Roller mills sold for $40 In
gold.
Whestlsnd has a married couple whose COM
bined ages are only 33-the boy IS and the
girl Is.
The Mitchell ~artesian well flows 10000 bar
rels a day, which Is considered ample for the
towns needs.
The stage fare between Buffalo Gap and
Rapid City is 50 by the day coach and IS by
the night coach.
Brooks Brothers at Park river are preparing
to buili a 20, 900 bushel elevator on the site of
the one recently burned.
N ptLltlOu - DtiuR CiiCulhbtu, uud, u ID bh9h,
numerously signed, In Fargo, asking the gov
eminent to plrdon Tom Magill.
The extension OF the Chicago & Northwest
ern b s crossed the Jim river, and will reach
Yankton by the middle OF next week
Rv. j. B. Pomeroy. synodical missionary Of
the Presbyterian church, will soon organize a
Presbyterian church In Washington Springs.
Mrs. Emma 8. Welsh has sued G.. w. Rich
srdson In the Hughes county district court for
500, 600 for alleged defamation Of character.
A lodge of the Knights of Pythias has been
organized AZ Watertown, and In connection
with the Odd Fellows have fitted up an elegant
hall.
A meeting Of settlers at Puckwana took
action looking to the petitioning Of Congress
In behalf Of the immediate opening Of the Crow
Creek reservation.
Lacotah Commandery Of Knights Templar
At Huron are perfecting arrangements for a
grand reception and ball during the meeting
Of the legislature.
Marshal Maratta Is coming to the front with
bis deputies Grand Forks has Thomas K.
D}TDtb huu Fh1RO NJ. L.. GIldbtuCh, UOtu eUuIu1
old time Democratic.
DR.. Helena Knauff, a female physician of
good standing, vas married In the Catholic
church at jamestown Sunday, to Matthew
Wink, a large farmer.
II the farmers will pledge 1000 tons of fax
straw, j. X. Brody Of Indiana promises to re
move bis fax and tow mill to Huron, and em-
ploy twenty five men.
The artes an well at Kimball is now at a
depth Of over go feet, and 1t Is thought that a
sufficient supply of water will not be obtained
al less than $50 feet.
Taxes are due this year on Nov. /, and be-
come delii quent Feb. /. A penalty OF 5 per
cent. attached Feb. /, and | per cent. monthly
addil ional after that date.
WIN. Aaron, proprietor OF a produce store
In Pierre, b prrowei a revolver last Friday aud
fred a ball through his head. He leaves a
wife and three small children.
The Northwestern State Il Transportation
COMPANY has sued " Tin Walsh and Thore
Olson of L,rim' to recover horses seized
under "a mortgage foreclosure.
The advance agent OF a small colony to
come out from New Hampshire in the spring
has purchased a tract Of land near Dell Rap
ids, In the Sioux Falls region.
G.. w. Pow, Of WATERFOWL, has been ap.
pointed deputy Uuited States marshal FOR that
region by Marshal Maratta, and the verdict is
unanimous that the selection is a good one.
Col. Sheafe denies that he Is or has been u
candidate for governor. IL Is believed that his
name was used to complicate the situation and
embarass the effort IN favor or Gov. Zebach.
The Wheatl. d Eagle thinks that place en-
titled TO an extra feather because a married
couple, in which the man is but IS and the
woman 10, has contributed handsomely to the
census.
A. r. Rockwell, who ran a general store
near Langdon, disappeared with his family a
short time ago, leaving unsettled liabilities Of
over 1900. He is supposed to have gone to
Winnipeg.
In order TO induce Marshal Marstta TO locate
In Fargo, Csss county offers to furnish the
necessary offices for court purposes. together
with Jail room, for $1,000 a year, the contract
10 be Tor I've years.
At the Jencks coal farm, says the Yankton
Press, Moore has the new prospect hole down
100 feet. This hole is being made sbont fifty
feet from the artesian we'll, In which the orig
inal coal discovery was made.
A girl living near Sioux Falls took q quapti-
ty OF gum opium TO assist her out of the world,
bat q doctor happened in, and by q free use Of
emetice the little fool was brought out Of dan
ger. She swore she would try II again.
The Far1o Argus states that a personal
friend In Fargo OF Private Secretary Lamont
has received a letter from him asserting that
Gov. Pierce will remain executive of Dakota
In spite OF the persistent efforts to provide him
with a successor.
Arrangements are being made for the build
ing Of a line OF Duluth elevators In north Da-
tota next spring, and Larimore will probably
De made a central p int, where q large house
nj half a million bushels capacity will be built,
small elevators being built at all stations west
and north.
Hon. BARTLETT Trip, the newly appointed
chief ia. tlce OF Dakota, Is forty six years Of
age. and of the best New England stock. His