Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28
The Census of 8

The census of Dakota taken during
the month of June, under authority OF
congress and as provided by the terri.
torial legislature, will he made public
as soon as the official compilation OF
the schedules Of the supervisors fol
north and south Dakota are ready.
A large force.of clerks are engaged
in this work under the direction of the
governor, who is ex-officio superinten.
dent ofthe census, and as 500 as the f.
cures can be obtained a compendium OF
census, arranged for popular reference
will be published by this department
for gratuitous distribution.
The commissioner will be glad tc
have the address Of any person desir.
ing the Compendium, which will be the
free gift Of the territory, and within
every ones reach who cares to write
for it.
The population OF Dakota, it is un-
derstood, as officially reported by the
census, will not fall much if any short
Of 100000 of which the southern coun-
ties have nearly 25O,hN and The north
ern counties about 10000.
The population of the following
towns is furnished by their homenews-
! papers, and is said to correspond with
the official figures; Fargo, the metro
polls, 1894: Grand Forks, 6,555; Sioux
Falls, metropolis Of south Dakota, s.
$50; Yankton, 1896; Bismarck, the cap
ital Of the territory, 3,166; Mitchell,
1904: Huron, 2,S05: Pierre, 1851; Man
dan, 2,431: jamestown, 2,22355: Water
town, 2,012; Aberdeen, 1865; Lisbon, L.
100; and Wahpeton, 1910.
AS a general thing the census plays
hob With the population of a town or
city as confidently claimed "before talk
ing" In the case Of Dakota's growing
young cities, there will be a few disap-
pointments OF this kind, while several
of the towns hold their own pretty
well, and one of them iii particular
Grand Forks-in maintaining its own
estimate may be said to fairly exceed
the general expectation as to it's actual
population.
The census will present many inter-
esting points of comparison, and afford
a wide field for comment and deduction
favorable to both the lourishing sec
tons Of Dakota.
Governor Fierce has appointed Da-
kota delegates to the river convention
at st. Paul as follows: Justus Bragg,
Bismarck; Johnston G. N1ckens, James
town; Frank j. Mead, Mandan, Charles
A. Morton, Fargo; NJ. Grigs5y, Sioux
Falls; II. q. Dewey. Pierre; G. G. Moo
dy, Deadwood; AN. Bowdle, Mitchell;
Charles G. Williams, .W%atertown; D.
NJ. Inman, Vermillion; John King,
Chamberlain; Newton Edmonds, Yank-
ton.
Philadelphia Call: Tommy Nom,
What does it mean by painting the
town red.Y" Mother-When men go
out at night drinking and carousing.
"Does pop ever paint the town red?'"
mo, my son; your father is satisfied
with painting his nose red"
One man in Campbell county has
raised very fine blackberries this sea-
son from roots brought from Michigan
At G%rantsville. IT,, some Chinese
recently put a woman into a tin-lined
box with just room enough for her to
stand up in, and stood it in the sun
with a loose lid over the Wonaan's head
for q whole day. Next morning the
woman was dead.
Several choice bargains in Real Es-
tate. Enquire at the Jerauld County
Bank.
Money on Final Proof. For particu-
lars enquire Of
BATENAN u MCDONALD.
TEMPERANCE.