Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-09-30
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Territorial Tidbits.

One firm at Grafton sold this season
413, 752 worth of binding Irvine.
"A 200 barrel Touring mill is to be at
once built at Clear Lake. Deuel. County.
An elevator containing 10000 bush
els Of wheat was burned at Big Stone,
recently.
About 1000 acres of grain were de-
stroyed by the recent prairie fire in Kid
der County.
Gen. L. Siebert. of Wiesbaden, Ger
many, has . &25, 600 farm a few miles
from Jamestown. !.
There Is great excitement at Har-
wood, Cass County, over the discovery
Of coal indications.
The Wentworth FIGURING Mills were
destroyed by fire. Loss. about $500
Origin not known.
"A team belonging to p. w. Audell
of Highmore, ran into q barbed wire
fence and wss killed.
In the first fifteen days in September
the Homestake Mills, near Deadwood,
made q cleanup of $9S. 5000.
&C. II. Sheldon, of Andover, Day
County. thrashed 4. 236 bushels of wheat
from 175 acres of land.
IN. D. Darlington has built o fine
new schoolhouse and presented. 1T to the
School Board of Darlington.
The Black Hills papers are making
wry faces W the appearance Of the
penny in that section. and lay It all to
the incoming tenderfoot.
The commissioners of Walworth
County offer . reward of $50 for the ar
vnaA ~rA anr~so<s1v, - n~- ~o~arr cnAAs--
out prairie fires in that county.
Wheat in shock on 400 acres Of land
belonging to E. T. Kearney, near James
town. was burned, causing . loss of
about 1900 bushels of wheat.
-Sohn McLachlan. OF Baltimore. Penn
bina County. while working ON a new
elevator, fell 4 distance OF twenty eight
feet seriously injuring his spine.
"A new quarry of building stone has
been opened up at Bijou Hills. 1t 10 q
sand rock. crystalized. Of grayish color,
and is solid and of everlasting texture.
There is great excitement at Boards.
ley In consequence of the discovery oil
coal near that place. There IL every In.
dication that he tveiu will prove . pay
Ing 0ne.
Rev. Stewart Sheldon, for sixteen
years Superintendent of Home Missions
| Tor South Dakota, for the Congrega,
| tionsl Church. has rendered his resigna
| ton, to take effect at the close Of the
present year.
"A coach was held up at the Cheyenne
crossing. recently. Two Cinnamon
were obliged to give up their wealth,
but the white men were unmolested. i
is understood that II was intended - I
reminder to the Chinese that they must
60.
As Mr.. Martin. of Milbank, was re
turning home late at night. some un'
known assailant threw pepper in hi
eyes and sssailed him with Q knife. Mr.
Martin don't know what he has done K
provoke such An assault.
George Robinson, living near Wa
tertown, had q pet pony. He caught i
in the pasture the other day, and in som
way the halter became fast about tn,
lad, which frightened the pony 20 tina
It ran away. The body Of the boy WA
found with the spine broken and badly
mangled.
Theodore Shenkenberg. postmastel
at 6imA Norton County, and cashier O
the Sims Bank, IL In jail 1t MandAn
For some little misdemeanor he VA inel
4i2 and costs. He claimed that the pros
ecution was : piece Of spite work. and .
he VA Innocent OF the crime charged
declined to pay the nne and went to jai
TO serve out the I'VE or six days require,
Of him.
-Audtsw Erickson, Of OAKLAND, check
up short % IN express package contain
ing 30o6. 10. The express agent says b.
delivered the package TO = party who Il
the manner required identified himself 10
Andrew Erickson, but the claimant say
that the package was intended for him
and the party who got II wa . thief
Representatives OF the express c0mpan,
~ now q Oakland trying 10 untangi