Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-10
NORTHWESTERN ITEMS.
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Grand Forks Is now a signal station.
A drainage canal is to be dug at Woon-
socket.
Dell Rapid parties will erect a new elevator
this fall.
A Celestial has established a laundry in
Scotland.
Hydrophobja exists among the CANNES at
Gayville.
The territorial Sunday law is now enforced
at Sioux Falls.
Over two thousand farmers do their trading
at Dakota City.
The total elevator capacity Of Aberdeen is
l0s,00 bushels.
The Caledonia mine turned out sl5,l73
bullion in May.
White Lake has organized a drum corps with
eighteen members
A flowing oil well has been struck a few
miles from Sundance.
A scarcity of school teachers is complained
of In Kingsbury county.
The Deadwood National bank, capital $500,
600, has been organized.
The telephone line between Bismarck and
Washburn is now completed.
A quarry Of fine building stone has been dis
covered near Washington Springs.
The heaviest hail storm known in the Black
Hills for many years prevailed Thursday.
Of Sl27.10 for entertaining Gov. Pierce and
suite.
The new G. A. X. building at Salem is about
completed, and will soon be opened to the
public.
A prominent Pierre sporting man was re-
lieved of $3.50 in bills 10y a pickpocket at the
tournament.
Tame grasses are now profitably cultivated
in Yankton county. Timothy is taking the
place of flax.
III. L.. Greene has found a skeleton and sew
eral ancient stone implements in a mound
near Sioux Falls.
eloped with the Splinter, Stone, has been re-
turned TO her home.
The citizens Of Bismarck are in q state Of
excitement over the depredations of four
toughs, who are running things to suit them
selves.
A gang Of boys whose ages range from
twelve to sixteen years have been Systematically
robbing freight cars which have been side
tracked at that city.
The surveyors who ar now engaged in set
ting grade stakes on the Redfield extension,
completed their work to Abbott's, twelve
miles southeast Of Lafoon.
In one township in Ramsey county, just
west Of Lisbon, where, four years ago, there
was perhaps not more than 500 acres of break
ing, there are now about IL, 1000 in crop.
While Frank Wildist, of Woonsocket, was
swimming in Jim river last week, a large mud
turtle grasped him by the thigh, and it was
with difficulty that he was saved from drown
ing.
The Red River Valley Baptist association
viii meet in the Grand Forks Baptist church
on Friday and Saturday, July 8 and 10. The
association comprises all the churches north
of Fargo.
There is much dissatisfaction on the Mis-
souri, slope over the removal Of the troops
from Fort Totten without any others being
sent to take their places. There are only two
companies at Yates and two at Lincoln and
5000 Indians at Standing Rock.
Bismarck Tribnne: The last relic Of the
Custer battle to be found on the field is now
at the Tribune office, having been presented
by DR.. Porter, and is the foot OF a soldiers
boot, the leg having been cut of and taken by
the Indians at the close Of the fight, as was
done by all the boots Of the soldiers.
An Indian of the Sioux reservation Is am
bilious to marry his daughter to a white man
and offers as a bonus or dowry of $50 head Of
horses and as many cattle. She is not hand
some and probably harbors insect life, but
there is a fine chance for speculation by some
Gun man not fastidious.
There will be a general demand upon the
next legislature to fix salaries Of county Of
ilcers in place of fees. This was lone in the
case Of a few counties at the last legislature
and ii is said the result Is to turn a good
many thousand dollars into the treasury. The
In the large counties
A cousin of X. B. Hayes, OF Ohio, Charles
X. Hayes, recently distinguished himself at
jamestown by a promiscuous throwing Of
silver money among a crowd Of boys In TIE
street. He is sixty years old, and thought
to be insane. Over e., 200 in money and Sc
curities was ford on ut person. From pa
pers found on I'm y WAS learned that his
uncle, Burchard, bequeathed several hundred
thousand dollars to X. b. Hayes, at Fremont,
o., who grants an annuity of 500 per year to
this man, and a letter in the mans possession
show the payment for 1856 was discounted by
X. B. Hayes for 81 in consideration Of pay
ment OF all in advance. Mr.. HAYES was sent