Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-03
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
DAKOTA.

The superintendent Of schools Of Lawrence
county is Q lady.
Mercer county has advertised for proposals
for court house and jail.
The newspaper at Hot Springs will make Its
appearance about April 1.
A large number Of miners have staked claims
in the snow at Ruby basin.
The skating rink ut Elk Point will be con-
verted into q furniture store.
Alsrge number OF tenement houses will be
built at Watertown this year.
A public school building TO cost not less
than $40, 600 will be built at Redheld this year,
The county treasurer at Grafton has fur
nished new bonds OF $i13 ,000. The Office has
been reopened.
Two or three good companies are beginning
to bore for oil near spearfish, in the north part
Of the Black Hills.
A few wild geese have been killed the past
week or two on their way north. They show
good winteriDg In the south.
Rev. A. Buchanan, rector Of Grace Episco.
pal church, at jamestown, has resigned and
will remove TO Rockville, Tenn.
The first number Of q shest In the interest OF
old soldiers has appeared the last week-The
Dakota Veteran Issued at Madison.
A mass meeting Of farmers will be held at
Caeselton on the 3lst inst. to discuss agricul
tural, and perhaps political questions.
Campbell county, on the Misscu rl river, IS
eighty miles from a railroad and has 200, 900
acres Of good government land that is not yet
taken.
Justice Abbey OF Mitchell has performed the
marriage ceremony seventy-fve times, and his
huency makes him very popular with those In
need of such services.
Alexandria is raising money to sink an arte-
sian well. Nearly every town In the territory
that has no supply OF running water will event
ually have an artesian well.
A bank and several business houses are be-
Ing erected two miles west Of Dakota City, on
the proposed Scotland branch-a town not old
enough yet to have q name.
The court jury which tried Barrett for the
murder OF Morgan at Milbank rendered a YER
dict CT acquittal. The reading Of the verdict
was greeted with applause.
Gov. Pierce mas issued his proclamation, sp.
pointing the oath Of next month as Arbor day.
From present appearances IL will be generally
observed throughout the territory.
Alexandria is raising money to sink an ar
tesian well. Nearly every town In the terri
tory that has no supply Of running water will
eventually have an ~artesisn well.
Wagers are made In that country that the
OF DEVILS Lake this year. The Dunseith Her.
aid regardo 1t as a safe way TO bet.
Fifty families are reported coming from one
locality in Manitoba to the Dunseith region
this spring. The migration from over the
line is. expected to be large this year.
The Plankinton Academy association has
been organized BY members OF the Congrcga.
tional church. An effort will be made to Sc
cure funds for building and endowment.
A man OF Miller sued q neighbor for cattle
trespass and 1t took the third trial by jury FOL
a verdict. Judgment was finally obtained fol
81 80 and costs, which amounted to about $500,
The alleged gamblers who were pulled al
Darlington, a few days eince, and bound owe,
to the grand jury, were among the best young
men In the county, who played penny ante tc
while away the tedious winter days.
The trial of Samuel Falconer In the United
States court at Bismarck, on charge OF open
ing and suppressing letters in his capac ty as
postmaster, resulted in his scquittal by the
jury, who were out only five minutes.
Sioux Falls has established a workingmen's
resort, a reading-room, where the working
classes can meet In tie evening and play
cards, dominoes, chess and checkers. No
drinking, gambling, Or profanity is allowed.
The scheme Is brosched at Watertown to di ,
q canal from the city TO Lake Kampeshs. The
route Is through Lake Pelican, a mile distant,
by digging out the Sioux. From Pelican to the
small lake near Ksmpesha is one and oue-hali
miles, from which the connection is easy.
The Northern Pacific has had preliminary
surveys made for q branch from Mandan to
Rock Haven, five miles up the Missouri, where
Z ~ uu ACciiCh Aouuiuk AOE UObtb. 4 TciGul
can be- brought Down In this way much cheaper
than by being conveyed by teams from the
present landing.
Rev. Stewart Sheldon, for the last sixteen
years general missionary and superintendent
OF home missionary work in south Dakota, has
been appointed to the field secretary ship OF
tho Congregational Union Building society,
Boston, Macs, where he has to commence
wurh by the LIST OF May.
William Dennison's farm house, five miles
north OF Jamestown, was broken open and q
number Of articles OF household goods and
wearing apparel we're stolen. A man named
jackson, who claims to be an agent OF the In.
surance Company Of Dakota, has been ar
rested, he having been found wearing Denni-
sons boots.
The school authorities at Ysnkton have
adopted the rather novel course CT teaching
the history Of the country by oral methods,
old soldiers appearing In the schools, telling
the story OF the rebellion as they viewed IL.
The written sketches prepared by W. 3.
Bowen, q private, o editor, are admirable
and have historical value.
A huron exchange says: More strangers
are now coming into the city and vicinity than