Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-29
DAKOTA NEWS.

There are five church organizations at
Wolsey.
An $4,000 fire occurred al Wilmot on
the goth ult.
There are 1883 school children in
Grant county.
"A skating rink has recently been open
ed in Rapid City.
There are twelve organized schools in
Stutsman County.
Bismarck has two brass bands and
three drum corps.
The Territorial Insane Asylums are
badly overcrowded.
The new depot at Bowdle is one of the
best in the Territory.
There is not paper of any kind pub
ished in Butte County.
--Watertown is moving to have whole
sale grocery located there.
"A disastrous prairie fire occurred be-
tween Marvel and Antioch.
-Pasturage is the best it has been for
four seasons in Buffalo county.
"A new 1000 Methodist Church is
soon to be erected at Raymond.
Wheat averaged only ten bushels to
the acre in Hand County this year.
The schools of Watertown employ
nine teachers TO instruct $50 pupils.
The business outlook in Fargo is
better this fall than before for years.
There are over fifty men at work Oh
the new round house at Whapeton.
Huron has built $50 residences this
season, besides several business houses.
The farmers elevator at Freeman pays
out at the rate of $4,000 week for wheat.
Hanson's saw and planning mill near
Sundance, burned recently. Loss, $4,000.
"A gang of horse thieves are operating
quite extensively in the vicinity of Rapid
City.
The Deadwood National Bank opened
for business last week with q capital of
100000.
Prairie fires in Berson County have
destroyed many hundred tons of hay and
some grain.
Grant County paid out $5,995.32 dur
ing the past year for school sites, houses
and furniture.
The planning mills at Grand Forks is to
be lighted by electricity, using dynamo of
tca-light power.
=, Over $4,000 bushels of wheat were
taken in at Appleby, Coddington County,
during September.
Rev. Elisha English, of Grinnell,
Iowa, will be called to the passionate Of the
Huron Baptist Church.
More real estate has changed hands
the present season at Sioux Falls than in
any one previous year.
Two tree diggers, whose names are un-
known, were drowned in the MISSOURI
River north of Bismarck.
Rev. M. Williams, of IPSWICH, is going
10 Tower City, where he will take profess
sorship in the University.
The residences of T. D. and Amos
Belder, near Sanborn, We're burned Total
loss, $4,000; no insurance.
There We're twenty-six applications
for final proof at the Bismarck Land
Office in one day last week.
The Red River is now thirty-two
inches lower than any record ever kept by
the United States Engineer.
About 5000 head of cattle belonging to
the Grow Creek Agency are being herded
along Grow and Elm Creeks.
"A gas we'll has been found near Fargo.
The first vein of gas that was struck made
flame four or five feet high.
There is movement on foot to in
crease the number of Commissioners in
Hughes County from three to five.
There are thirteen candidates for the
Office of County Assessor actually and ac-
lively in the field in Barnes County.
There are about twenty live persons
in Mandan who are trying to enjoin the
collection Of taxes on railroad land.
AT the sale of lots in the young town OF
Cakes, the sales amounted to $4,000. OF
this amount $4,000 was paid in cash.
e. Rosecranz, of Rapid City, Slipped
and fell upon the sidewalk, ruptured {
blood vessel, and died from the effects.
james Forbes and Thomas Ryan
charged with highway robbery, made theil
escape from the Valley City Jail recently.
j. M. Crosby, of Pukwana, an old sol.
der of the Twelfth Iowa, has had his
monthly pension increased from So to $50
A meeting of indignant settlers was
held at Bijou Hills, to take action in tn,
matter of resisting speculative claim con
tests.
A Dakota 6nancier advises any young
man who wishes to become wealthy to get
into debt as far as possible and then worl
out.
Mrs. Clara Pennebacker, of Ransom
county, has been renominated for til,
Office of Superintendent of Schools j,
that county.
Farmers in Mcpherson County realiz
only eight and ten bushels per acre, wher
last year the yield was from twenty five t
thirty bushels.
The rostoficcs at Hillsboro, La
Moure and Mayyille, have been advances
to the third class, with q salary of 81 TO-