Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1886-09-16
DAKOTA ITEMS.
Diphtheria is raging in Grand Forks

Dlphtherla is raging in Grand Forks.
A Devils Lake man recently walked
seventy-five miles in order to pay Il
note when it became due.
IanKton will not have electric light
this years. 1t is "too rich for the
blood of their alderman.
Oats in the Black Hills are selling mt
SLIGO per 100 pounds, corn S1.30 and
hay twelve dollars per ton.
Willis G. Bower and sister, of Yer
million, have engaged to teach the
schools of Custer City the coming year.
The Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul
railway company will erect round
houses and machine shops at Aber-
deen. .4
Ayoung babe died in its mothers
arms the other day While riding in
wagon from Washington Springs to the
farm home.
Frank Mead, of Mandan, shot and
killed Frank Farnsworth, Il Mandan
merchant. at the Merchants hotel in
st. Paul, last week.
A movement is on foot for building
an ice-palace and holding IL winter car
niyal in Sioux Falls the coming sea-
son. with toboggan slide and all the
usual attractions.
The Grand Forks Herald is surprised
in Il way that will interest the newspa-
per fraternity generally. Itis surprised
because both parties have this year
paid for their convention announce
mentS.
A decision made by Judge Church, of
the central district of Dakota, declares
that county commissioners have no
right to employ additional counsel to
prosecute criminal cases. District at
torneys are supposed to do this work.
The Jamestown Capital, in comments
ing favorably upon the congressional
enactment restricting territorial legis-
lation, believes the clause restricting
the assessment OF county and city prop
erty to four per cent of the assessed
valuation will induce assessors in the
future to make returns upon the basis
of real valuation. 1t will have that
effect.
Mandan Pior eer: Mr.. Wm. Huntley
says that he recently fed twenty hogs
| for some weeks on oats. He measured
the oats that he gave them, and weigh
ed the hogs before and after the test
and he came to the conclusion that
with hogs at four cents a pound, he
realized fifty cents a bushel for his oats
| He believes that one of the best things
to do with oats is to turn them into
pork.
Springfield Times: Large quantities
Of fine Catawba and Concord grapes
are now in market, brought to Spring
field by the Mennonites who grow fruit
extensively near Bon Homme, sever
miles below this place. The fruit is
very fine, equalling any brought in
from ''the states" The bluffs along
the Missouri river seem to be peculiar
| ly adapted to the production of this
fruit which is now raised in such quan
titles that a market outside this county
has to be sought each year in order tt
dispose of the crop.
Parkston Advance: There is MAJ
travelling through the country repre-,
senting himself us agent of the Insar
ance Company of Dakota. Which com
pany is located at Sioux Falls, and
must be an authorized agent of tina
company, as his contract. which wa:
shown me. with the company he re
ceives sos and expenses per month
by own talk and manner of doing buSi
ness he is a sccundrel. dead beat, ant
notorious liar. He told me he woult
insure for 1900 when the property In
sured was not worth $500, and in cas-
Of loss the company would pay actua
loss; besides this, when the party in
sured signs note or application fo
insurance, he signs an an iron clat
mortgage.