The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1886-01-08
DAKOTA AND DAKoTANs.

torial fair.
A cage for criminals has been bull
at Washington Springs.
The sheriff of Cavilier county i.
under arrest for murder.
Sioux Falls claims over 100000 pu,
into improvements in 1885. 81
The Ransom Company opened te
good business at Alexandria.
j. II. Moulton of Yankton has beer
appointed U. s. Deputy Marshal.
Woonsocket shows nearly $4,000
worth Of new Improvements the past
year.
Edward Ensch has been appointed
postmaster at Ellisville, Faulk county
Oak.
The Sioux Falls Leader is crowdinp
the Estelline Bell as the boss funny pa.
per.
The Sioux Falls Argus has changed
its form from a four column quarto to
an eight column folio.
Col. Lounsberry has finally sold his
Bismarck Journal, which will be made
straight out Democratic weekly
The trouble in the Aberdeen militia
company has been settled by the resig.
nation of the obnoxious captain.
Huron has appointed committee OF
seven to rustic for the territorial fair
Huron has had it once and wants it
again.
Huron claims to be the most import
ant telegraph point in Dakota. During
the month Of October it's commercial
office averaged 500 messages day.
N. E. Reed, the Huron attorney
charged with trying to induce the
daughter of preacher Davis to elope
"denies the allegation and defies the
alligator"
The managers of the Deadwood Pio-
neer were left off easy by Judge Church
in fines of a25 for one and ,s5 each for
two others. They were in contempt
Of court.
Letcher Blade: NJ. S. Sheldon, about
ten miles east of Leteher commenced
boring a'well and at a depth of 40 feet
struck an inexhaustible vein of pure
soft water.
George w. Knapp and Miss Minnie
Potter of Fairview were married the
24th ult.; and Phillip G. Thompson and
Miss Carrie Munsell were made one. at
Emery Christmas day.
| The first wedding in Mcintosh coun.
ty took place few days since, with
Martin E. Pratt and Sallie Praxton as
the allying parties. The county all
thorities will give suitable recognition
to the event,
Deeds are being taken to the right OF
way of the Great Southern railroad in
Union county, but it is intimated that
Sioux City may not, be the southern
terminus, if there is encouragement to
change the route.
Thomas Stratton, at Pierre, begins tc
there is more than joke in the libe]
suit and his arrest for sending in fun
to Sioux City paper that the assistant
postmaster was insane and getting
matters into bad shap.
Letcher Blade: When we saw that
Henry Wetzel's person tax was $59.Sg
it looked a little steep, but when we
learned that he raised 1000 bushels of
grain this year, that he has seven head OF
horses, a lot of cattle, a threshing ma.
chine, a feed mill and a bran new girl
it looked more reasonable.
Sioux Falls Press: Moritz Levinger
laid upon the reporters table yesterday
bunch of tobacco that he raised on his
place near the brewery. The leaves are
broad and finely veined, of fine texture
gummy and of good color. They show
conclusively that first-class tobacco can
be raised here in Dakota.
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Northwestern engineers are already al
work extending their survey line out
of Yankton. They ran the line some
three miles west of the city along the
upland and then struck down upol
Smutty Bear bottom and across it te
the river, or in the direction of the
river.
In Blunt, at social gathering, Mis-.
Schlosser and Mr.. Featherstone stoot
up and We're married "just for fun" b,
a young man named Burke. 1t after
ward transpired that Burke was jus
tice of the peace, and the marriage wa
legal. The joke of the affair is that tn,
involuntary bride was engaged to Burk
who thus cast off his own best beloved
A platonic divorce suit is in order.
The Newspaper Business.
Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribun
n a recent address in that city CAV,
the following bit of experience of hi
own: Many years ago, when he was
young man, he started newspaper wit
a highminded purpose. He was desil
GUS of leading the public in the path o
goodness and virtue, but as he gre,
older he found that newspapers devote
exclusively to reforming things wer
not in demand. There was beautiful