Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-19
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
SURVEY OF THE MISSOURI BETWEEN
PIERRE AND SIOUX CITY.
Farmers Smiling Over the High Prices
They Are Receiving for Whcat-Acci-
dental Shooting. ut Marion junction and
Willow LNkc-COal Found ut Blunt
General News Items.
TO SURVEY THE MISSOURI.

begun work nt once on the MISSOURI river
to survey between Pierre and Sioux City.
Capt. Mari is finishing up and perma-
nently completing the triungulation work
done by the Missouri river survey expedi-
tion in 1881 and 1882, under Capt. D. w.
Wellman. between Pierre and Sioux City,
and expects to be engaged until we'll into
the coming season. He has been in the
service of the government in this work for
over eighteen years.
COAL AT BLUNT.
Blunts coal prospector, H. H. Breckie,
put in two blasts to loosen the slatestone
in the bottom of tho shaft and behold! on
the bottom of the slatestone there adhered
the genuine stuff, which was pronounced
lninous coal ever shipped into that point.
Il being only Jour miles from the city. all
Blunt turned out to see the coal. The
citizens are waiting an>ionsly for the de-
velopment of the enterprise.
ACCIDENTAL .FooTINGs.
Andrew T. Bangs. iusti / the peace at
Marion junction, was IA. y" injured by
the accidental discharge of his gun. 1t
was about four hours before surgeon
could be got to him. and in the meantime
he had lost SO much blood that he died.
He leaves wife, who is visiting III Ne
braska.
A man whose nnme is yet unknown. was
accidentally shot in the head at Willow
Lake Sunday night. DR.. Davis,of DeSmet.
was called to attend him.
THE FARMERS SMILE.
Highmore special. 8-Farmers here are
,nnnb ancnnrooo,1 IN roico wboot +ba1- tto+
ting here $1.O5 Saturday. 1hrashing con-
tinues, and those delayed receive the ben
eft of high prices
Mitchell special, s-Wheat reached s1.10
here to-day; fax, S1.2O.
DeSmet special, S--Wheat is $1.l7 and
flax Fl % here to-day.
Faulkton special, S-Wheat day sells
for SLIP to $l.1S.
CRUSHED BY A BEAM.
NJ. A. Pearson, Swede about 30 years
Of age. engaged ut work on the bridge Oh
the Duluth railroad. was instantly killed
at Palisade on Saturday evening by getting
his head caught and mashed fiat under a
heavy beam.
Last spring the board of education at
Fargo had difficulty with the water COM
pany, since which time the schools have
been supplied by vendors with water for
drinking and other purposes. In conse-
Quencc the sewers leading from the high
school had been filled, stencil arising there
from, rendering it necessary to either dis
miss school or devise some means for
flushing the sewers.
R. w. Rowland of Fargo. while visit
ing his farm near Holy Cross, left satchel
conta,ng 81 ,495. 20 i'll the granny. On his
way home he found the money had been
stolen from the satchel, and John Kiff, an
employe on the farm was arrested, but for
lack of evidence was discharged. It is be-
lieved Rowland was followed and robbed
by some one who saw him draw the money
at the bank.
The Deadwood Pioneer tells the fol-
lowing: "One of Uncle SANS boys in
blue was yesterday put in the Fort Meade
guard-house, where he will spend the next
two or three weeks. for having insulted
Sturgis City lady the day before. If it is
any extenuation for his fault it may be
stated that the gallant fire-eater was sadly
the worse for liquor when the offense was
given"
A number of scholars i'll the primary
department of the ward school at Aberdeen
were recently detected in stealing apples
from merchant. The teachers instructed
the kids to pay for the stolen fruit, but as
the owner refused to accept pay the money
was used TO buy pictures for the school
room.
ID. C. Davies. Of the Dakota Produce
company, purchased few days ago 300
bushels of potatoes of farmer living in
the vicinity of Warner, the smallest of
which, according 10 Mr.. Davies, weighed q
pound. The potatoes were shipped to New
York and sold at fabulous prices.
A well-known republican Of Aberdeen
has for several weeks past made it a prac-
tice to send Postmaster frey card daily
notifying him of the supp ,sed duration of
his term. Saturdays notice read this way:
ONLY 1855 days more at $G.4O per day.
Totui, $500. ..s.
Valley Springs has had hydrophobia
scare. A young lady was bitten by dog
some time since. In week or so she be-
gan to feel badly. A doctor was SUM-
moned and allayed the fears of the family
with the statement that her symptoms
were not those Of the dreaded disease.
The secretary of war has ordered
monthly instead of BIZ monthly payment at
Forts Meade and Lincoln. He has ordered
the discharge of CASTOR d Humy, private
in troop D, Eighth cavalry, who enlisted
when a minor.
John Cain, while intoxicated, made
all unprovoked assault upon Virgil Rath-
bun, prominent citizen of Groton, stab
bling him in the side. Rathbun lies in a
critical condition. To prevent lynching
the prisoner was removed to Columbia.
A colored boy who has been in a SINH
lar trouble before, stole silver watch from
Albert Anderson, whom he found asleep
near the Scandinavian hotel at Grand
Forks.
1t seems that western Dakota has at
lie It one prohibition county. 1t is Butte
The commissions of the county, accord
ing to the Whitewood Sentinel, have de-
cided to issue no more liquor licenses.
"A geological student expresses be-
lief that artesian water should be struck
by boring at any place in the immediate
vicinity of Rapid City, and wonders that
n hole has not ere THIS time been sunk for
that purpose.