The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-08
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

The Sioux Falls Prsas p~rsdiotsthat
next year will . 5000 men ON
ployed in the quarries near that city.
At last Minnehaha county haspro-
vided q hospital wherein the county
sick an be cared for. It is but 8
temporary institution, however.
The Rapid City Journal says that
Spearflsh has placed the license for
theatrical troups SO high as to-
amountto prohibition.
IA number Of the leading men of'
Blunt are talking Of forming an as
sociation for the purpose Of furnish
ing 3 lecture curse during the vim:
ter.
The press Of business at the Das
kota Newspaper union in Aberdeen il
SO great that forces ar working
night and day. The patent portion
Of some seventy weekly newspapers
are turned out by the Union.
An artesian well is considered a
necessary adjunct to a well-regulated
stock farm in Yankton county and
many farmers are having them
drilled. The cost is from $500 to
$500.
The Argus-Leader expressesth the be-
lief that there are too many churches
in Sioux Falls and recommends thata
religious trust be formed, and that
all churches not materially different
in creed unite and build a union
church.
Clear Lake has made q large bid
for the location Of the Deul county
courthouse. In addition to offering
a block in the town it has deposited
$4,000 with the county treasurer to
be used in building q courthouse il
the vote is favorable.
John DIVES, living near Alnea,
dug a well sixty feet deep. when some
ofthed dirt fell andpartially buried him.
Friends hauled him up to near the
top Of the well when it fell in upon
and completely buried him. The
body has not yet been recovered.
Jerry Krohryhtnr, threshing hand
who robbed the houses of four farm
ers near Grand Forks, was arrested
MS he was about to take the train.
He had shaved clean snd changed his
clothes, but his nervousness betrayed
him to the officer who followed him.
The Northwestern National bank, q
new institution, with q capital Of
100000, in which prominent Chica-
go capitalists are interested. began
business. The bank will o,cupy it's
fine building now in progress of cree.
ton about Jan. /.
1t is rumored at Deadwood that a
deputation from the salvation army
will shortly pays visit to the various
saloons ofthe city and between songs
they propose singing endeavor to
persuade the men engaged in the
business to close shop and forever
forswear the trade.
The depth of the Harold artesian
well is 1856 feet, temperature 95 de
grees, and it will fill a large barrel in
iorty- five seconds. The water is soft
and of a splendid drinking quality,
the Warmest artesian water in Da.
kota, and is daily increasing in flow
and pressure.
The latest manufacturing acquisi-
ton for Sioux Falls is a mammoth
wooden mill. A company has been
organized with $4,000 stock. The
mill will be put up as soon as posi-
BILE and will employ Is men. This
mill will be the only one of the kind
in Dakota,
Deputy Sheriff Hart arrested two
on the Northern Pacific train
Pembina, from the south on tele-
graphic instruction of Sheriff Olson
of Walsh county. The sheriff fol-
lowed the train in q buggy, and then
found that they were not the men he,
wanted.
A romantic story comes from
Rock. It ia said that q
young Englishman who accompanied
party OF hunters that stopped off
at the agency became smitten with
the pretty daughter Of one Of the
head chiefs and as a result they wera
married in accordance with the
Sioux fashion.
Nathing is too good for the aver.
age DeadWood juvenile. Not long
ago q professional nurse was sum-.
moned from Binghampton, N. Y, to
assist at the arrival of q Black Hills
girl. Having accomplished her mis-
sion she returns, thus making s
round trip Of over 1900 miles for !.
what in many localities would nasa
an ordinary event.
q tram OF ten wheat wagons, bear
nearly one thousand bushels.
by 9 friction engine, arrived
u Aberdeen, from the Hall farm.
four miles south Of that place. The
outfit was photographed in the pres
ence OF g large number of spectators
Ihe grain averaged fifteen bushels
per acre and after active biddipo
brought $1.2O.