Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-08-22
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.


county is $133. ol2.5O.
THE SHENsER" is the name of Water
towns new $50, 900 hotel.
FooT racing is all the go at Iroquois.
HAY has taken a drop at Deadwood and
now brings $S to 80 per ton.
THERE is talk of organizing an Odd
Fellows lodge at Deadwood.
THERE are fifty or more bricklayers en-
ployed in Yankton at present.
IT is rumored that beer bottle trust is
being organized in Custer City.
FROM two to five carloads of brick are
shipped every day from Yankton.
A NUMBER of the, farmers near Wes-
sington are cutting grain at night.
The feeling against Sunday beer drink
ing is growing stronger in Yankton.
T. E. GRIFFIN, Of Spring Lake, lost a
valuable teaushviiahtaing last sweek.-
ELLENDALE ladies are becoming active
participants in the fight against whisky.
THE Irish population of Faulk county is
delighted over the prospects of the potato
crop.
PETTY thieving at Aberdeen has been
carried OH with high hand during the
past few days.
THE game between the Chadron and
Rapid City ball clubs is on for next Satur-
day at Chadron.
THE average shipment Of butter from
the Brookings creamery is about 5000
pounds per week.
Horse races ana base ball games will be
prominent feature of the Charles Mix
county fair this fall.
JUDGE FRANCIS retired from the bench
at Mandan recently, after swearing in his
successor, Judge Rose.
FISH culture is comparatively new, but
bids fair to become decidedly profitable
business at Rapid City.
ED ENRIGHT and Gust X. Lebach were
arrested a few days since for violating the
local option law at Redfield.
Mrs. DELLA WHEELER has been ap-
pointed principal of the musical depart
ment of the Redtield college.
TERRITORIAL grain buyers will start the
wheat market at 5506Oc this fall, accord
ing to the quality of the grain.
THERE are fifteen people in the city of
Aberdeen who earn their daily bread in
whole or in part by the art of stenography.
PROF. G.. Z. CULVER, is. in the Little
Big Horn country on a geological survey
in the interest of the University of Dakota.
MADISON has a base ball association and
will enter into the national game with
characteristic enterprise and enthusiasm.
A FARMER appeared on the streets of
Volga last week clad in fur coat. 1t is
said that he appeared to be quite comfort
able.
GREEN apples have been on the Faulk-
ton market three weeks. and vet the under
taker does net wear look of ghoulish
glee."
LODGE Of select knights, A. o. U.
W., was recently organized at Faulkton.
by Grand Master Workman Heiff, OF
Huron.
THE camp meeting continues the attrac-
tion of the hour at Deadwood, and the gos-
pei tent is nightly crowded with large
assemblages.
THE city council of Deadwood has
granted franchise for a street railway to
J. X. P. Miller. The tracks will be laid
Immediately.
OLE RUsNEss, of Minor, accidentally
shot himself last week while taking his
gun from wagon, He leaves wife and
eight children.
THE city council of Brookings has made
arrangements with the cornet band of that
place for ten concerts, for which the band
is to receive 800.
THE Vermillion Building and Loan as
sociation is now thoroughly organized. A
genuine interest in the enterprise indicates
that it will be success.
CAREFUL investigation gives Potter
county a credit of 5000 acres of trees in a
thrifty condition. The full amount
planted was 5000 acres.
DEADwooD is establishing a reputation
for morality. the seating capacity of the
NJ. E.. church has leen enlarged to ac-
commodate the Sunday audiences.
THE Farmers Shipping and Purchasing
association of White Lake is now in good
circumstances and has secured enough
funds to erect and equip an elevator.
ABOUT fifty members were present at the
meeting of the North Dakota Pharma-
ceutical association at Jamestown. Fargo
was chosen as the next meeting place.
THIRTY-FIvE bricklayers are at work
upon the brick work of the west wing OF
the insane asvlum at Yankton, and before
the end of the week as many more will be
added.
IRooUoIs must possess dog or two
The Che says the town could spare about
200 to the square inch and then have
enough left to keep everybody awake
nights.
A YANKToN man is allowing the weeds
to grow all about his house this summer
so that the SHOWS of winter may halt on his
premises and wet down his blue grass il
the spring.
The fine artesian we'll at Tyndall ha.
encouraged the people of Scotland to make
another attempt to have one at their town
and the mayor is now corresponding will
contractors.
A TRAMP giving the name of VIM. Bren.
nan was run over by freight train al
Henry. He was partially intoxicated and
was trying to steal ride. His recovery
is doubtful.
The Aberdeen NeWs is authority for tn,
statement that r. G. Mandt, the manu-,
facturer Of the Stoughton, Wis, wagon
is thinking strongly of establishing ,
branch factory at Aberdeen.
An Aberdeen man says: Our posterit,
will be deprived Of writing five eights TO
1000 years or until August s, 1888, bu
they will doubtless have the satisfaction o
voting for president by that time.
SOME time ago the city council Of Rapit
City ordered the removal OF all weeds from
the sidewalks. The people seem to thinl
that the council was joking and have made
no effort to comply with the order.
A PETITION is being circulated by th,
business men Of Watertown requesting th,
city council to put mp five or six additiona
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