Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-20
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

THERE are a few cases of diptheria at
Miller.
CONSIDERABLE wool is being marketed
Mt Miller.
The assessed valuation of Aberdeen is
$2.500,O0O.
Sun DANCE is to have brick city hall
costing $4,000.
The tiremens tournament at Spearfsh
ended in q row.
The people of Whitewood think that
they need a Jail.
WHITE LAKE claims to have a cham
pion female wrestler.
THERE is good demand for farm la
borers in Clark county.
BANQUET was recently given to Judge
Garland by The bar of Bismarck.
The Heart river at Glenulla rose twelve
feet in twelve hours the other day.
The total assessed valuation of Law
renee county for 1SSSis 81 ,631 ,SSS.
THERE is movement on foot to estab-
lish a clearing house at Watertown.
THERE is some prospect of a cheese fac
tory for Raymond in the near future.
The city council of Scotland has accept
ed proposition for another atesian we'll.
THERE must be more room made for in
sane patients, as the Yankton asylum is
full.
PUKwANA's horsemen came home with
about 5000 from the Chamberlain races on
the Fourth.
NEVER before were crops so promising
throughout Faulk county as they are at the
present time.
The asscssessed valuation of Huron city
real estate is 81 1904, 293: personal prop
erty, SS69,941.
LEoLA is now we'll supplied with min
listers. Presbyterian, Methodist and Ger
man Lutheran.
The city policemen of Deadwood will
soon be able to vie with the world for pro-
ticiency in numbering CANNES
THE meat market men Aberdeen at claim
that pork is very scarce and dear and can
rarely be secured at any price.
Tom MILLER, a saloonkeeper of Dead
wood, is much sought after. He de-
camped few days ago and neglected to
pay his debts.
A CHILD of Alf Carleson, of Taylor
township, Hanson county, was killed by
the flying timbers of a barn in the storm
of the Fourth
A SCHEME is on foot in Codington
county for sort of reunion of all the
residents of the county who voted for Gen.
Harrison in 1910.
A DEMOCRATIC base ball nine, of Bis
,narck, challenge any nine of republicans
of that city to play for the presidency OF
the United States.
One hundred men are now at work or
the water works at Watertown, and dir
will soon fly on the motor line from tn,
city to Lake kampeska.
The Black Hills country is receiving
large immigration this year. and Its mine
interests are developing more rapidly ant
at the same time more solidly than eve
before.
The city council of Madison has passed
an ordinance forbidding the constructlo,
within the city limits of any fence whicl
shall be composed in whole OF in part o
barb wire.
A "GRASs-wIDoWER'S CLUB has BEEF
organized in Columbia. No man who's
wife is visiting in the east Is eligible t,
membership unless she is to be gone a
least two months.
IANKToN is undergoing a potato famine
The old crop is exhausted and the nev
crop is late. A few new potatoes find thei
way upon the market. but not i'll sufficien
numbers to mitigate the horrors of til
famine.
GEORGE AND FRED SHOALS, publish
ers of the Aberdeen Democrat. had a livel
scrap few days ago, the result of whcl
was that George. the older. had his brothe
arrested for assault, and he was fined S
and costs.
The personal effects of j. W. johnson
the man found frozen to death north O
ParEston last January and whose friend
could not be found were sold last week q
public auction by the treasurer of Hutch
inson county.
ACCORDING to the local paper the frs
course served at a swell dinner at the Hote
Minnekahta, Hot Springs, the other day
was La Bullion. Come to think. though
that is close to mining district and per
haps it's all right.
THE chamber of commerce of Bismarc
has appointed committee to investigat
the alleged obstruction of the Missoul
river by the old and new bridges at Oman
and present the matter to the proper au
thorities and cause prompt action to b
taken.
A canary bird died at lroquois recently Q
the advanced age Of IS years and months
He was good singer and possessed all hi
singing powers until the last year, whe
he seemed to be in his dotage. Durin
the last two months his eyesight had nearl
failed him
WING TsUE and Hi Kee, Chinese mer
chants at Deadwood, have each of thel
gardens back of their stores that run up o
the side of the mountain. The lots ar
terraced and will show up to-day fou
times the quantity of vegetables that ca
be found in white mems gardens.
A YOUNG man at Grand Forks the othe
evening went back into a churcb 10 find