New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

Inc clI1ZenS OF AIaQlSOn nave organ
lied for the purpose of enforcing the ]
local option law
The Moody County Enterprise says
there is more sickness than usual in
the county at. the present time
The contract for an artesian well
at Scotland has been let. It will
cost 81 per foot.
The citizens ofHighmore are aWak-
ening to the fact that there is a hole
in-the-Wan in their midst.
VIM. Wirzbach, of Egan, accident
ally shot himself in the thigh while
handling a revolver.
The ladies of Sioux Falls have or
ganized for charitable work for the
winter.
The Yankton oil mill made nearly
$50 barrels of oil during the month
of October.
The measles are taking another
new run in Elk Point. This time it
Is principally among the little folks.
The fellow. who, like the lily, tolls
not, is harvesting his wheat crop
from other peoples granaries in the
vicinity of Aberdeen.
The chief topic of conversation at
Yankton just at present is the condi-
ton of affairs at the insane asylum.
The Aberdeen postoffice disposed
of $1,45O worth of stamps and
stamped envelopes during the month
of October.
The butchers in Canton are having
a rate war and have reached the
point where they are giving away
meat. 1t is fun for the poor folks.
The business men of Sioux Falls
are trying to get up some scheme to
break the grain pool which exists in
that city.
Simon Avery, aged 70 years,
dropped dead at the residence Of his
daughter in Sioux Falls. Heart dis
ease was the trouble.
Forty Cornish miners,are reported
to be on their way to the tin mines
of the Black Hills. Four others have
arrived
The sewerage system at Aberdeen
is practically completed and will
be ready for q test as soon as the
pump-house is finished. g
Pennington county is cursed with
the presence of an individual of most
fendish proclivities, whose latest dem
onstration consisted of poisoning
thirty cows, the property of a Pal
mer gulch farmer.
Miss Kinnea has returned to Far
go from the National W. G. T. u,
bringing with her the banner award
ed Dakota for the largest percent
age of increase in membership during
the year.
The Deadwood Pioneer states that
the effect of the recent betting mania
is noticeable in that town in the
scarcity of money in circulation. No
inconsiderable amount has been lying
idle in the hands ofstakeholders Wag-
cred on election.
George Damn, of Haram, met with
a serious accident. While lifting a
barrel of water out Of wagon he
slipped in some way and the barrel
fell on his right leg. fracturing it
above the knee SO badly that the
bone protruded through the flesh.
The Rapid City Republican says:
''The volume of money i'll circulation
throughout the Hills is larger, bust
ness is healthier, bank statements
are more satisfactory and there is
less pinching and turning and con-
triving to make ST. do the work of
$50 than for many a day"
The Yankton Press says: "The
Indian school at Pierre will soon be-
come a fixed fact. The government
has already made an appropriation
of $4,000 to begin the buildings,
and it is thought that 100000 will
be set aside for the same purpose in
the near future. The plan is to es-
tablish at Pierre an Industrial school
for the entire Sioux nation
A citizen of Brookings created a
sensation recently by appearing on
the streets disguised as a lank, cada-
verous old man, with white hair and
a bristling mustache seven inches
long. An attempt was made to ar
rest him, under the impression that
he was an insane person, but he mys-
teriously disappeared and many still
wonder what became of the sold
man.