Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-07-11
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

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BRADLEY has cheese factory in actual
operation. y
A JOHN CHrNAMAN is now fixture a
Chamberlain.
TRIcYCLrNa on the railroad is favorits
pastime at Eden. I'll.
The Northwestern stock yards II Yank-
ton are almost completed.
THERE is no dearth of business in police
eourt circles at Deadwood.
ALPxNA wants a park and steps are be-
Ing taken TO supply the want.
WORK on the new farmers elevator At
Esmond will commence next week.
THE total valuation Of zeal and personal
property at Brookings is &4O6, 900.
A BAND of horse traders is rusticsting
in and about Clark laying for suckers.
CRAWLING streets and leveling side
walk is the order of the day at Elkton.
A SITE has been located for new n. e.
church to be erected this fall At Worthwhile.
woRKMEx are busy at Whitewood put
ting up the frame Of the Methodist chufcn.
A sTEAN pump 10 empleyed q Ahssdecn;
81 ~ ySpess: q psszips ~ - q! a. B
IT is reported Il Ipswich that four large
warehou es will BE- built in that place this
year.
The salary Of the Pierre postmaster has
been increased FROM tl,3O0 to $1,000 per
year.
HAYrNa is the order of the day among
good many Of the farmers Of Douglas
county.
ANEW 60o- pound bell has been placed
in the steeple Of the NJ. e. church at
Lennox.
The selection Of veterinary instructor
for the college At Bookings has not yet
been made.
FoRrY-FrvE new uniforms for the Aber-
deem hose companies, costing about $6O0,
will arrive in few days.
The small boys at DeSmet make life
miserable for pedestrians by ipdulging in
pony races on the streets.
THE slingshot nuisance is abroad in Tyn-
dali and the determination of small birds
will soon be accomplished.
ABERDEEN wants u business mems asso-
citation. Active steps will be takento or
ganize one in the near future.
A ST. PAUL wants to establish watch
factory at Scotland and the citizens Of that
place are considering she project.
IT is estimated thet there arc NO less
than 800 laboring men and mechanics now
at work upon improvements in Yanktcn.
AN enterprisine ranchman selling is a
herd of Wyoming horses at auction in
Aberdeen. Prices range from $50 to &40.
The Wesleyan Methodists have pitched
| large tent in Aberdeen and will hold
services therein every evening for three
weeks.
AT Pembina they are hauling the 6sh
out of the Red river in large quantities.
Some of them weigh as much ~ twenty
pounds.
Four colored gentlemen calling them
selves the Plantation Wa blers" are no
ding various Dakota towns with open aiI
| concerts.
The Flandrau roller mill are again q
work after a long idleness. The mill-aaiu
has been repaired, and no further trouble
is anticipated.
RECKLESS Yanktonians insist on claw.
ing up the earth with their boot heels and
otherwise damaging the grounds Of tht
Yankton tennis club.
EFFoRrs are being made to secure fol
Yankton the next encampment Of ths
Dakota National guard, which is to b. held
| soms time in September.
A GANG Of fakirs who have been work
ing the encampments and other gather,
| ings further east went up to Oakland X
take in the unsophisticsted.
SOME $50 cars Of gravel per day ~
taken from the Parker pit. and numbs
| of surfacing gangs are kept busy putting II
where it will do the most good.
SEVERAL carloads Of brick and lumbe
for the new school house At TyLdall hav,
already been received, and the work ON III
building is rapidly progressing.
Ir IL estimate that the recent tragedy =
Bloomington will cost the honest tax
payers of Charles Mix county at leas
$1,000. Rather expensive luxury.
IT is estimated that at least 35,0OD ha
been wagered in Bismarck on the No
vember election, and that two thirds Of th
amount is on the state Of New YORK.
The members Of the Incandsscent Llec
tric Light company At Fargo were were ar
rested last week for erecting frame build
ings within the city limits without permit
The liquor dealers At Sturgis hav,
| formed trust, and ii now co to man I
cents glass TO saturate his system viii
beer. .Red-eye" is proportionately high
HoRsEMEx At Rapid City are busy PR
pairing for the turf events 70 come mex
fall, and all Who own alleged Ayers pro
pose to have their animals in good shsp
for the Fees.
HEATHEx Chinee recently gave mp II
ghost at Deadwood and his fuueral, nnde
the auspices Of the Chinese Mssonic fra
ternity. il said to We been . great cur
osity to the people Of that place.
MoRMoxIsM does mot seem 70 thsis
very well a Olivet. The people havs -
is6ed their curiosity, d now think ~
the elders had better move tie church {
some place where \ VII Be apprecisted.
| THE mission, twenty miles soutA /
Highmore, is 10 add several more baildine
this summer. Already this u qsits a 4
+ stitution, and is advancing the rising gen
Grafton OF Indians into intelligencs u
good citizenship.
| EASTERN parties have made pFOposi
tion 10 the Yankton board Of trade "a c0s
struct, equip and operate = railroad b
tween Yankton and sioux Falls, ard u
proposition will como mp before he boar
Of trade directory for consideration at \
next meeting.
SoME of the prominent citisens q MAa
dan are celebrating ths late fise II a
thermometric mercary By having ~ thsl
whiskers shaved %. One q then a