Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-24
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

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 proftabla
business at Rapid City.
ED ENR1GHT and Gust K. Lebach we're
arrested a few days since for violating the
local option law at Redfeld.
MRS. DELLA WHEELER has been APP
pointed principal of the musical depart
ment of the Redteld college.
TERRITORIAL grain buyers will start the
wheat market at 55@6Oc 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. E. CULVER, is in the Little
Big Horn country on geological survey
in the interest of the University of Dakota.
MADISON has base ball association and
will enter into the national game with
characteristic enterprise and enthusiasm.
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 yet the under
taker does not wear look of ghoulish
glee."
A LODGE of select knights, A. O. q.
W., was recently organized at Fahlkton,
by Grand Master Workman Heif, of
Huron.
TIE 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 street railway to
j. X. P. Miller. The tracks will be laid
Immediately.
OLE BUSINESS, of Minor, accidentally
shot himself laet week while taking his
gun from wagon. He leaves wife and
eight children.
arrangements with the cornet band of that
place for ten concerts, for which the band
is to receive 500.
The Vermillion Building and Loan as
ISOLATION is now thoroughly organized.
genuine interest in the enterprise indicates
that it will be a success.
CAREFUL investigation gives Potter
county credit of 5000 acres Of trees in
thrifty condition. The full amount
planted was 5000 acres.
/: DEADwooD is establishing reputation
for morality. The seating capacity of the
M. 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.
TH1RTY-FIvE bricklayers are at work
upon the brick work of the west wing of
the insane asylum at Yankton. and before
the end of the week as many more will be
added.
1RoQUo1s must possess a dog or two.
The Chief says the town could spare about
200 to the square inch and then have
enough left to keep everybody awake
nights.
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 in
the spring.
The fine artesian we'll at Tyndall has
encouraged the people of Scotland to make
another attempt to have one at their town,
and the mayor is now corresponding with
contractors.
A TRAMP giving the name Of VIM. Bren-
nan was run over by freight train at
Henry. He was partially intoxicated and
was trying to steal ride, His recovery
is doubtful.
. 1E 1z.. Aberdeen Neus is authority for the
statement that T. G. Mandt, the manu-
facturer of the Stoughton, Wis. wagon,
is thinking strongly of establishing a
branch factory at Aberdeen.
AN Aberdeen man says: Cur posterity
will be deprived of writing five Fights for
1000 years or until August s, SSSS, but
they will doubtless have the satisfaction Of
voting for president by that time.
SOME time ago the city council of Rapid
City ordered the removal of all weeds from
the sidewalks. The people seem to think
that the council was joking and have made
10 effort to comply with the order.
A TRAVELLING dealer in catarrh remedies
recently engaged in a fight with one of
Deadwood's citizens and during the en-
counter he reached into the Deadwood
man. mouth and extracted IL tooth.
IT is reported that there will be objec-
tions to acceptance of the vault now being
built for the court house at Parskston, as
the contract was let without advertising,
which is contrary to the laws Of 1887.
PETITION is being circulated by the
business men of Watertown requesting the
city council to put up five or six additional
electric lights for the better illumination
of the streets during the republican con-
yention.
A SURVEYOR is now at work plating
another addition to Rapid City, and as
soon as the plat can be recorded the new
addition will be put on the market. The
land being laid out adjoins the town on
the southeast.
AMONG the attractions promised at the
HermOsa fair are a balloon ascension q