Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
What next?
Farmers are busy husking corn.

nat next!
Farmers are busy husking corn.
Only a few more days of suspense.
Campaign yarns can now be had of
any size and col,tr.
a new supply of job stock just re-
ceived; bring in your job work.
A number of partizan candidates
were mingling with the people last
Friday,
Roads are in excellent condition, and
n team can haul all the wagon will
hold up.
Wonder if there is a candidate on the
peoples ticket who will support the en-
tire ticket.
The ladies mite society viii meet
with Mrs. b. z. Ward, Friday, Nov. 2,l,
at 2;3) p. M,
Next week the man that gets beat
will be telling how his opponent used
money to influence voters.
The Dakota potato crop this year
amounts to 5.9l3,6ao bushels, and the
average yield per acre was 80 bushels.
The streets were little quiet last
Saturday, the farmers having taken
advantage of Fridays convention to do
their trading.
j. Sargent received a carload of
apples last week, and has been loading
up the farmers wagons with the
| healthtul fruit.
The democratic mass convention ut
Parker last Saturday endorsed the
county ticket placed in the field by the
peoples convention.
Jos. Frick received Il telegram from
iankten this morning bringing the sad
news of the death of his father which
occurred last evening.
a nine pound hoy arrived ut the resi-
dence of Geo. Stout Friday. thus insur-
for when he is not drove at the shop
there will be plenty for hlm to do at
the house.
Ira &. Ferguson has purchased the
greater part of the stock of the Hur-
| ley Creamery Association, including
that owned by Mr.. Skinner, and the
machinery connected Herewith. He
has not fully decided to what extent
it will be operated this winter.
The many friends of c. NJ. Pier will
be pleased to learn that he is again
ready for business. lie has purchased
the interest of Mr.. Ferguson IN the
business of the late firm of Pier e.
Ferguson. and having adopted the cash
system he is enabled to sell to his Gus
toners at the closest possible figure, as
there are no bad bills to be paid for by
the consumers who pay cash,
We are called upon this week to
chronicle the death OF one of Turner
county's representative farmers, and a
prominent and worthy citizen OF
Spring Valley township, through the
careless handling of firearms. Last
Sunday Joseph Leeper. Fred Middles
worth and several others started out
for a hunt. In some manner the gun
which young MiddleSworth w;lS carry
ing was discharged, the contents strik
ing Mr.. Leeper in the left arm, near
the shoulder, and passing into his body
DR.. Finlay was called ut once ant
dressed the wound, but did not consider
it dangerous. Tuesday blood poisoning
set in, which resulted in death yester
day morning. The remains were in
tered in the Hurley cemetery to-day
the services being conducted by tn,
Grand Army post. lie leaves no fam
lily.
We understand there is Il part,
named-well we'll call it Smith--can
vassing the rural districts and selling
goods for eastern parties, and we learl
that in some instances he has receive,
' orders tor a hundred dollars or more
G These purchasers offer as an excuse f0
this mode of doing business, the of
= repeated one, we can buy cheape
than we can of home merchants.
G This may possibly be true; but il tn
t merchant could get spot cash Gas tlfi
r agent does) for all the goods he sells h
s would be able to sell us cheaply. Their
J. again, if it were not for the local mel
chants who build us your towns wh;l
q kind of market would there be for tn
r. produce raised by the tillerS of the soil
r. Admitting that "the farmer provide
n for all, il we were all farmers VIII
Al would purchase the surplus? Will
q the towns could not survive withor
,s the farmers. it should be remembers
that the merchants have befriende
!, many of them in times of need
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