Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

YaStlIuc al Lueu.
TIE Northwestern stock yards at Yank-
ton are almost completed.
THERE is no dearth of business in police
court circles at Deadwood
ALPENA wants 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 real and personal
property at Bookings is $405,0o0.
A BAND of horse traders is rusticating
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 M. e.
church to be erected this fail at Worthwhile.
WoRKNEN are busy at Whitewood put
ting up the frame Of the Methodist church.
A STEAM pump is employed at Aberdeen
for the purpose of pumping ont the cell
lars.
IT is reported at Ipswich that four large
warehou ,es will be built in that place this
year.
The salary of the Pierre postmaster has
been increased from 81, 300 to 81 800 per
year.
HAVING is the order Of the day among
a good many of the farmers of Douglas
county.
A NEW G00-pound bell has been placed
in the steeple of the N. E. church at
Lennon.
The selection Of veterinary instructor
for the college at Bookings has not yet
been made.
FORTY new uniforms for the Aber-
deem hose companies, costing about 5000,
will arrive in few days.
The small boys at DeSmct make life
miserable for pedestrians by indulging 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 business mems ASSOC
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 the project.
IT is estimated that there are no less
than 800 laboring men and mechanics now
at work upon improvements in Yankton.
AN enterprising ranchman selling is Il
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 fish
out of the Red river in large quantities.
Some of them weigh as much as twenty
pounds.
Four colored gentlemen calling them
selves the plantation Wa,blers" are re-
calling various Dakota towns with open air
concerts.
The Flandrau roller mill are again at
work after a long idleness. The mill dam
has been repaired, and no further trouble
is anticipated.
RECKLESS Yanktonians insist Oh claw
ing up the earth with their boot heels and
otherwise damaging the grounds of the
Yankton tennis club.
EFFORTS are being made to secure for
1ankton the next encampment of the
Dakota National guard, which is TO be held
some time in September.
A GANG of fakirs who have been work
ing the encampments and other gather
ings further east went up to Oakland to
take i'll the unsophisticated.
SOME $50 cars of gravel per day are
taken from the Parker pit. and number
of surfacing gangs are kept busy putting it
where it will do the most good.
SEVERAL carloads of brick and lumber
for the new school house at Tyndall have
already been received, and the work on the
building is rapidly progressing.
IT is estimate that the recent tragedy at
Bloomington will cost the honest tax
payers Of Charles Mix county at least
$1,000. Rather expensive luxury.
IT is estimated that at least $4,000 has
been wagered in Bismarck on the No
vember election, and that two thirds of the
amount is on the state of New York
The members Of the Incandescent Elec-
trio 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 have
formed trust, and it now costs a man 10
cents glass to saturate his system with
beer. "Red-eye" is proportionately high.
HoRsEMEs at Rapid City are busy pre-
pairing for the turf events to come next
fall, and all who own alleged flyers pro-
pose to have their animals in good shape
for the races.
A HEATHER Chinee recently gave up the
ghost at Deadwood and his funeral, under
the auspices of the Chinese Masonic fra
ternity. is said to have been great curl
osity to the people of that place.
MoRMoNIsM does not seem to thri We
very well at Olivet. The people have sat
isfed their curiosity, and now think that
the elders had better move the church to
some place where it will be appreciated.
EASTERN parties have made n PROPOSE
ton to the Yankton board of trade to con-
struct, equip and operate railroad be-
tween Yankton and Sioux Falls. and the
proposition will come up before the board
of trade directory for consideration at its
next meeting.
The farmers WarehonSe cornDony of