Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-10-10
THE TERRITORY.
HAY AND GRAIN DESTROYED ny A
SPARK FROM AN ENGINE. a.
no. Hard Wheat Now Realizing the
highest Price Paid In Years Money In
free Circulation aud Times Lively
Throughout tho Territory From
All Quarters.
HAY AND GRAIN DESTROYED.

All Quarters.
HAY AND GRAIN DESTROYED.
/ While thrashing grain with a steam
thrasher on the farm of Chandler Botsford,
five miles northeast of Huron. "a spark
fromthe engine set fire to the straw under
the separator. The wind was blowing al
most gale and carried the fire to the
stacks of unthrashed grain and soon five
OF them were consumed, toget her with
large amonnt of thrashed wheat. Three
| rlcks of has. three large stacks of millet,
| the barn, cattle sheds, q lot of farm ma
ehinery, etc, were also destroyed Mr..
Botsfords loss will not be far from $4,000,
and what IL worse he had no insurance.
THE HIGHEST IN YEARS.
The price of No. hard wheat advanced
At Glendale to $l.O7 last week. This is
the highest quotation ever reached in the
territory excel in a Few special cases back
II the early days Of the Dalrymples. Farm
srs are rushing in their wheat all over
Central Dakota, and the bulk of it grades
No. ! hard. The effects of high prices are
already apparent in the appearance of land
seekers, and the preparations foi larger
crop next season. Money is in free circu-
lation and times are lively.
sUIcIDED BY DROWNING.
Mrs. Sadie Stewart committed suicide
near Aberdeen by drowning in we'll.
About year ago she married man en-
ployed in ticket office at Wahpetou. and
| about three months afterwards learned
that he had another wife, so she left him.
About two weeks ago she gave birth to a
child. She was a lady of good education
and pleasing manners.
SOUTH DAKOTA BAR ASSOCIATION.
| The South Dakota Bar association, in
session at Huron, chose j. A. Edgerton, of
Mitchell. president; j. A. Owen, of De
Smet. first vice president; W. c. Arnold,
| second vice president y. w. BAR, Of
| Huron, secretary, and l.. c. Kemp. of
Huron, treasurer. They adopted const-
tuition and by laws, and fixed Huron, jan
uary 2, as the place and time of the next
| meeting.
! The Salvation army has decided to
| make a vigorous campaign in Bismarck
during the session of the legislature. The
officers of this army of reformers have
| written to Bismarck stating that as their
finances would not warrant their sending
4 whole company they hoped that the local
| reform talent would furnish singers and
| exhorters for two meetings each day in the
,apitol building during the session
The Deadwood Pioneer makes this
statement: AS an indication of the
| changed condition of business in Dead
wood, month ago only one man and
| boy were employed in the job printing de-
| sartment of the Pioneer. At present it re-
| 4uires five men and two boys to keep pace
| with the orders.
Anton kessler, german living near
Steele, has sworn out warrant for Joseph
| Helmer. of Logan county. charging him
with ablucting his l5-year- old daughter,
lizzie. The sheriff is pursuing the run
Always.
The Pioneer asks: ''Does anybody
know what has lecome of the Deadwood
board of trade? 1t fourished for "A few
months about two years ago and then sud-
denly dropped out of sight
A fiye-foot vein of coal has been dis
! co:ered on the farm of II. II. Brekke, liv-
ing ten miles from Pierre. The coal is
ironoun, ed of quality similar to the
Hooking valley.
Charles L. Armstrong, manager OF the
Porter Milling company at Castlewood, has
tiss 4ppea,ed His books showed short
sga of 5000 Bushels of wheat and he also
secured $500 in cash.
AT a meeting of the board of trustees
| Of the Rapid City school Of mines, Prof.
Carpenter was authorized to publish his
geological report of the Black Hills in
pamphlet form.
The duilness in younger society circles
at Aberdeen is said to be due to the fact
that the present officers of the guild, who
are "ho,d overs, have fallen into nocuous
inactivity.
Ira NJ Jackson, who was convicted at
the January term of the district court at
Deadwood of the crime of manslaughter,
was sentenced to the penitentiary for ten
years.
The merchants of Aberdeen are de-
cidedly down on the wheat trust existing
in that city, aud say that it should be held
up to III. public gaze and abolished.
"A number OF Aberdeen business men
are investing cons tielable money in Chi
,ngo wheat pools and with good success.
fh, Rep bl3caas VOID for it.
Wv lie Garman, while hunting geese
near VI ier City, was shot by companion
and seriously injured. The charge took
etieet IA his right thigh.
The Rapid City journal has been
| awarded the contract for printing in book
form the minutes of the late NJ. f. confer
| ence held in Rapid CAty.
1T is understood that hardwood wants
a paper bad enough to give $500 bonus,
40 subscribers besides, and eject build
ing for the Office.
Suit for an alleged debt of 81 has been
commenced in court ut Deadwood The
party suing states that il is for principle
| and not principal.
The La Grace Courier hints that there
is small fortune waiting for the man who
has sufficient enterprise to start q lime kiln
in that vicinity.
AT presentation of the "Little Ty-
coon" at Pierre by local talent, sos was
raised for the yellow fever sufferers of
Jacksonville.
p. w. McManus, of Rapid City, has
contract for delivering at the sawmill $780,
| 600 feet of logs for the Lookout Mining
company.
Lake county took her share Of premiums
at the Mitchell fair. The La Belle ranch
secured Twenty-Five ribbons on horses
alone.
1t has been discovered at Deadwood
that green tomatoes are Of some use.
Small boys use them for missiles with great
effect.
"A herd Of deer, numbering seven or
eight, have recently been seen several
times in the hills west Of Whitewood.
The artesian we'll drillers at Aberdeen
have stopr ed all work, owing to the failure
to remove the obstruction in the well.
--Deadwood will vote October Is on the