Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-20
DAKOTA NEWs.

| hue III haplu Clty.
Iron Hill mining stock is quoted at 50
cents in Deadwood.
| The Northwestern road is building
depot at Violin siding.
The Fargo and Southwestern road is
now open to La Mour.
The hill cities complain Of abominably
inefficient mail service.
| Considerable real estate has been set
atioat by the spring thaw.
baskerville, Yankton county, had
$4,000 fire the other night.
-Vermillion is on the ragged edge OF
real estate boom.
The Dakota Star is a new paper at
White Lake. devoted to wit and humor.
| -Rioe Brothers. of Flandrau, have the
largest and most expensive horse farm in
| Dakota.
A Yankton clergyman from his pulpit
Sunday lectured small boys who play mar
bles for keeps.
There is quite an oil excitement in the
vicinity of Lead City, and several wells
are going down.
Aberdeen has refunded 800 to each
saloonkeeper who had paid his license that
amount in advance.
Black Hills tin, the product of Gus
| ter county mine. is now quoted in the Chi
cago market reports.
"A Holstein COW al Holabird last week
| gave birth to calf that weighed ia
pounds when hours old.
BY actual count twenty eight Dakota
papers headed their local columns the
other week April showers"
Material is being delivered for the
erection of public hall in Bridgewater to
be built by Joint stock company.
Aberdeen elects two aldermen from
| each ward each year instead of one. as is
| the practice in most other towns.
-Flandrau has Just formed a creamery
company. The Dakota towns that have
| not done SO are like angels visits
II. F. Mentzer. mayor of Mitchell. has
been heartily endorsed for denomination
and election by the w. c. L. U. Of that
town.
Fargo cast 1926 votes at her last cleo
ton against 1.37S year ago. The prohi-
bition wave has struck that city the above
result.
The next and most startling sensation
at Bismarck promises to be one in which a
prominent politician appears in the role of
apolygamist.
| At jamestown the other day double
wedding occurred. the bride of the one
ceremony and the groom of the other being
brother and sister.
The Odd Fellows of Alpena, Jerauld
county. are preparing to build n store
building "a by 70 feet, with hall above
for their lodge room.
"A man with his boots on narrowly es-
capped drowning in the main street of Dead
wood the other day. He was fshed ovt
with graphing hook.
| The new Lawrence county hospital
building, very commodious one. has
twenty acres of land in connection. much
of it under cultivation.
-Yankton cast SIG votes in the recent
municipal election; Aberdeen. $50; Fargo
1926; N1andan, 252; Grand Forks. 09l:
Huron, ISL; Milbank, 3l5.
The first case of drunkenness which
has come before the police court at Aber-
deem since the saloons were closed APP
peared the other morning.
Col. w. C. Plummer. the silvc,
tongued Dakotaian, addressed the students
of the Brookings agricultural college o.,
"Paternal Government" recently.
The preliminary survey for the twc
new bridges over the Red river and Grand
Forks is completed. The city voted fou1
Years ago to bond in $4,000 for two Years
A young man of Lead City WAS 81 be-
side himself when beside young lady tx
was visiting that when she was snddenl.
seized with nose bleed he rushed to Tho
door. locked it and taking the:efrom Inc
key. thrust he key down the lady's back
Her mother soon arrived outside, bat wa
thus barred from getting in.
-Rudol phi Uhlman. holnestcalcr OF
New Sale m, after seeding his place il:
| d.
considerable money he started home il!
company with a stranger, and as he ,lcve;
re sched New Salem and no news of mir
whereabouts has been received. foul po,
Is suspected. His homestead entry !.
now being contested for abandonment.
4 The Northeastern Railrouder is com.
m"nting upon the probability of the open
ing foi settlement this year of the Siouy
reservation adds: There is no reason;bl,
doubt that at least two lines will puSI,
westward across the newly opened laud
heading for the Black Hills, at the earliest
opportunity. From Pierre, the Missouri
river terminus Of the Chicago and North
Western. it is, on direct line. about l,C
miles to Rapid City. From Forest CITY
following the Missouri to it's junction Wit.
!he Cheyenne and then followingthe latte.
liver across the reservation, it is 1856 miles
t. Rapid City. Chamberlain, the Missouri
river terminus of the Chicago, Milwaukee
| ,nu St Paul, is, on q straight line. abou.