Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-17
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

the fat men of st. Lawrence to play a
game of boil in either town.
LEAD CITY carpenters are more than
rushed these days, the principal work in
hand being the new school building.
The members of the farmers alliance at
Miller have subscribed 81, 1000 for the pur-
pose of building an alliance warehouse.
FROM eight to dozen is the number of
tramps that show up every day at Column
bia. They don't stay very long, however.
BISMARCK ball players enforce com
mendable rule. Mines not on the ground
ready for play at the hour set are fined SIS.
The trustees of the Columbia NJ. E..
church are negotiating with the Baptist
society for the purchase of the old Baptist
church.
The condition of the roads leading
from Rapid City into the mineral districts
of the Hills is worrying the citizens of
that city.
MRS. DR.. PORTER, the wife of one of
the heroes of the Reno stand IN the Custer
massacre, died recently::Iat her home in
Bismarck.
BLACK HILLS stockmen are taking adj
vantage of the present prices paid for stock
in Chicago and are making early shipments
of fat cattle.
THERE is considerable complaint at
Rapid City because the merchants persist
in blocka9ing the streets with piles of
merchandise.
An animal resembling panther is rails
ing havoc among the farmers Of Union
county. 1t is supposed that it escaped
from some circus.
NEW G. A. r. post, to be known as
Gen. Burnside post, has been organized at
Cakes. 1t comes into existence with
twenty members.
ACCORDING to the Buffalo Gap Ne,cs
when two Custer county farmers meet
they do not ask: How are your crops?"
but. Have you found place to store your
grain yet?"
IT is thought that after the next annual
meeting of the Dakota Methodist confer
ence, which will be held at Aberdeen in
October, Forest City will be supplied with
a pastor who will be located there perma-
nently.
SPOTTED Grow, young Sioux brave,
has been arrested and lodged in Jail at
Pierre for holding up Fred Laplaunt on
the reservation with a Winchester rifle.
Spotted Crow is the hardest case on the
reservation.
A GOOD Touring mill is wanted at
Lebanon. The farmers adjoining town
have obligated themselves to give as a
bonus 1900 bushels of wheat to the first
,o~k, ,l<o~ -
fifty barrels capacity.
REV. j. w. HANFoRD, Indian teacher
and missionary at St. Stephens mission,
who was noted as the one who married
Chaska and Miss Fellows, was thrown
from moving machine on day last week,
cutting off his right hand. He bled to
death.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for an athletic tournament to be held in
Aberdeen about the middle of August
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c.. A. A
programme consisting of base ball, foot
racing, jumping, turning, etc., has been ar
ranged and purse of $500has been raised
to be distributed as prizes.
The board of trade of Rapid Cityi is hav-
ing printed for distribution in all parts of
the United States, pamphlet, descriptive
of the advantages of location, resources
commerce and manufactures of that city.
1t gives statistics. showing the gold out
put of the Hills to be $4,000, 600 annually.
and the total output to be $31, 100000 for
thirteen years.
The Indian Chaska and his white wife.
formerly Miss Fellows, arrived at Pierre
recently on their way home to Fort Ben
nett. They have finished their dime mus
cum engagement and will soon settle down
to life on the reservation. Chaska saws he
will sign the bill when the commission ar
rlves and thinks that the other Indians on
the Cheyenne agency ought to do likewise.
AT dozen points throughout Trail
county large farmers report the appear
ance of the army worm and the entire de-
struction of whole fields of wheat. At Bur-
llngton, Blanchard, Caledonia and Hills
boro they have begun their attacks, NOV
ing from field to field about half mile
each day. Thousands of acres of grain
will be total loss.
j. X. P. MILLER, of Deadwood, has
asked to have right Of way given to him
for his friends in New York to build city
railroad through the streets of Deadwood
Tor the purpose of connecting the upper
camps with that city. Mr.. Miller has de-
posted $62.5OO with the First National
bank. showing that the railroad company
is not one of paper. The road from White
wood to Deadwood has also been decided
on and building will progress soon.
A VERY severe storm of wind, rain and
hail passed down the Missouri river valley
east from Charles Mix county, ana across
Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Douglas and
Yankton the other day, doing extensive
damage to corn and small grain still stand
ing in fields. Small buildings were de-
molished and large ones unroofed. The
wind was straight gale and blew at the
rate of about forty miles an hour. The
damage to corn will be light, but small
grain in many localities will be total loss.
1T is authoritively stated that the
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
Railway company has purchased the site
of the so-called Jones' Loomis tunnel.
which is the only practicable railroad route
up the White Wood canyon into Dead
wood. 1t is expected that large force of
graders will be put to work at once, and
that the Elkhorn will be extended imme-
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