The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-21
DAKOTA JOTTINGS.

DAKOTA JOTTINGS.
The books and records of Sully
county will soon be stored in q fre
proof vault.
Deadwood has a. genuine case Of
shaunted house" whore goblins hold
nightly revel.
Work on the gas well at Garyis
progressing rapidly and tits expect
ed that plenty of natural gas will be
found.
There are thirty-ive common
schools now in Jerauld county, with
an average attendance of seventeen
pupils to each.
Artesian wells have lost their nov
city in Glenwood township, Clay
county. They are being discovered
almost every day.
BY order of the county board Of
K%ingsbury county the register of
deeds has been instructed not to col
lect any fees for discharging chattel
mortgages.
One of the largest sales ofAberdeen
property which has been consmmated
for some months past is that of the
postof flee building and site, which
was purchased by F. W. Brooks for
$4,000. :
The Press alleges that the young
ladies Of Sioux Falls have caught the
boxing fever. They have a set of old
e%ight-ounce gloves that are as hard
as a piece ofjasper, and with them
maui each other around at their reg
ular afternoon gatherings.
The Aberdeen Electric Light COM
pany has recently purchased a new
125-horse power Russell engines
which will arrive in the course of q
week. The present building will ut
once be enlarged with a view ofdoub-
ling the capacity of the company's
business. ~,
The Whitewood Sentinel says:
"Some of our most enthusiastic citi-
ems n advocating, beef and pork
packing works at Whitewood. We
haven't any idea such works will be
established this year, but sooner or
later such an institution will be To-
Gated here"
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says:
"Four newspaper men in Minnehaha
county have been married in the last
eve months. Positions on papers
of this county are at a big premium,
applications from bachelor journal
lists pouring in from all parts of the
territory"
The Chicago & Northwestern folks
have commenced work on their line
from Harrington, Neb., to Yankton,
Oak. The distance is but eighteen
miles, but fills an important gap in
the system. The St. Paul, Mime
apolis & Manitoba, company has
graders at Sioux Falls ready to be-
gin grading their line from Sioux
Falls to Yankton. Work W as aba1-
doned on this road late last fall, but
an early completion of the road is
now assured.
Ground was broken for the new
Masonic temple on ST. Joe and
Seventh street in Rapid City. It will
be three stories in height of brick and
stone, 5Ox125 in size and will cost
about $500 1t is expected that
the entire structure will be completed
the coming summer. The first story
will be used for stores, the second for
suites of Offices, and the third will be
used by the Masonic fraternity. All
the material will be obtained from the
Black Hills woods and quarries and,
as the plans indicate, it will be the
finest Masonic building in the terri
tory.
A packing house is one of the prob.
able additions to the business in
terests of Milbank. The enterprise
has not taken definite shape as yet,
but men of enterprise and capital
are agitating the matter and good
is bound to come. The vastness of
the territory to be supplied, the ease
with which pork can be produced the
reduced price of the product to the
consumer, the excellent quality Of
the pork raised, demonstrated by
actual experience, all reform promi-
nent parts in convincing the business
man and fnancier of the wisdom Of
such q venture.