The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-13
Gcn.roslty to tho stat. Fair.

Visit his relations ut points III New York.
Generosity to tho state Fair.
The South Dakota board of agriculture
has received word from Roswell Miller,
president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway, and Marvin Hughitt, Of
the Northwestern, that their request for
free freight rates to all exhibitors to and
from the fair had been granted.
Reports from the thrashers now at work
throughout tho region round about Bis
marck arc exceedingly fattering, A month
ago 1t was not supposed there would DO
half a crop on the Missouri slope. The
thrashers tell u different tale. Some
pieces of wheat are averaging over twenty
bushels and many exceed fifteen. Tho
average will be IL full half crop, and the
quality will excel that of any previous
YEAR. Nearly all pieces put in with a
pressed drill are turning out we'll.
A man i'll Des Moines, evidently not
fully postel on Dakota, writes to the
Pierre postmaster aud wants to know if
there is q paper published in Pierre. He
says he is interested i'll Pierre property,
and that if there is Il newspaper printed
in Hughes or Sully county that he would
like to subscribe md wants u sample copy.
III he subscribes for all the papers in
Hughes and Sully counties he will have to
enlarge his p~ostofice box.
Tho Harmony Mining company, lessee
of the Keystone chlorination works at Gar
den City, has purchased a set of Cornish
rolls and is having them placedin position.
HANOI fIa VnrkS "a ylnf nt YrocoVt 1~ W
Grafton. 1t has been found necessary to
employ some method of dry crushing in
reducing the tin ore from this company's
property, and consequently the rolls were
purchased. The works will soon start up
again.
--latest crop reports say North and
South Dakota will produce %, OOO, 900
bushels of wheat this year. Other re liable
authorities place the figures at 81. 1000, coo
bushels and the Pioneer Press says that
in a number of counties where there
We're fears of not moro than four to six
bushels of wheat to the acre, it has yielded
ton andtwelve.
THE supreme court of the territory of
Dakota will convene i'll Yankton on the
25th and Goth of the present month in adj
journed session. This will be the fare.
we'll gathering Of the territorial supreme
court and the last session of the appointed
members of that body. 1t began it's ex-
istence in that city twenty-eight years ago.
Huron conventions meet i'll n hall
which stands on historic ground. In 1888
the first state convention met on that spot
i'll what was dubbed the "Wigwam." Half
% dozen similar conventions have since
t.nA,x k4l.I AN.~AN N.,LJ - .-sr -1-... A.
many to go elsewhere than Huron.
During the severe wind storm n few
evenings since considerable damage was
done to one of the female ward buildings
at the jamestown asylum. The roof was
blown in and the loss occasioned thereby
is estimated at $4,000. No one was
hurt.
w. L. Stoddard, living in Hyde county,
near Holabird, was accidentally shot
through the wrist the other day by his son,
who was assisting in repairing an old re-
volver that neither knew was loaded.
The injured member will be useless here
after.
"A skillfully executed counterfeit Sc
gold piece was recently passed at one of
the Aberdeen banks. 1t has the true ring
and only n close examination reveals its
spurious character. 1t is said that con-
siderable bad coin is floating about.
w. L. Wielder and C. A. Allen were
driving through the country near Grand
Forks when their team became frightened
by IL steam thrasher and ran away, throw
ing the occupants out and seriously iniur-
ing both parties.
The thlashing of 300 acres of wheat
OH q farm near Columbia shows a yield OF
eleven bushels per acre. Something ovel
300 acres yet to thrash is expected to bring
the yleld up to thirteen bushels as IN av-
ernge.
"A new national bank. with n capital c
$5O, 1000. has commenced business il
Wahpeton, and another with the same
amount of backing is expected to ope,
here during the present month.
A visitor at Huron last week, becom.
eing weary of being asked questions in rel
renee to the capital, pinned n card to his.
coat bearing these words: II don't care
d where the capital goes"
Ira Smith used indecent language o,
the streets of Sioux Falls and. it cos,
him $50.
An Omaha man has leased tho Parl
hotel at Pierre and will soon take pos
session.
Farmers in the vicinity of Speariisl
complain of the scarcity Of thrashing ma
chimes.
james Poland, of Grand Forks, wa,
given ninety days in Jail for pounding hi.
wife.
The water in the river at Bismarck j
eight inches lower than ever known before
-Excavating for the foundation of til
now college at Fargo has commenced.
There are five saloons in Watertow,
paying q license of 500 annually.
Work has commenced OF the nev
farmers elevator at Bookings.
Tho artesian well at Miller il ono o
the best in the territory.
"A Farmers alliance has been organizes
n Lawrence county.
-Woonsocket has an artesian we'll {
be proud of.
deuel. county farmers complain Of 70
much rain.