Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-09-04


county. In the vicinity ~ tie sownsiis
brsted jasper granite which will be quas.
risd 10 advantage. Thsss Is aiso, : ~,
watss power witbin ~ town linnilo \
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known as -Spirit Canyon, 81 DsviI's
Gulch, is located near by, ani = very
romantic spot.
Immigration Commissioner Hagerty
has received letter from Kentucky man
who is anxious TO locate in Dakota. Tia
man is awful hard up and would like Mr..
Hagerty to provide for his transportation
saying that IL such il done he will send,
the commissioner 80 gallon Of the best
whisky he ever saw. He further says
that if the freight Is not too much he will
bring ten-galion keg full ~ present.
strong temperance proclivities will reco9-
nlze the meat in this item.
The North Dakota Millers' association
has decided to place an agent in London
to dispose Of flour direct to the bakers Of
Great Britain, and J. s. Hillyer, Of Bis
marck, viii depart immeaiatelyto TO attend to
that duty. Ills thought that this will
have q strong tendency to strengthen the
home wheat market, and besides will re-
suit in the building Of : number Of new
mills.
Buffalo has q 3-year-old boy who
weighs eighty pounds, is four feet high,
and is as fully developed physically a.
young man Of eighteen years. His voice
is undergoing the change that occurs to
most persons Of IL or 10 wears. He Is as
strong as any 15-year-old boy. He was
| named after Grover Cleveland and bids
fair TO surpass the ex-presicent in avoir-
dupois.
The people Of Pierre are arranging
for what they call "Pierre's day." at the
state fair at Aberdeen next month. Thew
propose to .harter a special train and tax .
load Of Plerre's boomers up to show the
people what kind Of people live in the
| town that wants to be the future seat Of
government for the new state.
Seeing SO much flax raised in Dakota
suggests the query: Why are there not
more linseed oil mills2 It would be a CAP.
ital move for-some of the large towns TO
cease chasing the capital vii % the. wisp
and take in an oil mill. But not one Of
them will heed the suggestion Until after
the votes are counted.
A gentleman named Applequist, who
lives at Glendale, has recently invented .
roller bearing attachment which can be
adapted to buggy wheels, plow coulters,
etc. The axle IL surrounded with . num-
Der of rods upon which it rolls, dispensing,
it is said, with grease or oil.
Prof. Culver, Of the state university,
has examined the geological formations at
the Centerville coal shaft, and expresses
the belief that large bed OF good soft
oal exists there. The professor IL one
| best geologists in the state.
Live aud learn. The few impetuous
farmers who p.owed up their wheat some
weeks ago have learned that the subse-
4uent rain IA was ample to give them
good crops OF golden grain ii they had not
hastily turned it under.
Two ladies Of Rockertille, while out
riding the other day, drove over bear.
This may seem strange, but it is fact.
They were somewhat frightened, but the
annual did not offer to molest them.
The indictment against John Mowatt
and John Werwolf for timber trespass has
been squashed in the United States court
at Deadwood. The ruling ,disposes Of
twelve other similar indictments.
Capt. Hopkins, who owns large
farm near Roscoe, has been having . we'll
drilled. Tie workmen struck water ut
300 feet, and in q few minutes tho well
contained 100 feet of water.
The farmers Of Dakota would do well
to engage more extensively in sheep rails
ing. Statistics this year shows that the
fariAers can invest in nothing more pro-
fitabie.
Dakota towns are agitating the ques-
tion Of making fire breaks that will protcc,
them from prairie fires. The ex erisnce
last spring was not without some bench ..
The farm house Of Nails Jorgensen,
near Yates, was struck by lightning and
burned, together with two colts and CON.
siderable farm machinery, hay, etc.
Dakota is the only territory which will
receive . portion Of the appropriation fol
agricultural experiments. The amount d
the appropriation IL 4l5,00O.
Jerome Slocum, 10 years Of ago, waa
run over BY cars in Bismarck. Hs LOST q
arm and II II thought amputation oS on
Of nis legs will b necsssaTy.
Eighty thousand votes viii bs cast Il
tho south state on the lst of October, ~.
600 Of which corrsspoEdent claims vfll
| b for the constitution.
"A letter was rscsivsd = 6icax Fall
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