Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

county. Blshm left wife and f9ar
children and Mrs. Urban FIVE chi:dsea.
B.ahm mo,tgaged his property, WHICH ne
bors $1,000 i'll the lurch. The parties
wen, To Sioux Falls together unles some
plaus ,te excuse. where they bought
tickets for Canada.
- The damon drill at Sioux Fails
struck jasper again at q depth of -llla feet
and it was still the yale oUld stu:.n at q
depth of AS feet. The feeling of chagrin
ON the part of those who prophesie, ;lat
| jasper was done with is somewhat ,uodhed
| by the fact that the stuff is badly broken
up and may prove to be only Il thin layer
1t is earnestly hoped this may be the case,
as the diggers of the we'll are after some
thing rarer than hard rock.
Capt. J. S. Vanderberg. at Huron. is
cutting scond crop from field of alfalfa
clover, which gives much better yield
than the first cutting, With the promise of
third crop even as good as the second.
Alfalfa is showing we'll i'll Dakota this sea-
son.
Senator Stewart. of the dry land COM
mittee, is auxious to do something for
North Dakota. He is figuring on the
practicability of utilizing the overflow of
the Missouri river. He ls i'll favor OF do
ing something on large scale.
"A new postofiice has been established
on Lame Johnny, Gig miles south of
Fairburn, in Custer county. Melvin is the
name given to the Office. aud gentleman
by the name Of Perkins has been appoint
ed postmaster.
John Williams, living five miles south
east Of Mellette, in digging we'll for
water, struck at depth of fifty feet
strong flow of natural IS. He intends to
run pipe to his house and also to bore
the we'll deeper.
About 100000 bushels of wheat were
shipped from Eureka last year. On ac-
count of the largely increased acreage. it
is estimated that a greater quantity will be
shipped this year.
The board of commission ers have ap-
propriated thu sum of $500 towards max
ing display of Hughes county products
at the South Dakota fair at Aberdeen next
September.
The most expensive artesian we'll is in
Highmore, which cost $1,000, ana is 1,55o
feet deep. The cheapest We in the terri
tory is at 1ankton. 1t is G10 feet deep and
cost $4,000.
e. G. Patterson, of the Pierre schools
formerly superintendent of Huron public
schools, has recently been appointed
territorial institute conductor for South
Dakota.
Charles II. Clarkson, in attempting to
stop fight between two bulls on S. L.
Beans stock farm, near Grand Forks, was
so bad gored by one of tue animals that
he died.
While bathing in the Missouri river at
Bismarck Harry Bushman. II years of
age. was drowned. His body was recoy
cred by tn: boys who were bathing with
him.
-Ju ge Moody says that in the Black
Hills more grain is raised off of forty acres
OF irrigated land than on 100 acres that is
LETT to the mercy of the average rainfall.
Grand Forks county commissioners
decided to refund the bonds now due.
There is cash on hanl to pay, but the
money is wanted for poor farm
E. 8. Warren, citizen of Plankinton.
has invented an automatic brake for
freight trains. which, it is said, bids fair to
| revolutloniZe railroad business
Orlando Stultz who resided uear Chs
ter City, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. Only month previous his
wife died of consumption.
The tisrt term Of court for the new
judicial subdivision of Walworth and
Campbell counties will be held at Bangor
on the 9th inst.
John Ne,lerson, living near Winfred,
while harvesting, was overcome by heat
and died before he was discovered by his
family. $3.50,
Two tons of ore from the Willow
Creek mines Of the Harvey Peak company
will be shipped to London to be reduced.
Nearly all the grain has been cut. and
the farmers are satisfied that there will be
an average yield in Lincoln county.
The Truax and Garfield groups of tin
mines on Spring creek, in the southern
hills, have been sold for S4O,OaO.
-Paymaster Alexander Sharpe, for
several Years citizen of Yankton, has
been placed upon the retired list.
Linden Beavers. Of Civil Bend, Union
county, thrashed la bushels Of wheat
from three and q quarter acres.
A postoffice has been established at
Maxwell. Sully county, and Jacob II.
Maxwell appointed postmaster.
The harvest in the vicinity of Bis
marck is being pushe forward and wheat
promises big yie,d.
The estimated wheat yield of the two
D ia, et and Minnesota is placed OF &c.
100000 bushels.
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