New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-09
DAKOTA MENTION.
Condensed Happenings Throughout
Both North and South Dakota.

Fort Meade one of the handsomest
| military posts i'll the west is aband-
oned.
Deadwood has a new fire alarm bell
with names of the city officials en-
graved on it.
About 500 Ogallala Sioux Indians,
out on a hunting expedition, camp
ed near Whitewood recently.
A Central City man is engaged in
eating up a quartz mill that is, he
traded it.for month supply ofhash.
1ankton, the only city in South
Dakota which has had the capital,
seems to be the only city which
doesn't want it.
Buffalo county has 3-year-old
who weighs eighty pounds, is four
feet high, and is as fully developed
as a man of is years.
Clayton McCabe, of Ashton, was
accidently shot in the left eye by a
companion named Wooley on a hunt
ing excursion to Scallerwood lake.
A company from ST. Paul is ar
ranging to put in a $4,000 pillow
and implement mandatory at HUI
ron.
James Shields, one of the Oldest
miners in the Black Hills, was badly
injured atDeadwood by falling into
a street excavation while watching
street parade.
A number of Indians from the
Yankton agency are on their way to
Pipestone, Mimi, to lay in winter
supply of pipe clay to make their
trinIets out of.
At Rapid City young married
woman found a burglar in her house
and, instead of screaming, made a
dash at him, nearly causing him to
faint.
In bar-room fight at Rapid City
DR.. Jewett, was stabbed in the abdo-
men by a tough character named
West, who is held to await the re-
suit of the doctors Injuries.
Dell Rapids feels lonely without the
presence of Fred Waite, agent for the
Singer Sewing Machine company,
who came, saw and skipped, leaving
debts amounting to about 500.
The new Washington Springs
hotel was plastered before the roof
was put on, and heavy rain did
much damage. A local paper says
there was Observation-Disclosures
somewhere.
An old Indian, 70 years of age,
died at Flandrau while attending the
mission there. He was from the
1ankton agency and much noted
for his wisdom and oratorical pow
erS.
Swan Bros, of Andover, Mimi,
have secured the contract for sinking
the artesian well at Cakes, over four
competitors. They give a water
guarantee and drill the first 1,6OO
feet for So per foot.
The farmers of Miner county are
being compelled to dispose of large
quantities of stock on account of
the shortness of feed, fearing that
they would not have enough to carry
them over winter.
L. braves, an old man of 70, resid-
ing near Alcester, had his leg broken
by being ran over byaloaded wagon.
The bones in his foot were crushed
to splinters and he received internal
injuries from which he may die.
Belmont has family named Rouke,
who are remarkable for their size
There are four sons, and their height
runs from six feet four inches to six
feet eight inches, and their weight
from 125 to AL pounds.
Burglars and lightning struck the
town of Armour. The former went
through the residence of e. X. Ellis,
making clean sweep, while the lat
ter did up two colts and calf be-
longing to Mr.. Keston.
A spearfish man is experimentingin
raising tobacco and the Black Hills
country to be in accord with the sen.
sitive nature of that much abused
plant. He raised over 700 pounds
during the past season.
During the last six months the
Presbyterian churches in the Black
Hills have increased from four
churches and five ministers to nine
churches and ten ministers. The
Presbytery has three manses and
| four church edifces.