Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-13


has received word from Roswell Miller,
president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul railway. and Marvin Hughitt, of
tie 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 the region round about Bis
marck are exceedingly fiattering. A month
ago 1t was not supposed there would be
half crop on the Missouri slope. The
thrashers tell different tale. Some
pieces of wheat are averaging over twenty
bushels and many exceed fifteen. The
average will be 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 in Des Moines, evidently not
fully posted on Dakota, writes to the
Pierre postmaster and wants to know if
there is paper published in Pierre. He
says he is interested in Pierre property.
and that if there is newspaper printed
in Hughes or Sully county that he would
like to subscribe and wants sample copy.
If he subscribes for all the papers in
Hughes and Sully counties he will have to
enlarge his postoffice box.
The Harmony Mining company. lessee
Of the Keystone chlorination works at Gar
den City, has purchased a set Of Cornish
rolls and is having them placed in position,
hence the works are not at present in OPP
Grafton. 1t has been found necessary to
employ some method of dry crushing in
reducing the tin ore from this company's
property, aud consequently the rolls were
purchased. The works will soon start up
again.
--latest crop reports say North and
South Dakota will produce 25,O0O,O 900
bushels of wheat this year. Other re liable
authorities place the figures at $4,000, 100
bushels and the Pioneer Press says that
in a number of counties where there
were fears of not more than four to six
bushels of wheat to the acre, it has yielded
ton and twelve.
\ The supreme court of the territory of
Dakota will convene in 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 its ex-
lstence in that city twenty eight years ago
Huron conventions meet in hall
which stands on historic ground. In 1883
the first state convention met on that spot
in what was dubbed the "Wigwam." Half
dozen similar conventions have since
been held there, and it seems awkward to
many to 60 elsewhere than Huron.
During the severe wind storm 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.
"A skillfully executed counterfeit IS
gold piece was recently passed at one of
the Aberdeen banks. 1t has the true ring
and only close examination reveals its
spurious character. II is said that con-
siderable bad coin is floating about.
w. L. Wielder and G.. A. Allen were
driving through the country near Grand
Forks when their team became frightened
by a<steam thrasher and ran away, throw
ing the occupants out and seriously iniur-
ing both parties.
The thrashing of 800 acres of wheat
on farm near Columbia shows a yield of
eleven bushels per acre. Something over
800 acres yet to thrash is expected to bring
the yield up to thirteen bushels as an ay-
erage.
A new national bank. with a capital o
$4,000 has commenced business in
Wahpeton, AMI another with the same
amount of backing is expected to open
here during the present month.
A visitor at Huron last week, becom-
eing weary of being asked questions in ref
renee to the capital, pinned card to his
coat bearing these words: II don't care a
d where the capital goes"
Daniel Scr:,b, who resided with his
son ut Bismarck, died the other day from
the effects of a rattlespake bite received
over month ago. He was So years old.
Ira Smith used indecent language on
the streets of Sioux Falls and it cost
him 800.
An Omaha man has leased the Park
hotel at Pierre and will soon take pos
session.
Farmers in the vicinity of Spearfsh
complain of the scarcity of thrashinp ma
chimes.
james Poland, of Grand Forks, was
given ninety days in Jail for pounding his
wife.
The water in the river at Bismarck is
eight inches lower than ever known before.
--Excavating for the foundation of the
new college at Fargo has commenced.
There are five saloons in Watertown
paying license of $500 annually.
Work has commenced on the new
farmers elevator at BrookIngs.
The artesian we'll at Miller is ono of
the best in the territory.
"A Farmers alliance has been organized
Lawre nee county.
-Woonsocket has an artesian we'll to
be. proud Of.
Deuel. county farmers complain of too
much rain.