Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-10
DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889.

/, JUL1 ~, 1859.
news reached Bells daughter, ut Sycamore,
H., and she was preparing to send for his
body when she received letter from her
father dated at Dsadwood. Fell was
never in Tacoma.
A comparison Of Gov. Mellette's PROF.
lamation of the result Of the election Of
May 14th shows that Of all the SO delegates
who sat in the convention Of 1885 only
IL were returned to the present constitu.
tional convention. namely: Berdahl Of
Minnehaha, Beuchler of Hutchinson,
Corson Of Lawrence, Edgsrten OF DAWSON,
Fellows Of Aurora, Clifford Of Minnehaha,
Goddard Of Hanson, Huntley Of Hand,
kellam Of Brule, Murphy Of McCook,
Neill Of Grant.
There can be no question, admits he
Pembina Register, that the crops Of this
county are injured by the drouth. Partic-
ularly is this true in tho northern aud
eastern patt OF the county. Rain within 4
week or ten days will help somewhat, but
every days delay makes the situation
more serious. While we have no desire to
exagerate,s we 70 4 that many farmers
Wtll hasev . te1Ak = asAna psslust1 -
average crop.
A Mandan man who recently returned
from Fort Yates was heard to remark: 1T
was sight worth looking at to see the,
thirty FIVE hundred sheep, owned by the
Riverside Ranch and II. s. Parkin. which
l saw few miles below the Riverside
ranch. As l came past the sheep were
inst nnt Saf he al u,,I Il
seemed to me tn i could sec nothing but
sheep in all directions, and still they kept
| on coming.
Ward. VITO SO sensationslly worked Da-
kota last year, has been revived by the re.
port of letters from Boston detective
agency, stating the general" has been
located in New York under AL assumed
name. where he is the husband OF his
eighth wife, wealthy divorced woman.
F. II. Hagerty, commissioner of i'm
migration, is distributing some elegant
posters. representing the two D ,kotas ar
irving un Ter q triumphal arch into the
union where they are being welcomed by
their admiring sisters. Each bears . ban
| ner apholding all the marvellous fgures of
| its growth.
Even the horticulturists have their
state sociely out on the great Ameri-
can desert. They held their last meeting
| of the series at Brookings ON Wednesday
and thursday, many Of them receiving
premiums ON strawberries, currants,
gooseberries, flowers and garden vege-
tables.
An effort is being made to select the
college lands in the Sisseton reservation.
Some of these lands are remarkable for
| their fertility, and as their location Is ex-
prices and would give the college an estab-
| lished income in very few years.
]. 3. Gould, of Buxton. has made
proposition to the incorpprators Of the
Fargo Congregational college to donate
| $4,000. to be used in the erection Of a
building on condition that like sum be
elsewhere raised for the Same purpose
| within sixty days.
There is room enough in Dakota for
| few thousan more good, honest, hard
working tillers of the soil and cordial
hand of welcome is outstretched TO greet
the newcomer who accepts this invitation
| to share our prosperity.
Towns and cities throughout Dakota
are already discussing the public building
question and by the time statehood arrives
| tcere will be many claim on tho plums Of
this character that are to be shaken from
the national tree.
Theodore Poole, under arrest at st.
Louis for working the badger game, 10
wanted at Ipswich for mortgaging prop
erty he did not own aud leaving the coun-
try as soon as obtaining money on the
| mortgage.
1t is estimated that less than 10 per
cent. of the lands fit for agriculture in
South Dakota are yet located. The 30 per
cent. yet unoccupicd is capable Of sustain
ing population Of 5.OOO,0O0.
The artesian we'll recently sunk on
| Henry Strnnk's farm on Jim river is
great saccess. Through the two-inch
piping tie water flows nt the rate of l25
gallons o minute.
| 1t is certain that cement works will be
| built in Yankton. The scientific test Of
the clay found there shows the cement
will be as good ss the famed goods labeled
Portland"
The trustees of Jamestown college
have elected Rev. H. q. Mendenhall, until
| recently pastor of the Presbyterian church
| at Grand Forks. president OF instruction.
The wheat crop will not be an average
crop IN North Dakota unless the conditions
| from this time to threshing are perfect.
| Anything else will be unsatisfactory.
The contract for grading the James,
town and Northern extension from Min
| newAukan to Leeds has been awarded to
Ed. Mccormick, of jamestown.
according to tine latest AMI most re-
liable reports the acreage planted in corn
| in South Dakota this year exceeds by far
that Of any previous year.
The South Dakota Base Il II league
40 finally arranged il composed Of clubs
from kedfeld, Aberdeen, Watertown and
Huron.
The last territorial fair for North Da.
kota will be held at Grand Forks during
the week commencing September l6.
Nick Halyerson, who Was shot by the
marshal Of Devils Lake while resisting ar
rest, has lost the uso Of his right arm.
The new Grow creek Presbyterian
church. fifteen miles west OF the town Of
Gam Valley, has been dedicated.
Farmers ars feeling worry much en-.
couraGsd since the late rains Crops are
improving rapidly.
--Dakota Fses Nethodists will COM
mence weeks camp meeting at Parks
ton July 10th.
Opponsnts Of prohibition in South
Dakota have organized for the approach
ing campaign.
The vermillion roller mills havo been
repaired and are sg In running to their
full capacity.
Prisoners in the city Jail At Sioux
Falls who refuse to work are fed on ozone.
Tho Aberdeen postofiics has ! foreign
money order department.
Crops arc above the average in Han
son county.
THE TOl1ica donarkmenk of the lin