Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-07-09

commence WORK upon number OF the
claims in this vicinity, showing pro-
nounced indications of merit upon which
little or nothing in the way Of develop
msnt has yet been done, thereby increas.
tDe the aggregate of men employsd - This
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Clusters future prosperity, and mark an
other advance step IN the path Of progress
toward the attainment Of the deserved dis.
tinction Of being the leading tin city o.
America.
Csmsnt at Yankton.
1t can now be stated ON good authority
that contracts have been closed for the
purchase Of the 5000 acres Of chalk land
west Of Yankton, the entire tract to cost
100000. English parties are tho purchas.
ess, 90 It IL said, and their first investment
will bs but drop compared with the hun-
dreds Of thousands they design putting
into the business. Englishmen are toleI-
ably we'll posted upon the value Of Port
land cement material, and finding Il here
In large quantities do mot hesitate abont
securing an interest therein. SO far - The
purchase OF the land 10 concerned. the pre-
liminaries are oil arranged, and It 10 NOW
the expectation Of the company to be fully
organized for active operations by the lst
Of september. City Engineer Bruce hiss
been engaged tc make Typographical sur-
vey. and Prot. Free to mako geographic
cal survey of the tract included within the
contracts. These surveys will be for.
wArded to the English purchasers.
A Tragedy 1t stsnding Rock.
tragedy was enacted at Standing Rock
agency the other day which may result in
the death Of Que OF the most widely known
Sioux braves in the vest, second only to
old Sitting Bull. 1t appears that Chief
Rain in the Face and his squaw, hand.
some young woman, quarreled about an
other woman to whom the chief was pay
ing undue attention to the neglect Of his
lawful wife. The chief left his tent and
Withdrew to another part Of the camp.
That night his wife entered his tent while
be lay asleep and plunged knife into his
chest and side. making several terrible
wounds. She then gave herself up, say.
ing she was sorry she had mot killed him.
She is now kept under strong guard,
awaiting the outcome Of her husbands
wounds, and great excitement prevails q
the agency. Rain-in-the- Face 10 tho In
dian Who boasts that Il Vas BY his hand
Custer met bis death.
Asking for Populatioa Figures.
J.. A. Wakefield, supervisor OF census Of
South Dakota, IL In receipt Of letters from
ell prominent towns In the state asking
for population figures. The permission
given to Mr.. Wakefield BY Superintendent
Porter. leaving 1t to his discretion to make
known the population Of cities, has
prompted many to send in Tor Agurss.
Some places are likely to be disappointed,
for tho oficial figures viii not reach thu
estimated number by several hundred. The
census Of the state has been carefully taken,
and the figures in every instance may bs
| regarded - correct.
Another Cemsnt Company 1t Yankton.
A company Of English capitalists has,
during the past week, purchased Urge
tracts Of chalk rock near Yankton for tha
purpose Of engaging In tho manufacture Of
building cement. The capital represented
IL said to b $1,000, 900. Another com.
pany has works in course Of construction
| costing $780, 200. Tho rock and claJ
| found here has bssn tested for nearly tvs
years, and 10 pronounced to excel any evel
discovered for making cement. It show
| 80 Per cent. greater strength than the pro,
duct Of the famous English mine.
Tsld In Few Linss.
4 ooRx.r band has bssn organized =
| Bowdle.
TAHIYF reform clubs have been ofgen
ised Il Britton and Andovsr.
TEE increase in the population of Sion,
Falls for the past ten years was 40 ~
oent.
SAMUEL SMITx, youth Who ssesntl'
escaped from the reform school q Eidora
Ia, was the other day brought bsfors III
comnissionsss Of insanity q Alsxandri
md declared to - Of unsound mind. n
will b sent 70 his homo near OsAge, n.
4 SECTION u cedar log, twenty -sigh
inahss n dianst4r, taken from tho sppe
Chsysnns valley, ID on exhibition at P,sfss
The Ipdians and ssttlsss bui:d theish house
Of tAese legs along the Chsysnns, md !
Nohls thsy - building tWo-stoEy hots
% this tinber. Tho dssp san0ns u naa
pisces Along this valley oontain thousand
Of cords of this splsndid timber that sn
durss alnost - long q granite. II
hssvisst timbsred region Iiss ID Htselin
and 6oobsy county.
| A HUGH water snake, fully twelve III
long, vas sean n the Missouri river |
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