Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1891-10-15
LOCAL MENTION.
That was a fine rain Monday.

LOCAL MENTION.
| That was a fine rain Monday.
b. +, Vaughn has moved into his
new quarters,
The wind got around into the colo
corner Tuesday.
The Corn Palace time of closing has
been extended one week.
Lote Horton will occupy the rooms
being vacated by Rev. Blakely and
| family
E. j. Buker has moved into the Sar-
gent house just south of the Presbyte-
rian church.
Some much needed repairs have been
made to the street crossings and side
walks during the past week.
The democrats have nominated as
their candidate for the Office OF COM
nlissionsr in the first district, Peter G.
Madsen,
a farewell supper to Rev. A. E. Car
hart will be held at Opera hall Friday
(to-morrow) evening. All are cordial
ly invited.
Twins-a boy and girl-were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Schultz last week,
but death claimed the girl on the day
of its birth.
Mrs. Judson will be prepared to take
orders for Holiday Books for old or
young, also including Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress and bibles.
a. d. Tomlinson says he now holds
his farm at thirty dollars an acre. The
portion sowed to wheat this year re-
turned him more than that per acre.
We heard that one party who sold
his farm early in the summer remarked
that he would pay an advance of five
hundred dollars to get it back again.
The volume of business is so great
that three men are now employed at
the Northwestern depot, and it keeps
the boys pretty busy most of the time,
too.
Haray Lanning has opened a barber
shop in the Office of the fremont house,
and is prepared to attend to the wants
of those who desire good job in his
line.
Rev. E. B. Meredith, president of the
Baptist college at Sioux Falls. will
preach in the Hurley Baptist church
next Sunday, at three o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
Mr.. Andrew Peterman has been al
lowed pension of S12 per month dat
ing from Sept. 10, 1890. the pension be-
ing allowed under the law of July 1890,
for deafness.
Editor Bushnell, of the Dakota Farm
er, in a compilation of the wheat yield
of the various counties of the state
places Turner countY's average at q
bushels per acre. Too low.
Hurley now has third stock dealer,
Andrew Garry having embarked in the
buying and shipping of live stock.
Andrew has lots of friends and will get
his share Of the corn eaters.
The nine-months old daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. S. w. Keller died Wednesday
morning from the effects of la grippe.
The sympathy of all is extended to the
family in their bereavement.
Hcrton's barber chair now occupies a
corner in the Office Of Aliens Agency,
and will occupy the whole room as
soon as Mr.. Allen gets his new quar-
ters fixed up, which are to be on Wash
ington street, just south Of Center Ave.
Through some oversight the Herald
neglected to make mention of the
death of the four months old daughter
of Ira G. Ferguson and wife, which
occurred on the End inst The parents
have the sympathy of all IN their be-
reavement,
The republicans of the third commits
sioner district have placed in nomina-
tion Lars Nelson, to fill the vacancy
caused by the expiration of A. f. Eli
otis term of office. Mr.. Larson is
an extensive farmer, living three miles
west of Centreville, and is said to be a
very competent man for the position.
at the close Of business Saturday
evening, there was in store at the ele-
vator and warehouses in Hurley suffici-
ent grain to load three trains of twenty
cars EACH From three to ten cars a
day have been shipped since the sea-
son opened, and yet it keeps piling up
in the store houses. Come to Turner
county.
1t is to be hoped that the farmers,
while making the rounds to settle their
store bills, will not forget the newspa-
per Office. And if there are any who
do not take their local paper now, they
should call and subscribe. The editor
rejoices with you at your immense
crops. He should also have good
harvest.
While Glen Robertson and Chris
Wood were engaged in friendly scuf-
file last Thursday, they fell in such a
manner that both bones in Chris right
leg were broken just above the ankle,
He is now getting along as well as can
be expected. and all hope that he may
soon be able to join his playmates in
their games, and sports.
It is probable that Gus. Bach will be
little more careful hearafter in ad-
dressing letters to his wife when she
is away from home, the one which he
supposed he had sent to Sioux City hav-
ing been returned to him from Chicago,
with the notification, "no such street
in the city" 1t was fortunate for Gus,
that the letter came back.
"That makes over two thousand dol
lars that 1 have been paid in Hurley
this fall" remarked Jackson Davis as
he came out of the bank Tuesday with
a roll of six hundred dollars in his
r.