Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-06
A SOUTH DAKOTA BOOM.
One II IssIns Prepared For the Coming
Year, "H.

a SOUTH DAKOTA BOOM.
Ons II EssInR Prepared For the Coming
Year.
'.rHE people of South Dakota will be
sadly disappointed II hext year does not
bring them such Q season Of growth
and prosperity as they have 0: en-
toyed for . long time. : declared a
travelling man.
Captain $. v. Arnold Of Ipswich re.
ceiyed . telegram he continu.d, ask
Ing him to come 10 Chicago aud meet
the immigration agent of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul Road, on bush
ness connected with the location OF sot-
tiers along the Milwaukee line. 1t IL
already assured that . large number OF
immigrants win be brought into Nc.
Pherson and Edmunds Counties In the
| spring. There are still some excellent
lands left In those counties, the title
to which u still held by the Govern.
ment These will oil be taken up
Gregory County, just across the Mis-
souri, from Charles Mix, is going to have
, boom In the spring. A single colony
Of forty-eight Missouri families will
come out early In the season and take
up farms, and this Is only u beginning
l vs. IA AVNOtsu8 tu0V wiz VIC uOu0 III
Gregory County. The county has not
been organized vet, but . petition has
been sent to the Governor asking that
1t be organized, and the chances are
that this will be done in the spring.
There are also good prospects for the
organization OF knowlin, Pratt And
PreshO Counties next season.
"a movement Is on foot now, and II
Ia backed BY the best people in the
state. to get . good appropriation made
by the Legislature this winter to estab-
lish Q bureau Of information 1T the
Worlds Fair, and distribute printed
matter of all sorts relative TO the state
1T large. The efforts to secure the ap-
pointment OF = commissioner of immi-
grafton have been relaxed, but there Is
every reason to believe that the bureau
Of Information will be established.
Everybody in the state is working
for immigrants. This Is especially true
OF the foreign population, the Scsndin-
axtans in particular. who are doing oil
they can to get their relatives and
friends to come over from Europe, and
they are accom- plish!ng results, 90.
1.-The cities and towns all Owe the
state are getting ready to do more
building and put in more public inn
provements than in any previous year.
THE announcement that the Duluth.
Pierre and Black Hills Road will posi-
lively be built In the spring is believed
to be made on good authority. With
the exception OF q section OF thirty.s six
miles, h entire line from Aberdeen to
Pierre is grated. 1t has been the in.
tention Of the Northern Pacific to com.
plete and operate the road, but the
company has made such arrangements
that II . be completed aud operated
independently II the Northern Pacific
doesn't care to push the enterp prise
further. 1t Is still the general belief,
however, that the road will be .
Northern Pacific line when completed. :"
Charged with . y "rder.
RICHARD LAUaHLIN, Of Watertown,
section foreman on the Minneapolis 4
st. Louis, has been arrested charged
with numbering Thomas Clifford one
year ago. Clifford was station agent at
A6ee, on the Great Northern Railroad,
aud wal found one morning dead head
foremost In . barrel of water. No for.
NAL inquest was held. as the coroner
was satisfied the death was . clear Ease
Of suicide. Recently Ciifford's widow
conceived tn, idea her husband was
murdered, though no motive was as
signed. Laughlin aud the deceased
were good friends. and the defendant
has always sustained the best kind Of
character, and not . solitary person
who knows him believes he Is guilty.
Ysnkton College = fairs.
YANKroN College is the oldest insti.
tuition Of higher education liz both Da-
kotas. The eleventh catalogue has just
been issued, which shows the attend
ance In the different departments to be
IS follows: College, 40; preparatory,
l23; musical, "a; art, IA. The collegi-
ate department has gained Z since last
year; the number in the preparatory de-
partment is the same. The musical de-
partment has gained 8. and the art de-
psrtment has gained 3. The total at
tendance. emitting repetitions. is 224.
. gain OF II. The new president, A. r.
Free. NJ. A.. is proving himself to be an
excellent man Tor the place.
Couldn't Live without His Wife.
john HOWE, living five miles North.
east Of Castalia, committed suicide by
shooting himself In the head. Grief
over the death Of his wife was the
cause. MIR. Hcwie returned from Yer.
million, whore he had been to bury his
wife OF y year aud vas Respondent He
left = note requesting that no be buried
IT Vermiilion beside the one he loved.
His last act apparently was that Of
looking at the picture OF his dead wife,
Us the album was discovered on the
table opened to her picture.
Restored the stolen Goods.
A YOUNG man 0! Elk Point took .
gold watch aud S2S In money from Q
brother wood chopper. The young man
Was taken before . justice oil. the peace
and consented to restore the missing
valuables. They were found about .
quarter of . mile from the house In .
tin can In , hollow stump.
Bounced Alleged Mischier Makers.
DIR. EASTMAN and wife formerly
Elaine Govdale) and the principal OF
the Indian Schools At Pine Ridge
Agency have been discharged from the
EMPLOY Of the Government tor sendin z
out sensational reports to the effect that
the Indians were preparing for an out.
break.
Dropped Deasi At Breakfast.
john SCM0EN, . wealthy farmer who
lived about ten miles South Of Canton,
dropped dead while eating breakfast
South lbakots liriefs.
The Harvey Peak Tin Company Is z
patron Of Wyoming coal.
Denver capitalists have invested @zA-
100 In mines In Sheeptail Gulch.
The newly formed Green Mountain
Aiming Company will work the mines
near Sundance.