Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1894-08-02
T. j. Collision has disposed of his
barber shop at Davis.

Best assortment OF cOrSetS and corset
covers in town at Mrs. r. N. Cofield's
A recent investigation showed, that
the average lemon extract is 83 per
cent alcohol.
The directors....of the building and
loan associations loaned $3.50 at their
meeting Monday evening.
1t is much healthier to drink beer
than too much water this hot weather
that is if you drink root-beer.
There will be very little grain ship
ped this year, as most of the surplus
wheat will be turned into pork.
Although times are ratherit dubious
for all, the farmer mas the best of it,
and why shouldn't he, he provides for
all.
Editor Abeel of the Democrat denies
the insinuation that that paper is being
managed for someone in the back
ground.
We are prepared to furnish an un-
limited amount of money for first
mortgage farm loans, at reasonable
rates. Aliens Agency.
Money and experience cannot pro-
duce a better family medicine than DR..
Sawyer's family cure. Itcures difficult
ties of the stomach and liver. Z Brauch.
Ladies-Dr. Sawyer's Pastilles are eff
fectual for female weakness. pain on
top of the head and lower part of back.
It strengthens and cures. E. Brauch.
Try bottle of DR.. Sawyer's family
cure and you will be convinced that it
will cure all stomach, liver, kidney and
bowel difficulties. Sold by Z. Br2lch.
For fifteen days.-From July rs to
Aug. 10 will take cabinet pictures for
$3.50 per dozen for spot cash. All
work guaranteed first class. M. s..
Robinson.
The Demorest silver medal contest
will be held at Opera'.Hall Friday even
ing of this week. The speakers will
be ten IN number. The contest is
under the auspices of the w. G. T. U.
T. F. Marshall's livery barn at Oakes,
N. D., was destroyed by fire Thursday
night of last week. About: twenty
horses were burned and the loss IS
estimated at $4,000, insurance $780,
Toms many Turner county friends re-
gret to hear of his loss.
There will not be much fuel for the
prairie fires this fall, which makes it
all the more necessary that what there
is should be well cared for. Every
thing is exceedingly dry and good SUBJ
stantial fire-breaks should be placed
around all buildingssbefore it is too
late.
Lennox Independent. DR.. A. NJ.
Fisher plays right close to dame for
tune despite the trouble he has hereto
fore gotten himself into, which is so
we'll known to our readers. Word now
comes that he has been appointed ex-
amining surgeon for the Heading Rail
road Company with headquarters at
Pittsburg.
Cairo Daily Telegram: Q. w. Brink
ley of Chicago, has arrived to take a
position as operator in the Office of the
Western Union Telegraph Co. There
have been numerous changes in that
Office within the past few months, but
things are now getting down to per-
manent basis, and Mr.. Brinkley will
probably remain as an assistant to
Manager Miller and wife both of whom
are expert telegraphers.
Lennox independents: MIR. Riley,
who lives near Wall Lake was in town
Saturday with a load Of young pigs
(two mouths old) for sale. He sold
quite number for Is cents each and
then when the buyers got scarce he
dropped his price to so cents each and
then to 40 cents until he disposed of
most of the lot. They were fine pigs
and any other year would have sold
readily at $3.50 and each. but the
scarcity Of feed makes man sell at
most any price this year.
1t is said that not many days sine
one of the boys living in town was
passing by the Alderman Fruit Farm
when he bethought him that Dakota
grown apples would taste good, and
seeing tree not far distant which bore
some of the desired fruit he made
break for the same. He was just pre-
pairing to advance on the second tree
when he found himself face to face
with the owner of the orchard. The
time he made in getting out of there IS
not recorded, but it is said to surpass
anything pnown on the Hurley base
ball field.
Yankton Press: Thomas Brothers,
who farm on the banks of Jim, planted
a twenty-acre field to potatoes last
spring and arranged the rows after an
trrigating plan Of their own. They
then constructed water tank upon an
ordinary farm wagon and were ready
for business. One of them hoes po-.
tatoes by day and the other drives the
water wagon through the patch by
night, distributing Jim river moisture
among the plants. Their neighbors
are predicting not less than 800 bush-
els per acre from the field. II this
occurs, Thomas Brothers will clean
up about $4,000 for their summers
work.
Thursday, July 26, 1894, will prob
ably pass into history as being the hot
test day known in this section since it
was settled by white men. The rays
of the sun shone far above normal
brightness and they were reinforced
by an unusually no. wind. Sitting,
scorching-those are mild words for
use in describing the discomfort of yes
terday. George Williams has resided
here twenty-five years. and he remem-
bers nothing like it. Geo. Weber has
been a resident of Dakota for twenty