19 Jun 1883
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Newspaper
Dakota Daily Leader
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1883
Page
1
Last night a hurricane caused damage in Harrisburg Pennsylvania estimated at fifty thousand dollars. The German Catholic church suffered partial demolition in the storm.
Drowning reported at Lake Okeechobee with young Careton residents and Cincinnati men. Silas A. Boone, once from Brooklyn, located after fleeing with internal revenue funds. Grand Forks News urges restraint as Dakota tensions rise amid calls for orderly conduct and unity.
The Washington notes report May 1668 arrivals by origin including Austrians 373 Belgians 144 Bohemians 29787 Germans 856 Hungarians and a listing of other groups in the emigrant flow.
General Charles Ewing, brother of General Tom Ewing and brother-in-law of General Sherman, is reported as dying. The update notes his lineage and military connections as his condition worsens.
Washington. George Albert Mason, an infamous forger just released from a New York prison, entered the Treasury building in an apparent attempt to shoot Assistant Secretary French and Chief Brooks. He was driven out by guards and detectives are tracking his movements.
London reports a deadly crowd crush at Victoria Hall Sunderland after 1 200 children crowded through a narrow exit. Eighteen hundred spectators watched as 178 children aged 4 to 14 died or were maimed in the stampede. troops were needed to restore order and identify victims as mothers fainted. In Dakota a Prohibition Home Protection Party convention is called for July 18 and 19 in Huron. The Huron Musical Association organized at Parker Hall with officers Nicholl Wheeler Reed Graves Bushnell and others, rehearsals set and a grand concert planned for Wednesday evening.
Sheriff McRostie returned from Ellendale with Frank Losee and Aaron Mosher, who robbed Frank Rogers last winter of about 460 dollars. After escaping from jail, they hid on unsurveyed government land until last Saturday when officers nabbed them. Henry O’Neil aided the search and was struck by Losee during transfer to jail, with threats to kill.
The notice proclaims Solid Comfort as the citys finest five cent cigar and directs readers to call at the Parlor Restaurant for orders or inquiries.
The list includes Nash Canton News, Malla han Elk Point Courier, Todd Springfield Times, Miles Redfield Journal, Brown DeSmet Leader, Kingsbury Press Dakotaia, Rutan Salem Pioneer Register, King Chamberlin Register, Warner Black Hills Times, Benard Flandrau Herald, Cook Mitchell Republican, Brown Raymond Gazette, Taylor Yankton Herald, Caldwell Sioux Falls Press, Jones Hutchinson News, Conklin Clark.
Mr 8 W Ormond arrived day from St Paul. J L Douglas of Belle Prairie is in the city for a few days. Geo W Brown publisher of the Raymond Gazette is in the city. A Davis has returned from Chicago. Albert Ford of the Frankfort Spy tarried in Huron on Monday. Capt R E Coxe of Quincy Ill is visiting his brother R D Coxe. A L Belknap and wife arrived from Chicago. Belknap is father of E C Belknap who recently opened a hardware store here.
For sale or rent a well furnished house and lot on Illinois street at the fifth house from the drug store near the corner of 2nd and Illinois streets. Includes details of fresh lime stucco and cement at 961 Davis & Long Staff. The New York Restaurant offers a first class meal for a quarter. Wheeler's soda advertised as the most cooling beverage in town.
Huron and vicinity plan to establish a Good Templars order at Parker Hall at eight o clock sharp next Friday night. Mr M Johnson of Flandrau Deputy Grand Worthy Chief will conduct the ceremony. A Durham bull is available two miles north and one west of the R R depot on section 44 township 111 range 62. C W Bioonogoop proprietor.
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