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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1884
Page
3
Partial timetable notes show the Ciesco and No Railway Dakota Division daily mail service with departures at 1:45 am and 12:15 pm and additional connections to Pap and Sees. A later route departs 8:45 pm arriving 6:00 pm with a Monday exception. Accommodation details and times appear incomplete.
A freight timetable shows No 3 and No 24 routes with arrivals at Red 4 45 p m and 8 a m daily except Sunday. No 22 runs to Mali and leaves Columbia at 7 7 gla qed Huron with trains at 5 00 p m. Daily service details and destinations are listed.
Train schedules show Hawarden bound service with daily departures except Sundays and mixed arrivals at Huron and Hawarden. Local wedding plans announce the marriage of J B. Krier and Mary C Wehrmann in Cincinnati Ohio. Fire destroys a new farm dwelling and prompts re build planning. Beadle County Agricultural Association meets Parker Hall to organize the upcoming county fair with a planning committee appointed.
The community observes a tree planting day with a morning program at the Methodist church including songs, speeches, and a march to the schoolhouse, followed by a picnic and tree planting. Later reports announce the death of druggist William Wood Stockton at his Depot Hotel room with softening of the brain cited as the cause by his physician.
James River Lodge No 32 celebrated the sixty fifth anniversary of American Odd Fellowship at Parker Hall. The event featured decor, a prayer by Joseph Hookyn, addresses by H J Rice and N E Reed, solos by Mrs Frank Eldridge, a recitation by Joseph Hoskyn, piano by Grace Dickinson, and a final dance praised as the finest of the season.
A. E. Taylor and wife visit Centerville while F. C. Leetham of Mar der Luce & Co Chicago calls on Tuesday. A. Davis and F. E. Ketchum tour Chicago for Huronts interests with Mrs. Ketchum of Iroquois. Ketchum and RB S. Jones plan a Harrold land office opening soon. Wilcox and Jeffris depart for the Black Hills seeking health. Rev. Wm. Barker leaves for Wellington Kansas after delivering sermons here, with potential future pulpit calls.
U S signal office reports total rainfall in the city for March and April. March 27 0.75 inches March 28 0.06 inches March 30 0.16 inches April 5 to 8 inclusive 0.17 inches in light showers. A slow rain from 1 45 p m on the 13th to 9 a m on the 15th dropped 1 01 inches. From the 15th to 26th fair weather allowed grain sowing. After midnight of the 25th a steady rain then intervals until morning of the 27th totaling 0 86 inches. Early on the morning of the 28th a steady rain with east to southeast wind continued till the morning of the 30th total 0 62 inches.
The tenth annual Dakota Sunday School Association convention will meet in Huron on June 3 4 and 5. Rev J C Morton from Chicago and Henry Plant of Minneapolis will lead sessions. The executive committee aims for a highly profitable mass gathering with rail fare discounts and citizen homes hosting attendees.
A meeting called by the County Clerk brought township assessors to the court room in Beadle County to set uniform property valuations and review revenue law duties. Present were Wm Henderson Grant township Jno Schaller Kellogg township S B Copeland Pleasant View township W A of Lake Byron Jacob Ohr Car Cyle township C S Fassett Altoone township S Hammond Vernon township and John Flem-
The meeting dispensed with reading of the code and decided to obtain further information before assessments. The board adopted the county schedule of valuations and ordered money and credits taxed at the same ratio as other property. An average valuation for all classes of personal property was set, and the assessors affidavit was revised to align with the schedule. The minutes will be published and copies mailed to township assessors.
Dakota publications issue massive boom editions about Dakota Territory and Huron, issued in 20 000 copies, illustrated with cuts and information on land laws timber culture and migration. The Dakota Hurorire and Hopronice editions praised for quality and potential to attract settlers.
A Rutledge months offer promises twenty dollars to the person who explains how many times the word Paradise appears in the New Testament though not in the revised edition by May. Send twenty cents with your answer to Burleparpaxy, Eaten, Pa. The winner and correct solution will be published in the July Monthly along with more rewards.
A historic local notice page lists fur for sale seeds eggs and stock farm ads. It includes Yankee seed corn from Hurdt area, cattle grazing opportunities by Jim River, and timber willow germ offers. Also mentions Knepper Sons footwear sale and Hazzard Powder wholesale pricing.
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