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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1888
Page
8
Amid reports from Hil to Vermilton a woman named Mrs disappeared after a failed marriage proposal and drowned in a well near a farm. real name unknown. Other notes cover political district conventions at Vermilion with L W Bell as chair and Ericson named for council, White and Aikens for the house.
The Sep. 26 report states a young Nebraska-born inmate named Conley is under arrest for murdering her newborn, left in a corn field after a weeks-long stay east of town, with no one willing to talk. Big farmer losses follow fire and barn damage as neighbors report extensive crop and hay losses.
Sept 26. The redemption division shows a serious deficiency. Mrs Ernestine Becker, oldest trusted clerk, was found missing cash of 94 and subsequently dismissed from service after the shortage surfaced.
Sept 26 at Fort Sully a sham battle among units A B C and D led to four injuries as swords clashed and Lieut. hem sustained a severe wound with combat in the snow.
September 27 election of members for the yard of agriculture produced over 100 delegates. O A Bliss served as secretary with Judge Bennett. Delegates and candidates included J V White of Lodi and C H Terwiliger of Par, among others.
Faulkton reports three days of prairie fires that have devastated pasture, grazing land, and farm buildings in Faulk County. Hundreds of acres of crops, stacks of hay and grain were lost. the damage is estimated at $50,000 in Faulk County alone.
At the Clark legislative convention for Spink and Clark counties D W Poindexter of Ashton was nominated for the council with H F Hunter and Burr Bixler chosen for the house. All nominees hail from Spink county and Poindexter and Bixler are also farmers party nominees. The Clark delegation settled on a strong ticket after a day of bargaining.
Ben Darly and Charles Orr reported valuable horses stolen last night with no leads or clues available.
Attendance waned as attractions dwindled but races delighted crowds. Prince Carl won the 2:25 trot in four heats, Ray Fannie took the half mile, and a Castalia pony race produced Topsey and a dramatic impromptu ride. J W Fargo donated Black Hills minerals exhibit to Brookings Agricultural College. Sheep premiums awarded to H Harrison and Mathews Bros.. purse $150 for the 2:28 trot.
Minneapolis Tribune reports Governor Cleveland plans to veto the first congressional bill for a Huron public building as political retaliation after the Democratic convention split over division and admission against administration policy.
A Grand Forks convention nominates a congress candidate opposing Harden with a platform calling for Dakota division and two states. The move targets Gov. Church and aims to curb his vote while boosting Democratic and Republican opposition, amid debates over territorial legislature control and railroad taxes. Prairie fires threaten De Smet. Highmore wins a mile race. Blaine speaks to 100,000. Wheat prices slip. Indiana campaign roars. Indians seek better terms. Sullivan worsens. Northern Pacific tax compromise. 1888 Dakota crop forecast 33 million bushels.
Geo. Schloser of Blunt and secretary of the Press Association passed through on his way home from the editorial trip. He is a genial gentleman to whom National Park excursion members are under obligations for assisting in managing trip details that made it a grand success.
Aberdeen News notes Browning Lawrence, living near the city, has 20000 bushels of wheat for sale this year. He ships to Duluth for higher prices and, if he realizes about a dollar per bushel, will have funds to last till the next harvest. The writer ends with a taunt about farming in Dakota.
The Faulk agricultural society decides not to hold a county fair this fall. Citizens plan an exhibit, races, and a farmers picnic with purses and premiums raised. Local businessmen offer special premiums for exhibits. Grains and vegetables display high quality and fine stock also shown.
The Wedge of Huron proclaims itself the five cokers of prohibition press with strong finances and a bold start in Dakota. It claims to be the ablest prohibition paper yet published there and offers samples through J Bloodgood, its publisher and proprietor. The brief notice closes with The Wedge is dead.
Woonsocket Times notes Hon. A. W. Page, who was in Mitchell arranging a fair as a board of managers member, stayed overnight. The writer calls him a true blue man and deserving of Republican endorsement for legislative honors.
A fragmentary poem traces a woman’s memories of Castoria from childhood crying to motherhood. Repeated lines mark stages of life with the product name repeated as a comforting fixture. The cadence hints at nostalgic advertising poetry common in earlier era newspapers.
Berry and Alexander open exclusive clothing store in the Bone steel building at Commercial and Exene streets. Tillotson Bros. merge general merchandising at Etoaygonae and Forest City and open on the corner opposite, near Berry and Alexander.
A crop phenomenon on the Ohaaker farm near Lake Madison yields a rye harvest after three years of potatoes and oats on the same acre. Mr. Booker had cropped two potato crops, a third season oats, and this year harvested a good stand of rye totaling about 12 bushels from the same ground.
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