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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
8
Huron items cover visits by C A Blake C H Bartt and others with arrivals from Minneapolis and Des Moines. Local business promotions, a sale at Sam Appel's, and a new C N W timetable are noted along with county political plans and a De Smet Huron ball game summary.
Among the steamer China’s passengers leaving San Francisco August 28 were seven missionaries. Three were for Hong Kong and four for north China. Two travelers for north China were Mrs. F. D. Wilder and her son George, formerly of Huron, now commissioned to teach at a Tung Chow college near Pekin. George Wilder studied at our High School, then Yankton for three years, finished his college work at Oberlin, and began theology at Yale seminary.
The week was extremely warm with cool nights and high winds. no rain caused widespread crop failure east of the Missouri River. Wheat shipped for feed, stock water shortage, and dry soil halted plowing. Black Hills reports show best threshing in ten years near Custer. Redfern Pennington oats and potatoes yield high, while overall prospects fade. Crop season closes with thanks to correspondents.
Huron Sept 5 meeting planned for Lincoln Republican Club at Armory hall Saturday at 8 pm to reorganize and prepare campaign work. Officers may be elected. Includes notices on local arrivals, sickness, bindery books, and North-Western Railway home seekers excursions for Sept 11 and 25 and Oct 9 1894 with details to be mailed.
Reduced rates to the principal summer resorts of the United States are now on sale via the North-Western line. For particulars apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Railway.
In Memphis on September 3 a mob of about 50 unmasked men lynched six Black prisoners near Kerrville while en route to Millington for a preliminary exam. Deputy Sheriff Richardson led the wagon group and faces warrants as officials vow vigorous action. An inquest blamed unknown parties for the deaths.
Drought devastates Chautauqua and Erie counties as streams dry up and grasshoppers spread. Ontario shares the parched fate with wells and dairies suffering. farmers fear fire, stock starvation, and a milk shortage unless heavy rainfall arrives soon.
The relief committee reports 200 bodies found in Hinckley and 46 at Sandstone with more still unreached. A conductor says Sandstone is worse, with about 200 burned and people digging for potatoes and carrots and lacking clothing.
Fires sweep Tuscola county including Gagetown with residents fencing buildings to guard them. Michigan Central engineers note the fires are the worst seen in the state as Bay county reports dwindling flames and clear air for the first time in two weeks.
A village fire at Muscoba Wisconsin started by children playing with matches destroyed about forty buildings, including homes and stores, leaving 25 families homeless. The blaze began around 2 p.m. in a barn as wind from the southwest spread sparks across the town.
The Duluth road suspended all passenger trains except those to White Bear Stillwater and Taylors Falls. Freight trains carry supplies to Pine City while hundreds in St Paul and nearby cities seek passage to Pine City and Hinckley for relief efforts, fearing friends may have perished.
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