Iowa Old Press
Sioux County Herald
July 2, 1874
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Hot weather last week.
Corn is growing rapidly.
Another rain last Monday night.
Everybody going to the Rock on the Fourth.
The painting of the courthouse has commenced.
They raise two crops of peas from the same vines in Sioux City.
Our district school closed last Friday, for the summer vacation.
C. Wagner will have a dance at Hospers Station on the night of the Fourth.
There will be a basket picnic in Reeves' Grove, near Senna (sic-Seney,) on
the Fourth.
The black potato bug has made its appearance in Cherokee county, and is
doing much damage.
Three school houses of Lincoln township have recently been seated with the
Sherwood patent seat.
D.W. Adams, Master of the National Grange, delivers the oration at Cherokee
on the Fourth.
The prospect for a large yield of grain along the Big Sioux valley was never
more promising than at present.
Bill Johnson, editor of the Cherokee Leader, is a member of the heavy nine
of base ball players of that place.
This office is now furnished with a new Diebold and Kienzle burglar and
fire-proof safe, as a grasshopper preventative.
Dr. W. A. Chognill lit out from Calliope last Friday night, without even
saying good-by. It is supposed he is gone to Ohio.
James Hopkins has just purchased a fine lot of horses and they are for sale
at LeMars. Any one wanting to buy should give him a call.
Congress has passed a bill providing for free postage on papers within the
county where published. It will take effect January 1st, 1875.
Dr. deLespianasse, our new physician, has been quite successful in getting
calls since he arrived. He wants to buy a ten acre lot and build a
residence, we understand.
The painting of the courthouse was on Saturday last awarded to Peter
Eernesse, at $280. Mr. E. understands painting as well as any one in this
section of the country, and will do it as it should be done.
J. Pelmaider, our worthy Clerk of the Courts, has our thanks for a can of
ripe cherries of the "Early Richmond" variety, grown from trees set out
three years ago. Who says Sioux county cannot successfully raise fruit of
all kinds?
Jacob de Vries is having a large and commodious dwelling erected on his 80
near town, which, when finished, will cost nearly $2,000. Mr. de V. is
expected to return from Holland soon, where he went to get his family.
The two new bridges to be built in this county were both let to Gerret
Dorseman on Saturday last. The one at Hospers Station at $710; the one at
East Orange at $560. Mr. D. is a good workman, and we predict will do good
work.
PERSONAL.
J.L. Finch was in town on Friday last, looking hale and hearty.
L.M. Black and J.J. Bell were at LeMars on Tuesday attending the Judicial
Convention.
Enoch and Harley Black, sons of Auditor Black, are going to Sioux City to
spend the Fourth with relatives.
Treasurer Betten visited Sioux City this week for the purpose of getting
currency to distribute among the township officers.
G.B. Hardell and A.J. Ames were in town Wednesday laying in supplies for the
big celebration at Rock River on the Fourth.
A.K. Webb and wife left for Story county on Friday last for a visit of two
or three weeks among friends there. Mr. W. will represent Sioux in the
State Convention.
J.W. Greattrax, Theodore De Long, D.O. Gardner, A. van Wechel, George
Castle, T. Jeord Hemstra, Mark Burket, and Levi Showalter were among our
callers on Saturday last.
F. A. Koop, of Settler township, paid our town a visit for the first time on
Saturday last, and was much surprised and pleased to find so much population
and thrift. He reports the prospects for a big crop in Northwest Sioux as
very promising. Mr. K. is one of our largest farmers, having already over
300 acres under cultivation.