Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-03
LETTER FROM. DAKOTA.

Ltsnel Office Statistics--luo,seyO Order. Bust
ness Of the Post Ofice--MaiI A91irats--
District Court FrOceedi,lgs--L etsdisay
Business Houses Of tSiour Falts--I,,ter-
esti'lD Details. fot sE
From B. F. Campbell, register of the
Sioux Falls land Office, and J. M. Washburn,
receiver, the writer obtained the following
statement of the business of that office for
the month of May just past:; che LIST
to the oath, inclusive there we're filed, home
steads, 1855: timber claims. $685. pfe.e1np-
tons, 318. The above. s. statement
of course does not include final and
cash proofs. For the remainder of
the months business it would be safe to add
twenty-five per cent. to that amount. !lhs.
Sioux Falls post Office money order depart
ment will do within very small fractiong af:
800, 900 paying and selling business fog the
year. 1t may exceed that amount trifie,s or
possibly it may fall few dollars short. OF
daily mails there are three, .semi-weekly tHu,
tri-weekly one, weekly one, all on routes IN;
dependent of each other. Hon.. A. T. Fleet
wood, the postmaster, is a social, aHat,l6
gentleman, one of Uncle Sans most faith
full servants, a believer in the future great
ness of Sioux Falls, and in the glory that
awaits Dakota. . sziSS 81 !:
Chief Justice Peter G. shannon, Of Yank-
ton, has been holding a two weeks term of
court here. The calendar was not large, but
there were number of important suits that
attracted considerable attention, and drew
together large number Of witnessed and on
lockers, in addition to the grand and petit
juries. First suit ofaan9 ifapor lance was
III
been pending several years operia newspa-
mortgaged, and had under
gone so many changes that
| it was hard to tell who owned it. Neither
the court, lawyers or jury could unrsyel the
incomprehensible complication. The jury
hung, and were discharged without verdict.
Judge Shannon ordered it tried over again
this term, SO it will come up at the tail end
of the docket. The next important case
was j. G. Easton VS.. id. Cameron, in re-
lation to some real estate transactions
Judgment for plaintiff. Then came an
ejectment suit, involving title to quarter
section of land adjoining Gales addition to
the town of Sioux Falls, and claimed
to be worth $4,000. This suit was brought
by Maria E. Stevens VS.. Louise e. Gale.
The case involved several delicate points Of
law, and was looked upon as extremely
close and hard to define. Both parties were
innocent purchasers Sioux scrip, but
Mrs. Gale, although having laid her scrip
last, was first on record, as the books OF the
county clerk show, and thus Judgment was
rendered in her favor. OF course the case
will be carried up, and that decision
may be reversed. It will Ger
tainly develop some nice technicalities
and set at rest all subsequent similar com
plications. The leading counsel for the de-
PENDANT in this case, as also for the plaintiff
in the Easton- Cameron suit, was Bartlett
Trip, an able young lawyer from Yankton
Mr.. Trip was highly complimented for his
brilliant argument in each of the two cases.
He is said to have no superior as anadvocatt
ton with distinguished ability. His lega
edge both of the bench and bar, togethe,
with his keen sense Of justice, enables hin
to discern the hidden trnths that are SO Otter
struggled away amid the cumbersome tech
nicalities Of law. ,2@ ss
George Wright, formerly of Eau Claire
Wis, is now proprietor of the Contra
house at Sioux Falls. He has fitted it MP il
good order and has it full of guests already
The building is three stories, 26x5O, and i
has total Of about sixty rooms. The bar,
belonging to the enterprise is one of tn,
very largest and best in town. Mr.. Wrigh
as he deserves is doing hourishing business
J and he is sure of the good will of all VIII,
deal justly by him. f5f F5e
John D. Cameron is the leading real estat
} dealer in the place. His Office is besiege,
i early and late by throngs Of eager land hun
: tiers. Maps, plats and all kinds of document
pertaining to land are in active demand a
this office, and, armed with the necessar,
papers, dozens strike out daily in search 0
the coveted prize. Mr.. Cameron has locate,
for different parties between three and fou
hundred claims this season. G. K Howard
VIM. Van Fps aud G. II. Bunce are tn
heaviest general goods dealers. Mr.. How
ards sales amounted to over $4,000,
last year, and from present in
dications his sales o# this yea
will not vary much from 100000. Ih
Sioux Falls Independent, edited by F. E
Everett, is taking the lead as newspaper
}, for the people, It is thoroughly identified
with the place and surrounding country, en-
joys good circulation, and is not run il
the interest of any clique, but deals fairl,
and impartially with all. G. L. Hall.
Sioux Falls, Dakota, May, 1873.