Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-02-27

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I I. II \; h Mcpds, i'd. 49,. Gisy lkhhE' B1stri Of P eearf.
III. M. Judge of Probate.
Jesse NJ. Spears Sheriff.
NM, Z; r., ! ke Williams ...T ;DaEomer.
j. 7. Johnston .supt. of Schools.
4: Al: Gorbln.:: surveyor
he Gomm I: Hssse III. is. Fisher. Gin. A Isl D,st.
L.G. Wilson. = Dist, j. f. Sullivan.
Estelllne Bell: When this legislature
gets through appropriating the treasu-
ry won't be able to cast a shadow.
Most Ct the members of the last leg
islature were left at home last election.
The chances are that the same fate will
'overtake most of the present members.
The weather in the East is milder.
Railway officials estimate the loss, to
roads by storms during che second and
third weeks Of this month at from 49,
100000 to 63,0OO.Ooo. y, -. S
The bill repeating the presumption
law passed the Senate Thursday, the
18th. The bill passed the House last
June, but the Senate amended it so 1t
will have to go back to the House.
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The Northwestern Dairymen's Asso-
citation which waste have held its AN
nual convention at Algona, Iowa, on
Feb. 18th to the goth, have decided to
postpone the meeting until March 10th
to 18th, at the same place.
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Rev. John Morris who has been keep.
ing a record of the temperature in the
Jim valley for the last eleven years re-
ports that December and January OF
this year average four degrees colder
than any previous winter since he has
been in the territory.
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The Colleges of Dakota all seem to
oe getting agood start, and are report
ed az having the following enrolment
of students: Sioux Falls Collegiate In.
stitute, lis; Yankton College. 1O4;
State University, Verinillion, SO; State
University, Grand Forks, IS; State Ag-
ricultur&l College, Brookings, 40; Pierre
University, SO; State Normal. Speartish,
20; Central Dakota University at Ord
way, 45.-Pierre Recorder.
Bismarck Tribune: AS no man is
compelled by law to vote-so no woman
will he. 1t is simply to give women
the same legal rights as citizens that
men enjoy. This and nothing more.
The man who would insult a woman
at the polls would very SOON learn that
it was not the safest thing to do. The
opposition to comforting the right Of
suffrage upon women comes from TIM
ii, conservative, pr, judiced, but thor
oughly intelligent. w%ell-meaning peo-
pie on the one hand, and the ignorant,
brutal, and criminal classes on the 9TH
er, and these ARE generally in the ma
jority it is to be presumed that some
time will elapse before this reform will
be effected. SO there is nc necessity Of
getting up a heated discussion on the
subject.
The old Winnebago Indian reserya-
ton in Dakota lying north Of the Crow
Greek reservation and east OF Pierre,
on the Missouri river is finally to be
thrown open to settlement. Less than
a month ago a request to this effect
from the Milwaukee & st. Paul road
was made and refused. the Indian Of
fee deciding against it. Reconsidera-
ton has been given the matter, howev-
er, and it is o stated at the interior
department that the reservation will
be open in a few days by executive Or
ders. The Pierre and Southwestern
railway, a company recently organized,
with stockholders in Pierre, New York
city, Indiana and Illinois. wants to get
the right-of-way down the river, up
Chapelle creek, and east through SIX
towns in the reservation. AS the stat
us OF this land has been in doubt since
SuO CAooey VI 1919, Apo eoAtA4S oCcuiAi1S W
retain the reservation for the Winnie
bagoes, the tribe was removed to Ne
braska, and there are now 1000 Sioux
living on the lands.
Bismarck, D. T.. Feb. 14.-The report
qsthe warden Of the Sioux Falls peni-
Tertiary, the only n in operation in
Dakota, shows a prosperous institution,
but with a small number of inmates
for 100000 population. 1t is noticeable
that there are no ladies, editors or
preachers, and ninety out of ninety:
eight can readsand write. But one was
born in the territory, and he an Indian.
The statistics show thirty-seven COM
mitted for grand larceny. line robbery,
three murder, three rape. three forgery.
ard the balance for the usual crimes
that generally place a mar behind the
bars for the good of his country. Forty