The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1886-01-22
DAKOTA AND DAKOTANs.

fankton aspires to an ice palace.
Another tin mine has been struck i,
the Black Hills.
Sanborn county wants its school ia,
reduced.
Jerauld county will have her term O
court March 10th.
Yankton has organized building
!. and loan association.
Hanson county is organizing farm
ers mutual insurance company.
The dates Of the fair at Huron hav
been fixed for September 6 to 10.
4 Sioux Falls is excited over an alleged
shortage in the accounts of her county
treasurer
The cold weather interfered with the
success of the Redpath concert at
Yankton.
I. The Yankton Fire Insurance COM
pany has just declared five per cent.
dividend.
1 There are i'll Yankton twenty-six
places where intoxicating liquors may
be procured.
Miller is to put in water works, hay-
ing bonded for $4,000. Gray Brothers
will sink an artesian we'll,
A three-fourths interest in an adj
dition to- Buffalo Gap, consisting of
12O acreswas sold for $4,000.
Mrs. }. d. Washburn is to be contin-
ued as official court stenographer for
the second district under Judge Tripp.
DR.. w. III. Coney, of Yankton, was
fined $50 and costs for practicing with
out a license from the Territorial
board of health.
The first National Bank of Yank-
ton has reelected its old officers and
declared a semi-annual dividend of
five per cent.
The Bismarck National Bank reports
a semi-annual dividend of 12 per cent.
j. w. Raymond, Territorial Treasurer.
is it's president.
Sioux Fails considers it life and
death matter to secure the Burlington
road. The city council has voted to bond
for $4,000 to get it.
j. Fl. Drake, of st. Paul, threatens to
remove his polishing works from Sioux
Falls, because the city council refused
to exempt the property from taxes for
five years.
Woonsocket Times: The many
friends of Hugh Mcintosh will be glad
to know that he is coming out all right
in his deal with the Mitchell patent
right man.
The Milwaukee company will change
the location of It's track from Beloit
into Canton, striking the I. s. E. main
line midway between the junction and
the old depot.
Yankton Telegram 18th: In the ter
ritorial court to-day twenty foreigners
renounced allegiance to all foreign
potentates, and were admitted to the
right Of United States citizenship.
Judge Seward Smith, late of the 5th
district, has been adjudged insane and
placed in the insane asylum at Mt
Pleasant, lowe. Strong hopes of his
speedy recovery are entertained by his
friends.
A Black Hills correspondent says the
Homestake mine cleared up about
$4,000 of bullion for the last half of
December, and the Caledonia $4,000,
Seventeen bars of silver have been pro-
duced by the new mill at Iron Hill.
st. Paul Globe: The Redtield Rifles
held prize drill last week for gold
medal, which was awarded to Frank
Ransom. That company means to be
ready to take In the medals and prizes
at the next encampment.
Letcher Blade: G. III. and Will Van
Tassel drove in some stock for ship
ment last week Wednesday and re-
manned until Friday awaiting for the
weather to moderate. G. I'll. was un-
fortunate enough to get a horse hooked
quite severely in the shoulder
The Sanborn county agricultural
society has elected the following
officers: President, Thomas Taylor;
vice-president, G. II. Van Tassel; secre-
tary, f. w. Thaxter; treasurer, James
Tansey; directors. w, II. MoKeel, T. W
Brisbine, z. Corliss, r. e. Dowdell and
II. X. Ashmore,
Bridgewater Journal: w. II. Bald
win, who lives four miles north of
town had two horses gored to death,
last Friday morning, by one of his
COWS. He fed them, as usual, before
breakfast, and upon returning to the
barn after breakfast, found them in a
dying condition, with the COW quietly
eating by their siGe.
Alexandria Advocate: At the last
election Dawson county went prohibi-
ton as did Hanson. Out of respect
for the majority the commissioners of
Dawson will grant no liquor license,
which with the fact that license in this
county is kept down to the lowest
notch has stimulated a movement to
circulate petitions in every township
asking our board to grant no license
fafter the first of July,
81 have examined the report of Com
missioner Sparks with great deal of
care" said Delegate Clifford Of Dakota,