Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1888-08-17
WEEKS NEWS In DAKOTA

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Robert McNichos, an escaped lanatis
from Yanktcn, has been captured at
Huron.
A tramp named Henry Brennan, steal
ing ride on o freight train. fell from
the car at Henry and was fatally injured.
Gettysburg has female banker in tho
person Of Miss F. j. Wheat, who has pur.
chased the bank of Gettysburg. The
bank is ''as good as the wheat
Tho police of Aberdeen had q knock.
down and drag-out row with tramps who
made themselves obnoxious about hos
pital in the city. The police were yicts-
rious.
The Hail Insurance company was
great loser by the recent storm In Da-
kota, six townships in Beadle county re-
ported almost total loss OF standing
grain.
The city council Of Grand Forks has
passed an ordinance compelling all per-
sons engaged in the laundry business not
citizens to pay license of $50. This tya
direct blow at the Chinese.
Judge Rose was sworn In as Judge
Francis successor at Mandan, Wednes.
day. Judge Francis administered the
oath. There was much cheering when
Judge Rose took his seat. Judge Francis
was escorted to the train by a deputy
sheriff for fear Of personal violence.
The commissioners Of Turner county,
acting as board Of equalization, found
upon examination that certain banks and
bankers nad not made proper returns to
the deputy assessors, and raised the ss-
sessment from $1,000 to $I4,00O. The
authority Of the commissioners was called
in question before Judge Garland at
Sioux Falls.
During the Monday blow last week
lightning struck In the prairie Ia several
places west of Huron, from three to five
miles where no rain fell and where che
sun was shining brightly. The grass
took fire in each instance and required
hard work Of the heighbors to keep it
within bounds Near Benedict'5 men
fought the fire till late into the night
and until the early morning rain put out
the flames.
The Masons Of Aberdeen VIII erect n
SIC, eco opera house and Masonic hall.
President Cleveland has signed the bill
giving two additional justices TO Dakota.
The journalists of Aberdeen have or
gsnized press club with fifteen active
| members.
Trail county, according TO the assess
| ment roll OF 1888, has nearly II 900, eco
invested in horses and mules.
Surveyors are now locating line Of
| railroads from Mandan 10 the Black
Hills, supposed TO be branch OF the
! Northern Pacific.
At I 0erdeen q tom ed 70 bus
ran, a -sy, knocking down a deaf man
and injuring him internally. The driver
was thrown Off but was uahurt,
The time of enlistment of the military
company Of Crank Forks having ex-
| pired, the entire company re-eniiSted and
| and were sworn in by Capt. Deyer.
Fargo is soon TO have q drinking foun-
| tain. It will be erected on Broadway
| near the Citizens National Bank, through
the energy Of Mrs. George \. Putnam.
Charles King, IN employe Of the Mil
waukee road at Aberdeen, was terribly
| injured by falling from q moving car.
| His left foot was cut of and his head
badly cut.
George \. Hanson, Of Bergen, Norway,
| On behalf of his government visited Hat
ton, Oak, The Trail County Times says,
| to investigate the reported case OF lep-
rosy at that place.
The Day county bank Of Webster, has
assigned to the brother OF President J.
Alley. The bank had q paid up capital
of $4,000. The liabilities and cause Of
| failure arc yet unknown.
Martin Head Of Hecla, has begun suit
| against Brown county for false inn
prisonment. Head was arrested at the
! instigation OF relatives, who claimed
that he was insane, and confined In jail
at Columbia, the Yankton asylum being
full. He has lately been released and
claims damages to the extent of q, 900.
The Glendale creamery has suspended
operations. 1t reaped loss Of $50
The Northern Pacific coal sheds ut
Maudsn are to receive $50 feet Of addi-
tional length.
Agent McCbesney, Of the Cheyenne
agency, expresses the belief that his
Indians will sign the treaty.
The Mitchell Packing house, with
capacity OF 100 hogs day, was burned
to the ground. Loss, $1,000; insurance,
$4,000
A team OF horses ran away near Athol
last Tuesday evening, leaving the driv-
ers, two boys, to wander over the prairie
all night in q drenching rain. They be-
came bewildered, but arrived at home oil
right next morning.
| Commissioner 2. +. Mcclure, in his
Dakota crop report for July, says that
| the average condition of farm products
are higher than they were the same date
last year, with the exception of corn,
buckwheat and vegetables. Wheat leads
1887 points, oats 90 points, and rye
and barley II points, while corn is .
points behind.
A slnaR child at Columbia drank q
bottle of aconite one dag last week.
Prompt medical attendance saved its
life.
| Hand county papers are beginning to
insinuate that new court house woald
be about the proper caper.
The government has skipped to Yank-
ton fourteen headstones for the graves Of
deceased soldiers buried there.
Ole Rusness, of Milncr, accidentally
shot himself while taking gun from a
wagon. He died the next day rom loss
| of blood
| A Frenchman and an Englishman had
a stabbing match near Mayville. The
| Frenchman was the more expert and sue
ceeded in chopping up his opponent.
| C,~e viii prevent fatal result.
Joseph Czernowsky, farmer who
lived nine miles southeast OF Scotland,
was killed by his team, attached to q
self-binder, running away and throwing
him in front OF the sickle.
| Success has crowned the efforts mado
to put the Farmers Shipping ard Pur-
chasing association at White Lake on a
substantial basis. Sufficient money for
the erection Of an elevator, purchasing
machinery and necessary expenses at
tending such large enterprise has been
secured. The site has been obtained and
| the work of construction begun.