Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1888-07-13
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WEEKS NEWS IN DAKOTA


A farm house west Of Mitchell, was
struck by lightning and destroyed. The
inmates escaped.
The Democrats elected the county su-
perintendcnt Of schools in Hanson county
by majority of . in vote Of 444.
II has been learned that Mrs. O'Brfen,
the patient at the Yankton insane csy-
lum reported as having died, In reality
committed suicide.
The question Of bonding Pierre in the
sum Of $4,000 sor school purposes was
defeated at special election Monday.
George Smart was seriously injured at
Grand Forks while assisting to move @
marble slab from dray, the slab falling
on him and fracturing his collar bone.
1t IS estimated that at least 5000 has
been wagered in Bismarck on the No.
vember election, and that two-thirds Of
the amount is on the State Of New York
The farmers of Potter county say there
Is no more trouble to be feared from the
glanders, and no quarantine will 10
asked for. The diseased animals have
been killed.
During the electric storm OF Sunday
night cyclone passed over Miller, de-
molishing the residence and barn Of
John Scott. The family escaped by
taking refuge in the cellar.
Albert Lindsay, an employe of the
Cooper farm ct Cooperstown, committed
suicide by shooting himself through tho
head. He left letter from which It is In
ferred melancholy was the cause.
Mrs. Alice Cook, the victim of last
Januarys Blizzard, In which, IL win be
remembered, she lost part of each foot,
has sufficiently recovered to be elected
Mercer ccunty superintendent of schools.
Four Salem saloonkeepers have been
arrested for violating the local option
law.
The Watertown postoffice now rates 40
O second-class office. 1t was promoted on
the first Of the month.
At Mimic James Conllius stabbed and
killed Lyman Moore in drunken row.
Collins has wife and three children and
his victim was a single man. Collins
says he did the deed in self defense. Both
bore good characters.
A big Republican ratification meeting
was held at Jamestown, judge Palmer
and Ex-Governor Pierce being the prir.
cipal speakers.
The county commissioners of Fargo
will order an election on the question Of
the sale Of liquor at that place on Nov,
IL. Ii prohibition is defeated the license
is to be put at $500.
The Deadwood hose company won the
Mt L.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, company four feet
in twenty-nine seconds, which broke the
worlds record.
Governor Church Las denied a pardon
to John Oswald, a nephew of John o.
wald, of st. Paul. Young Oswald was
tried in April, 1886, for the murder Of
Patrick McWheeney atDevil's Lake and
sentenced to the penitentiary for twelve
years.
Returns from the storm in the vicinity
OF Mitchell, Oak, are being received and
show that it was destructive for dis
tance OF two or three miles In width.
Two large barns were destroyed, man
carried away In his house aud badly in
jured and little child was killed in its
fathers arms while seeking shelter. Hail
stones five inches in diameter fell.
The buildings on the Milbank agricul-
tural grounds were wrecked in the wind
storm Of Saturday.
DR.. Allovay, the territorial veterina-
rtan, has been rendered the professionally
Of veterinary science in the Brookings
agricultural college.
James Anderson, OF New Hope town
ship, near Aberdeen, who was convicted
at the December term of court of forging
school warrants and sentenced TO one
year at Sioux Falls, died in the peni-
tentisry few days ago.
During November and December; 1897,
and January, 1883, William Scott, Rapid
City, IS alleged to have cut and removed
from public lands IN Dakota 103, ,060 feet
OF Norway pine. He win be prosecuted
criminally and to recover the value Of
the timber.
Q, \. Martin, furniture dealer as
He-mosa, Oak, was robbed by highway
men near that place Saturday. He was
accosted by q man asking him to assist
another on horse saying his leg was
broken. As he stopped to raise the pros
trate man he was hit with sand bag.
When he recovered his watch and money
were gone, as well as the two strangers.
Eight states cast votes as follows in
the Chicago convention: Colorado 3,
Delaware O, Florida =, Nevada 9, New
Hampshire 8, Oregon G, Rhode Island y,
Vermont $. Dakota cast ~ votes This
fact is very properly used by Dakota pa
pers as an argument in favor of North
and South Dakota representing the thirty
ninth and fortieth stars in onr eountry's
banner.
Seventeen arrests were made at Sioux
Falls for selling liquor without license.
T'hs Davidson county commissioners
have ordered another vote on local sp-
ton.
Dugal Shears was arrested at North
Redwood on a'charge Of criminal assault
on nine-year-old girl.
The Huron saloouk>ep who dsfied
Judge Spencer's injunction 50 sell no
more liquor was dnsd $50.
Arthur Blomhort, employed as
brakeman on the Illinois Central, waS
caught between the bumpers at Sioux
Falls and killed.
The coroner's jury in the case Of Ka-
rets. charged with shooting O'Brien -
Neche, rsturned verdict OF justifiable
homicide.
Lightning struck the residence Of r.
P. Hall. at Mitchell, dangerously injur-
ing Mrs. Hall and doing considerable
damage TO the house.