Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1889-11-21
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Items OF Interest from yariOus Sections
OF the State.

A Norwegian night school for the bene-
ft of boys and girls has been established
at Sioux Falls.
The commission to negotiate with tie
Siseton and Wahpeton Indians will prob
ably be completed in few days and sent
ont to South Dakota.
Watertown merchants. becoming dis
satisfied with the grain market at that
place, have dubbed together and put a
buyer on the street to push prices up.
The Commercial club, Of Sioux Falls,
composed of business men of that city,
have decided to erect a 900 club
house. The house will be built of jasper.
Work is steadily progressing on the
railroad grade between Gettysburg and
Forest City and the extension will be COM
pleted this fall and made ready for the
iron in the spring.
DR.. Mary Weeks Burnett, of Chicago,
has sued Mrs. J. II. Barker, of the South
Dakota w. c. T. U. for S25, 900 for SLAM
der. 1t is an outgrowth of the same mat
ter which prompted the suit against Miss
Willard.
Section of article Of the constitution
specifies that "the Legislature may provide
for jury Of less than twelve In any court
NOT court of record, and for the decision
of civil cases by three. fourths of the jury
in any court"
As the result of twepty-one days
hunting trip four Spearfish nimrods bag
ged fourteen blacktail deer, fifty-nin
antelope, three wolves, four silver-gray
badgers and a bald eagle, measuring six
feet from tip to tip.
A grand Indian dance ard pow-wow is
to take place at the skating rink in Fort
Pierre Saturday afternoon and evening,
Among the delicies of the bill Of fare
are six species of canine, to be served in
as many different styles. So says the
Pierre CipItal.
A band of ABOUT 800 Sioux Indians are
killing off stock belonging to ranchmen
along the Little Missouri river, few miles
south of Msdora. They are also slaughter.
ing antelope by the wholesale for theii
hides. Ehe cattle men have telegraphed
to Washington requesting that the redskins
be removed from that locality.
The steamer Bachelor, from Bis.
marck to Pierre with a cargo of beer, Nov
Is struck rock about fifty miles north ol
Pierre and sunk fifteen minutes later.
1t is estimated that the loss will be about
SAC. 900. The Bachelor had on board part
of the cargo OF the ILL fateJ Missouri which
met with the same end some weeks ago.
II is expe cted that conclusion will be
reached this week relative to the appoint
ment of national bank examiner for the
two Dakotas and Wyoming. Judge Johr
II. Drake, Of Aberdeen, has the backing o
ST nators Moody and Pettigrew FOR tn,
place. II is also announced that the ap
pointments of several South Dakota lant
officers will be decided upon this week.
Miss Agatha Hinz and William Plan,
were lovers in the fatherland. Some tint
ago William came to this country to gathe
fortune unto himself so that he coult
wed the Agatha. He settled in Redfelt
and prospered. A few weeks ago bright
eyed, rosy-cheeked German girl alghtet
at the Redfeld depot. William welcomed
her with open arms, and the course o
true love was running with its accustomed
smoothness, until last week, when Agath'
skipped ont with butcher named Angus
Schmidt and they Were married.