Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-05-31
WEEKS NEWS In DAKOTA.


Gary.
A single tax league has been formed at
Huron.
A New York capitalist will build an
sc, eco hotel at Pierre.
o. w. Blair, of Huron. is the new re-
ceiver of the Huron land office.
The county seat war between Armour
and Grand View is over, the latter hav-
ing won.
Watertown has been decided upon as
the place for holding the next editorial
convention.
Eighteen thousand dollars worth Of
Pierre bonds were sold at premium Of
$500 Saturday.
Arthur Redmond, charged with mur-
dering w. G. Duncan, the stockman, is
in jail at Pierre.
The Indian agents have been ordered
to expel every white settler from the
Sioux reservation.
Mrs. Florence Huntley, Of Bismarck,
is now doing editorial work on The
Washington Post.
The Grand Forks Gas and Electric
u
ital stock Of $200, 900.
Dakota bankers in session at Fargo
last week voted to divide and form sep
arate North and South Dakota associa-
tions.
A $4,000 fire at Mitchell destroyed
the agricultural implement warehouse
Of j. u. Walrath and the warehouse Of
c. w. Taylor, hardware dealer.
Amos B. Mitchell, - years of age, sent
up from Codington county for ten years,
in 1887, for criminal assault, has been
pardoned by Governor Mellette.
Bank burglars at Hot Springs were
scared off by the butting against the
door Of a calf with blind staggers. The
calf was found dead in the morning.
United States Marshal Harris captured
a horse thief giving the name Of Laran-
ger, on the Sioux reservation, near Plum
creek. He is now in the Pierre Jail.
A mad dog bit j. q. Halter and his j.
year-Old daughter at Webster, S. d.,
lacerating them in a horrible manner.
The dog was killed and the wounds eau
terized.
c. f. Murrill, Of Bismarck. has re-
ceived new printing outfit from Chi
cago and will soon begin the publication
OF an independent paper at Washburn,
Mclean county's capital.
The Yankton asylum trustees let the
contract for drilling an artssian well to
Lupher Bros. Of Pingree, for $1,000.
DIR. and Mrs. y. W. Archibald were re-
elected steward and matron.
The Normanden, the Norwegian paper
at Grand Forks, has been sued for &c.,
600 damages fer libel by ). Larson.
The alleged iibelous article reflected on
the character of Lsrson's hotel.
A couple of bewitching young China
girls passed through Bismarck last week
en- route to Portland TO visit their father,
a wealthy merchant in that city. The
girls are being privately tutored in the
East.
L. V. Smalley, editor of The North
west Magazine, has been at Jamestown
the past week to select $4,000 acres of
Northern Pacific railroad lands for the
Minnesota and Dakota Land company,
of st. Paul.
The Capital City Land company, Of
Watertown, owning $500 acres, has re-
ceived its charter from Secretary Rich
ardson. In few hours after the books
were opened 81 $50, 600 worth Of prop
erty was sold.
A census has been taken of the In
dians at Lower Brule and Crow Creek
agencies, preparatory TO the arrival of
the Sioux commission. The Indians
have been told TO hold themsaGes in
readiness to treat with the commission,
and they are anxiously looking for its
arrival.
The North Dakota Medical society met
at Larimore Thursday. The following
officers were elected: President, J. q.
Millspaugh, Park River; first vice prcsi-
dent. DIR. W. Ii. Hamilton, Grafton:
second vice president, DIR. A. w. Archi-
bald, Jamestown; secretary, &. ID. Con-
key, Iarimore: treasurer, DIR. A. =,
Ronswell, Larimore. The society de-
cided to meet at jamestown next year.
At Lisbon thieves broke into the barn
at James Norrison's farm and stole sew
eral horses. The noise awoke the farm
hands and the thieves were followed.
Finding this out they abandoned the
horses and fled. Later in the night they
returned and fired the granary. Four
thousand bushels of wheat, two new
threshing rigs, seven harvesters, engines
and all the plows, wagons and seeders
were destroyed.
Foreign fire insurance companies wrote
f31 ,4l0, ,S33. ID in Dakota risks and re-
eeived in premiums S6i9,947.y6 during
the past year. These companies paid
losses amounting to S333, ,765. .S3, leaving
them profit on their Dakota business Of
over $300,000. Dakota fire insurance
companies during the same year wrote
risks amounting to SS,779s3, ,G1i.35. taking
in premiums amounting to $232, 2,6l5.25.
The domestic companies incurred losses
amounting to $40, ,939 OF, leaving a profit