The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-04-19
DAKoTA's DoINGs.

DAkOTA'S DOINGS.
THE WEEKLY BUDGET OF NEWS
FROM ALI SEC TlONs.
Gov. Alellette's Appo:ntments-Crop Pros
poets and Gomesul Con ..itions-A Dakota
invention of Merit-puints In Shorter
Paragraphs.
MORE APPOINTMENTS BY GOV. NEIL
LETTE.
The governor has appointed the follow
! ing board of trustees for the Bismarck
penitentiary: Alex. Mckenzie, of Bur-
leigh county; John Haggart, of Cass; P.
McIIugh, of Cavalier; Il. NJ. futile, Of
Morton, aud John Simmons, of Valley
City; trustees for the Yankton insane hos
pital: w. d. Valentine and linn Richie,
OF fankton county; Geo. w. Snow. of Bon
Homme county; o. II. Dahl, of Minnehaha
county; J. NJ. %ia!cost, Of Union county:
trustees of the Dakota university ut ver-
million is composed OF the following gen-
t!emen: E. f. Clougb, for four years; d.
NJ. 1n,nan. for two years; Iinlvor Z. Han
son. four years; Henry H. Blair. four
years; Frank j. Carey, two years; trustees
FOR the jamestown insane hospital: Rob-
ert FaAcher, of Stltsman county, for the
term Of four years; David Russell. Of Kid.
der county. for Two years; John a. Rea, of
l:urlclsh county. four years; T.. n. Ken
ncdy. of Dirkey county, two years; N. X.
Hubbard, of Cass county, four years. Hon.
Il. ID. kanouse, OF Woonsocket, has re-
ceived III informal tender of the position
of warden of the Sioux Falls p%cnitcntiary,
and will probably accept.
SPRING cRop PROSPECTS.
Under this head the Sioux Falls Press
says: 1t is to DO hoped that the present
/ rain may DO long aud Lroad. The seed in
the ground has needed it. All that is
necessary, at least in the eastern portion
OF South Dakota, is that there will be suf-
licieMt moisture to start germlnation. The
surface has been too dry for this, but rs
soon as the plants sending
their ~rootiets into the sell they will find
| there the moisture which even the most
protracted drouth has never been able to
exhaust i'll this region. The peculiar snb-
T! soil enables the deep rich loan to retain
for q marvellous period the moisture which
hss been absorbed. and the roots of the
/! grain stalks bore down to it and flourish
amid climatic circumstances which elsc-
where would certainly breed a drouth.
| The seed time has been remarkably favor
ab'e, n all that is now necessary ia q lit
tie boost to enable the growing process to
40 forward with that miraculous speed
wlic! has given the country ITS title of tho
Wonderland. Tho Chicago Tribune has
been gathering information concerning the
crop outlook. and reports as follows re-
gnrding Dakota:
In northern Dakota tho highlands have boon
In excellent condition for seed. About the 18th
ultimo the wea;l.or changed cold and kept so,
| and tho ground has boon frozen up ever sincc..
| There has heon II srcnt dsal Of .rouinI nreparei
Tor wheat. ni,d tho ground is In better condition
this season than for many previous springs.
| Tho coed sOwn will hs mostly good, but In
sono cases frosted whont will be used, more
especially in the back counties, where seed is
EcRrCc.
In contrnl Dakota practically the Same situ-
alton oNists. Some hnyo already seeded a por-
tfon Of their farms. The grouEd il dry.
Southern Dakota reports two weeks of fine
have taken advantage OF it. and seeding has
just fairly begun. The prospects urc thnt tho
crop will nll DO in the ground three weeks enr-
has been littlo SNOW all winter, anil no rain
since August to spenk OF. The wheat remain
Ing IN farmers hands is being largely taken for
secding and the mills get villa. tlley want to
carry Them over.
f TYPE WRITER.
The Detroit Free Press of recent date
says: A newspaper receives many curious
letters i'll the course of u year. Perhaps
IL of the most extraordinary letters ever
sent the Free Press came the other day
from Ingcrsoil, Mclean county, Dakota.
1t is a type-written letter. The type used
is smaller than that of any of the existing
commercial type writer's, but is wonder
fully clear and distinct. The writer of the
letter is Lewis o. Fj;erli. MIR. Fjnrii
must have III extraordinary amount of
perseverance and ingenuity. He has mas
tered the English language SO that he
writes fiuently and we'll in it. When the
Free Press announced that it would give
$4,000 i'll prizes for stories, aud stated
that type written MS. would be preferred,
Mr.. Fjrrli thought he would compete.
Not having a typewriter he didn't growl
about the proyiso, but got out his jack
knife and actually made n wooden type.
writer. using book type to pint the letters.
The result shows better work than that
made by u typewriter at present in the
market. If Dakota has many such citi-
zens who have so much skill and pluck
she will soon be the most brilliant state in
the union.
The Aberdeen News says that the
nondsmen of x-Treasurer Winchcll, of
Sphinx county, have secured n settlement
with the county commissioners, by tho
payment Of Ss,OOO. Winchcll's deficit was
for the amount of s1G,451, SO that the set
Element was reached on the basis Of 50
cents on the dollar. The commissioners.
however, reserve the right to commence
action against the First National bank Of
Ashton for the recovery of 81 1000. it being
alleged that that amount was deposited by
Winchell when he was in Office aud never