Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-05-17
WEEKS NEWAih 3

The Bismarck penitentiary board
elected editor Tuttle chairman.
The Dakota Theological Institute win
be held at Yangton this year, July y
to21.
into insensibility by tramps at East Du-
buque.
Peter Hogan, of Oakes. blew out the
the gas in Sioux Falls hotel. He may
recover.
The wind reached velocity of seventy
miles per hour at Yankton on Monday
Of last week.
During a storm at jamestown a large
number of good sized frogs came down
with the rain.
A call has been issued for a conven.
tion of the friends of single tax, to be
held at Huron on May 22
A box car was blown from the Mil
waukee track at Dell Rapids. and Fred
Smith, brakeman, was instantly killed.
At Washburn the contract for putting
in water works system was awarded
to Lewis & Maxey OF Gardiner, Ne.
Work will be commenced June /.
The executive committee of the Da.
kota Press association will meet at Aber.
deem on the 18th inst. and decide on the
place of the fifth annual meeting.
At junction City Policy Crocker shot
and killed his son-in-law, George
Walker, in a quarrel. Crocker vas
arrested and taken to Stevens Point.
f. NJ. Coates, Of Yankton. has begun q
suit against the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul road for taking an oil car be.
longing TO him and using it for some
time.
1t has been arranged to make a survey
for road from Pierre northwesterly
toward Puget sound. The Illinois
Central is said to be backing the move
ment.
An unknown man, probably Walter
Chappell, was killed by the cars al
jamestown. \ deed to five lots in Van.
orine, Anoka county, Minnesota, was
found in his pocket.
The Fargo city council has appropri
ated S21j for the purchase Of instrument:
and uniforms for the city band, and 500
TO be equally dividedamong the three
volunteer fire companies.
The appointment Of Mr.. Pruitt, as
postmaster at Gettysburg has been re-
| voked, and his commission withheld
| The present postmaster, Francis, is an
| Old soldier and will serve indefinitely.
The great temperance revival conduc,
ted by J. VI. Dunn at Dubuque ha:
closed. Over 500 signatures to the tota
| abstinence pledge have been obtained
chiefly among the young men Of the
city.
Last week twenty-five raw recruits
were received via Pierre at Fort Sully
| from Columbus barracks. Ohio, and
| Thursday, just after the visit of the pay
master, seventeen of them deserted
None of them have been found.
1t transpires that Miss Edwards, whose
| body was reported to nave been found
| in the lake at Chicago is not dead. She
is married to prominent Huron rea
estate dealer and is enjoying her wed
ding tour at the home OF her husband:
parents in New Jersey.
Five railway systems entering Siou,
| Falls have agreed TO build a viaduct
| over all their lines and side tracks or
| Sixth street. The yiaduct will com
| mence at the eastern terminus of tn,
new bridge over the river and extend
east about quarter OF mile.
Rev. Charles Mclean. of Pembina. ha.
been suspended from the ministry by the
presbytery pending an investigation
| into his views on the temperance uues
tion. Mr.. Mclean is charged with hav
| ing drunk whole glass of beer during
| his tun yaars' soiOIIrn tbpra
| The Watertown water works case
which has been pending for more than a
year, was compromised by the passage
of q new franchise on basis of 60 cent:
per hydrant: the original contract wa:
4S cents, and the company claimed Il
cents under subsequent agreement.
Anthony Massey, father of two boys re
Gently charged with an assault with in
tent to kill in the White Cap cases. shot
himself dead. He was highly respected
but recent severe illness and the charge
against his two sons so preyed upon hi:
mind that it is believed he was deranged
William Sells, who attempted to kill
his wife at Grafton, had prepared him
self Tor the fearful deed. He practiced
on his wife's tintype. He evidently
intended to take his own life as well as
that of his wife. BE bequeathed the
body of his wife to citizen Of Grafton
At Webster a dog owned by Andrew
Small went mad and bit several other
dogs before il was killed. War was de,
clared on all dogs in sight. and some
forty or fifty dogs were laid away before
| the village assumed its usual customs.
| No persons were bitten SO far as heard
from.
| At Chamberlain an 1S-months-old son
| of Register of Deeds Stevens SO.
secured a cup containing gasoline that
! had for a moment been left within
reach, and before the family could pre-.
vent had swallowed large quantity OF
the fluid, dying fIom the effects few
hours later.
The farmers of Sac county have been
badly taken in by alleged agents of nur'
series. Early last month young fellow
claiming to represent the nursery at Fort
Dodge went through that county taking
orders for stock. These orders turned
out to be notes payable at Fort Dodge.
The orders taken in Sac county
amounted to over 5000.
The idea that the location of the Cath.
olic see has been definitely settled il
GAINED by Father Collins, Of Fargo, to
be entirely erroneous, and Fargo's
chances for securing 1t are as good as
that Of any other city. Fargo and
jamestown were both recommended by
the bishop, and decision will be made
at Rome.
Cyrus Bowmar,, worthless reprobate
80 years old, and head of large family
living at La Porte City, was taken from
his bed at midnight, tied to tree and
horsewhipped nearly to death, then or
iered out of town forthwith, on penalty
| Of death. Bowman confessed when hi,
house was entered by the White Caps tC
assault upon two little girls, daughter
Il prominent citizens Of that place.