The Dickinson press., 1889-10-19
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Three buildings at Scotland were de-
stroyed by fire Saturday night.
The Big Stone City Herald has been
removed to Milbank, the county seat.
Farmers of ~Brulccounty are discussing
the a1visability of sinking an artesian
we'll in each township in the county.
The publication of The Daily Argus
Leader at Sioux Falls, which recently
failed. i, to be resumed by Charles Nj.
Day and j. Tomlinson, Jr. 1t will con-
tinuc to be an evening Democratic
paper.
The Minnehala Canning company, of
Sioux Falls, gives employment TO from
- to 100 men. The company put up
$4,000 cans of corn in the short time
they have been running. and expect next
year to put up 1000 0D cans of corn and
100000 cans of tomatoes.
Sioux Falls Press: Peerless Pierre
presides proudly. probably permanently,
pending pre-arranyed possibilities. Sioux
Falls slides sercnely soupward. Water
town wonders what went wrong. Mitch
ell musingly murmurs: MY! N.Y."
Chamberlain calmly considers coming
contingencies.
Sioux Falls has voted a , 1-s per
cent tax to aid the extension of railroads
by a vote of $40 to 2i3. Aid is to be ex-
tended I" the Midland Pacific, now being
surveyed. to be built between Sioux
Falls and some point in Idaho territory
OH the Northern Pacific. and the Sioux
Fails. Yankton and Denver.
A couple of months ago one ID. w.
,,...{ ~ r,.,, al C,,,,. Jr.11. .-A
of a Chicago commission firm. Appar-
emily he did a good business until IA week
ago last Saturday. when he left town.
ostcnsibly for a visit, He has not vet re-
turned: neither has 81. 100 belonging to
| parties, which he used ON his own ac-
count to buck the market. Chri>tv for
mcrly did DpS Muincs in the same way.
The official anvas of the vote of
South Dakota shows that the total vote
for governor vas 1852. Mellelte. Rep,
received 53.lao: Mcclure. Dem. .3.lil.
For Congress. Clifford. Rep. received 81
131; Picklcr, Rep. 53.a,4: Jeffrics. Dem,
22.S4O: Booth, Dem. 2@.l33. For prohi-
bit:on, 30.509: against. So. 456. For teu,-
porary capital Pierre wins witt, o..N!i;:
Huron. 1894: Watertown. 1870: Sioux
Falls, 11.163: Mitchell. 7.5l6: Chamber
lain. 2.41+.
The supreme court i'll session at
Deadwoud reversed the ruling Of the
lower court in the famous scrip cases.
wherein Il. e. Carpenter. of Rel"it.
Iowa. j. d. Cameron. of S.io,ix Fa!ls. s.
d.. and w. d, Russell. of NaMkt"n. $.
d.. have appeared as defendants during
the past nine Years. They We're cos,
victed four Years ago. Int appealed, are.
the cases are now ordered stricken trui.,
the calendar. The defendants were con
victed of issuing fraudulent land scrip.
Miss May Wassel entered a tiHvt in ia.
Mitchell land district adjoining the claim,
of Michael Bar. They subsequently, mar
ried and moved their respective houses
up to the line of the claims. having scp-
arate entrances to each and no connect
ing doors. though it virtually made ON
house. Mrs. Bars claim is rejected OH
the ground that husband and wife can
not maintain separate residences at the
same time and in the same house. Sc
that each by virtue of said residence
may perfect an entry under the home.
stead law. 1t is said that there IL mum.
Der of cases in the general land oifsv.
similar in all important respects to tbs
case of Mrs. Bar.
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