St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-12
A Notable Event in the Upper
Grades of Free Ma
SOnpy.
The See City of the South to
Be Settled in Favor of
the Sioux.
The Militia Will Go to Wash
ington to Help in the In !.
auguration.
A Long-Felt Need to Be Sup
piled in a New Opera
House.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, Jan. 11.-Occidental
Consistory No. 2, Thirty-second degree
Masons. has been organized i'll this city,
the following officers having been
elected: Venerable master, W. d.
Sites; prior, c. Ii. Winsor; preceptor.
W. A. Germain; chancellor, Arthur G.
Phillips; minister of state, S. G. Tut
hill; almoner, Rev. Frederic Gardiner;
treasurer, c. E. Place; recorder, W. II.
Holt. The formal ceremonies of lnsti-
tuting the consistory and installing the
Officers-elect will occupy four days.
Maj. Fleming, Of Fargo, who is in
spector general of the Thirty-second de-
gree for Dakota, will be in Sioux Falls
to begin the work Tuesday evening, the
22d inst.
The question of the location of the
see city OF the Catholic church for South
Dakota is regarded as practically set
tied, and settled In favor of Sioux Falls.
The matter of the location has been
left with Bishop Marty, of Yankton,
who has decided to locate the see city
either at Yankton or Sioux Falls. The
location largely hinges upon the ques-
ton of the place where the forthcoming
church paper, the Dakota Catholic, is
published. This will be a paper of
perhaps twenty-four pages. similar in
form to the Nation and other large
weeklies in the East, and will be issued
every week. 1t will be the organ of the
Catholic church for South Dakota, and
will be located in whichever of the two
cities the best inducements are offered.
A canvass is being made in the interest
of this paper, and the prospects are
that Sioux Falls will capture it, and
with it the see city with it's accompany
ing advantages, cathedral, schools, etc.
The paper will be conducted by Father
Hopkins, private secretary of Bishop
Marty. 1t will be widely circulated
and will, of course, represent Catholic
interests in all this region.
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Manager Bear, of the Grand opera
house, has new attraction booked for
this month, which promises to be eX-
cruciatingly funny. 1t is an "Ole
Olson" company. who appear in COM
edy in which the Norwegian dialect cuts
prominent figure. 1t is said to have
the Earth,' which augurs we'll fer it's
fun-making capacities.
The child of L. P. Olson, of East Sioux
Falls, referred to in a previous dispatch
as apparently dead, but supposed to
still have life in it, was finally given up
after several days of waiting and watch
ing, and was buried in Mt. Pleasant
cemetery last week.
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The Manitoba road moved into its
new depot in Galesburg Monday of
this week, and can now prosecute its
business with more satisfaction to itself
and the public. A direct track cOnnec-
ton has been made between the Mani
toba and the Illinois Central, which will
greatly facilitate business.
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The gas company of this city is being
pounded Oh all sides for the vile article
of gas they are furnishing an afflicted
public. The stuff clogs up the pipes so
that the lights burn dimly or sometimes
die out altogether, and nothing but al
cohOl will clear out the obstruction.
Many consumers are praying for an all
night electric light. 1t behooyes the
gas company to remedy matters without
delay.
Messrs. Meredith and Avery, two of
Sioux Falls active real estate men, who
recently purchased several hundred
acres adjoining the city on the
northwest, have announced their
plan in connection with this purchase
to be the establishment of at least a
nucleus for what may one day be a mag
nificent system of parks for this city.
This is matter of great Importance to
Sioux Falls. and the enterprise of the
gentlemen named should receive prompt
and hearty encouragement.
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A teachers institute, devised by Supt.
Mccartney for the benefit of the teach
ers in our city schools, has been in pro-
gress during the week just closed. The
programme consisted of regular inSti-
tute work and study and review of
the various branches necessary in the
course of instruction. The sessions
were well attended by teachers and
others interested in educational work,
and were interesting and profitable to
all concerned.
Sioux Falls militia company-Com-
pany Bias decided to attend the in-
augural ceremonies at Washington
March 4. This promises to be quite
hit, as it will probably be the only
representative of Dakota's militia. and
will be at the same time quite an adyer-
tisement for Sioux Falls. The company
will travel in its own special car, which
will be appropriately decorated. 1t has
been proposed that the city or the Com
mercial club give the boys lift in the
matter of expenses, and provide them
with a large assol tment of printed
matter for distribution Ell route. No
definite plans have yet materialized,
but it is safe to predict that some
scheme will be devised which will
astonish the effete East, bewilder the
placid Washingtonians and bring con-
spicuously to view the glories of South
Dakota in general and Sioux Falls in
particular, as the metropolis and COM
mercial center. Let the good work go
ON, and nobody will accumulate many
gray hairs waiting for results.
Plans are being drawn for four
story opera house, to be built Oh the
corner of Phillips avenue and Eleventh
street, by r. F. Pettigrew in the spring.
This enterprise will fill a iong-felt want
in Sioux Falls.