Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-01-31
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A Little of Everything. Wise and Otherwise.
Rapid City is talking of boring for
coal. A gentleman claims he can strike
Ignite there at depth not greater than
500 feet.
The bill before the Legislature reduc-
ing exemption from $1,000 to $500
ought to be passed unanimously. There
is no ground for opposition.
There's blood on the moon at Bis
marck. The legislature are passing bills
over the governors veto and as conse-
quence ''monkey and parrot time will
be the result.
Mr.. Mackay, the bonanza miner, pro-
poses to erect and endow college as a
perpetual memorial to his name, and as
thanks offering to the providence that
made him SO rich.
The Sioux City Journal is as great
Dakota as an Iowa paper. It fights for
the rights of the Black Hills as strongly
as any of our local champions. It is
entirely unacquainted with flies.
The following United States senators
have been reelected by their several
states the last week: Cullom, Illinois;
Mop Pherson, New Jersey; Dolph, Oregon;
Coke, Texas; Ransom, North Carolina.
Two republicans and three democrats.
Councilman Washabaugh has intro
duced bill appropriating $22,7Oe for
the Spearfsh Normal school. Our
members propose if possible to see that
that institution has all itneeds. Which
ever bill goes through-Patton's or
Washabaugh's-th school will be we'll
fixed for the coming two years.
A Cincinnati establishment each year
beats out $1,000 gold dollars into gold
leaf, and as each dollar. can be made into
sheet that will carpet two rooms six
teen and one-half feet square, some idea
may be made of its tenuity. 1t requires
1,400 thicknesses of gold leaf to equal
sheet of thin paper ssand 100000 to form
an inch.
Dudley, of "block of five'' fame, has
brought suit against the New York
Times, World, Evening Post and Com.
mercial Advertiser for $25, 900 each for
publishing that slanderous letter said to
have been written by him concerning the
purchasing of "foaters" during the last
campaign. The cases will be argued
this week.
The Omaha Dispatch-R. d. Kelley's
paper evidently has no love for
@Rosey'' of the Omaha Bee, Judging
from the following paragraph appearing
in its editorial columns a few days ago:
"H Rosewater had been present when
the Jews we're plotting against the life
of Jesus he would have underbid Judas
and have sold the Lord for fifteen pieces
of silver"
The new insurance law is the right
thing. 1t makes the companies recog-
nize chiefs Of departments, and by SO
doing does away with the defrauding of
department in any particular locality
by giving to another the per cent of
premium collected in their locality.
Under this newly proposed regime,
Sturgis will get, instead of 1886 per
annum, over $500.
Representative Patton introduced a
bill last Wednesday appropriating $40,-
700 for the maintenance of the Spearfsh
Normal school, and s15,0o0 for a new
dormitory for the same Institution.
This does not look much like trying ito
down" that public school as has been
remarked by many in the past. The
following from the editorial columns of
the Rapid City Journal hits the nail
squarely;
John d. Patton has introduced the
bill in the house to provide for the main
tenanee of the Spearfish normal school.
Certainly. Why not? ~ae institution
is good one and deserves support.
These are the considerations which
should weigh, and which do weigh, with
Mr.. Patton. The talk that has been in
dulged in about that gentleman working
against such an appropriation was en-
tirely unwarranted. as any one knowing
Mr.. Patton should very well understand.