Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
soloNs AND PEOPLE.
GENERAL TERRITORIAL
GLEANINGS.

SOME BISMARCK SKETCHES AN
GENERAL TERRITORIAL
GLEANINGs.
Capital Sketches.
The members of the present Legislature,
says one correspondent, are very large
temperance men, and very little drinklr
or nonsense is indnlged in. Abuses wi
be corrected if it is possible to do so.
Rev. G. S. Lane, of the house, is u
youngest chaplain of legislative organ
ization in the United States. His age
% and he is of English ancestry. He re
sides in Mandan.
In looking over the house strang,
would say that there are the evidences
late unpleasantness from the fact tn.
there are three men Representative Pa,
kins, of Morton county; Chief Clerk Han
ilton, of Grand Forks, and Enrolling Cler
j. w. Cone, of Mitchell,) who are min,
their left arm. The facts are, howeve
that the festive thrashing machine is r,
sponsible for it all.
1t was novel sight few days since,
see eleven teams, driven by Indians fro
Fort Berthold, passing down the street
Bismarck, each wagon loaded with gree
hides from the carcasses of cattle slain
the winter killing. They were in charge
the agency farmer. 1t is fact that the
lazy wards of the nation cost the govern
ment $500 per capita per annum, little a,
big. The "a. aaySerage,pension of an old SC
Trouble with the Half-Breeds.
The half breeds in Rolette county Z
fuse to pay their taxes. The report
current that they threatened to burn dov
the county buildings and slay the coun
officers, and the commissioners and sher
called out the militia. The sheriff tel
graphed Gov. Church informing him
his action, and the governor telegraph
his censure of the action Of the officials
ignoring the law ana calling out the mi
tia without consulting the executi,
Sheriff Flynn attempted to collect SO,
taxes, and seized some horses belongi
to half breeds. He was overtaken beft
reaching town bv mounted band of fife
half breeds armed with guns. They to
their horses from the sheriff and rode G
The situation at present is simply tn
Fifty armed men who went to assist
sheriff in collecting taxes from the ha
breeds returned without the taxes or
property. Their plan to carry off stock
payment was frustrated by the attitude
the governor. The half-breeds are gal
cred in large squads in the mountains a
breathe defiance. Scarcely less determi
ed are the inhabitants of St. John and
county officials. The present truce "
last short time only, as the sheriff is d
termined to push the collections of tai
at any cost. Bloodshed will be prevent
only by the most careful action.
The Bullion Bill.
bismarck Tribune]
A Dakota legislature without built
bill would be novelty. For weeks
have wondered if the record would
broken by the eighteenth assembly. Da
passed, weeks rolled by, and yet there "
no bill to tax the bullion which is goi
out from the ore-filled mountains of I
Black Hills. But 1t has come. The t
has been introduced and again are
popular Black Hills members on the jun
The Dakota legislature evidently does 4
intend to slight any of the distinguish
men of the country, for having pr
its respects to the Vanderbi
and Wizards by the introduction Of "a
road bills; rendered its compliments
Jay Gould in q bill for the increased tax
ton of telegraph companies, and expires
ed its esteem to many others of the cou
try's magnates, it now extends its mt
earnest recognition to Senator Hearst
the introduction of bill for the taxati
of bullion. That this is world of tris
and tribulations is painfully evident to t
gentlemen from the Black Hills, who, ju
as they began to get out of the WOO
with the soldiers home, are lombard
with bullion bill which promises conf
sion.
Pcnitentiary Statistics.
The cost of the Improvements and mai
tenance of the Bismarck penitentiary
last two years has been 1892, 1864.
this amount $21, 800 is chargeable to il
provements-wing, etc.,-and 1926.
as pay Of the directors, leaving 500, 72O.
as the cost of maintenance. Estimate
the average number of prisoners at fort
two and one half, or one-half the numb
in the Sioux Falls penitentiary. we s
that the cost per capita per annum is o,
$500. Not a man has ever escaped. di
or lost his reason at this institution. T
amount, however. paid for medicines q
physicians from December IA, 1856,
September 20. 1888, was $1,000, or abe
$50 per month.
The cost of improvements and maint
nance of the penitentiary at Sioux Fa
for the last two years has been $3.50, 133.:
of this amount $500 was for an elect
light plant and $4,000 for water pipes a
fixtures, SO that $54, 633.28 is the amou
properly chargeable for maintenance
two years. Allowing the average numt
of prisoners to be eighty five, the cost :
capita per annum would be about $3.50.
Hero and There Jottlngs.
Practical foundrymen from Chicago g
about to establish foundry at Rapid Gil
The Indians are drawing lumber fro
Fort Sully to Bad river to build hous
for Indian farmers.
The two storysschool building at o,
richs was burned to the ground last Su
day morning. 1t was insured for $25, "
The Brown county seat contest is
present pending in the United States S
preme court.
The Excelsior mill at Yankton has ags
resumed operations and is turning G
about $50 barrels of -four day.
The stock of J. G.. H: Graybill, the pt
tographer at Deadwood, is in the hands
the sheriff. This is the third fail,
among Deadwood business men within
seek.