The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-06
SOUTH DAKOTA.

The farmers of Minnehaha county are con-
tributing literally to their suffering neigh
bors in Miner county.
Four soldiers let Fort Meade under COM
mitment to the military prison at Fort
Leavenworth. Desertion and larceny oc-
casioned servitude
Miss Tart, of White Bear Mimi, says DR..
Romans of Yankton, has been trifing with
her affections and will sue him for breach of
promise
Water sells at 40 cents barrel at New
castle, new town in the Hills. However,
things are somewhat evened up by the pres
ence of eighteen saloons,
A Rapid City man wants SIS damages
from the Northwestern Railroad company tor
the loss OF his cat. In escaping from a dog
the cat ran under moving train and lost
it's lie.
While absent from home one day last week
the house of Mark Edwards, near Roanoke,
together with all it's ontents, was destroyed
by fire. Children playing with matches were
the cause.
Sturgis is evidently "laid OUT for large
city. Aside from the original town, which
contained about $50 acres, there are now
sixteen additions, varying from twenty to
100 acres each.
1t is asserted that the water in Lake Kan
peska rose a loot during the m onth of o.
tober, which is considered curious owing to
the fact that no rain had fallen since Sep
TENDER l and no streams run into the lake.
While on ''toot" in Sturgis the other day
a miner, evidently fearing some one would go
trough him for his money, made the mat
ter as bard as possible by chewing up and
swallowing $40 and $40 bill.
While Mrs Richard Swift, of Alexandria,
was wringing clothes the other day her little
daughter, unobserved, managed to get her
fingers mixed up in the cogs of the wringer,
taking two of them off
The whereabouts of Sam Gahrielson. who
disappeared from Yankton about two
months ago, is still a mystery. The sheriff
and friends of the missing man have with
drawn the rewards offered for his discovery.
Barney Hoyt. farmer living south of Abb
erdeen, was thrown from a load of hay while
on his way to that city and seriously injured
internally. He lay by the roadside several
hours until u passing neighbor picked him
up and took him to town, where he was ad-
mitted to the hospital.
Jim Patterson, q shepherd having charge
of large flock of sheep six miles from
Sturgis, wanted to go to town to see the boys,
and having no way to secure the sheep in his
absence. decided to take them with him. He
arrived in Sturgis the other day with the
whole flock, and after having good time
rounded them up and drove them back to
his ranch.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader is response
BILE for the story that there is a young man
living ten miles north of Hartford who is
gradually fading away. Ten weeks ago he
was attacked with numbness of the body
resembling paralysis. At the time of the
attack he weighed 100 pounds and was 5
feet inches in statue. When weighed and
measured the other day it was found that he
was short five inches in height, and had
decreased sixty-fve pounds in weight.
The following little fish story is from the
Madison Sentinel, and for the lateness Of the
season averages up pretty well: c. L. Alex
ander has on exhibition at his store very
perfect little specimen Of the fnny tribe pre-
scented him by his friend Willard Laugln. 1t
came forth from 16O-.oot artestian well
twenty miles southwest Of Howard. This
we'll, it is said, flows with a wonderful force
and throws out small fish freely during the
spring and summer.