The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-28
SOUTH dakota.

SOO ~ OAkOIA.
The farmers In several counties of the
South state have expressed their intention
OF going more extensively into sheep raising.
The Mitchell Republican gives notice that
Dawson county 10 prepared to take caro- Of
her own needy.
Lazarus Silverman, Of Chicago, donated
1000 bushels ofseed oats to the needy farm
ers Of Nelson county,
0. A. Taylor. Of DeSmet, had his hand
crushed while working around the machin.
cry in the -four mill the other day, and am
putation was necessary.
man in Beadle county claims to have 10.
ceived from the relief committee pair Of
pantaloons which he donated to Iowa suffer.
ers several year. ago.
Rapid City boasts Of Swede citizen with Z
foot fourteen inches long Eve inches across
the ball and twelve and one half inches
around the instep.
Preparations are being made to work the
| coal claims in the vicinity of Hot Springs.
The coal in of flrst-class quality, and it ID
thought the deposits are quite extensive.
The Aberdeen land office has transferred
129 land cases to the Fargo and Bismarck
land Offices. They lie in North Dakota
townships recently detached from the Aber.
deem district.
1t 10 said the Deadwood saloonkeepers do
not intend to close up their saloons on the
LIST of May, as the law requires but will keep
right on selling liquor and fight the law at
every turn.
A. Barring Gould secretary of the Harvey
Peak Mining company, met with q bad &C.
cident ut Hill City the other day. A crucible
containing quantity of chemicals exploded
throwing the contents int his face and seri-
ously injuring one of his eyes.
public meeting of Hughes county farm
ers, held at Blunt the other day, passed res
olutions denouncing the action of certain
residents Of the county in sending out ap-
peals for aid. No destitution exists in the
county. and its farmers are in as prosperous
condition on the average as those Of any
other western state.
A farm house, belonging to Frank Hebner.
eight miles north of Volga, was burned with
all its contents. Mr.. Hebner lived alone in
the honse and escaped with nothing but his
night clothing going half mile through the
snow barefooted to the nearest neighbour
house. The fire was evidently incendiary, as
there was i'll ceiling between Hebner and
and some Of his neighbors over some land.
small house, which Hebner had built on
the contested land, had been stolen bodily
two nights before. The tracks ofthe incendi-
airy were found in the new snow the next
morning.
new feature will probably soon be added
to the industries of South Dakota. In the
western part of Nowlin county are located
what are known as the Grindstone Buttes,
which are composed of that quality of stone
peculiarly adapted to grinding purposes.
Some time ago sample Of the stone was
sent east to be analysed and was pronounced
to be superior Tor grit and adhesiveness to
the Huron, Wis, ledge and the ledge at
Berea. O., where most Of the grindstones oil
the present market are quarried and formed.
1t is one of those geological freaks which
abound 30 freely in the country lying between
the Missouri river aud the Black Hills. Re.
cent examination shows it il stratum oil
coarse sandstone underlying an area Of
about 300 acres. The ledge has been drilled
into for 80 feet. and it is believed to be about
20 or 80 feet thick. The buttes are on the
proposed lines OF railroad from Pierre to
Rapid City.