The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-18
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Two hundred workmen will be employed
in the construction of the packing-house at
Sioux Falls.
John May, young man living near Gilby,
has mysteriously disappeared and his friends
think he has been foully dealt with.
Stock on the Belle Fourche is reported in
excellent condition, the loss being estimated
at less per cent. than in any previous winter.
A Pierre s'tin horn" gambler feeced a
young stranger out of $500 and got of with
q fine of $40,
George Plummer, living near Columbia, had
his hand blown to pieces by the explosion of
a cartridge while loading a shot gun.
The following sign adorns saloon window
at Pierre: Wanted 500 men to unload
schooners from now until the LIST OF May"
Theladies of ully county have organized an
equal suffrage society and will take an active
part in the fall campaign.
Gustav Stake has been missing from Grand
Meadow for some time and his family are
very anxious about his whereabouts and
welfare
The big Redwater irrigating ditch will be
finished in q short time and will irrigate
many thousands Of acres OF land which in the
dry season would be of no special value.
After boring thirteen wells on his farm near
Arlington without success, some of them to
a depth of 700 feet, Fred Bolt recently struck
flow of water at depth of sixty feet.
Philadelphia syndicate is endeavoring
to purchase q one-fourth interest in the town
site of Stanley. If the deal falls through. 100
acres will be purchased Immediately adjoin-
ing the town.
Private Mouray, one of the soldiers sta
toned at Fort Pierre, while hunting rabbits
lost the thumb of his right hand by the &C.
cidental discharge of his gun. The accident
will result in his discharge from the army.
Fort Pierre has finally got rid of one of it's
names. 1t was christened Coulson by the
postofice department., but the name has
been withdrawn at the request Of citizens,
and hereafter mail matter addressed to Fort
Pierre will arrive at it's proper destination.
Mrs. Aiken, an aged lady living near Gettys-
burg, had one of her thumbs completely cut
of the other day while tying COW in q
manger, by the animal suddenly jerking it's
head and catching her thumb in q loop in the
rope.
The miners employed by the Harvey Peak
Mining company in the Hill City district have
struck against a reduction in wages. The
company claims the reduction 10 necessary
and has expressed determination to grant
no concessions. and the men, on the other
hand, claim their cause is a just one and
that they will stay out until their demand is
complied with. The miners union has in
dorsed the strike.
Paul Smitch, a Sioux Falls loafer not
content with having his wife support him by
taking in washing, while in drunken fury
recently tried to take her life by shooting her
with a double barreled shotgun. The weapon
refused to go off and the poor woman made
her escape to the street and informed the
police, who gathered Smitch into the arms
OF the law. He was bound over to await the
action Of the grand jury on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill, and in default of
5000 bail was sent to Jail.
The Mitchell Republican says reliable in
formation comes from parties living in the
southern part of Davids on county of the dis
covery of free silver ore in the bottom of q
well that was being sunk on farm about
eight miles southwest of Ethan. OF the ex-
istence there of the brilliant metal there
seems no question of doubt; and so great is
the interest in the discovery that prospect
ing there and other places in the vicinity
has been commenced. Specimens have been
sent to an assayer to be examined and
tested.