The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
SOUTH DAKOTA.

SOUTH DAKOTA.
The 2-year.old child of Chandler Newhall,
of Parker, was seriously burned by falling on
a red-hot stove while it's mother was absent.
An effort is being made to have the Yank-
ton Indians who served as scouts under Gen.
Sully, several years ago, pensioned by the
government.
A black eagle, measuring seventeen feet
from tip to tip, was bagged by q Parker
Sportsman the other day. 1t ia the first OF
the kind ever seen in that section.
Daniel Price, school and township treasurer
of Clear Lake township, Edmunds county,
has disappeared. He is short in his accounts
about $500.
Ching Goay, Deadwood heather, wants
the state department to give him permission
to go to his native land after Mrs Ching and
return to this country.
At Pierre the color line is not drawn to any
great extent. At the coming baby show
Caucasian, Monaghan, Ethiopian and native
American cherubs will hustle for first prize.
Mrs. John Stobbs, wife of the superinten-
dent of the Beadle county poor-farm, has re-
ceived notice that by the death of an uncle
in Manchester, England, she will receive one
eighth of an estate value at 81 100000.
Coal has been discovered on the recently
opened lands north of the forks of the Chey-
enne. Chief Bull Eagle, with band ofabout
thirty Indians. is encamped in that vicinity
and threaten to keep settlers from locating
claims.
N. NJ. Clark, living near Warner, Brown
county, has been in the habit of cruelty beat
ing his vie, and the other day he received
notice from white caps that if he repeated the
oifense he would be tarred and feathered and
rode out Of the county on rail.
At a meeting of the Pierre board of trade
the other day committee of eight was ap-
pointed to take charge of the coming capital
campaign. During the meeting the sum of
SIS, 900 was subscribed by citizens as the
nucleus of a fund for carrying on the work.
While on a visit to her sister at St. Panl,
Mimi, recently, Miss Maud Elliot, of Aberdeen,
met with serions accident. She was clean
ing pair of gloves with gasoline, when in
some way the fluid became ignited, and be-
fore h clip arrived she was badly burned about
the face, neck and hands.
Business at the Pierre land Office will be de-
layed for perhaps a month through an error
made in the name of the United States Re-
ceiver Eakin. It was sent in as Edwin Eakin,
instead of Edmund Eakin, and consequently
he must he reconfirmed and q new bound
made out
The Whitewood Sentinel says reports came
from the ranges regarding the condition of
cattle, which are very favorable. Cattle have
wintered better than has ever been known in
this country. The losses will average less
than per cent. just at this time OF the
year when feed is scarce the stock will shrink,
but there is very good feed ct present and
plenty of water.
The commissioners of Aurora county hav-
ing decided that they cannot aid the needy
farmers of that county. the Bank OF Plank
inton has decided to aid all farmers who are
their customers in obtaining seed grain.
They will furnish seed grain at the market
price and charge interest at IL per cent.
Other banks, it is said, will soop follow in
the steps of the above bank.
Gabriel Bentson, Faux county farmer,
started out on forage for seed grain on his
own hook. He walked from his home to Iowa,
secured the donation of three carloads of
corn for himself and neighbors, shipped it,
sent word by mail to his wife as to when the
grain would arrive, and then trudged back
to his home ON foot, when the corn was d.
vided. He asked for no money, or railroad
pass, or credentials from town or county.
He just got up and hustled, and he didn't
get LETT.
DR.. McGillicuddy, a wealthy and philan-
thropic citizen of Rapid City who takes a
great deal of interest in the Indians, and
their wants, recently visited the Pine Ridge
agency, and while there invited some of the
chiefs to visit him at his home in Rapid On
arising the other morning the doctor was
surprised to find his residence surrounded BY
twenty-five or thirty tepees and about
seventy live braves, squaws and papooses
an xiously waiting to partake of his hospi-
tally. They had come to visit him and ex-
pressed a willingness to stay Us long as
grub" was forthcoming. The doctor now
has Indians to give away.