The Dickinson press., 1890-04-26

for South Dakota has opened headquar-
ters here.
Deadwood.-A new four-story brick
summer. Cost $l50,O00.
Washington.-The president has ap.
proved the act providing for bridge
across the Missouri river at Forest City,
S. ID.
Sioux Falls.-The Electric Motor COM
pany, of this city, has borrowed $75, 900
from New York trust company on a
twenty-year mortgage at per cent.
Eureka.-One carload of Russian en-
igrants arrived here last Saturday. They
will locate in Mcpherson county. Several
more carloads of these people are on the
way hither.
Sioux Falls.-A purely social society
will be organized here this week, to
which any resident of South Dakota who
formerly resided in Maine will be eligible
for membership.
Chamberlain.-A Washington tele-
gram says that last Saturday the senate
passed the bill authorizing the construc-
tion of a bridge across the Missouri
river at this point.
Huron.-The sale of leases of school
lands in this county has closed. The
average price was about IS section.
Those leased will be used wholly for
grazing purposes.
kilbank.-N. A. Larson went out doors
in the night with his brother Bonde to
attack supposed burglar. The dark
ness confused the men and Bonde shot
and killed his brother.
Chamberlain. 1T is reported that
troops will remove "boomers" from
Sherman, new town on the reservation
opposite here. A number of boomers are
residing there and the land is claimed by
Indians.
Huron. For the fourth time in two
years farmers along Cain creek, south
of this city, have suffered by extensive
prairie fires. This last time considerable
seed grain, hay and feed, two vacant
houses and several groves of small trees
were destroyed.
Washington. petition from South
Dakota and other western states has
been presented in the senate asking that
sugar, lumber, salt, binding twine and
the materials entering into it be admitted
free of tariff duties, and that cut of at
least SO per cent be made on all woolen,
cotton and linen fabrics
Huron.-Col. Kleinner, Capt. Lucas,
Maj. Bones and Col. Hammond, of the
board of commissioners of the Soldiers
home at Hot Springs, with Governor
Mellette, met here. They awarded the
contract forputting in heating apparatus
to Sioux City, Iowa, parties. It was de-
cided not to elect commander until the
annual meeting in June.
Yankton.-The state commissioner of
immigration for South Dakota has is.
sued circular asking for funds to de.
fray the expenses of an immigration
bureau at Chicago from the present time
till the close of the worlds fair. The
state legislature neglected this matter,
and the commissioner now asks the peo-
pie of the state to contribute about
$4,000.
Pierre.-The old and extensive North
western stage barns and repair shops
built at Pierre in the seventies, when
traffic was so great to the Black Hills,
caught fire during high wind and
burned. The big barns deserve note
as the first place where Buffalo Bill fitted
out his Wild West show and trained his
band of Indians and cowboys, and
where the first stage coach was made in
his famous show.
Pierre.-Under decision of the South
Dakota attorney general, druggists can
not sell liquor for any purpose whatever
before June !. The prohibitory law
| goes into effect Nav /, but the law re-.
quires thirty days notice to be given by
eaoggg d5oggss t of peI as nfoen tn ie tS a1 make
not be filed until May l..