The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-02-27
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Over ton of butter was shipped from
Plankinton to New York the other day.
In Lawrence, Pennington and Custer coun-
ties there are 81 900 mining claims recorded.
Civil service examinations for the railway
mail service for South Dakota will be held at
Yankton on Tuesday April ~.
Several Sioux Falls parties lost money by
the collapse of the American Building and
Loan association of Minneapolis
The first protection system of Woonsocket
il being remodeled and perfected. the water
supply being furnished by the big artesian
well.
Dividing Dakota into two states compelled
| q New York publishing house to cut mp and
cell for waste paper over $4,000 new geog.
raphies.
The Farmers alliance of Potter county
has been organized into branch of the Ma
| tional Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union.
The Scotland city council closed all the sa-
looms in that place by demanding 1925 as a
license for the privilege OF running until
| closed by the law.
1t is estimated that the Bald Mountain
and Ruby basin mines of Lawrence county
have moro than $500, 900 worth of ore in
| sight.
Henry Lyman, u young haltbreed Sioux,
| formerly of Yankton, is studying in Yale
college, where he is reported to stand very
high in scholarship.
EL.Abel, of Bridgewater, has been ap-
pointed as one of the trustees of the Sioux
Falls penitentiary to fill the vacancy caused
Inv tho rosirD otioD of n pandar Of Salem
The old man named Lomen, whe was struck
on the head with a hammer during the
woman's raid upon the saloons at Hatton
Trail county, few weeks ago, has died oil
his injuries.
While digging a well in Liewellyn township,
| Sully county, recently, the W orkmen found
at a depth Of thirty feet deposit of fossil
| fish. The deposit was several feet in thick.
ness.
The ladies of Rapid City have formed a
society for the purpose representing saloon
keepers who sell liquor to habitual drunkards.
A fund OF $500 has been subscribed for the
purpose.
A reward OF $500 is offered by the state Of
South Dakota for the arrest and conviction
| of the person or persons who murdered Mrs.
Minerva Gier in Pennington county on Sep
TENDER % last, or any information touching
| the circumstances of the murder.
The manufacture Of wicker baskets is one
of the home industries ofSully county. The
lake banks in that county are lined with
willow groves, which furnish abundant ma
terial, and basket factory of large proper
tions is being talked of.
: Postmaster Reeves, of Carthage, recently
received letter from a young lady school
teacher, who lives in Illinois, which contain
| eel 80, WIL.r G~44tS thai the money
used to buy feed for stock, as the sende
eould not endure the thought of cattle goin
without food.
Nels Paulsen is held for trial in $500 bond
at Sioux Falls for grand larceny in stealth
his own horse. The horse was in q liver
stable and owed respectable amount 70
board. Paulsen went to the stable and n
moved him without squaring the bill.
Thomas Sorenson, a farmer living nea
Dell Rapids, has invented a wind plow which
it is claimed, can be propelled by the gent
zephyrs that hustle across the prairie. TIL
machine has windmill attachment set o
pivot so as to adjust itself to the wine
The pillow consists of a number of shovels O
| u CyIIuueTy WHICH Involves Wle0 the macn1n
is in motion and pulverizes the ground tho
oughly.
An effort is being made to secure the pa
don OF Christian Sorenson. who was sentenC
ed to twenty-four years in the penitentiar
from Moody county for killing neighbor i
dispute over some property. Sorenso
has become insane, and his friends want hil
transferred to the Yankton asylum.