The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-20
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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1t is estimated that the farmers of Brown
county will have to buy $4,000 bushels of
seed wheat this spring if they seed all their
land
Word has been received at Chamberlain
that n large colony of Canadian farmers are
preparing to leave the dominion to settle on
the reservation.
John Halloran, Hill City printer died the
other day from the effects of an overdose of
morphine which he had taken to deaden
rheumatic pains.
A wildcat weighing twenty-five pounds
was shot at Marshalrs island, the other day.
1t was the first animal of the kind ever killed
in that vicinity.
A COW belonging to VIM. McLane, near
Elkton, has given birth to four calves within
ten months-twins in April last and twins the
present month.
The Pierre Capital has succeeded in making
it too warm for the gamble and they have
folded their faro layouts aud gathered their
walnut shells and will start u town of their
own somewhere on the reservation.
1t is said a man sentenced to state prison
for life at hard labor for the murder of
a young man at Mimic last July may he seen
driving fancy team OF horses through the
streets of Bismarck any day in the week,
with nothing TO prevent his escape.
William Gilchrist, aged 81, committed sui
eide at Madison by shooting himself through
the head. Insanity is supposed to have been
the cause for the rash act. Young Gilchrist's
family were highly respected, his father be-
ing deacon in the Presbyterian church.
Frank Elliott, who elopsd from CentervilIe
last November with the wife of D. j. Rocky,
was brought back recently from Leadville,
Col, and he and the woman placed under
5000 and $500 respectively to appear for
trial on a charge of adultery.
In the Rapid City land district there are
nearly 100000 acres of land, about 2,0O0,-
| 900 acres of which are subject to entry under
the various land laws, while the balance,
which is situated in that section recently be-
| longing to the reservation, is subject to entry
under the homestead law only.
Last year Lincoln county produced $685.
334 bushels ofwheat, S27 $50 bushels ofoats.
| 1,SS4,O0 bushels of coin, 57.4S0 bushels OF
barley, 2,C47 bushels OF rye IFS, 1886 bushels
of fax 90, S48 bushels OF potatoes and S6,693
| tons OF hay. Lincoln claims to be the banner
farming county OF the state
| A peculiar family reside in Pennington
county, consisting OF father mother and
seven children The oldest boy and girl are
twins aged IA; the next two girls, aged 10,
are also twins, and the youngest of the fami-
ly are three little triplet girls, aged 8 years.
All the children are perfectly formed and very
pretty
! The Brookings agricultural college has re-
Gently been furnished with TWO three-inch
| field pieces and gun carriGses, $50 Spring
field rifles and quantity OF ammunition for
target practice and saiutes. First Lieut..
Larry, of the Fourth artillery, has been or
dered to report at the college as professor OF
military science and tactics.
Rev. John Eastman the Indian preacher,
! of Flandreau, has gone to Washington in
the interest of the, Flandreau Indians in the
matter of the payment Of their share Of the
| proceeds in the sale of the Sioux reservation,
! the proposed manner of which is not alto
! gether satisfactory. He is also interested in
| the manner in which the rest ored annuities
of the Sisseton Indians shall be paid, claim
| ing share for some OF the Flandreau In
dams, who are Sissetons.
The snake story season has opened in the
Black Hills. The Rapid City Journal tells OF
yearling calf belonging to q farmer near
that city which had become sick without any
apparent reason, and which grew worse and
worse until it finally died. post mortem
examination was determined upon, and on
opening the animals stomach snake glided
out. The reptile was captured and proved
to be water snake, eighteen inches long
The calf while drinking at q creek last sum
mer had evidently swallowed it, but being
small it gave the animal no trouble at first
In the meantime the snake had grown, ano
the larger it grew the more troublesome il
became to the calf, growing SO large at last
as to cause death.