Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-12-03
Dakota STATE NEWS


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Louis n, Grill. sr,. died Of 'apoplexy 81 his
home in Richland. Union county. ~ :
O'Clock yesterday morrinS. Mr.. Grill M
taken sick last ThursAas ~ Nip shllE vent
hokne and took 70 Ms bSd, And became an.
eonsestus eAtafday morning. Mr.. Grin has
heon ! resident OF Union county Tor about
twenty-five years. He has been the bust.
ness partner OF george r. Freeman. IL the
milling business. for several sssfs. III.
Grill vas s:ectcd - IA Independent ~ tho
late esecilon. Turning asAlnst Mr.. Freeman.
He has boon = close student OF the financial
and Industrial situation Of our county for
several year. taking all the lezdins
periodicals giving tight oh these bubtects,
and Il Is thought Tho msntai straiA WA tod
severe. He leaves y &ife And two children,
both married. Tho death OF Mr.. Grill win
neccssttate . new election for state senator
In this, the First legislative district.
Elk PoINr. Nov. 2e.-The funeral 81 Seh-
ator-elect Grill TOOK place From his late
residence yesterday. and vas largely At
tended. The county commissioner and
many prominent persons were present.
There ~ = PRAYER, singing and . few 70.
marks. Mr.. Grill was . believer Ii lIngcr-
sollism,
An Atssnpt to Fave Congress Repeal tAs
oi.aS Per Asss Clauss.
PIERnE. 8. b., Nov. 16.-Pisrre viii thia
winter make an efsBrt to hav1 congress re-
poal the u. 20 per acre clause In the bill
passed last winter, opening to settlement
100000 Q acres Of the Sioux reservation.
Senator Pettigrew has expressed himself as
heartily In favor Of making the land ftee to
settlers, and It Il believed the entire South
Dakota delegation IN congress arc favor.
able to such legislation. Congressman Peel.
OF Arkansas. who helped get through tho
house tho bill opening the reservation, mi
who recently spent 9 few days IN Pierre,
while here promised that he would lose no
time when congress- meets this winter to try
and have the law 20 amended - to mako
the land free TO homesteaders The
fact that immigration has not set in very
rapidly towards this lately ceded portion OF
toU 0t0VO - uu0 IN = BEeAs "0A1uEO W tulS
oojecttonal feature OF the bill under which
II was opened. and 1t Il confidently believed
n the land II this winter made free to set
tiers 1T having nearly ell been surveyed
the past summer And will be ready for Ill
ings early next spring. there will b . good
immigration 10 these new counties, and that
western South Dakota will experience .
long luoked-for boom. There 10 no Aner
Arss~<~s A-O.hA~A a. AhA ~n~lA Aka~ Hh>~A
1900. 900 acres OF land thai nor have but
very few settlers. The soil Is particularly
we'll adapted to the culture Of sugar beets,
one Of the coming crops OF south Dakota.
and the rainfall there Is suficient TO mature
any vegetable that can be successfully
grown In other portions of the northwest:
there Is no other portion OF the northwest
that will equal It.
Tarmsrs' Alliance In Annual oessiea.
MIrcRsLL, Nov. 2S.-Ths state Farmers
alliance met In annual session Ia this city
yesterday afternoon with about 500 dele
gates present. The session was . short one.
its principal work being to appoint commit.
tees to complete the organization for the
work. The results Of this session will b
awaited with great interest BY al parties
OF the state. Among the prominent alliance
men present arc the following: President
Loucks, who arrived last evening; Alon1o
Wardall, OF Huron; r. d. Scott. OF Day:
Cosand. Of Gettysburg; Lowe, Of Beadle;
Leavitt. OF Lincoln; Cummin9s. OF the
Ruroltst; Goodfcllow, Of Brooklnss: Andy.
Of Sphinx. several prominent republican
mempcrs-elect Of tho next legislature are
noticed in the city. Also Bartlett Trip,
who arrived from Sioux Falls.
Paragraphs srsm Pierre.
P1EaRH, Nov. 26.-The government has
ordered the necessary parapherualis y .
$3.50 hose cart, to be manned by Indian
students At the government school here.
This team will probably play an important
point In case OF IRE In Pierre, and will nc
doubt be heard from during tho next years
tournament.
Sportsmcn are anticipating . great time
In tho jack rabbit race which occurs four
miles north of town New Years day. A
dozen g~rcyhounds have being selected to
run down the rabbits.
While u gees without saying that the
prohibition law Is Q great improvement over
the former system, yet 1t must be admitted
thai there are now In Pierre o lars NUMBER
" pI8GC0 WilCIV lt4uOA " pC REOGOGVV, "
the mere asking, Then there are . number
OF original package houses In full blast, all
OF which would indicate that No may socn
expect q raid by the State enforcement
league.
Brown County sugar Bsrts.
Aberdeen, Nov. 25.-S. W.. Narregans
gathered up . bushel or 30 OF sugar .beeti
from farmers around Aberdeen and sent
them TO Frof. James II. Shepard, OF the de-
partment OF chemistry at the agricultural
college At Bookings, to DO analysed.
There were two varieties-white and red.
Yesterday no received q reply from the
professor. who got the following results:
White-sucrose or sugar, per cent. 1885;
marc, per cent, 5.s6; degree brix. %; purity
co-efAcieut, ~: sugar in Juice, 16.4o.
R~ed-Sucrose or sugar. per cent. ass;
marc, Per cent. asa; degree brlx. 1s.2; pur-
ny co-cflcient. 50; sugar in juice. s.8l..
"The white variety" says the professor
us above the average"
M siosx Ressrvstion sarvey.
PIERRE, 8. D., Nov. 25.-survcyor-G Gen
ersl Sullivan IL In the city. A reporte,
asked him how work was progressing on ths
surveying Of the reservation lands. "Abou,
one-half Of the II, 200, 900 acres have beer
surveyed" replied Mr.. Sullivan, "and thi,
includes All the lands In the newly ccdet
district west Of Pierre TO the Black Hills
Very little Of the lands north Of the Blac,
Hills has been surveyed as yet. The arpTo'
priatiom this year vas elo0, 600. and eso.o o'
has been provided for next year.
The News In Brief.
Mrs. JUSTIN PETTIGREw has entered +,
suit against tho city OF Sioux Falls. sclaim
ing damages 70 the amour Of $500. This Il
an old claim which has been pending be
fore the council since last January, 3