The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-14
For Fe,nals Suffrage.


organized in Beadle county at q convention
held in Huron, Its officers are: Mrs. j.
II. DeVoe, president; Mrs. A. IL. Risdon,
vice-president; Mrs. j. T.. Elson. secretary.
and Mrs. E. I. Langley, treasurer. Mrs.
Emma DeVoe was chosen county or
ganizer.
Resolutions were adopted US follows:
Resohed, That no man is worthy of sup
port for office except he be a pronounced
equal sutfragist.
That We favor the organization of an
equal suffrage club in every precinct in
Beadle county.
That it is the duty of every married
woman IN this county to vote ut the school
election III June next,
That We hail with delight the action
taken by the national suffrage convention
cause In South Dakota.
A Well-known Case Decided.
The famous Driscoll-Joncs case has been
decided in the supreme court in favor of
the appellant, Robert II. Driscoll. 1t was
appealed from Judge Nowlln. in the Law
hold-over clerk of the territorial district
court. while Driscoll was appointed clerk
of the circuit court by the county commits
sionersj upon the the states admission.
Jones claimed that he held tho Office
under the circuit court and Judge Nowlin
sustained his claims. The decision was
reversed and an order was issued remand.
ing the case back to the circuit court TO
issue a mnndamus compelling Jones to
turn the office and records over to Driscoll.
Another decision made holds that any
Order 6issolvipO mr. coptiu,,inu a writ of Of
tachment is appealable.
To Gather Irrigation Information.
The Chicago 4 Northwestern railway
company has arranged to send c. NJ. Har-
rison, of Huron, to Salt Lake City and
other points to investigate the subject of
irrigation and its adaptability to South
Dakota. On the completion of the in
vestigation the company will publish his
report with such recommendations as to
methods as may be deemed advisable, for
the benefit of the people of the whole state.
The company has large permanent inter
ests in South Dakota and the managers OF
the road have the wisdom mud llberality to
lead in n matter that is of vital importance.
Brief stories.
A BLUNT couple living under the name
of Harris were arrested the other day by
an officer from Tioga Center, n. Wand
taken to that city. The officer stated TINT
the mans name was Frank b. Triebe and
that he had eloped from Tioga last June
with the wife of q neighbor. taking 81, 900.
OF his wife's money along with him.
Triebe is q carpenter md was about to
start for the new town of Midland, in
Nowlin county. when arrested.
THE Rapid City land district has been
greatly increased in size. II now includes
besides the old counties all the ceded
country in Scoby. Delano, Choteau, Rine-
hart, Martin, Wagner md Ziebach coun-
ties. 1t takes in n strip of country the
entire width of the state and from the
western boundary of the 102d meridian,
except the counties of Washington aud
Shannon, which are among the unceded
lands. .
The little son of Charles Lentez, living
near Gettysburg, was scalded to death the
other day by being accidentally pushed into
pan of boiling water by his mother.
JOHN CAsHNER, of Speartish, has in his
possession an interesting historical relic of
the long ago. 1t is the certificate of cleo
ton OF James Mauher, who was chosen to
represent q Virginia district in the Fifth
congress of the United States, held in
Philadelphia in 1898. The parchment
is SO years old and is veil preserved, and
the writing plainly leRible.
LOUISVILLE capitalists are looking over
tho chalk bluffs in the vicinity of Yapkton
with the object officiating o plant for the
manufacture Of cement.
J.. F. SHEETS has been appointed treas
urer Of Custer county in the place Of
Flynn, the defsulting treasurer.