New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-19

Many horses and oxen are dying for want of
food. He says $5O.OOOis needed to enable
the bureau to do the work dem anded oft.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
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 large colony of Canadian farmers are
preparing to leave the dominion to settle on
the reservation.
John Halloran, a Hill City printer died the
ether 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 Marshall's 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 gamblers and they have
folded their faro layouts and gathered their
walnut shells and will start town of their
own somewhere on the reservation.
1t is said man sentenced to state prison
for life at hard labor for the murder of
ayoung man at Mimic last July may be 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 eloped from CenterYille
last Novembe. with the wife Of D. j. Rocky,
was brought back recently from Leadville,
Col, and he and the woman placed under
$500 and $500 respectively to appear for
trial on o charge Of adultery.
In the Rapid City land district there are
nearly 100000 acres of land, about ,ooO,-
600 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 subjectto entry
under the homestead law only.
Last year Lincoln county produced 323,-
1874 bushels ofwheat, 1927, 4S0 bushels ofoats.
1884 ,O02 bushels of corn, 57.4SO bushels of
barley, 2,C47 bushels of rye, Its, 1886 bushels
of fax 90, 84S bushels OF potatoes and sc, 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 Il; the next two girls, aged 10,
are also twins, and the youngest of the fami-
ly are three little tripet girls, aged 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 carriages, $50 Spring
field rifles and q quantity of ammunition for
target practice and salutes. 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. is also interested in
the manner in which the restored ann uities
of the Sisseton Indians shall be paid, claim
ing share for some4 OF the Flandreau In
dams, who are Sissetons.
The snake story season has opened in the
Black Hills. The Rapid City Journal tells of
a yearling calf belonging to a 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 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, and
the larger it grew the more troublesome it
became to the cali growing SO large at last
as to cause death.