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struments without expense. for taking
. the temperature, rainfall and vino
registry, and those in charge of the
r stations will receive no compensation
President Stockbridge, Of the North
Dakota agricultural college. secured the
establishment OF the stations, and he
has been authorized by Gen. Greeley.
chief Of the signal service, to appoint
the 20 observers. He states that he
will appoint one in 20 OF the most pop
ulous counties of the state. Only three
or four other states i'll the Union have
been favored with such s. complete sys-
Item, and they are states that have ef-
fective agricultural colleges.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Mrs. James G. Blame. Jr., and maid.
of New YORK., arrived at Sioux Falls on
the Central. Friday morning aud regis
tered at the Cataract. According to
current report, Mrs. Blaine comes to
secure divorce from her husband, the
son of Secretary Blaine, who is now in
Spain. She will remain there during
the summer, and If her health improves
and the climate agrees with her, may
remain FOR year. She brings letters OF
introduction to Senator Pettigrew. j.
I'd. Bailey. Jr., and other prominent
people III town and will be cordially re-"
csiyed by Sioux Falls people. Mrs.
Blaine is now physical wreck. For the
past two years she has been under med
1cal care and her physicians have for
bldden her. at least for the present,
would naturally excite her nervous sys-
tenn. On her way to Sioux Falls she
was compelled to remain over two days
in Chicago to recuperate for the rest Of
the trip. and while there she denied her.
self to the public who sent up their cards
bY the SCOTS.
T.. FL. Ayers, editor Of the vermillion
Plain Talk, has been convicted of pub.
fishing lottery advertisements. Mr.,
Ayers was indicted by the grand jury
| April IL, for publishing in the Vermil-
lion Plain Talk during the month Of
December and up to January Is. lottery
advertisements, one for a Vermlllion
jeweller and one for M. A.. Dauphin.
Of New Orleans Postodice Inspector
Clement was directed by the DEPART
ment to investigate and see if there
were any violations, which he did, and
found that Mr.. Ayers had been violat~
ing The law. During the month Of Dec
cember there was published in the Plain
Talk an advertisement of jeweler in
Vern1illi0n. who offered prizes to his
customers tickets being to those who
purchased q certain amount of goods.
Postmaster Kidder, Of Vermilllon. in
formed Mr. Ayers that he could not
accept the Plain Talk with the lottery
advertisement in it, and that if they
were presented they would be thrown
out Mr.. AYres, however, persisted.
and the result was just as Mr.. Kidder
predicted. Mr.. Ayers appealed from
bidders decision to the postmaster
general, who confirmed the act of his
subordinate. This did not abash Mr..
Ayers in his effort, and after repeated
trials to run his paper through finally
gave it up. He added tc his various
acts another which the inspector re-
ported, and that was publishing All ad-
veytisement which in effect STATED
that Nj. Dauphin, of New Orleans.
would receive money for Investment.
Dauphin is the head and front Of
the louisiana lottery, One OF che
tickets used by the joweler was secured
and used at the trial. This is the first
case of the kind under the new law and
it is one of great interest to the country
at large.
| WISCONSIN,.
Barney Keating. of Langdon. has a
fifty acre field of wheat which showed
above ground week ago.
Jerry Flint left last Monday for
Blackfoot City, Montana, to look after
his mining interests. He was accom-"
panied bY James Stewart who will be
employed at the mines.
St. Joseph's Covenant, Greenfield
Park, which was DESTROYED by fire last
year. has been rebuilt and will %
blessed bv Most B3v. Archbishop Kat
zer on Tueseay, 20th inst.
A German Branch of the Catholic
knights of Wisconsin has been recent
ly organized at Watert0wn, with the
following officers: President. P. j.
Euper; secretary, Leo Ruesch treasur
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