Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-12-29
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

; Sioux Falls to Norway.
Grading ON the Sioux Falls ant
Yankton road will be pushed al
winter.
Groton had 100000 fire Monda,
with insurance for about half thai
amount.
] Clas. NJ. Ashley and II. NJ. Seyglad
OF Sioux Falls, have received paten,
on a chocolate cutter.
~ destructive fire visited Brookings
last Wednesday. Five buildings
4 were burned. Loss $4,000.
y movement is on foot to increase
the capital stock of the Sioux Falls
Linen Mlil company from $500 to
600.
II. II. Knapp. who cloped with Mrs.
Jennie Sickles from Cavour. was SEN
/ fenced Ia one year in the peniten-
tiary. Mrs. Sickles was not prose
cuted.
The Worlds Book company OF Chi
cago is about 10 publish IL history Of
/ South Dakota and has sent the man
liscript To Col. L. II. Brown of the
worlds fair commission to read and
criticise.
! Mark Randall. member Of the
I SIOUX Falls law and order league. says
( thereare from one tn two hundred
I females in that city who earn their
livelihood through prostitution.
The postmaster at Washington
| Springs, has resigned. and George r..
/ Bateman is recommended by Com
| gresham Jollcy and Picker. T.. T..
Gilmore has been appointed post
master at Lennon
Or. McLoutl. accompanied by Pres.
/ Sheldon of the board OF trustees. and
Mr.. Mcintyre of the board OF regents.
are OFT on tour Of nSpcctson Of some
OF the agricultural colleges of the
/ northwest. with view of collecting
some valuable pointers to be used at
/ home.
| The Western Union Telegraph
company has decided To run another
wire from Huron tn Sioux City. via
itawarden. the work To be done at
/ once. This viii be OF interest alike
/ 10 Sioux Fails and Sioux City. us it
/ gives both places additional telegraph
facilities. which has long been needed
/ Tor their business interests in this
/ part OF South Dakota.
The Corn Belt real estate men held
a meeting ut Mitchell last week. At
/ the business session the association
1 endorsed Il corn belt exposition in
! Mitchell for 1893: recommended the
establishment Of bureau OF immi-
! grafton in this state: authorized Il
| headquarters i'll the business, portion
loi Chicago during the worlds fair.
ana discussed number OF plans To
/ further real estate interests. The
meeting adiourded 70 hold its next
! meeting in Wouusrket.
Judge Smith rendered a decision on
I the application Of Mrs Daisy Edna
\ WINSTON Tor temporary aliluony in
the case ofdivorce pending against
| her. brought by her husband. Herbert
! Hall Winslow. the playwright. The
court grants Mrs. Winston 500 per
month for the support of herself and
child, 500 for the expenses Of taking
testimony on her side of the case in
New York city. and $50 attorneys
fees. Mrs. WinSlow. who has been in
South Dakota for three weeks. has
returned To New York.
a suit demanding 81 600 damages
has been instituted by Chairman
Greene of the state republican CEN
tral committee against the Western
mon Telegraph company in Mime
haha county. The claim is made
! that q contract was entered into with
the company in October for the use
OF a wire into Mr. Grecnc'> private
/ ~ l..
campaign was over and Mr.. Greene
put TO unnecessary expense in having
messages carried 10 and from the
depot at Chamberlain.
The supreme court handed down
the following decision last week:
Cannon. assignee. ct al. respondent.
VS.. Demlng, sheriff, ct al. appellants.
Appeal from Codington county.
Affirmed. Opinion by Bennett. p j.
Erickson. respondent vs.. Brookings
county. appellant Appeal from
Brookings county. Affirmed. Opinion
by Bennett, p. j. Brace and EdInison.
respondents vs.. Doble, appellant.
Appeal from Minnehaha county.
Appellants petition for rehearing
denied. Opinion by kellam. j.
Inc most interesting specimen so
far received by Prof. Gross, who has
charge Of the worlds fair exhibit. is a
magnificent Oxford Down sheep.
This animal belonged to Edmond
Cook Of Wilmot, one of the largest
sheep raisers in the state and the
owner OF fifty Of the most valuable
sheep. in South Dakota and died at
Aberdeen about two months ago.
This ram weighed $50 pounds and was
mounted by TaXidermist Campbell of
Huron. Fully 800 people have called
to see this sheep and many believed
him to be, so natural was the mount
ing.
Barney Traverse. of Fort Pierre.
and strife came up against a mag
niticent specimen of the American
bird of freedom the other day with
fatal results to the bird. Upon being
measured it was found that itspanned
an exact seven feet from tip to tip of
wings. The dead eagle was at once
purchased by popular subscription
and turned over to Judge Pettigrew,
who will Immediately place it in the