Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-29
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

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Chas. NJ. Ashley and II. NJ. Seyglad
2 of Sioux Falls, have received a patent
on a chocolate cutter.
: A destructive fire visited Brookings
I last Wednesday. Five buildings
E were burned. Loss $4,000.
A movement is on foot TO increase
the capital stock of the Sioux Falls
Linen Mill company from $4,000 to
$75, 900.
III. III. Knapp, who eloped with Mrs.
: Jennie Sickles from Cayour, was sen
fenced to one year in the penlten-
tiary. Mrs. Sickles was not prose-
/, cuted.
The Worlds Book company of Ch.-
cago is about to publish a history of
South Dakota and has sent the man.
uscript to Col. T. III. Brown of tn
worlds fair commission TO read and
criticise.
Mark Randall, a member of the
Sioux Falls law and order league, says
there are from one TO two hundred
females in that city who carr their
livelihood through prostitution.
The postmaster at Washington
Springs, has resigned, and George r.
Bateman is recommended by Con-
gresham Jolley and Picker. e. Z.
Gilmore has been appointed post
master at LennoX.
DIR. McLouth, accompanied by Pres.
Sheldon of the board of trustees, and
Mr.. Mcintyre of the board of regents,
/ IN .n - ~ -, - 49, g - r., no
Of the agricultural colleges of the
northwest, with a view Of collecting
some valuable pointers to be used at
home.
The Western Union Telegraph
company has decided to run another
wire from Huron to Sioux City, via
Hawarden, the work to be done at
once. This will be of interest alike
to Sioux Falls and Sioux City, as it
gives both places additional telegraph
facilities, which has long been needed
for their business interests in this
part of South Dakota.
The Corn Belt real estate men held
a meeting at Mitchell last week. At
the business session the association
endorsed a corn belt exposition in
Mitchell for 1893; recommended the
establishment of a bureau of immi-
grafton in this state: authorized a
headquarters III the business portion
Of Chic lgo during the worlds fair,
and discussed a number of plans to
further real estate interests. The
meeting adjourded to hold its next
meeting in Woonsocket.
Judge Smith rendered a decision or
the application of Mrs. Daisy Edna
Winslow for Temporary alimony in
the case of divorce pending against
her, brought by her husband, Herbert
Hall Winslow, the playwright. The
court grants Mrs. Winslow $50 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 s 1000 damages
has been instituted by Chairman
Greene of the state republican CEN
trail committee against the Western
Union Telegraph company in Mime
haha county. The claim is made
that a contract was entered into with
the company in October for the use
of a wire into MI. Greene's private
office. The wire was cut before the
campaign was over and Mr.. Greene
put to unnecessary expense in having
messages carried to and from the
depot at Chamberlain.
The supreme court handed down
the following decision last week:
Cannon, assignee, ct al, respondent,
VS.. Deming, sheriff, eft 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 Edmison,
respondents VS.. Doble, appellant.
Appeal from Minnehaha county.
Appellants petition for %rehearing
denied. Opinion by kellam. ].
The most interesting specimen so
far received by Prof. Cross, who has
charge of the worlds fair exhibit, is a
magnificent Oxford Down sheep.
This animal belonged TO Edmond
Cook of Wilmot, n 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 500 people have called
to see this sheep and many believed
himl e, so natural was the mount
ing.
Barney Traverse, OF Fort Pierre,
and his rifle came up against a mag
niflcent specimen of the American
bird of freedom the other day with
fatal results to the bird. Upon being
measured it was found that it spanned
| 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
hands of an expert taxidermist, and
in 1893 his eagleship will be found at
a Fort Pierre exhibit in the South
Dakota department of the worlds
fair.
Auditor Taylor says in his latest
report that an insurance report, show
ing the condition Of each company
authorized to do business in this
state, should be issued annually. The
importance of this work can be esti-
mated when it is known that the peo-
pie of South Dakota paid in the years
1S90-9l, 1852, 1882 in fire premiums,
and companies, during the same Pc
| riod, paid for losses 1891, 7iS.02: in
hail premiums S2l6, 12l 90, paid for
losses Sl16,0 48. 95; in life and accident
premiums 500, 352.88, paid for losses
SI52, 447 SO, making a total paid by
the people in two years, Sl,3i3,3lJ Is.
OF this amount the companies paid
back in losses 5000, 23n.3 3. Daring
the three years South Dakota has
been a state these companies have
paid in taxes and fees to his Office
SCI, 716.9S
Three times married aud twice
divorced is the record of Eliza and
Edward Erwin, of Dell Rapids. The
couple were married 20 years ago
in Iowa, but the husband vas shift
less anc cruel. and the wife six
months ago secured a divorce. The
Judged signed the decree without
examining the referees report, and
afterwards set the decree aside. Mrs.
Ervin's attorney then brought up
the case again and secured a decree,
but it afterwards developed that no
notice had been given the defendant,
and again the judge voided the
decree. A third time the case has
been heard, the trial taking place
last night. Judge Aikens has not
yet decided the case, but this time a
decree will be granted, which will
forever settle the complicated family
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