The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1893-01-20
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

BISHOP w. IL. HARE ~ going TO
Pierre to lobby for a reform in the
divorce business.
Madison expended $4,000 in build
ing improvements in 1892.
Hon. }. w. Harden of Huron, has
recovered from his paralytic stroke.
The 10. 0. f. lodge Of Clark will
in the early spring begin the erection
OF a fine two-story building fifty by
eighty feet.
The county commissioners Of Doug
bond required by the county treasurer
to $4,000.
DR.. D. X. Pearsons, of Chicago, has
given to Yankton college 1000. on
condition that the college raise $780,
600 within one year.
G. W. Hubbard, the champion deer
slayer Of the Hills, killed fOrty-one
deer, eighty-One pheasants and three
mountain lions during this season.
1t is estimated thatover | 900 BUSH
els of wheat have been stolen from
the granaries Of farmers in the Rock
Valley neighborhood west Of Wcon-
socket.
Secretary Noble has exonerated
Special Agent Cooper, charged with
mlsapprOpriating moneys due the
Indians at Pine Ridge and other
agencies.
The citizens of Faulkton are
organizing and taking concerted
action to advertise the resources and
opportunities in Faulk county for
new settlers.
Suit has begun for Julia Bedding
against the Black Hills and Fort
Pierre railroad for $4,000 damages
for the death of her husband four
years ago.
Word has been received in Mitchell
of semi-Otficial nature that the
| lanktOn reservation will undOubt-
edly be opened some time in April or
| May of the present year.
The Burlington and Missouri Rail
| road company has signed a contract
to extend it's line from the present
terminus at Portland to Speartish.
distance of twenty-eight miles.
The boys of Doland have organized
a band and will be known as the
''kid" band. They will use the
instruments of the old band for the
present and will get down to business
at once.
| Tow mills will soon be an ordinary
institution in this state. The latest
town heard from is Clear Lake, where
the ground is being looked over with
a view to establishment Of a mill of
| the tow variety.
| The South Dakota Press assOcia-
tion will meet at Pierre January %
and 26. The first session will be
called to order at 10 a. m. on the 18th.
Matters Of Importance will come
before the association.
s. A North Star club has been organ
lied at Mitchell. The club is COM
posed of Danes. Swedes and NOrwe-
gians and has for its object the culti-
walton of society and the advance
ment of people Of their own race.
r Work is being pushed on the Sioux
Falls, Yankton & Southwestern rail
road, and the grading will be com
pleted ready for the iron early in
the spring. 1t is expected that
trains will be running by July l, 1898.
A junketing trip to Chicago is on
the tapis for the worlds fair COM
mittees of both houses of legislature
and the commission, for the purpose
of inspecting the state building and
the work already finished and under
way.
Nathaniel O'Neill was found dead
in the barn of his son, Il. J. O'Neill,
about one mile from Gettysburg. He
| had been absent from the house only
a few moments and was in good health.
Heart failure was undoubtedly the
cause.
The board of education Of Mitchell
has presented petition to the city
council to call special election to
vote bonds for the erection of $25,-
900 high school building. The pres
ent accommodations are wholly mad
cQuate.
According to the annual report of
the state board Of charities and
corrections, there were siXty-eight
children in the reform school at
PlankintOn, of which number Cod
ington county contributed nearly
One-tifth.
The latest wonder to occur in Sioux
Falls is a two pound baby. The
little thing was born January l to
the wife of Henry S. Faril, a dairy
man who resides in A. L. Smiths
addition en- the east side. 1t is a
girl and outside of the size is just
like any other baby.
Capitalists continue to pick up the
cheap lands around Abes deem. J. f.
Nash, of Sioux City, recently pur-
chased several quarter sections
through local agency, and fair bus
mess is reported by all the dealers.
1t will not be very long before no
land can be obtained at present
prices.
Settlers to the north and northwest
Of Huron complain seriously of the
depredatiOns of wolves, declaring
them to be more numerous and bold
than has been known for years.
Many sheep and some young stock
have been destroyed. Although
farmers continue to hunt them down
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