Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-03-31
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Mellette ia to have q bank.
Hartford is talking Of incorporat-
ing.
Sioux Falls expects to have a whole
sale drug house.
The states Worlds Fair exhibit has
been shipped to Chicago.
A camp of the Sons Of Veterans
will be organized at Huron.
Herbert Hall Winslow, the drama
tist, was denied a divorce at YanktOn.
Thirteen counties in this state have
women county superintendents of
schools.
Col. j. E. Elson of Huron is Q can
didate for department commander of
the G. A. r.
]. w. Neville, a shoe dealer of
WatertOwn, has made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors.
George Stewart of Mitchell, whose
wife has applied for divorce, abducted
his daughter from Sunday school.
Edward A. Bowers of Washington,
late Of GrotOn, this state, has been
appointed assistant commissioner of
the general land Office.
South Dakota grown peanuts will
be exhibited at the Worlds Fair.
They will come from Aurora. Dav-
isOn and Clay counties.
Henry Mullen, who was tried at
F1andreau for adultery, was convicted
and sentenced to one years imprisOn-
ment in the penitentiary.
The prohibitionists of Watertown
are indignant at the city council for
adopting the Sioux Falls plan Of
licencing saloons by fines.
Huron old soldiers are arranging
for a campfire and sociable to occur
on the evening of the 3lst inst.
Congressman Picker and wife will
be there.
Duncan Mcfarland, of Day county.
has been appointed clerk of the sem
ate committee on education and labor
by Senator Kyle at an annual salary
OF s., 30.
The governor will appoint a COL
oDel of the First regiment, national
guard. about the first of June, to sue
ceed Col, NJ. w. Sheafe, the present
incumbent.
Gov. Sheldon has appointed Judge
G. S. Palmer of Sioux Falls as a com
missioner of the Soldiers Home at
Hot Springs. The term of office lasts
for six years.
Judge Campbell has denied the mo-
tion to dissolve the attachment of the
National Cordage Company on the
warehouse, books, accounts, ETC.. of
the Farmers Alliance Co.
Rev. Holp's car Of oil has arrived at
WatertOwn and as soon as tested will
be delivered to consumers at about
] cents per gallon. Citizens have
been paying IL to II cents.
Hon. B. F. Mccormack has been
transferred from the Ft. Bennett In
dian school, where he was superin-
tendent, to an Indian school in Okla
homa, where he will hold similar
position.
George Merry, of Dell Rapids.
brought in hog that weighed 66i
pounds and carried back $46.55 instead
of the hog. 1t seems strange that {,
good fat hog is worth more than two
ordinary COWS.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train.
men are arranging for a grand an
nual demonstration at Huron early in
April, to which representations OF
the order from all parts of the state
will be present.
The proposition of G. L. Gray ia
erect and operate tow mill at Aber-
deem has been accepted by a commit
tee of business men. A bonus of $500
will be given and the mill is to be
completed as rapidly as possible.
Eight of the Indian boys who were
brought to Flandreau from the Lower
Brule agency to attend the Indian
school. escaped from the grounds and
started to walk home, but were cap.
tured at Winfred, % miles west.
A. b. Melville, one of the bcs,
kIUWu lIlU IIOSU successful dGUOrneES
in the state, has gone to California tc
seek new location. He has dis.
posed of his practice at Huron to At.
torncy Chamberlain, formerly OF
Gettysburg.
Great quantities of whisky are al.
most daily being smuggled to the In.
dians from towns adjoining both
Pine Ridge and Rosebud agencies,
and Marshal Fry says determined
effort will be made to bring the of.
tenders to Justice.
The Indians at the Cheyenne
agency will hereafter receive double
rations on tissue day." orders from
the department to this end having
been sent to Agent Lillibridge. This
will save one trip each month to the
agency to get rations.
Earnest Gale, who was a few days
ago put under bonds of $500 for the
seduction of Miss Elizabeth Higgins
of Sioux Falls, was last week made
the defendant in $1,000 breach OF
promise suit brought by Miss Higgins.
He was arrested and his rmn(i nlacefl