The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-10-20
DAKOTA.

volving the location of the county seat OF
Lawrence county. Thu Lead City county
seat commissioners appealed from the de
cision OF the county commissioners, basine
then appeal on the point, whether or not
the election of November 8, 1877, was d
general election and whether the county
seat was legally located at that time. TIL
appellants also claimed that the then ex
listing laws gave no authority for submit
ting the question to II vote at hat time
Judge Plowinan held that the election wa.
legal and that the county seat was perma
nentiy located.
John II. Renshuwe of Washington, rep
resenting the United States geological
survey, has just finished examining TIL,
work in progress by Messrs. Harrison ant
Griffith of the same department, whc
have been making surveys all sum
mer for the proposed irrigation canal.
along the source of the Jim river
Something over 1,50O square miles O
the survey have been made this season
all of which Mr.. Renshawe says has beer
accurately done. The men are making
their headquarters in Woonsocket while
Mt work In that vicinity and along til,
foothills of the Washington range and
Firesteel creek. They will remain ir
the field until driven in by cold
weather.
According to a statement of a st. Pau
man on his way to Fort Sully, that mill
tary post will soon be abandoned, and nl
merous changes of troops at stations ir
this department will soon be made. A
part of the Eighth United States cavalry
and one or two troops from the Tenth cav
airy will be sent to Fort Assinahoine anC
Fort Meade to relieve n part of the Tween
tieth infantry now there, which with TIL:
remainder of the regiment will be sent to
Leavenworth, Kas. Three companies o.
the Twelfth infantry at Fort Sully, tns
remainder of the regiment being at I.eav
enworth, kas., under command of Colone
Townsend; all will be sent to Niobrara
Neb.
In 1880 Maggie O'Rourke was perma
nently injured by the premature discharg,
OF a cannon in Sioux Falls, which was be
ing fired in honor of the election of X. +
Pettigrew as United States senator. Shs
began nn action for damages against Col
onel G. L. LETTERS and Porter P. Peck, mas
ter of the fireworks ceremonies. Judg
ment for $4,000 was obtained against JET
fers, and after the limitation of his incar
ceration in Jail he took advantage of tn,
poor debtors oath and was released. Nov
Miss O'Rourke has commenced sui
against ex-Mayor Wiley in the sum O
$1,000 on the same grounds, and alleging
that the then mayor practically abdicatet
his Office by allowing the cannon to b,
fired in the city limits.
The Shippers and Producers associa
ton, recently organized at the suggestion
of the Sioux Falls Manufacturers and
Jobbers' association, has issued a memor
1al address to all the wholesale and retail
dealers in the state, urging them to begin
an active campaign to secure at the com,
ing session of the legislature some favora.
bic railroad legislation. Attention is
called to the fact that the present railroad
commission in the state is a practical non,
entity, inasmuch as the commission is moi
clothed with power to enforce it's DEGREES
p. B. Mccarthy, n of the fish warden:
of Pennington county, received IL Letter
from Creston informing him that owner.
of irrigating bitches had taken all tn,
water out of Rapid creek so that only
pools remained in different places in TIL,
bed of the creek, and that fish in conse
fish wardens at once took hold of the mat
ter and will prosecute parties in the futur,
If they do not leave sufficient water in thu
creek to form a current.
Three years ago several injunctions were
secured at Egan against Sioux Fall.
liquor dealers. Joe Kirby drove over tc
%Flandreau and wrote out kilograms to in
terested parties as follows: "Raise you,
umbrellas. as it is likely to rain" Thcs;
were sent collect, and the operator tore
them up. Kirby sued for damages anl
was awarded $3.50. The case was appealed
md the supreme court has just reversed
the decision of the lower court.
1t is reliably reported that a worm ha.
made its appearance in Edmunds county
South Dakota, that is destroying the Rus
sian thistle. 1t is said that there are lit
orally millions of them in n small area
They are small green worms, less than al
inch in length, and appear to attack TIL,
Russian thistle only. The state entomol
ogist has been asked to make an investi
cation of this matter and report results.
Some months g the supreme court oil
South Dakota, by a decision that beer did
not necessarily mean an intoxicant and thu
court could hold it so in any case, brought
down the wrath Of the prohibitionists
Since then the court has squared itself in
another case by holding as follows: The
courts of this state will take notice that
the beverage known as lager beer is an in
toxicating liquor.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
for the Bear Gulch Mining company, with
headquarters at Deadwood. Capital stock
81 100000 1ncorporators, Desire Lebreech
William w. Baker and Ira NJ. Gilman Of
Deadwood, William S. O'Brien Of Lead
City, John White of Bear Gulch.
At Deadwood Judge Plowman sen.
fenced Jay Hicks to be hanged on the 18th
day of November for the murder of old
man Myers last November,
Stockmen along White river and in tn.
Band Lands country have formed an asso
citation for the purpose of Kidding thai
country of wolves.
DR.. Alfred Naultens, who shot and killed
Glen Squirting on October 2, 1892, in Dead.
wood, has been acquitted on the ground Of
self defense.
The disbarment proceedings against
Donovan and Glover, two lawyers O!
Sioux Falls have been postponed indefn.
ately.
Custer expects her new opera house
ready by November 1.
C. NJ. Monfore, a we'll to do farmer liv.
ing in the outskirts of Springfield, was
found dead in bed with an empty NOR.
phine bottle by his side. 1t was a case O.
suicide.
The Bank of France has just received
a consignment of three tons of French
copper coins, recently shipped from
Belgium to Nantes. all of which will
gradually be put in circulation.
The Record society has aroused the
ire old fashioned people who do moi
like to have their faith in historical
traditions disturbed by the. serious an
nouncement that King John did not
sirn magma charta. that he wns in fact