The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-10-19

.ion locating the Lawrence county seat
At Dpudwood was legal.
W. A. Ellis, said 70 be forger and
,orse thief from Winona, Mimi. excaped
rom Jail at Eureka n few days ago.
Aired Naultens, who shot and killed
Glenn Squirting on Oct. 2. 1892 has been
acquitted upon the theory of self defense.
In some localities near Miller wolves
are 4. ttng vrrr bold, one farmer having
sost twenty shop in on" night. They
also attack colts and other young stock.
The complainant failed to furnish any
evidence in the proce dings to dsbar J.
N. Donnyan and j. l.. Glover for irr' gu
larities in divorce proceeding ut Sioux
Falls and the referees have dismissed the
case.
The annual convention Of the South
Dakota Christian Union will be held at
Wateriown Oct. 2G to % inclusive. The
nnion is in good condition financially
and there will be a large aud interesting
convention.
David Brown, OF Nance township re-
GENTLY sold three hogs that weighed l.
D2O pounds, for which he received S51
SPOT cash. The hogs We're fntted on
wheat and Mr. Brown realized $l.5O per
bushei for every bushel led.
Judge plowman at Deadwood has
sentenced Jay Hicks to be hanged at
sturgis on the 18th of November for the
murder OF John Meyers last November
A,pc OH ,f
the Judge and the sheriff OF Mead county.
I The supreme court some time ago
handed down an opinion that beer"
was not an intoxicant. 1t caused q
great deal of comment at the time, a few
days ago the court handed down an
opinion in which it holds that lager
beer is an intoaicant.
The Mellette roller mill has secured a
contract to furnish flour for large bak-
cry at Elmira, n. Y. The bakery puts
out 10000 loaves Of bread per da,, be
sides a large amount OF pastries and the
mill will be taxed to its utmost capacity
to till the contract.
Rainey, a printer, has begun libel
suit against the Sioux Falls Forum for
| 5000 damages. A lew DAYS ago the
Forum said that Rainy had skipped the
town with Mrs. Gonlgser. A dsrepntable
woman. Rainev took her to Harris burg,
/ driving across the country III q buggy.
| He lett her there and returned to Sioux
Falls, and claims that he was merely
hired as driver.
Numerous farmers near Ipswich are
ieeding wheat to hogs and cattle. there
by getting the best OF results g. j.
| Potter farmer living north of that
place, raised about 200 bushels OF wheat
/ this season. with the intention of selling
| it, but his corn crop being a failure. he
substituted wheat and its feeding quail
ties have far exceeded expectations
Numerous other farmers are doing the
same thing.
Recent rains over the state put the
ground in spedid conditionior fall plow-
! ing and as a result thousands OF acres
have been turned over in the past few
days. There isevery Indication that next
seasons crop acreage will be as large as
that OF last season. Farmers generally
predict large returns for next seasons
labOr-, the conditions, they claim, being
more favorable ut this time than before
ior several years.
The Producers and Shippers assncia-
ton OF Sioux Falls has issued another
address to the people OF South Dakota
relative to railroad abuses. The asso-
citation makes more detailed eXrana-
ton OF the abuses and exhorts every
voter TO cast lis ballot only Tor the man
who pledges himself to secure ii possible
legislation to relieve the producers aud
shippers and the entire population of
the state OF the ext, ionnte freight
rates charded by the I'll ads.
The report Of the Homestake Mining
Company Tor the fiscal year ending June
| has just been made. The ereport shows
that the net proceeds from gLd bullion
| were y ,312 ,669, and from other sources
$l17 600, u total ni Tl,4S9.6.y. In
dividends there have been paid 81 900.
The stock pays ] ) per cent every three
months. There is sufficient rock in Sly ht
to keep the mill ut work for eight years
at its present capacity. This report
touches only th. Homestake mine and
mills, and does not include the Highland,
Caledonia. Deadwood, Terra, and her
properties generally included under he
name of the Homestake mine The
united States has now pending suit for
| 100000 against the HomestaKe for
trespnss on timber lands.