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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
South Dakota Briefs.

ITHE Holy Terror Gold Mine in
Pennington County is at present a
bonanza. Gold is being cut out with
a chisel.
A FRANCHISE for an electric street
railway at Hot Springs was granted
10y the city council to Pennsylvania
capitalists. 1t is to be completed and
in running order by July |, 1895.
A RECENT shipment of ore from the
Alma lode to Yellow Creek gave the
largest returns for second grade ore
of any that have preceded it. Two
cars contained twenty-five tons each,
and Melted 81, 900 and -, 900 to the car.
The returns from four assays made
give sos, SILT, $40 and $l34 per ton.
SsTHE commissioners and command
ant of the Soldiers Home at Hot
Springs are preparing their biennial
report. 1t will ask for an a%ppropria-
ticn of $50, 600 for the maintenance of
the Home for the next two years. At
present 1876 soldiers are at the Home.
The average annual expense for each
one is $40, of which the United States
q y 800. AT the end of the year the
United States will owe the s%tates$2, 700
on this account.
ASSAYER LYON recently reduced a
piece of ore from the Guilty Sark Mine,
six miles from Rockford, to concen-
trates at the rate,of 81 to /, and as
saved the concentrates which returned
at s.the rate of $50, COO. rs per ton in
gold. This is equal to about 81, 900
per ton of ore. The name Guilty Sark
is Il Scotch term and means short
shirt" The Short Shirt Mine
promises to take Il sp!ace among the
iomestakes, Golden Rewards and
other bonanzas before long.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
MAKES HOUSES IN MINIATURE.
A Clever Boston Mechanic Furnishes
Models for About 800 Each.

Do you contemplate building a house,
If go. here Is an in aluable suggestion
guaranteed to save you a lot Of money
and regret, and preserve the architect
from untold agg%ravatiOn. In Boston,,
says tho New York Press, there is a
maj who from plans and specifications
viii make a tiny model showing in de-
tell just how the completed building
will look. He C, arge, from $50 to $40
to duplicate in miniature q three-stOry
dwelling of ten or fifteen sera ate
apartments. Everything is accurately
reproduced, from the slope of the roof
to the tread OF the staircase. in this
way the prospective owner, seeing his
ideas practically realized, il able to
make timely and Just criticism. For
even with a lively ina ~ination and
some knowledge OF building, it is i'm
possible TO get q very clear conception
of proportion. Neranda5 that looked
luxurious y bread on paper become
PAINFULLY contracted when actually
p anked over. and it is astonishing to
tte h cram ped and cheap, or bald
and zig is tae real house hat one fan
cied quite free from flaws. The Bos-
toaian's scheme is 10 save you any pos
2ible disappo ntmcnts or b unders. On
q platform i've leet by four inches ho
sets up the little mCd.l, Singing,
lastering or painting the exterior,
y,u lroI o5e using for the real struc-
lure. Every window is in its proper
place, doors swing easily on their
hinges, hall, are low or lofty and rooms
snug o. airy, just a. you propose in tho
plans. lhcre is the house, hat you
my turn it round and round, view it
from a dozen 1t ,udpoint5, see where it
meets your expectations, or wholly
fall TO ma eria.i G your fayoritc theo-
ries. 1t is true thai 50 may eem q
tidy sum to throw away on a toy, but
those who have EXPERIENCED some OF
the tribulations of house building will
think t rather an inexpensive eXpe-
dent in GnO end.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
WHEAT FED TO STOCK.
Government Report on the AIn.unt
Used for This PurpOsc.

Used for This Purpose.
The Washington Statistical Bureau Of
the Agricultural Department estimates
the amount of wheat already fed to live
stock up to Oct. 80 at 4G.030.000 bushels.
and the amount to be fed ut 29,213,000
bushels, making the total I5,303,0O0
bushels. These figures are merely the
meager estimates from those States
where correspondents have complied with
the requests Of the department, and
should not be taken rs more thar an at
tempt at approximation of total feeding
of wheat from the present supply. The
severity and length of the winter will
necessarily influence the final findings
upon this question.
William Dunn bought 10000 bushels of
wheat at Toledo Tuesday to fill a foreign
order. Wednesday he tried to buy some
more there, but none a offered for
sale. There are more than 100000
bushels in sight in this country and Can
ada, upward of 26,000,0 900 bushels
being stored in Chicago elevators, and it
seems odd that zone of these elevators
want to sell any. Millions of bushels of
wheat are specialized in every day, but
actual cash transactions are insignificant
most of the time on the Board of Trade.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
PENSIONS SHOW A DECREASE.
Bill as Reported to the House Carries
an Appropriation of $I41, 5S1,57O.

an VI tltpoIyo
The pension appropriation bill, as re-
ported to the House by Mr.. O'Neil of
Massachusetts, carries an appropriation
of Sill S1, $40, being 5000 less than
the estimates and $1O,20O,O00 below the
appropriation for the current fiscal year.
The reduction is made in two items-in
the payment of pensions and in the fees
of examining surgeons. For pensions, the
bill allows $40, OOO,0OO-a reduction of
S1O,0O0,OO0 from this years a%ppropria-
tion-and for the surgeons fees, $780,
600, being n reduction of 100000 under
the amount allowed for the current year.
In the report accompanying the bill is
a table showing that in 1879 the number
of pensioners was 242,7J the annual
value of the pensions $25, 1913, 142, and the
disbursements on their account reported
by the treasury $50, 121,4S2. In 1894 the
number Of pensioners increased to &c.,
544, the annual value of pensions to $780,
12O, SG3, and the disbursements by the
treasury to $141,177,2Sf.
Commissioner Lochren, when before the
committee, expressed the opinion that the
high-water mark in the payment of pen
sions had been reached. Many of the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
HALF A MILLION A MONTH.
How the Horncstakc Plant Turns Out the
Yellow Metal.

n
Few people have any conception of
the magnitude of the Homestake plant
AMI the clock work regularity with
| which the enormous business is car
ETicd on. There are three mills, where
$50 heavy stamps are dropping on
stantly, day and night turning ont an
average OF ), 90, COO worth of yellow
/ metal montuly. The ore is q grayish
%kcolored, SIT rock. 1t is mined a vari-
EOus depths, from 100 to 500 feet below
kthe surface, and rails by hosting
works. then conveyed by ore cars to
the top house OF the camp mill. There
it passes through crushers and drops
down another story, there TO be fed to
the batteries and pounded to dust. or
what would be dust were it not that
each battery is filled to the proper
five stamps and is charged with
the requisite quantity of quick to
pick up every particle of flour gold Us
it is TO eased from its prison house in
the rock, during the process of pull
%verizatiOn by the stamps. The constant
connection of the water by the action
of the stamp throws the water over
a sort of slash board" carrying along
with it small quantities of amalga-
maEw gold and quick silver. which, in
passing over Il FURNISHED copper apron
abRut 6 by 9 feet, is picked up by the
copper plate, and becomes firmly at
'Asad thereto. AT stated periods
r,uU'S,, plates are washed clean with
rRre wafer and light brushes, and
when a sufficient quantity OF the ANAL
gam has accumulated on the plates,
the stamps of the battery are stopped,
the plates again washed clean Il n I
the amalgam scraped of. 1t is once
moro carefully washed and then put
through Il r~etort, which vaporizes the
quicksilver, condcnses and deposits
it in a separate receptacle, leaving the
gold ready to be cast into bricks, and
the quicksilver ready for use again in
the batteries. The three mills are all
III close proximity, which are known
as the Golden Star Mill, 100 stamps:
the Highland Mill, 10 stamps: the
Star'Mill, 10 stamps, in all3SO stamps,
capable Of reducing about 700 tons Of
ore daily.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
Irrigation Committee Will Meet.

A meeting of the Legislative Com
mite of the South Dakota Irrigation
Association will be held at Huron on
the Goth inst, at which time changes
and notifications in existing laws
touching artesian wells and irrigation
will be considered, and new legislation,
as may be deemed advisable. prepared.
Interest in irrigation matters is in
creasing, and more than double the
acreage of last year will be irrigated
the coming season.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

and one of the most
~enterprising men in
that city. He was
b Orn n Russell
County. Alabama,i III
1870. The close Of
the war found the
III urt plantation
completely desolated
and the son, then
IL years of age. had
to begin the battle
of life for himself.
He managed to ac-
quire q good cduca-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

The Yellow Creek Camp. two miles
from Lead, is still prospecting, and
further development shows it to be
everything that has been promised.
Less than a week ago a company of
prospectors found a body of ore in
Blacktail Gulch which may run into
the millions. Sixteen years ago Cal
ifornia miner named Lancaster took
from Il claim nearly two millions, but
later on the work was shut down on
account of litigation, and finally two
adjoining claims were joined and on
n of them the recent strike was
made.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

ton. obtained the degree of civil engineer
at the age of u, and followed his pro-
fession till 1870. Then he located in At
lanta. entered the real estate and insur-
ance business, and in 1876 entered on the
organization of building and loan 1850
Citations. He became head of the Atlanta
Home issuance Company, the East At
lanta Land Company. and finally man
agcr of the Consolidated Street Rail
road Company. and in recognition of his
~shrewdness and success in this last en-
terprise was elected to the Presidency of
the American Street Railway Associa-
ton,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Daniel Stuckrath, a farmer living
near Estelline, accidentally shot him
self with u double barrel shotgun
while attempting to shove the gun, butt
first INTO IL load Of hay he was hauling.
The charge entered his right arm near
the shoulder, passing between the arm
and his body, tearing away the flesh
and muscles and main artery in his
arm. The physicians have little hopes
of saving the ARM, but think he will
recover
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Judge G. w. Roberts, who is presi-
dent of tho Corn Belt Association,
has, in conjunction with that organi-
cation, been making a careful study of
the TOrrens system of real estate
transfers and will go before the State
Legislature with q carefully prepared
project to submit for its consideration.
Under the system as proposed there
would be no abstract of title and no
chance for imperfections. Each trans
fer would be made to the purchaser
by the county, which would stand
against all possible t~cchnicalities.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
SOUTH DAKOTA EDUCATORS.
State Convention win Meet in Huron
December 20.

state Convention VII Meet In Huron
December 20.
l. The South Dakota Educational AS
sOclation will meet IN Huron Decem-
Der -6-2S. The officers are: r.. S.
Gleason of DeSmet. president: Miss
Kate Taubman of P~lankintOn, record
ing secretary: /. +. Nickel OF Huron,
corresponding secretary: II. l.. Bras
OF Mitchell, treasurer. All the lead
ing educators of the state are expected
to attend. the convention, and there
Will be papers and addresses on every
phase of educational work by special
lists. a feature Of particular interest
will be the report of the committee on
school law revision and the discussion
thereof. This will include the follow
ing:
/. Executive control AMI management of
the school system of South Dakota; what
should be included in the system, by whom
supervised - hat the powers and duties OF
those who coutro! the system:
II =. State ~institlt onS or learning; (a) school
kyStem. (bD Relation to the school system.
", Rights, privileges and restrictions.
' 3. UNCONVENTIONAL schools of all grades:
(a) Shall the state assume any control over
chem? If so, what: % Rights, powers,
privileges and restrictions
A. High schools; (aJ Should they be estab-
lished 10y law: tb) Control and inspection.
"a SldopAi4N1NAOA' ~ htHAN'' PAN'' 1itNt
restrictions.
). supervision. state and county. ca Ac-
q~uirements. tb) Of1icers, how chosen. tc)
RELATION OF county superintendent to state
superinten lent. tu) Powers, duties and re
strictions OF each. (> Terms OF ofice and
removal from Office OF each.
O. Rural schools. (aj Their control. now
vested. TO- Their management and support
il supervision. ID Rights, powers, priv
ieSeS ana It strlctiOnS.
= Miscellaneous provisions: (j State
control i'll e tIbiShing kindergarten manual
and training and other X MS OF schools. tbl
such other points as the committee may
recommend.
The foregoing points will be pre-
sented and ably discussed by Prof. T..
f. Hood, }. w. shannon, President
|. McLouth, Superintendent w. w.
Chiffon, and Superintendent Sue j.
Neill.
Tba State Teachers Association
does not restrict itself to teachers
alone, but invites to its meetings and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

~bookkecper in the
bank. in whom I'M
bounded confidence
was placed. is one Of
the greatest scnsa-
tons in financial cir
Giles in recent years.
Samuel &. Seely was
a prominent Brook
Ign church member,
has n wife and two
children and enjoyed
the respect of all
who knew him. He
is n ~wcak-minded
man hnu-avor opI
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

Has found that her little one, are i'm
proved inore by the pleasant laxative.
syrup Of Figs, when in ne ii OF the laxative
eircct- of IA & ntle remedy than by any
and tn t it is more acceptable TO
toem. Children enjoy it and it benefits
them. The true remedy, Syrup OF Fl 5, Is
manufactured by the California Fig syrup
only
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

The City Board of Health at Sioux
Falls has ordered the compulsory vac-
.cination Of AL the school children in
the city and made provisions to pay
for vaccinating those who were too
DOOR TO do so themselves.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

pensioners who remain on the rolls. he
said, may get increases. so that, even il
the pension roll should decrease. the
amount expended will not decrease in
proportion on account Of the increased
disabilities allowed for.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

into its membership all citizens OF
South Dakota who are interested in
education. The citizens Of Huron ex-
tend a cordial invitation to members
OF the associa' ion and to the teachers
throughout the state,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

y HAnD COUGH distle SOS tho patent, and
racks loth Lungs and Throat. DR.. d.
Jayne, EN- cctorant ~ the remedy van cd
to cure your Cough, aud relieve both the
Pulmonary and b onchial orgrns.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

The Island of Panaria in the Lipari
group, II r,h Of >ici Y, is BILE sed with
peace q d hal pincss 1t owns neither
lawy ers nor pr.so IS, and crimina s
and laup,rs are ecu lily unknown.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
o A BIG SUM.

Samuel {. SceIy, Who Robbed the Ma
tiOnal Shoe and Leather Bank.
The robbing of the National Shoe and
Leather Bank of New York of $:3J4.O00
by Samuel e. SeclY. for fourteen years q
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

a EAR LIKE purity OF color. closely
resembling the cnchantment OF early wi
light; thus was her complexion made RAJ
diant by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

tian Temperance
Union, an opposition
society has been
formed. of this new
organization Mrs.
Cornelia {. Afford,
of son,
Franklin County,
Mass, has been
elected President.
Mrs. Afford favors
a separation Of the
two ideas, temper
ance and suffrage,
and holds that tho
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
THE OFFICIAL VOTE.

Official TOotings of the Vote on Congress-
men and State Officials.
The following is the official vote on
Members of Congress and state OH.
GERS of South Dakota in the late elect.
ion:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

y TICKING tombstone has been
found in Il cemetery at London, Pa. 1t
ticks regularly, like II watch.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

The harbor of Rio dc Janeiro has
fifty miles Of anchorage, and is tho
finest IN the world.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

I CAS- recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption to siGreter, ( ON Asst ma II.
ID. Town sEap, tGrt howard, Wis May 4, %.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

MKS. c. e. LFOKD WV HOIUS tHVt IN
time is not yet ripe for giving women the
ballot.
The social purity movement has struck
Sedalia. Mo.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20

the girl without hanging for it. Harry
grew very angry at Adry's repeated oppo-
sition II finally threatened to murder
him if he resisted. After this Adry sup
posed the scheme had been dropped. 1t
was not until three days before the day
of the murder that he realized that the
plot was still %incubating.
Blixt's Confession.
Engineer BliXt was arrested and con-
fined in q cell in the Central Police Sta
ton, away from all intruders. After be-
ing subjected to the sweating process
Blixt confessed hat he fired the fatal
shot himself. He says that Hayward had
persuaded Miss Cling that ''green goods
could be easily circulated through the
medium of her business as Il dressmakcr,
and she, having always had an insane
idea to get rich easily, fell in with the
idea. The night of the murder Hayward
told her that he had arranged for her
to meet a green goods" dealer on the
outskirts of the city. They started off
on the ride together. About twelve blocks
from the Ozark flats they met Blixt. Hay
ward induced her to let Blixt drive her
to the place of meeting. with the assur-
ance to her that he would himself follow
Immediately in another buggy and be
present at the meeting. Blixt her drove
the woman out to the old Excelsior road,
and called her attention to a passing OBJ
ject. AS she turned her head to look out
of her side Of the buggy he shot her. The
body was then thrown out by the side of
the road. Hayward, instead of following
Blixt and Miss Cling, returned to the
Ozark flats, and afterward went to the
theater with the daughter of q prominent
Minneapolis attorney.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
WOMAN
The New Woman's Christian Temper
anCc Union.

Differences of opinions growing largely
out of the woman suffrage movement hav-
ing caused q split in the Woman's Chris.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-12-20
THE NEW PRESIDENT.

Head of the American Street Railway
Association.
Mr.. Joel Hurt, recently elected Presi-
dent of the American Street Railway AS
ISOLATION, is Il resident of Atlanto Ga.
The sun., 1894-05-13

metallic vnperu. saormsusly deeper and mere
sxtsnsivs than the similar surroundinas of the
sur. shutting cut en- immsnss quantity of
light Wills 1T the same time the surfaes Of the
huge globe vfthis elovs with = greater intsn-
sity Of heat than prevails on the sun.
There IL scms reason for thinkins that
the screen may eventually be stripped
from the face Of this wonderful star. and that.
ss Sirius has done. it may enange from red to
white Such aehsnge might imply . tremsn-
dous Increase Of radiation In 1867 its light
suddenly paled. and the dazzling whltsness OF
its rays astounded those who had observed
the change. In few years Il became red
again. Its color Is palsr now than Il has been
In past years. THIS spring Il has sometimes
appeared to me to have almost parted with It's
familiar ruddy yellow tinge What do such
mutations Import
1t would surely hs worth the risk Involved II
We could place ourselves within easy obssrv-
ing distance OF Arcturus. and study the play
Of solar energies there on . scale which dvarfs
even the gigantic phenomena Of the sun. And
possibly the improvements that the coming
century will undoubtedly bring TO the tele-
scope. the speetroscope. and other instru msnts
OF research will enable us to approach Are
turus In effect II We cannot In fact: for man
already sits like . god upon his little earth
and reaches out to the orbs that surround him
GARRETT P. SERVES
The sun., 1894-05-13
ra,nx. 4o- "a. E-y f.- . c...

The penny store appeals 10 me now with .
fresh interest" said . Young father and
Give me . psnuyF has . new Significance ;
nv youthful daughter has found the psany
store. and she has discovered ne A. a source
OF supplies. II is wonderful the variety Of
things that ean be bought for penny aud 10
is astonishing the variety OF things that shs
buys. Candies she buys OF many kinds that
are new to me. and which must nave been in
vented since the not ysry remote period when
was = child myself There are now more
kinds TO choose from. and thsy are sod IN a
greater variety OF forms; at two for . cent or
three or four: and some OF the stick candies
sold noW are a DOT or so lonk. though thsy are
more attenuAtsd than their shorter brothers
And she buIs articles ot furniture PIANOS and
chairs and things like that Tor cent apiece
and plnWhesl papers. lot OF them Tor a cent.
And ali different colors and those LITTLE TubbsE
bags that you blow up and that make funny
noise when Y0u excel the air from
them Iapsg dolls. little blank BOOKS ami 4
great lot ~ thl ngs iaselnAtlng q the youthful
mind When We walk AnruAt she runs ahsaa
as Ne approach the psnny store. 50 that she
mar have the more time 20 gaze ~ the treas
ure- Ia the WindOW. ~ all the shop HindOgs
this Is the only one that Interests her and Is
see her iook NJ intsntlT IN and think OF the
mAuI thousands OF other ehlldren Iust lik . her.
It 4 sAsy 20 see ShsEs the pront on psRHJ
goods comes in.
The sun., 1894-05-13
s,.aaI.s 0a mis- RIshts.

A vest bound train had lust pulled out OF the
Union station, and the eoIduetor VAS harvest
ing tickets. All the seats were taken. and sew
era passsnesFs we're obliged 70 stand up
Am0uz the latter was ditidsnt- king
milt-mgnnersd man; ~ho. much % the cOn-
duetOrs surprise. refused 10 give up ticket
Mhsn get . seat you get a ticket" he re-
mark ed mildly out hrmJ; yOu are probably
aware that the company cannot collect fare
from pAssSnzsrs whom It does not provide
"Oh' come nov that don't 20 I want your
ticket see" Thus spOks The eoudqetOr, in =
tons that Indicated that he believed he would
Intimidats the mild mannersd man.
- No seat no ticket" lAeonteAliJ observed
Vel see about that KroSlsi the eoadue-
tor Who vas bscomiHz q1lts SAEm In the re-
giou Of the collar.
would II we're yoQ-" remarked the pas
ssnRsr, still mildly. smiling pleasantly.
Then the eOEduGtoT hustled around Gnd
hnAliy found = brother eanc uetor Who VAS go
Ing up the road . NAg. whom be Induced 70
give 40 his seat to the nildly nrn passenger.
There's : seat for you nOE give me that
ticket " SAld the conductor 10 feroclous tons.
''CsrtaialT hare il -"
AAd the mild hut ARA p1ssecSa az hAads4 eat
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