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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, special: Two
Mexicans employed on the ranch of
Charles Morrison, in Buchel County,
fought a terrible battle with knives on
horseback, which resulted in one of
them being killed outright and the
other fatally wounded. The names
are Leonardo Garcia and Francisco
Lopez, and both were employed as
cowboys on the ranch. They have
both been paying their respects to the
daughter of a neigh boring ranchman
and had several quarrels over the
girl. They met in Morrison's pasture
and agreed to settle which one of them
should marry the girl by fighting a
duel there and then. Each carried
dirk knives and that weapon was
chosen. The affair was a desperate
one. 1t lasted for thirty minutes, each
man receiving more than twenty
Wounds. Lopez finally made a desper-
ate charge and drove the knife into
the body OF Garcia and the latter fell
dead from his horse. Lopez attempted
to escape into Mexico, but was over
come through weakness, and was cap
tured before he crossed the border.
His injuries are fatal. The girl APP
proves of the duel and says she will
uluITt lIOpcL III lie RECEIVERS.
COLUMBIA, S. c., special: Gov. Till
man has received information that a
race riot was imminent atiHarlin City.
He ordered the Santee Rifles to put
themselves at the disposal of Trial
Justice O.. B. Whetzell. The negroes
in that section formed q combination
not to pick cotton for less than 30 cents
a hundred for white farmers and 40
cents for cOlOred farmers. An old ne
gro who violated the agreement was
taken ont of his house by a mob of me-
groes and severely beaten. Several
negroes were arrested for the crime.
II this undoubtedly incensed the ne
groes. Owing to poor telegraphic ia
cilities nothing further can be learned.
COLUMBIA. S. c., special: Returns
from all over the state indicate that
only about two-thirds of a vote was
polled in the primary election. The
anti-Tillmanites generally refrained
from voting. Tillman carries every
county. with the exception Of Carries
ton, ltichland and Sumter, and proba-
biz II more. The Legislature will
he overwhelmingly for Tillman for
lnlted States Senator. insuring Sena-
tor Buffers defeat The conserva-
tlves will likely run an independent
ticket at the general election in. Nov
ember and that will be Buffers only
hope of capturing the Legislature.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. special: The
deeper the grand jury probes the
worse the delinquent tan scandal
grows. Indictments We're returned
against twenty-four OF the most promi-
nent cotton firms in the:city. charging
them with failing TO pay taxes and do.
ing business without a license. The
amoun of evenue out of which the
state and county have been defrauded
during the past eight Years now
amounts to mere than $1,000, 0JO.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
Will Emigrate to Liberia.

BIRMINGHAM special: The lnterna-
tional Migration Society, which was
incorporated in this city February,
and whose object is to send southern
negro Colonists to Africa, has closed IA
deal through its manager. j. II. Nc
Mullen, who has just returned from
Philadelphia. with a steamship com
panI, and the first boat will leave
about the 18th of September. The
ship will start from Philadelphia and
touch at different Atlantic and south
ern ports, and from New Orleans will
go direct to Liberia. via Havana. 1t
is expected that by November 5000
negroes will have been transported.
The ruler of Liberia has offered each
family of colonists twenty-five acres of
land and implements to work it with.
The society is formed on the co-opera-
tive plan, and each negro wishing
transportation must pay $40. The n
groes are wild over the scheme ana ii
least 10. 000 will leave the south.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06

down q decision in Brooklyn In the
suit Of Chester A. Walters, for a writ
of mandamus to compel Principal l..
3. Hanaford. of school No. -. 10 adj
init Chester A. Walters and Ada Wall
tiers to the privileges of the school.
The principal had refused the child
rem admission on the ground that they
were not vaccinated. Judge Bartlett
holds that a principal of a pubic
school has the right to exclude child.
rem who did not conform to the school
regulations. Education is a privilege
and not a right, according TO the
court. and therefore he denied the ap-
plication.
LIMA, Ohio, special: A battle took
place at Ohio City between a gal g OF
thieves and citizens. The thieves
we're found breaking into a store room
and when called upon to throw up
their hands, fired, wOunding Watch
mar Riser. The thieves endeavored
to escape. but citizens pursued them
and a lively battle took place, with
several wounded on both sides. JOS
eph Lehman and Attorney Lewis were
probably fatally shot. The citizens
we're finally forced to retire and the
thieves escaped, carrying with them
either two dead " badly wounded
comrades.
KALAMAZOO. Mich, special: Alon-
70 Kendall, a Kalamazoo aerOnaut.
made an ascension at Schoolcraft, but
during the decent. when about 100
feet from the earth. he lost hold from
the trapeze bar, and dropped head
first to the ground, striking the fence.
His neck was broken, and when he
was picked up there was not q whole
bone in his body.
HURON. Ohio, special: Ambrose
Likelider and Robert Tuchs were in
stantly by the explosion of two large
casks of ammonia which were being
hauled to Havana, Ohio.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
MeXicans Like the New Law,

CITY or MEXICO special: The Amer
lean tariff law is certain largely to en-
pand with the United States. especial
ly in cattle and wool. The cattle trade
with the United States was DESTROYED
10y the Mckinley tariff, impoverishing
many Americans who We're engaged
in it. The wool trade. which during
1880 and lSs1 amounted to about 900
tons Il year exported to the United
States. and which was wiped out by
the hostile rulings of the Treasury
Department al Washington and COM
pletely annihilated by the Mckinley
tariff. will spring up again. Clcve-
lands free raw material policy has
made him the most popular American
among NcXicanS.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
DOMINATING.

PARCHMENT was in occasional use
from the earliest times, came into gen.
eral use about POO B. c., and continued
until the invention OF printing.
ROMAN books were often composed
Of a number of pages of wood strung
together with a cord passed through a
hole in the corner of each block.
MANY early books had no title pages,
but in the center of the first page ap.
peared a short paragraph setting
forth the character and contents of the
work.
SEVERAL books of the second and
third centuries have leaden leaves.
One such. in the British Museum, has
six leaden leaves, with hinges and u
clasp.
THE process of book-making has,
from time immemorial, been so CHEAP
In China that "a book OF Twenty-Five or
thirty pages is rarely sold for more
than l cent.
IN 1850 stereotype plates for book
r were rendered more durable by
protecting them by a covering of cop
per, this being laid on by an electro
type process.
N"t hC iCoNOc VI tllS
TALBOT palm are used in Ceylon for
writing purposes, even many legal doc.
uments being executed on this print.
tive material.
AT Athens, in the time of Demos
themes, the book-makers sold a small
wooden account book, for recording
contracts, at "a quarter of an obolus
e~ach-about ! cent
WHEN many copies of any book were
required, during the days of manu-
script, all the scribes in a monastery
were assembled and wrote from the
dictatiOn o. a reader.
THE first sluare book. are said to
have been made by order Of King Alta
ius, OF fergamOs, who directed this
plan to be followed for the greater con-
venience of readers.
IHE first book with maps wa, printed
IN l4s6. II was an account of Breyden-
bach travels in Palestine. and con-
tanned seven map, n OF them five
feet in length and + lded.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
south Dakota Briefs.

THE State Board of Equalization ha v
raised the valuation on farm LANDS !"
Fall River County - per cent.
\ PETITION for a reduction in frelgh'
rates on grain over the Great Nortn
ern, to correspond with lower prlces~
wheat, is being circulated M slshe''
The Osborn & Mcmillan Elevate.
Company is converting nearly all then
flat houses on the 500 Line into eleNa'
tors, a large force of zen being eH'
ployed in the work.
AN official inspection of the reser'
vations in the Dakotas and other SEE
lions of the Northwest will be com,
menced by Commissioner OF !ndia1
Affairs Browning in the beginning u
next month.
A NUMBER of farmers living on wv
Cheyenne bottom in Fall River ,ou.
ty have decided to put in a big lrrls%I
ing wheel to take water from Nv
Cheyenne River above the falls: lni!
will put in this fall five miles OF ils 'he
ditch, to irrigate 1000 acres. II ~
experiment proves IL success as
numbers of farmers will put in wN''"
next year.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
THE BUSINESS WORLD AS SEEN
BY BRADSTREET.
Business IL Picking Up in Parts OF tho
Country MANY Southern Negroes Wild
Over a New Colonization Scheme-Mexi-
cans Like the New Law.


NEW YORK special: Bradstreets
will say: AT all but a few cities from
which special kilograms have been re-
ceived influences are shown to have
been at work, resulting in still further
improvement in the business situation
since the settlement OF the tariff ques.
ton. The free wool clause OF the tariff
has resulted in renewed activity
among manufactures. The next most
conspicuous Withdrawals from bonds
are dry goods, crOckery and glassware.
Sugar is advancing on a speculative
demand, and it is declared that grocers
will carry heavier stocks. New Eng
land wooden mills are now receiving
orders for heavy wOOlens. Prints II
dress woolens are selling freely. Thus
far funds to move crops have not gone
west as freely as anticipated. All
western centers covered, except Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and Oma.
ha, report distinct gain in the volume
of business. The relatively favorable
condition Of trade in the region tribu'
tary to the three larger Minnesota
cities during August is based on a bet
ter wheat crop than predicted and the
practical depletion of country store.
keepers stocks. In the South Atlanta
and Birmingham alone do not report
a large volume of business. 1t is note
worthy that the financial condition of
Texas merchant is said to be better
than for years. At Omaha no material
change is noted, except country mer-
chants being obliged to buy nearer
home to help Omaha's jobbers. A
large volume of business in staples
was transacted at Milwaukee. At St.
Paul and Minneapolis the improved
business for the month of August con-
tinued, while at Duluth heavy wheat
arrivals and firmer lake freights still
further increased the volume of gem
eral trade and there is a brighter out
look.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
IN THE EAST.

WASHINGTON special; The Secre.
tary of the Interior has approved
allOtments in severalty to the Gankton
indians of South Dakota. The allot-
Ment will amount to over 10000 acres.
NEW YORK special: Reserve. de-
crease, 81, 0Ss, 900: loans, increase. 81,
a65, 600: specie. decrease. S2S4, 900: le-
gal tender, decrease, $3.50. 600: dero>-
its. Increase, $S91, 900: circulation. de.
crease. ", 900. Banks now hold SG6.-
$4,000 III excess of the legal require
ments.
ISHPEMING, Mich. special: \ set
Element known as Finland. on the
South Shore road. was wiped out by
flames. Many settlers lost everything
Thousands OF cords OF poles and ties.
as we'll as much standing timber were
burned. Trout Creek and other set
Elements are threatened.
WASHINGTON special: The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has decided that
under the terms of the new tariff bill
payment OF sugar bounty on claims
already filed cannot be legally made.
1t is presumed, however, that all pro-
ducers having claims for the bounty
will prosecute them in the court of
claims.
NEW YORK special: The anti-toXine
treatment. alleged to be cure for
d%iphtheria. will be introduced into
this city by the board of health. Ex-
periments have shown. it is claimed.
that if cases are treated within thirty
six hours the mortality can be en-
dered practically nothing. The pres
ent average mortality of true diph-
is - per cent
NEW YORK special: Judge Bart
EFT of the supreme court, handed
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
CROPS LOOK eErrEp
summary Of the Reports
Nine COunt,es For,

OF the Reports fror,
Nine Counties. Forty.
Below is a summary of repor,.
iorty-nlne counties in this STAY IRON
to the United States Wealth. Sen.
~ huron, giving crop ondition nureaa
The weather generally ons'
ane iasi week n copious shove ier
over a large portion of the state Tel
|ng the ground in places to a soak.
six Gfsd seven inches. In no uepth Of
the Black Hills more than a = Of
cy OF rain has fallen. %'ui1cien.
Threshing is progressing s%low,.
yields OF all crops are turning on, ana
lighter than expected. MilIs, mucA
corn and oats are generally a naaS'
in the eastern section of the s,a. "''ufe
cept in the millet and corn ,ba ex'
planted late. which has revived '' Was
derfully from the influence Of tho won
tiful showers. and if frost does r'ea'
cnr too soon a partial crop may be- o oS'
tanned. 'cob
Farmers have commenced b.r.-
again in some localities. The Ssnl lug
o standing has started forth e.@s
prisingly, and a fall crop of hav ma',
yet be obtained. The hay on 10y 10!
prairie is a total failure. being sb .us
and dried up. Places that hay ha. w.
been cut on for two years are hoi nv.
cut. Large quantities are being M.
up in expectation OF Il high price p on
the market tho coming winter. VI
Corn and millet that had no hona d,
recovery from the effects of drout6 6s'
been cut for fodder. In scattered TO-
calities garden stuff, late planted COM
and millet have received renewal
vigor from the recent rains. Pastnrss
have also been greatly benefited and
the ground put in good condition for
fall blowing, but it i, expected tba,
the number of acres that will be pIow.
ed will be few.
On the 10Th hail fell in large oman,
titles, and with a strong wind did dam,
age to all crops where it occurred, hu,
the area covered was ~comparativeJy
small.
Late potatoes have begun growing
again and may make a fair crop: al
though small, they will be of GOOD
quality.
Crops in the Black Hills are show
ing up finely, except in the southeu
portions, which are suffering from The
drouth, and in places will Dringa larg
er yield than any year heretofore
The kernel of the oats is well develop
ed and is beginning to ripen.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06

William w. Lyon, a convict in the
Sioux Fall penitentiary, escaped and
no n appears to know which way he
went. He was sent up from Canton
less than a year ago for ten years for
rape on a 6-year-old child and is a man
about so years old. He was regarded
as a trusty and was blowing in the
field adjoining the pcnitentiary, with
three other convicts, when he took leg
bail. He vas gone an hour before his
disappearance was discovered. The
country Is being hunted over for him
and he will have hard work to get
away.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
New Corporations.

Articles of incorporation were fleQ
with Secretary of State Thorson by
the Marion Gold Mining. Milling ai
Prospecting Company of Custer City
incorporatOrs, William F. Wells
James Brownlee and Samuel Scot.
capital stock $500, 900. Omaha sand
Stone Company, Hot Springs: incor
porators, Davis Bennison, John L
Burk and LOOMS 5. Gull; capita
stock $4,000. Britton Corporatiyt
Equitable Company, Britton: obiec
general merchandising: incorporate
p. A. Nepstead, w. w. Reed, Jane
Appelby. A.. S. Woodward and Jane
Stalier: capital stock SO, 000.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
Driven Out of Town.

At Huron a gang of toughs were
hustled out of the city, with %instrue
tions not to return under penalty OF
being put to work on the streets
Tramps and toughs have become very
numerous and troublesome the past
ten days, and many INDUCED in petty
thievery. Some II appropriated a
coat and gold watch belonging to H.
ID. Wharton.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
To Disbar "a Law Firm.

The lawyers of Sioux Falls hel'
meeting and appointed a committee 70
bring disSarment proceedings agalh'''
Donovan & Glover, who it Is claimed
have been procuring divorces on three
months residence and who were Gis'
covered in the suit for divorce OF MIS-
Blench.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
To Reorganize Yankton Guards.

Gov. Sheldon has given order, 10
Maj. John COXhead of 1ankton, to as
band Company c, and reorganize II
under a new corps of officers. lhl'
action is said to have resulted from a
lack of interest among the preseh.
company and its officers. Harry van
Tassel will probably take the place o.
Capt. Adamson in the new organlza'
ton.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
BITS or TON.

THERE are Gls, 000, 900 Buddhists.
DENMARk'S bikes are over seven
centuries old.
IN Canton, China, 100000 people live
In house-boats.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-06
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-23

Durin. last week several very i'm
portant official and semi official re.
ports on tho condition of the cotton
crop were made public. The most
important Of these were the acreage
report of the New York Commercial
and Financial Chronicle, an authority
of high standing, and the acreage and
condition report Of the Agricultural
Department. In addition there. we're
issued reports on the condition of the
Texas crop by two influential jour
nails of that State.
In the matter OF acreage there is a
singular uuanimily shown by the re.
ports. Thus the Chronicle makes the
increase in acreage for the entire cot.
ton belt only 2.06 per cent, and the in.
crease in The Icxas acreage s per cent.
The agricultural Department makes
the increase in acreage for the entire
belt 6 l0ths of / per cent, and the in
creasc in the Texas acreage Z per cent.
The two Texas journals referred TO
make the increase in acreage in that
State fir, m 7 TO 10 per cent,
Both the Chronicle and Agricultur
al Department Indicate a decrease in
acreage on the Atlantic coast and in
Tennessee, and both agree in claim
ing that the condi iDn CT the crop is
better than it was at the same date
last year. This unusual unanimity OF
opinion ought to leave little doubt in
the mind of the average citizen on the
subject Of the growing crop. AS f.r
as acreage is concerned, it is apparent
that there has been a nominal increase
the larger acreage planted in Texas
Arkansas and other States being of.
set 10 very large extent, by a dc
crease in acreage on the Atlantic
coast and elsewhere.
The general belize has been that Tho
acreage had been largely increased
This idea must now be abandoned il
the light of the information furnished
but, as 10 the condition of the crop
the opinions are 50 unanimous as t.
the satisfactory progress made that i
would be absurd not 10 admit that
based upon present conditions, a larg
er crop is promished than the last on,
turned out to be,
OF course. the promise existing a
the present time may be more than oil
set by %untayorable meteorologica
condition later on. but present ,rol
data, If they indicate anything at al
point to an increased yield Of cotton
IN. o.. Picayunc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-23

Many people here are very confident
that viii Purvis will not be hanged,
still nothing definite is known aud the
outcome is very uncertain. One thing
ia. however, very certain, white cap
ping is a dead thing in Marion county,
and law and order will prevail. lfthe
whitecap cases, in which viii Puryis
is a state wi,Ress. lie tried al the Ma
riou court, q resentence will follow al
once, Ii any OF the cases should re-
suit in 4 mis,rial he viii be held with
out sentence until the cases r dis,
posed OF, When he is resrnteurcd an
appeal TO The supreme court will be
taken. In either event he is getting
quite a lease on life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-23

A report from Egan, S. d.. tells OF
some interesting archaeological dis
cOverics made near there by A, G.
Hatch. lie concluded TO investigate
the contents of a huge mound situat.
ed OH the top of q hill, and started at
it with a spade. lie soon discovered
a tomb, which was about ten feet
square and was divided into several
compartments. 1t was lined with a
cement in which is large proportion
OF feldspar, a quartz rock not found in
This portion OF tho state. In these
compartments were found twenty-five
skeletons and aeveral additional skulls
were exhumed, besides many curios
in bronze. At one side of the tomb
was also found All altar on which the
supposed prehistoric race offered its
sacrifice and performed it's worship.
The skeletons were those OF males a.
veraging nearly eight feet in heigth,
OF massive bone, well shaped head, in.
dicatiug considerable intelligence Drs.
Bryan, of this place, and Evans, Of
Dell Rapids, have been examining the
fossil remains and bronze curios found
and pronounce them Of very ancient
date. Futhcr examination will be
made by specialists, both Of the skclc.
tors and tho tomb, and more remark.
able discoveries are yet expected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-06-23

"Why il is," says the Oxford Globe
that some of our cnterpriSing friends
do not start a wholesale stabilized beef
exchange here in Mississippi, we are
unable 10 understand. For, compared
TO the bleak plains Of Kansas, We have
n regular c%attlc'S paradise, All c'ct
our woodlands the whole year around,
they below and paw the earth in mad
iov, tat. sleek aud doughty. And We
remember back in our childhood days
when oar ranch on; in the country had
its 'fat,encd' bccf-some fresh and
some picked for preservation, srd ii
kept sweet and tender for months and
mouths. As it ID We send our poor
little yesrlinss up there where they
are grown aud fattened and returned
10 us-paNing o in transportation
TO and fro and profit on that we
buy than we got for u cows origin
ally. So that instead of receiving a
net revenue we actually lose in the
rsisiag. \ reform must and vii! be
started IN this business. Who will
take the lead: