The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-09

II STATE NEWS.
II The fall term OF the South Dakots
agricultural college at Brookings viii
topen August q.
II Contractor Owens, OF Pierre, has beer
awarded the contract Tor constructing
the additional buildings at the new
Lower Brule agency ut 2s,40O.
| Nineteen candidates are seeking the
domination OF sheriff from the hands ol
the republican county convention oi
Jerzuld county. The Office is now held
by d demo-pop.
| Anew Efad 10 horseback riding has
been introduced ut Hot Springs summer
resort BY w. III. Caldwell Of Chicago
The young ladies arc learning to ride
astride wearing beautiful bloonaers. Re.
Gently q party Of sir young ladies' iecked
Gout tn these costumes made d tour
through the surrounding country. They
present very pleasing appearances and
the fad OF riding "man fashion, is be.
looming quite popular.
| Aberdeen Nsws, Il: Brown county
ranks first in the state this year id ths
Yield Of all kinds Of farm products, as
well as first 10 the entire west and north.
west with the exception OF few scatter
cd localitieaa North Dakota and por-
tions Of Hlinois, Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin report fair crop conditions
but, taksn as q whole, the drouth has
been widespread and disastrous us-yery
much more severe than ip this immedi.
ate locality.
State Treasurer w. w. Taylor reports
o big crop off his Sphinx county farm con.
tanning 800 acres. He has some wheat
that will go 30 bushels to the acre, and
oats from 40 to 90; potatoes and other
crops proportionately good A portion
of the farm is. irrigated and upon the
irrigated tracts are the best crops. Mr..
Taylor says be will no longer depend
upon rainfall for moisture sufficient to
mature crops where artesian water may
he had SO easily and cheaply.
Public Opinion, Z: A good deal has
been said regarding ths time prairie
chickens may be shot, many contendinQ
that u will be unlawful to kill them be- |
fore September 1st, and others are equal. |
ly certain that the season begins August
ldth. We understand that while the
last legislature was supposed to have
passed law fixing thetime at Septem
ber lat, a question has been raised con-
ceruing the legality CT the act, and that |
Attorney General Crawford, III being ap-
pealed to, has decided that the season
opens August 10Th. In view or this dc
cision it would seem useless TO try TO |
stop the slaughter that will take placs
about that date.
A Mrs. W.. =. Hamlin, of Brainerd,
Mimi, recently appeared in Yankton I'M
expectedly to her recreant husbBnd who
was living there with another woman |
who claimed TO be his wife, and as re-
suit. Hamlin has had hearing befors, d |
justice, waived an examination and id |
default Oh 81 900 bull has gone To jail to |
await the next term OF court. Wits No.
!, claims that she was Miss Daisy Kirk
when, she was married to Hamlin last |
October and that bis present companion
10 Miss Flo. Wilson, of Brainerd also.
She says that Hamlin by his oily per.
suasive tongue would make any woman
on earth trust him, but she ay0ws now
that she win Stay by him until she putsi
him whore he w1il deceive no other
woman.
The translation Of Quintus Eurtius by
Van;seias occupied 90 years The trans4
lator rendered every sentence 6ve or ten
different wars and finally chose that
which pleased him best.
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