Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-02-16
STATE NEWS,
Items of Interest Cleaned From Late
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
The Flandrau Indian school has an
enrolment of 100 students.
The state emergency warrants have
been declared valid by the supreme
court.
| A boy named Morgan was convicted
Of rape at Castlewood last week and
will be sent to the state reform school.
Tuesday morning, Earl Meyer, a
young man living mile and half
east Of Blunt, was caught in the stable
by some fractions bronchos and mar
rOwly escaped being kicked to death.
The commissioners of Minnehaha
county have arranged for the purchase
Of $4,000 worth of seed grain of diff
ferent kinds. To give an idea how
much of a bulk this would be, it is
stated that the grain will fill sixty
seven cars-about three train loads.
NCulClu CouI udl-NtDStINCI has
made a rapid stride forward. A fine
new press, like the one used on the
REGISTER, late improved gas engine
and last, but not least, fine new
dress of type has been added to the
outfit. Such enterprise is indeed COM
mendable.
Prof. A. III. Wheaton, of the dairy
department of the state agricultural
college, and president Of the South
Dakota Dairymen's association, an
nounces the next annual meeting of
| the association at Madison, on the
18th of March. Prof. Wheaton will
deliver the annual address.
DR.. ID. A. Cormarck, veterinarian
of the State Agricultural college,
warns those who are contemplating
engaging in dairying to be careful in
selecting their cows, to be careful not
to purchase cattle which have been eX-
posed to diseases of any kind. The
warning is timely and should be
needed to the letter.
There has been a bill introduced at
Pierre to secure uniform series of
school books for the state. The bill
is so worded that general belief pre-
walls that a deep-laid scheme is at the
bottom of the matter which will en-
tangle the state in "school book
steal" At present. the school law
gives the state great advantage over
the school book publishing houses and
the anxiety of those concerns to
change the law bears evidence that
they have a dark colored gentleman
hidden in the wood pile somewhere.
| A correspondent from Blunt says:
The storm of Wednesday was one of
the severest that have visited this sec
tion in many years. The loss of stock
is small. The air was highly charged
with electricity, as were many houses.
Stoves in the school houses were so
highly charged that half dozen per-
sons were very sensibly shocked by
catching hands and one touching the
stove with a poker. The blackboards
were SO highly charged that work on
them was impossible. Every one ap-
preaching them would receive shock.
Albert Buben, a shoemaker at Tyn-
dell, used gasolene to start his fire
with, which he had been in the habit
of doing each morning, but last Mon
day he set the open can down near the
stove, lighting a match to start the
fire, and the flame caught in the stove
and in the can at the same time, ex-
ploding the can and throwing oil over
him, setting his clothes on fire. He
rushed into the street calling for help,
and the flames were soon eXtinguished
by rolling him in the snow and tearing
the burning garments from him, but
not until his body and face were burn
ed to blisters. He is suffering much
pain, but is receiving good treatment
and may recover.
The police of Deadwood made raid
on the Chinese opium dens within the
city of Deadwood last week. Five
houses were entered and II Cinnamon
and two white men were arrested. A
large amount Of opium pipes, pipe
heads and other paraphernalla were
were captured. The raid was well
planned and carried out, officers being
nlaed at the different doors and at a