Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-03-02
STATE NEWS.
Items of Interest Cleaned From Lat
Exchanges

lHe cnarlty ball at Sioux Falls
netted the sum of $4OO.
Rebekah Lodges have been organ
lied at Yankton and Vermillion.
Prof. Free has resigned from the
presidency of the Yankton College.
Rain fell in different parts of the
state Tuesday. At Yankton a heavy
fall is reported.
A bill has passed the state senate
providing for building reservoirs for
storing surface water.
Senator Kyle has succeeded in get
ting the endorsement of congress for
a public building at Pierre.
The senate bill increasing the
salery of supreme and circuit Judges
was defeated in the house this week.
While Harvesting fractions horse
few days since, lex Brown of Wess-
ingtOn was kicked and one arm broken
by the animal.
Diversified farming is being gem
orally discussed in Minnesota. If
this is good policy for our border state
it will apply to us as well.
Governor Sheldon has appointed
John Baldwin of St. Lawrence as en-
gineer Of irrigation and c. III. Jetfers
of Lead City as mine inspector.
The Minnesota and North Oak ota
legislatures are fighting for recuc-
tion of 70 per cent on freight rates.
We see no reason why South Dakota
should not have liberal reduction
also.
A couple of young men at Madison.
accompanied by two prostitutes, broke
into a residence at that place and be-
gan using the furniture. The author
tiles were notified by the neighbOrs
and the quartet were arrested for
housebreaking.
Senator Boyce of Sioux Falls is one
Of the leading statesmen of the state
senate. He is a close companion of
Hon. j. c. Allison of BrookiDgs county
and the two are acknowledged to be
the deepest thinkers and most con-
cientious workers of that body.
1t is reliably reported that Mrs. G.
w. Sayre, who eloped with S. B. Sayre,
her husbands brother, several weeks
ago, has returned and become recon-
ciled with her husband. The case
against S. B. Sayre, for adultry, which
was before the court at Redfield, will
no doubt be dropped.
Equal suffrage received Knockout
in the house of represent ativeS last
week. The champions of the bill
worked hard, but were too slow in
their actions. The opponents worked
all around them. The Brookings
county delegation of representatives
voted solidly against the measure.
The effort to entangle Senator Pet
tigrew in the Taylor steal has fallen
through. Taylor purchased a mort
gage against Pettigrew from a bank
in Chicago without Pettigrew's knowl-
edge. When Taylor called for his
money Pettigrew paid him without
having any knowledge that Taylor
was short.
1t is practically certain that bill
will be introduced not only enlarging
the powers of the railroad commission
to prevent discrimination, but to give
power to the ordinary citizen to COM
pei the commissioners to enforce the
law. 1t is believed that such a
measure will find ready support in
both house and senate and will be-
come law.
Geo. Davies, aged about q years, son
of Albert Davies, of Canton, commit
ted suicide 'by shooting himself last
Saturday. He was in love with a
young lady and felt that his affection
was not appreciated. Securing re-
revolver he went TO the young lady's
residence and sitting on the door
step ended his life, leaving letter
explaining his reason All parties are
highly respected.
Watertown is nothing If not sensa-
tional and 1t has been suggested that
it should be dubbed "the sensational
city" Murders, robberies, hold-ups,
embezzlements and elOpements are
commonplace Occurances. Now