Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-11
The report sent out from Amour
fhat fho roo;c%oc oo1 ,.oo:o,o,

The report sent out from Amour
that the register and receiver
had refused to accept the filings
offered byJ. l.. Lockhart, comm. ssion-
er OF school and public lands. upon
lands in the Yakton Indian reserva-
ton, Tor indemnity and endowment
purposes for the state, is erroneous,
as the filings have been accepted by
the register and receiver of the United
States land Office Mt Mitchell, and Mr..
Lockhart now holds the receivers re-
ceipts for 1854 for filing fees.
Mandamus proceedings have heen
instituted against the officers of the
grand lodge, Ancient Order OF United
Workmen, to compel them to call
the session OF the grand lodge this
year rs usual. Officers and members
Of Webster od.e takethe initiative in
that judicial circuit. Deputy Sheriff
Smith made service OF the papers
upon Grand Recorder LAWN and
Past Master Workman McNutt aud
the writ is returnable on tho 10th
inst. before Judge Campbell at Aber-
| deen.
1t seems pretty certain that W. w.
Taylor has at last been located in
Chile, w. c. Kisen, OF Rediield, one OF
Taylor's bondsmen, has just returned
from Chicago where he met c. III. Vim
! ton. cousin OF Taylor, who told him
that Taylor is safein Chile. Attorney
General Crawford, when approached
in regard to the matter, would neither
, affirm nor deny that Tayloris In Chile.
but admitted that he is in South
America, but that he does not expect
any detinate developments for about
thirty days, as the de: ectives are
about that far behind him.
Temporary injunction papers have
been issued from the United States
circuit court at Pierre and served up
on a. l.. Carter, OF the Carter Pub
fishing company, and Judge Z. e.
Smith, OF the Ynnkton judicial circuit,
against the further sale OF volume 4.
Dakota Territorial reports. The
rights of publication was cold by
Judge Smith to the Carter Publish.
ing company OF Pierre who published
the volume. and tine injunction is up
on the application OF the West Pub.
fishing company OF st. Paul The
hearing will be in the United States
court ut Sioux Falls.
A Menhnite colony. sixteen miles
southeast OF Parkston had a close
call from poisoning a few days ago.
Some Of the men had caught mess
OF fish and had prepared them for
their Sunday dinner. and the cook
took several pieces and put poison in
them for rats, laying them aside. AS
is the custom OF the colony they
charged cooks on Sunday, and the
new cook, seeing the meat, gathered
it up and put it with the rest OF the
fish for dinner. But fortunately the
other cook noticed the poisoned meat
WAS gone and made inquiries. a
piece OF the cooked fish was given to
a dog and in five minutes it was dead.
Prospectors Wenner and Kroksh
are still at work on the old steam
boat which was found - feet below
sand5ar in the Missouri river, near
Elk Point recently, and which was
suilk o' years a.'l. lNe men HhNe
made very little progress during the
past two or three weeks, owing to the
insufficient casing OF their shaft and
to the lack of strength OF their water
buckets. Both these detects have
been cured, and they hope to reach
the Object OF their ambition within
short time. There is considerable
speculation as to whether the whisky
Ill the hold Of the steamer will be
found in good condition.