The Irish standard., 1895-02-16

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gates the system of convict labor con-
victe, and provides for their employment
under direction OF the warden or board
cf managers, and directs that the warden,
or other chief officers. under direction of
the board Of managers, to purchase the
tools and machinery necessary to such
purpose. Section S authorizes the en-
ployment OF instructors and provides
that their salaries shall be fixed by the
chief officer, with the approval Of the
board Of managers. Section provides
| for the payment of bills and salaries in
CURED by this act from the state treas
ury each month upon sworn schedules
approved by the board of managers, ex-
cept IN the case Of warehouses, when it
should be paid from the municipal treas-
ury. Section provides that goods pro-
duced under the provisions of this act
shall be sold by the principal officer un-
der approval of the governing board, who
are authorized to appoint agents for this
purpose. Section 9 provides that no ma
chinery other than hand Or foot power
shall be used except in the manufacture
of bind ng twine at Saltwater except
where the chief officer, with the approval
Of the governing board, deems it neces-
sary. Section Ii and IL are OF little in
terest to the public and need not be en-
urged upon, but section l3 provides that
the articles manufactured shall be, so tar
as practicable, such as are in common
use in the several state and municipal
institutions which manufacture them, it
being the intention Of tbs act to manu- /,
facture such articles as n1ay be mutually !
exchanged between pencil institutions.
Section IA requires that En- snnual report
shall be submitted by the officers Of the
institutions. Section 16 provides For the
termination Of existing contracts for the
labor of prisoners upon 30 days notice.
| The remainder of the measure ia of q
purely perfunctory character.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
! DIXON e. Tbomps hardware mer-
chants Of Carthage, S. d., have been
Keeping record Of tbs cold weather, and
find that the average for January shows
the coolest westher for 13 years. For
! the FIRST eight. days, iin Esbrusry. the
thermometer registered below zero as
follows: 80, 10. %, ls, q, "a, 40, 40, maxi
ing an average Of 1874, the co1dest aver
age known in the locality.
''The United States ewes South Dakota
from $2,0o0,0ou to s3,0o0,Oo0, and i l,s,~
lieve that the gum can be collected"
This statement was recently made by f.
NJ. Goodykoontz, of Mitchell, s. j., state
agent st Washington. lMr. Goodykoontz
was employed two years ago by the state
to go to Washington and look up all pos
eible claims of the state government
against the general government and TO
prosecute them. He is to get q fee oi Z
per cent Oh What he recovered. The
| SUM spoken OF above he believes can be
recovered On the sales Of lands. A. pro-
vision of the state Of South Dakota, SINH
lar to other states, and indorsed by the
general government, provides that tho
state shall receive per cent Of the vslue
of all public lands within it's borders
which the government sells. Since the
entrance of South Dakota into the Union
some $4,000 has bean paid to the state
as the percentage on the Land taken nn-
der the pre-emp ptions act. Mr. GodY-
koontz claims that the same percentage
| can be Justly recovered sor the !ands in
| the Sioux and Sissetoa reservations
which have been thrown open.
NORTH DAKOTA
The remains Of the late superintendent
! Z the Missouri division of the Northern
Pacific, John Dorsey, were taken from
Dickinson, N. D., to Detroit, MINI, Mon
day morning for interment. His wife
| and children accompanied them in q
special car.
It is now the purpose OF the resubmis-
sionists to attempt to expunge ths record
of last Saturday from the journal when
| the question of approving the proceed
ings comes up at Bism arck and thus get
the defeated resubmiss1on question sgain
before the house. Four years ago resub-
mission was defeated by combination
of Prohibitionists and opponents OF capt.
tai removal and the attempt will be
| made to give the Prohibitionists their
own medicine. The movement is not
likely to succeed.
WISCONSIN,.
Mrs. VIM. Rnlley died at her late home
in Emerald, St. Croix county, on the 4th
inst. Deceased was noble Christian
woman much beloved by all who knew