Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-03-30
worked for John Farrand, of Brook
ings last year. He has formerly borne
a good name.

A telegram from Armour says: II
Jack Lockhart succeeds in getting the
1ankton reservation lands before the
president opens them to homestead
entry he will find red-hot lot Of con-
tests on his hands. Shanties are 60
ing up on the reservation in all direc-
tions and the squatters are preparing
to contest the right of the state to
take these lands in advance of their
opening to settlement.
William Taylor, of Laural Hill, L.
l., a travelling salesman for DiaZ &
Co., importers of tobacco, who ar
rived from Havana on the Ward line
steamer Saratoga, on the 2lst inst,
said he was held prisoner on board
the steamer Orizaba by the Spanish
government at Havana, and not al
lowed to land for sixteen hours. Tay-
lor was suspected by the Pinkerton de-
tectives at Havana of being state
treasurer w. W. Taylor, of South Da-
kota, who is fugitive from justice.
Mrs. Albert Johnson, wife of an
honest appearing farmer from Boone,
To-, on the way to OklOhOma, is sup
posed to have been kidnapped by two
horse traders north of st. Joseph,
Mo. The Johnsons, with their two
little girls, camped for the night and
formed the acquaintance of two rough
characters who camped near
by. Early the next morning Johnson
was awakened by the cries of his
children and found his wife missing.
He thinks his wife was forced to leave
camp by threats against her life. A
search has been instituted,
In Thomasville, Ga, Monday night
Gov. Mckinley received letter from
a large number of citizens of Georgia,
both Democrats and Republicans,
pledging him the solid vote of Georgia
in the national Republican conven-
tion if he would declare himself an
advocate of free silver. After read
ing the letter the governor said; "If
the Republican party should declare
for free silver | would decline to
become it's candidate and would quit
the party forever"
A druggists mutual insurance COM
pany has been organized, with head
quarters at Lake Preston. All men,
bers of the South Dakota Pharmaceu-
tical association may become members
of the insurance company by the pay
ment of 81. The organization limits
insurance to $5.000-not more than
that amount will be written for any
one member. Applications for insur-
ance to the amount of $685., 900 have
already been made, but no business
will be done until the charter is Sc
cured, and all arrangements COM
pleted.
Senator Pettigrew has begun an
action in the courts to set aside an
assessment on his land adjoining
Sioux Falls. In the description his
land Is designated the IN. W. Of the
n. W. l." The bases of the action in
court is that in order to be legal the
description should be "the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter. !"
The case comes up for trial immed-
lately and if the technical objection is
held to be good it will have sweep
ing effect the whole state over"
1t is doubtful if such a case will
stick as it has been customary for
thirty years at least to use the abre-
viations as above In the description of
land, especially in tax sales and final
proof notices.
An aged lady, familiarly known as
Grandma" Brown, who lived alone
near Larporte City, Ia, was fatally
burned Monday night and died the
next morning. She was very religious
and before retiring she knelt by the
stove to pray. AS she did SO the
flames puffed out from the stove and
set her clothing on fire. She rushed
out doors screaming at the top of her
voice and ran into barbed wire fence.
She was unable to get loose from the
barbs, which tore her flesh severely.
Her screams finally brought help, but
the man who came to her assistance
was seriously burned before he could
tear her burning clothing off. Her
burns were so severe that she died
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