Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-02-17
SOUTH DAKOTA.

winter, from some unaccountable
| reason.
Jock rabbits, which were so nlmer-
ous last winter IRE very conspicuous
Inv their absence this winter.
Immense quantities Of Ice are Delns
stored Mt Huron by the chicago ANU
Northwestern Railway company.
Henry Iyerson of Worthing has pur-
chased nm interest in Stcenslands hafd-
ware store at Hudson.
rhe tow mill at Dell Rapids, 6pernt-
oil Inv G., II. Marsh burned 10 INC
ground. Cause unknown.
The South Dakota Poultry associa-
t;on closed Il very successful cXMpl-
ZION ot Mitchell. All parts of the STATE
cast Of the river We're represented
A new banking house Is 70 ne s.a , l't
ut Woonsockct. w. a. l'ovell , H.
Sioux City furnishes the capl.ai
will be Incorporated as Il state oahN'
Two new creamcries will locate near
here this spring, one ut Forestpurs.
nine miles east and one ut Wcsslhsto'
Springs, fifteen miles west.
| ,rhc farmers institute for DAWSON
on1 Hanson counties was helu ''~
Mitchell. Discussion OF cattie 'a's'n'
and the Campbell system or SOL cur
turc occupied the time: oil the institute
Gettysburg is exciting to experience
q hnilding boom in the spring. new
0nera house, Il large addition 10 inc
dakota house, and several Dus'ness
houses are assured.
| Sheriff Eats. who has been or Wv,
trail of the robber who Durgntrlne',,
the postottice at Tyndall recently, anu
secured $500, arrested his man at Jim "
ha and brought him back TO lyhuai''
Hutchinson county, is about to suHer
loss of about 200 voters. andre"
Schatz, who is perhaps the most lhnu'
entail Russo American in the county,
will, on March /. lead q colony I"
Wells county, N. d.
The Catholic society has about cios"u
the contract for the erection OF tle.l
new $4,000 granite church edlnce at
salem. Stone and sand are on the
ground. and work ON the structure Will
undoubtedly begin with spring.
Huron will soon have telephone con-
necticn with WATERFOWL. The DAKOTA
Central Telephone company IS arrane
ing it's system to embrace that city.
giving Sioux Falls and other large
towns of the state the benefit OF tele-
phone communication.
Sheriff w. S. Davenport of Wood
Mury county. Ia, and Z. ]. Jackson
from Sioux City, were in Edmu'ds
county recently to look up the stock
business, and while at Aberdeen pur-
chased ranch rorth Of Ipswich, upon
+1,o1, will mako valuable I'M
Drovencnts the coming spring.
The report comes from Pierpont that
Mr. Parrot who recently had S!'3 stolen
from him by a burglar vino entered MS
place of business through cellar WIN
dow has recovered nearly all OF the
sum from the thief and the affair mas
been hushed up, the thief being well
known citizen and church member Oh
that place.
A farmer canned Ed Stevenson went
to the home OF Sever Olson ut Vcrlnl-
lion in an intoxicated condition ana
den,a1de1 aduittaIce. Olson's mother
haing very sick he was refused adCiit-
lance at which he became abusive ana
threatened to break down the d"or. In
the fight which ensucd Severson was
PIC badly fatally stabbed by Olson Who
is how in Jail.
Tile bail of William Davidson. hay
ing been reduced from $4,000 to S2Nh.
the amount was secured and he was
released from Jail at Deadwood. He
was brought to that city from Sioux
alls last fall to be retired for the MUIR
der of Orlando G:les at Belle Eourche'
four years ago. 1t is expected that he
will be acquitted at his new trial at
Belle Fourche next month.
Thomas King of Waubay was.
brought to Huron by Deputy United
States Marshal A. T.. Labrie. and taken
before Commissioner Grant. on the
charge of selling liquor to Indians on
the SisSetOn reservation. He waived
examination and in default Of $500 bail
was committed to the county Jail to-
await the next term of United States
court at Sioux Falls.
Ice men are ut work at Pierre at
tempting to secure a supply Of ice from
the river for the coming year. They
are having great deal Of trouble both
on account of the thinncss of the ice
and the fact that the thawing weather.
allowed the blowing sand to accumu-
late on the ice. and the freezes at night.
formed frozen layer Of sand which
makes desirable ice scarce and hard
to secure.
Weather in South Dakota during JAN
uary will compare favorably With that
Of any state in the Union. The average.
temperature for the month WAS % deg.
above zero, as shown by the records in
the United States weather bureau.
From 1882 to 1898. inclusive. the aver
age temperature for the month was .
deg. above zero. hence the temperature.
for January, 1898, was II deg. above
the average for a period Of seventeen
years.
The last report of Public Examiner
Taylor on the condition of the state
banks, discloses a situation much more
gratifying than was shown by his pre-
vious statement. The report for De-
tober shows an increase of more than Il
million dollars over the preceding six
months in deposits. The loans and dis
counts show a decrease for the same
period, and it is said that unless the
demand for loans becomes stronger.
many of the banks will retire from
business.
1t is reported that Hon. John II.
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