Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-01-20
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Capt Lucas is said to have sure
thing on the registership of the Cham
berlain land office.
The new opera house at Sioux Falls,
the finest in the state, will be opened
next Monday evening.
Lennox will haye two creameries in
operation the coming year, coatract
having just been let for $4,000 outfit.
John II. Pyle of Huron has presented
the University at Mitchell with deed
to quarter section Of land in Jerauld
county.
Different Star, Sioux Indian con-
fined in Jail at Deadwoed for cattle
stealing, committed suicide last Mon
day morning.
Sioux Falls is now paying 50 per
1000 feet for gas, and new company
asks for franchise to erect gas
plant, agreeing to furnish gas at$1 per
1000.
It is reported that Auditor Mayhem
will sue the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader for lible on account of
the attacks made on him in connection
with his Office.
John Bush, member of the board OF
county commissioners OF Brule county,
committed suicide by blowing off the
top of his head with a shotgun, to
escape the cares of office.
Sheriffs who take prisoners to the
state penitentiary from now until July
| will be obliged to advance the ex-
pense money and await an appropria-
tion by the next legislature for reim-
bursement
The business men of Yankton are
agitating the question of $4,000
starch factory in that city. Hope it
will prove better investment than
the packing house which was erected
several years ago.
Private Secretary Ayers, Insurance
Commissioner Kipp and his chief clerk,
King, will launch a apopulist new spaper
at Pierre this week. Wonder if there
will be any patronage left for the other
faithful newspapers of the district.
Miss Blanche McCalliste of Madison,
assistant principal of the Millbank
high school. was drowned while saving
the lives of two young girls who had
skated into an open place in the ice at
the lake near Millbank. last Friday
eyeuing.
1 The citizens of the northern portion
of Union county are fighting against
the building of a S25, 900 court house at
Elk, Point, and it is intimated that, a
county seat removal contest will be. on
in the near future if the north end
wins the present fight.
The Yankton Herald says that the
Douglas Avenue street railway track,
the onlylin in the city operated by
horse (probably means mule) power, is
to be moved to Sioux Falls. Must be
Pettigrew intends to carry out his
threat of making the grass grow in the
business streets of Yankton.
The Canton News states that an
texamination of the books OF Lewis
Bros.s who have been in the drug
business in that town for eighteen
years, shows that the firm on Jan. lst
had only 1893 of uncollected accounts;
tgood, bad and indifferent. The year
1897 stood next to 1892 in the amount
fof business transacted.
A. Van Meter, one OF the early set
tiers at Vermillion, and proprietor of
a portion of the land which was for a
number of years uninhabitable on
account of the flood of 81. and who has
been a resident Of Fort Pierre for the
past twenty years, returns to Vermil-
lion and finds numerous houses occu-
pying his deserted land, and it is now
said that he. will endeavor to regain
possession OF the property.
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