Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-24
SOUTH DAKOTA.

worth of bonds ut a premium of $1GO.
August Brockman, prominent citi~
zcn OF Redllcid, died recently of lung
fever.
Jamestown Elks will open club.
rooms in TINT city, there being quite II
herd of them.
Local sportsmen have got in their
work ut bismarck and shot some Ct
the nortEbound geese.
1t is reported that the Russian this
tic has almost disappeared from this
state and Minnesota.
Three cars of Canadian cattle re.
Gently unloaded in the western part CT
the state were bid for Mt SOB a head,
but the owner refused to sell.
A report from Blunt says: More cat
tie have been shipped IN the last two
months than in all last year, and yet
we have room for lots more.
A great many Of the farmers. in
sowing wheat. are changing their seed
This spring, shipping it in from Iowa
ind Minnesota PORTS. About the usu-
al acreage will be planted.
Farmers in Sully county are report
cd to be busy preparing for Seeding.
and in n number of cases have part Of
their seed in the ground. This is
about a month earlier than last year.
The ranchmen from the west are col
)ecting some 1000 head of cattle from
the vicinity of Canton, to take out for
pasturage during the summer, and
winter, if desired.
Madison will have vote on license
cQ1nnnQ fhtarn
paving $1,000 per year each. An eff
fort Viii be made to divert this sum
from the county and city treasures
into other lines of trade.
The officers of Lake sounty are after
gang of wheat thieves that have
been making merry all winter. Two
suspects are jailed, and there are sew
Ell or eight more in the jungle waiting
for the clouds to roll by. q
Mrs. William Il. Bishop has received
good news from attorneys In Pennsyl-
yan;a. \ fortune is to be divided le-
tween eleven heirs, amounting to near
ly S1.OOO,OOO. 1t is coal and coke lana
and has been in litigation many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thayer of Fort
Pierre started from Pierre recently for
Dawson. Mr.. Thayer has been In the
stock business for several years, but
has disposed of his interests and will
try Alaska.
The combination Of the safe in the
Grafton First National Bank refused
to unlock several days ago, and, after
importing several Minneapolis experts,
it still remains closed, but the bank is
open with lots of money on hand, just
tile same.
The state insurance department has
refused authority to do business i'll
this state to tile Home Forum order OF
Chicago for the reason that the Organ-
iZation has failed to meet its losses i'll
many cases and other minor consider
atoms.
Farmer GUNNER of Trail county,
who shot and killed a young man who
was stealing potatoes in his garden,
and was afterwards acquitted, has
been sued for $4,000 damages by the
father of the young man who was
killed.
Joseph Dolroux, a farmer who lives
near Cavour, was arrested on com
plant of Postal Inspector Fawkner
and brought to Huron. Dolroux was
charged with sending obscene letters
through the mails. United States Com
missioner Grant bound him over to the
federal grand jury in the sum Of $500.
Redflc]d is to have building boom
in the spring. A $1,000 hotel will be
built by V. P. Packard; a $4,000 in
surance block by Mrs. A. B. Ander-
son, and an opera house by q stock
company, at cost Of about $4,OOO,
which will have seating capacity or
about $500. The opera house will be
completed by May 20.
Inspecting Officer Lieut.. Frost Of the
S. d. N. g., recently inspected comDa-
ny II Of Watertown. The company is
at present the largest in the state and
is doing splendid work. The company
is prepared to perform whatever work
is required, and should a call for
troops be made they will respond
heartily, both officers and men.
Judge Winchester of Bismarck has
declared constitutional the law passed
by the last legislature anneXing the
llnorganiZed territory west Of the Mis-
souri, river to Stark and Billings cou'l-
ties. The law was opposed by the big
cattlemen, for the reason that it meant
the taxation of their herds in thOSt
counties. The case will be appealed
by the cattlemen to the supreme court.
, Edward Kaske, farmer, who lives
near Crandon, Sphinx county, was
brought to Huron by Postal Inspector
Fawkner, and taken before United
States Commissioner Grant, on the
charge of sending obscene letters
through the mails. He was bound
over in the sum of $500. Koske re-
ceivcG some comic valentines, and his
reply to the sender is the cause of his
present troubles.
An oratorical contest was held at
Dakota university at Mitchell, recent.
|, ly, to select representative for the
intercollegiate contest to be held at
Krookings in May. There were five
contestants, George Potter, e. L. Colt
: on Il. A.>SIVhite. Miss Mana Cook and
l.. S. Whitaker. Mr.. Cotton was
awarded first place. The subject was
1.-The Decline of citizenship" Mr..
Cotton won second in the state contest
in 1895.
On March 3 fifteen head of cattle,
belonging to Andrew Schultz, living
near Sturgis, We're stolen, and James
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