The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-11

7FErYsysFgKrHA VI NJDNAue
The assessment returns nave come in are
from all the counties OF the State eX-
cept Custer, Hughes, Jerauld, Moody.
Pennington, Potter. and Gregory. On the
returns so far in the net increase over the
returns from the same counties last year is
SIS, ,47b, i43 If the same percentage of in
crease is shown by the counties yet to
come in the total increase for this year
will be over Si0,pp],0GO The State Board
will more than likely reduce this, for the
reason that iam,;ion County alone ac
counts for practit"Iiy S4,0OO.000 of this in
crease. That colntv started on the theory
OF assessing property at as near actual cash
value as possible, and an effort was made
, to secure cooperation of all the counties
OF the State i'll such an assessment, but
none of the others followed, except that it
might have been attempted in Walworth,
'lch also shows a largely increased as
sessment
Judge Gaffy had the Miller-St. Law
renee case before him the other day. The
whole matter is the outgrowth of an old
town site fight, in which Miller came out
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to Miller by piecemeal for several years.
AT last Peter Grss of Miller purchased Il
large brick block at st. Lawrence and be-
gan to tear it down for removal. "A tenn
porary injunction was secured and the
ground up that the removal of such
buildings would impair the valne of bond
issued by st. Lawrence. After the is
suance of the temporary injunction Griss
attempted to continue work and was ar
rested on the charge Of contempt of court.
On t5nal hearing Judge Gatfy dissolved the
injunction and released Griss from the
contempt charge. The removal of build
ings will now go on without hindrance
and St. Lawrence will probably coon be,a
memory.
The advance sheets of the Insurance
Commissioners forthcoming report show
that the fire risks written and renewed in
this State for the past year were 500, ,537 ,012:
on which premiums were paid amounting
to s406, Al. The losses paid for the year
amounted to $l93,049. The risks written
for the year amounted to S2,5b9,S0l and
losses paid amounting to s6S, ,IS0. A large
amount of insurance is carried in mutual
| benefit associations, the total amount in
force Dec. 81, 1898, being S61 OPS, 200, OF
which $50, 100000 is in the United Work
men; SIG, ,547 900 is in the Independent Or
der of Foresters, and S13,973,50O in the
| Modern Woodmen of America
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State Supe riniendent Collins of Vermil-
| lion is a firm believer i'll school centraliza-
ton, and will send out a circular letter to
| every school district in the State, which
tells of the many advantages to be gained
1 s>r,
| township. The letter is a long one, and
was written and read by Paul D. Kribs Of
Columbia, this State, at the recent meeting
Of Brown County officers at Aberdeen.
Prominent educators express the belief that
the plan will some day be in vogue in this
State, for it seems to be the desire of most
teachers to see it tried.
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Citizens of Aberdeen have started a
movement which they hope will result in
bringing the First South Dakota Regimen.
home in a body without expense to the
men, They will ask the Governor to send
the Adjutant General to San Francisco, or
go himself, and as soon as the volunteers
have been discharged and paid off by the
United States, have them mustered in as
state militiamen and bring them home at
the cost Of the State.
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A Yankton dispatch states that Frank
Halstead, bandmaster of the First Regi-
ment, South Dakota Volunteers, proposes
to take the band upon a tour Of South Da-
kota when the regiment returns to the
United States The band will visit only
the towns whence companies of voluntears
were sent to the war, provided the right
sort of financial arrangements can bemade
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The authorities Of South Dakota have
decided to ask the Indian bureau at Wash
ington to cooperate with them in stamping
out the glanders, which have been preva-
lent among horse herds on the Cheyenne
River Indian reservation for number OF
years and has spread to animals owned by
settlers in the region adjacent to the reser.
walton.
Gov. Lee was seen by the young men o.
Deadwood, who intend organizing ,ht
troop of cavalry, and got him to promise
that he would authorize the organization
He will make out the commissions for til,
officers as soon as he can, and will alst
order from the Government the arms ant
necessary equipment for the troop.
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The State Board of Charities and Cor
rectons has slected DR.. " Sebialin Ros
and j. j. Nisser, both of Yankton, as su
perintendent and steward respectively, o
the South Dakota Hospital for the Insane
to succeed DR.. l.. G. Mead and F. ID
Wyman.
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Work was begun last week for the con
struction of five large towers on the Stat
University building at Vermllion. Whel
completed the building will be ahandsom,
one. Many other Improvements are unde
way.
Gov. Lee expressed himself as having al
enjoyable time on his recent trip to tn
Black Ellis He was banquetted in botl
Deadwood and Lead
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