Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-09
SOUTH DAKOTA.

forty eight students, which Is double
! the number of last year.
| Mrs. Hculgate. wife uf Rev. Mr..
Houlgate, OF the Methodist church at
Pierre. died suddenly OF hemorrhage OF
the lungs, caused by grip
! The dwelling house Of Patrick Ma
ley. several miles southwest of How
ard. was burned. With the assistance
OF neighbors, all the clothing and fur
niture was removed.
| In the fire hich consumed the home
of III. II. Ninton at Wakonda. nvolv-
! ing loss of about $4,000, Mr.. Vim
! ton lost his war records and pension
papers.
! Joseph. the fifteen-year.old son OF
City Treasurer John Olson of Sioux
! Fails, who fled with over 500 of his
fathers money, and who was captured
at Cherokee. Iowa, has been taken to
the state reform school ut PlanKinton
by Deputy Sheriff Meyer.
! The members OF the Black Hills
troop OF Grigsby's Rough Riders are
expecting TO receive word at any time
! to re-cnter the service. Nearly every
man would re-enter the service pro-
| vided he could be assured trip 10
! the Philippines ana active service.
William McCarty and an Indian
! named Grow Dog broke Jail at Cham
! berlain and have not since been re-
/ captured. The other prisoners in the
! Jail refused to go, but advised the dep
/ uty sheriff Of the Jail delivery. Both
| the men were United States prisoners.
| Henry Murray. late quartermaster
rNf hA nal.
! in Sturgis last Tuesday. His reslgna-
| ton was solely on account Of ili-health.
Il. ~. Hull of Huron has gone TO
Washington on business connected
! with spiis in which the South Dakota
| Railway commission is interested,
pending IN the federal courts.
Dennis OLeary, driver on
| Sankton omnibus line, while driving
his bus to one of' the depots, was sud
denly stricken with paralysis Of the
! heart and died before the manager OF
the line, who was inside the bus,
could stop the team aEd reach his side.
! OLeary came from Sioux City, where
he once owned several hacks.
Bids were opened at the Indian Of
fee, Washington. for the erection OF
/ new school buildings at the Flandreal.
/ Indian school, South Dakota, as fol-
| lows: Owen & lille, Minneapolis,
$21.950: Elan Miller. lie Mars, Iowa,
| $19,415; J. j. Keefe, Sioux City, Iowa,
S2l.500; NJ. L. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa,
| S19,950.
X. l.. Woods. who formerly resided
on his farm near washington. Just In
the edge Of Hand county, and who for
several years has been In the employ
of the Adams Express company, with
| headquarters at Chicago has decided
10 return to farm life. and Is arrang-
Ing TO establish a sheep ranch on his
| possessions in Hand county, begin
ming operations about the first OF
/ April.
| Last spring large number Of south
ern quail We're brought into Deadwood
by sportsmen from Lead and Dead
1 wood. They were planted down in the
valleys. Reports from the valleys
| state that the birds have increased in
astonishing numbers. The gun club
Of Belle FOurche last week sent for a
large number of the birds, and they
| viii be planted on the Belle Fourche
and Redwater rivers.
| 1t is learned upon good authority
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| among citizens Of Spearfish asking
that the state school of mines Of Rapid
City be closed. the reasons given being
the great cost of educating the stu
dents at the school and the greater
importance Of making II large appro-
prlation fer the normal at Spearilsh
The petition viii be sent TO Pierre
| The friends Of the school of mines are
| inIlippont n tho Suaa rtish
! ID. a. Scott, n prominent business
man Of Sioux Falls. was assaulted at
washington by w. II. Rogers and beat
en- seriously with n pitchfork handle.
Pat Mcdonald. the sheriff of the coun-
ty, was present and rescued Mr. Scott,
or lie would have been seriously in
jured. Rogers was arrested and plead
ed guilty. but escaped from the sheriff
before judgment could be entered up
The sheriff is now searching for Rog-
| ers.
Sheriff Kemplay OF Rock Rapids has
returned from Walkerton. Can, with
the furger w. III. King, who passed a
, forged draft on the First National
Bank of that city last fall for $500,
since which time he has been hiding in
Canada. He made desperate fight,
legally, but had to come. His partner,
A. j. Canahar, was captured in Port
Huron, Mich. in January, and has
been in Rapid City for about a
month. Their trial will come off at
the April term.
Fifteen years ago two prospectors
We're employed In the different camps
in the Northern Black Hills in digging
for placer gold. They were named
Joe Gimp and Ed Anderson. A letter
was received last week by Deadwood
parties from the Buffalo Hump min
+, ing district. in Idaho, stating that two
prospectors bearing the names of the
men formerly prospecting in the Black
Hills, had sold claim for over $780,
600 to capitalists from Spokane and