Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-03-02

UtTlEil StllbbI.
The new gas wen ut Pierre is near
ing completion, the contractors ex-
pecting to strike the first Of the main
flow which bears the gas some time
this week. They will conti.ue several
hundred feet afte rthe first flow is
reached. as it has been demonstrated
that the deeper the water strata Is
penetrated the stronger the flow of gas
and water.
The home Of William Lukas at Yank-
ton has been the scene of unusual trib-
uialion. On Wednesday morning the
mother CT Mrs. Lukas died of pneu-
mo, in. During that afternot II a sister
died at Sacred Heart hospital of con-
sumption. Two days later. on return
ing from making arrang ments fer the
double funeral. Mr.. Lukas found his
wife and three children in great agony.
having lunChed On cheese which con
tanned some kind of poison. phys!-
clans We're Immediately summoned.
After working over them all night the
doctors managed 10 bring them
through. but they had very narrow
escape from death.
The biennial report Of the state board
of health Is being prepared. On the
3lst day Of May. 1898. the board had
a balance Of S519O left from the an.
preparation Of $1,000 made two years
before. The statement incorporated in
the rPport shows a balance Of S13I on
hard CIV Nov !. 1893. to run the board
until July I. 1889 There are 1.22I Ii
censed physicians in Sotuh Dakota,
according 10 the report. The returns
from the county boards Of health from
the state are not complete, only about
One-third Of the counties having re-
ported: these show that during the
past year there were but eleven deaths
in the state from tagious or infcc-
touS diseases.
Il. D. Gay Of Vermilion. having
heard of the excellence ofthe cigars
made at Manila, had box containing
twenty-five sent to him by mail When
they arrived ut San Francisco the
postmaster there suspected what the
package contained and notified the
postmaster at Vefmilion that upon re-
ceipt Of the package by his office he
would better examine 1t. When the
Package arrived It was opened in the
presence Of the postmaster. The Gus
toms Ct,iceIS were informed of it's con-
tcnta and they directed that the pack
age be sent to them for inspection.
They have now notified Mr. Gay that
if he wants the cigars II VIII be neceS-
sary for him To contribute five dollars,
or twenty cents each, as duty, penalty
and internal revenue.
The Dawson County Poultry Asso-
ciatiCn has lust held it's third annual
exhibition and IL is considered the most
successful exhibition we have had, al
though the number Of birds on exhi-
bition were, less than last year. Owing
TO the two weeks Of cold weather just
preceding. fanciers were afraid to ship
their fowls. There were about 200
birds OH exhibition. Judge q. ID. Hol-
den CT OwatGnna. Mimi. scored the
birds and gave excellent satisfaction.
There were twice as many birds
shipped in from outside than any pre-
vious year. few Of them being sent
from Minnesota and Iowa. About
twerty different breeds We're exhibited,
the largest class being Light Brahmas.
followed bv Buff Cocihps, plymouth
Rocks. and Wyandottes.
Insurance Commissioner Campbell
reports that forty-fve fire insurance
companies have iiled their statements.
and most Of the life companies have
done the same. The Phoenix Of Brook
lyn did the greatest amount of busi-
ness of any Of the fire companies do
Ing business in the state for the past