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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1890
Page
10
Testimony described as many as 150 illegal votes in Mitchell and names several voters and contractors. Witnesses recount payoffs to influence independent and Republican ballots, with figures and contracts tied to the 1890s polling. Court adjourned with evidence entered and further hearings scheduled.
Justice Abbey extends evidence phase in the Brokaw-Raymond contest as witnesses testified on November 4 recounting votes and payments. Contested hearing paused after threats to witnesses, later resuming with contest counsel arguing for clandestine proceedings, and Congress acts granting extension and aid for settlers with crop failures. A dairy interest meeting in DeSmet and the State Horticultural Society session are announced, with notes on travel savings and attendance.
Marshall Sidney Snow died November 28 in Palatine township Aurora county after a long cancer battle. Born January 1823 in Cummington Mass he lived in New York Wisconsin and Iowa before settling in Floyd county near Nora Springs then Aurora county. He married Lydia Benedict in 1848 and leaves a wife and three children. funeral attended by many praising his character.
The article explains beet sugar production, detailing washing, slicing, and cooking beets in iron cylinders with steam. It covers saccharine extraction, clarification with lime and carbolic acid gas, evaporation to syrup, crystallization, and final grinding into white granulated sugar. It notes yields, economics, and regional comparisons.
John Clochester sworn witness in the Brokaw contest case admitted receiving money on election day that influenced his vote. He was promptly arrested on information filed by H. C. Preston. Before Judge Abbey he waived examination, and J. N. Brokaw and R. C. Warne posted bonds to appear at the circuit court.
Watertown Public Opinion notes Mitchell will share honors with Yankton in producing superior cement. Plankinton Standard says Mitchell will have cement works. Mitchell capitalists bought 1,200 acres near the city. Cement material rivaled Yankton in quality and abundance. Cement works and a sugar beet factory would improve Mitchell’s prospects more than state capital.
At the Congregational church a preacher warned young men against the dangers facing them in drink and gambling, urging purity and self discipline. The Methodist sermon centered on Moses and the temptations of power and pleasure, stressing home and church support to counter saloon and entertainment influences.
Choice Entertainment presents a Tuesday Eve show at the Rink opera house on December 9. Major W H Dizon, assistant general passenger agent of the OSMPS St Paul Ry, will perform as delineator of character with pure dialects and superb renditions. The program features the comedy Shall the Men Vote and original tableaux, with stage effects promised to draw praise. Further details, guests, and pricing to be announced.
A.C. Rice, who has shipped several carloads of poultry westward in two months, plans to enlarge his business. He has leased the Koch block basement on lower Main street and is fitting it to handle butter, eggs, and poultry. Daily shipments come from Hutchinson, Sanborn, Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Hanson counties, and local farmers, moving Mitchell toward becoming a distributing center.
State law requires foreign insurers to pay two percent of net premiums into the state auditor’s office for apportionment among five departments. This year Mitchell’s fire department received 204 dollars, improving its finances and enabling it to sustain its reputation as the best equipped and best drilled department in the area.
Beulah township board of county commissioners met in special session Saturday to approve a contract with Charles Keiter to sink an artesian well for litigation purposes. Bonds for Keiter were satisfactory and the agreement was approved. The well will be sunk on a hill above Tom Baill's house with water to be routed through swales to the east.
A declamation contest took place this afternoon at the university with nineteen students competing to decide the winner.
Contenders from oma ll college are to compete in an oratorical content held several months hence. Judges Reyer Ro Rairden J No Crow and Mral Henry Noble will select the eight highest scoring contestants for the final round.
Davison County commissioners met November 10 1890 in special session to approve A B Keifer contract for the Ben Jahr artesian well. Bond for fulfilment approved. minutes read and adopted. City council discussed artesian well work quartzite strike, two public water tanks authorized, and water-use terms for the Milwaukee Railway. Several bills approved by finance committee include salaries, labor, lumber, coal, and maintenance for city works and services.
December is expected to be pleasant overall, with forecasts suggesting mild conditions from the 5th onward. Projections indicate next year will bring lower rainfall in near sea level regions like Texas, while elevated areas such as the Dakotas may see more rain. The recent snowfall aligns with Foster’s earlier forecasts, offering cautious optimism.
Enthusiastic meeting at the Commercial Club last night heard Illinois Central interest in building through Mitchell to Pierre and a St Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha line extension from Mitchell to Wheeler in spring. A beets sugar plant project and artesian well boring machine factory were proposed with stock and funding details.
Gifford secured the appointment of Fred Hoffman of Prosper township as special agent of the census department to collect statistics in this state on farms homes and mortgages. Hoffman will start duties immediately for at least 90 days at 44 day and expenses. He is praised as upright and capable, former county central committee secretary, recommended by Judge Gifford and endorsers without his knowledge.
The second edition of winter arrived with colder weather and several inches of snow. East winds may bring more snow, prompting moisture, higher wheat prices, tariff talks, and renewed demand for rationing and rhymes.
A large cylindrical lumber tank painted with pitch is sunk ten feet at the head of the sewer to serve as a catch-all and flush basin. The shadow drain from Sixth to Fourth Street carries the artesian well overflow and will empty into the tank. An automatic trap will open when filled, allowing water to rush into the main sewer to keep it clear.
John Q Anderson reports shipping three to four car loads of hogs weekly. Prices range from 3 to 93.20 per cwt, with cattle prices showing a modest firming. Bowdle and Seaman recently shipped two hog cars to Milwaukee and hold about 900 hogs at the fair grounds enclosure.
The following eight contestants completed the nineteen participant contest held Monday afternoon at the university. Misses Mattie Foater Mattie Miller Anna Chesky Aggie Dunlap Alice McConkey Nellie Barr and Messrs L N Sisson Homer Atley. Rev A H Rabndal finished painting the west Third Street house now trimmed in showy colors.
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