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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
3
The readable OCR fragment shows a court action with parties likely named as plaintiffs and defendants, mentions of county and township locations, and a filing date reference. Due to broken text many names and specifics are unclear.
The nation endures extreme heat and sunstroke reports as many states bake under record temperatures. Chicago and New York lead with 90s to 100s while the West cools after a hot spell. Crops face danger from severe droughts and scant rainfall across Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Michigan.
This week brings sun and wind as vegetation withers. Meadows turn August brown and blue grass pastures shrink, jeopardizing grazing for cattle. Wheat and corn face potential destruction per farmers.
Floods from Curtis Lake burst banks on Monday to flood Medicine Valley near Curtis Nebraska. Railroad property valued at about 25000 dollars destroyed while alfalfa meadows and crops suffered extensive damage and livestock drowned. no lives lost though homes were imperiled by the rushing waters.
The New York World surveys 116 members on silver coinage, tariff, and income tax. Silver support is strongest in the South and Far West, with New York and New England leaning gold. Tariff shows 28 against changes, 35 moderate, 38 for radical shifts. Income tax splits with 49 in favor, 47 opposed, and many undecided. regional patterns emerge across states.
A plaster cast of Secretary Gresham’s face has been completed by sculptor U S J Dunbar who also produced front and side photographs. The cast serves as a precise guide for a bust and will help capture the Secretary’s calm dignified features after death.
The comptroller of the currency released abstracts of the South Dakota national bank reports to May 7 showing total resources of 6.0 million dollars with loans and discounts 3.4 million, stocks 702 thousand, real estate 355 thousand, and reserves 961 thousand. principal liabilities include capital stock 2.0 million and deposits 3.48 million. average reserve 28.61 percent.
The opening notice for Yankton reservation lands drew criticism for short notice. Yet settlers rush in from other states, with Mitchell land office recording 89 homestead filings and 76 declarations, while about 50 squatters occupy land awaiting filing deadlines. Prospectors eye western and central areas as townsites loom.
Sureties of W W Taylor are held liable for the full bond. The defense called Auditor Hipple Deputy Burrington and Terrill Pattison to show Taylor faced no missing funds in his first term and to challenge $200 000 in illegal funding warrants. Judge Gaffey directed a verdict for $244 277 45 but questioned excess. A six day stay was requested for a new trial. An accidental death near Castalia followed a boy being dragged by a horse. A large foreclosure judgment of 24000 was logged at Sioux Falls. Canton jail break involved a door blown off and bars sawed. A steady stream of immigrants continues to arrive in Charles Mix County seeking lands.
Survey crews near Wheeler and Armour push lines for new Milwaukee road extensions as crop prospects brighten. The Chamberlain artesian well defies control with a 4762 gallon per minute flow. leaks and a collapsed tunnel caused fatalities and threaten nearby mills. Lake Madison Chautauqua announces July program with H E Kratz directing and a large faculty.
Excerpts evoke Civil War life and battles, from Gettysburg and Shiloh to Pickett’s charge, with Hue and cry at Washington after Lee’s surrender. Personal reminiscences by O. Brooks describe celebrations in the White House, Tad Lincoln’s flag, and Grant’s troops’ cheers as the nation greets peace.
D L Marks of Reynolds Nebraska recalls the 1862 Corinth to Iuka move in which a volley lit the woods at night. A brigade cook ahead of the column bivouacked and distributed a loaf to each four men, making an unexpected breakfast amid the pursuit.
In fall 1862 near Bardstown Kentucky General Hardee halted his column on a packed street lined by Southern sympathizers and institute girls. He kissed every girl in the line as staff watched, then remounted as the troops moved off to the band playing She Girl I Left Behind Me.
Historical note on the shift in view of glass windows from movable property to fixtures. It cites Lord Coke in the Common Pleas who decided that glass attached to window frames by nails could not be removed, as without glass the house was not complete.
J. Jay Watson of Brooklyn owns a violin said to have been used by Ole Bull and believed to have been made by the Amati brothers in the year Shakespeare died.
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