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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1893
Page
11
A fragmented prose piece recalls an engineer in wartime, describing a march to a river where a foreman directs workers building a bridge. The vivid imagery includes a procession, a plastered speck, and troops crossing as the sky looms, evoking themes of effort and oblique revelation.
Maggie, urged by Stephen to borrow money for draining Druid's Moss, endures hardship as the venture sinks funds into drainage. Uncle Joseph dies leaving a Bible that Maggie uses with his blessing. A Bank of England bill hidden in the Bible yields eight thousand eight hundred pounds, saving the farm and uniting Maggie and Stephen in gratitude and renewed hope.
The article visits Jackson Park’s cattle house to document the Jersey dairy herd of 44 cows led by W. E. Fuller. Notables such as the Vanderbilts and J. D. Rockefeller back the exhibit as milk production and calf value rise. Jerseys yield about 19 pounds of butter weekly per cow, with top cows like Signal’s Lily Way from Alabama producing 1,047 pounds annually valued at $15,000. A vestige calf show and the cost of veal cutlets noted at about $17.50.
A dispatch describes Missouri bond cases where St Clair and Cass County judges, jailed for contempt, face parole for family losses while bondholders seek repayment. Voters authorized railroad bonds, but the line was not built, debts unpaid since 1870, and counties refused tax levies. Cass County voters accepted a 70 percent compromise, freeing judges from jail. talk of similar moves in St Clair.
In Lincoln Nebraska the Populist Rep Sheridan assaulted Omaha Bee editor E. Rosewater after criticism. A secretary and an employee, Roggen, defended Rosewater, but Sheridan struck Roggen and attacked him, drawing blood. Police separated them. both men held in separate rooms.
Reports from major wheat regions gathered by the Farmers' Review describe varied conditions. Illinois shows diminished prospects with tops killed though roots intact, while Indiana and Kentucky report fair to good outlooks. Ohio Michigan and Iowa trends range from good to near average, with snow, ice, and localized damage affecting several counties.
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