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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1887
Page
7
Subscription details for Mitchell Capital list one year in advance two dollars. six months one dollar. three months cost one dollar. Advertising rates on application. legal ads at statute rates. Marriage and death notices published free. resolutions and wedding presents five cents per line. Friday May 20 1887.
The Bismarck water works bonds totaling 100000 were sold by Alexander McKenzie and EU Bly with funds to be checked as work proceeds. Governor Church to appoint Dr. Charles C. Hart of luron as president of the new board of health, replacing the attorney general as a member.
A brief line notes that actions proceed under orders from headquarters and are expected to reach a similar conclusion. The fragment hints at centralized decision making guiding the outcome.
Sioux Falls Press notes the territorial supreme court will likely have a lengthy term with many May Yankton sessions preferred for business. Yankton Press reports on Senator Davis escaping penalties for Ordway crime charges, and Kimball Graphic hints at forthcoming legislative law publication debates.
Osukasa May 18 Joseph Lindsey a 56 year old colored man was sentenced in the circuit court to five years in state prison for horse stealing. He had lived near Waupun and earlier caused thefts at night carrying away movable property. A horse missing five years was found on his premises and he sold property to fund trips. Lindsey is regarded by many as a kleptomaniac and is said to be worth between five thousand and three thousand dollars.
Fires rage across Sandwich Falmouth and Bourne with Forestdale nearly wiped out as residents battle the flames. The Old Colony railroad mobilizes a hundred workers to halt spread while bells summon aid and local towns remain on edge. Nearby Milwaukee reports northern Michigan fires abating.
In Minneapolis on Nicollet avenue a well dressed former newsboy nicknamed The Kid reencounters Mrs. Sarah Farr, the newsboys' friend. The man, once homeless, is now a bank teller in a Dakota city.
Sioux City reports Latimer, who tried to start a democratic daily here and failed, has a Colorado record as an embezzler highwayman robber and penitentiary inmate plus time in Pueblo asylum. Editors believed he was murdered but records suggest a flight and a possible false surname, with a brother said to be in Minneapolis.
In Pittsburgh on May 18 a man named W T Lavelle was convicted of reducing Van handle freight cars. His ally, a nurse named Fannie Hill, sought a marriage license this morning but was refused since Lavelle was jailed. Hill plans a new trial to free him on bail so they can wed. Davison Bros. offer city property loan rates for brick or stone blocks.
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