Capital City News notes unpaid prison payroll and land appraisal work
The state prisoner payroll remains unpaid as the last fiscal year ends, with $1,000 in bills outstanding after the legislature trims auditor estimates from $8,000 to $2,000. Lands near Fort Pierre faced wind damage, while officials shift to appraisal duties for lands offered for agricultural leasing next year. The Black Hills gold output soars with bullion shipments raising the 1891 total around $8,000,000.
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Auditor's Department
S. R. Green
Lyman County
Grouse Township
Black Hills
United States
DeLay Leaves Security Bank For New Venture
Change at the Security Banking and Trust Co. sees assistant cashier J. J. DeLay depart Saturday noon for Pierre for a Sunday visit. After touring eastern towns he plans a new bank in an older locality and has disposed of most interests here. Chas. H. Zeman of Benson, Nebr., assumes DeLay’s post after arriving Thursday evening.
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J.J. Delay
Security Banking & Trust Co
Pierre
Nebraska
DeLay
Philip
Chas. H. Zeman
Benson
Nebr
Mr. DeLay
Old Trail Notes and Rural Life Highlights
Recap of week in Old Trail including hog and wool trading with Philip, Fourth of July at Old Trail, dam building by Louie Nelson, sheep wintering plans, Old Trail mail route changes, local social events, and a wedding. Also mentions Populist Henry L. Loucks and La Follette support in Sioux City Journal.
Westfork News Fourth of July Picnic at Marrington Grove
Harold Seckler from Leslie visited for the Fourth as a large crowd joined at the Marrington grove for an old fashioned Fourth of July picnic. Marringtons shopped at Wm. Hilds. Mr. and Mrs. Bierwagen visited Wm. Hilds. Miss Josephine Kelly returned from Milesville. A W Rogers called at Wm. Rickert home. A F Bruckner went to Milesville to meet his wife.
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Old Trail
Louis
Louie
John Bierwagen
Philips
WK. Seckler
Leslie
Fred Marrington
Emma
Clara Berry
Ottumwa
Fort Pierre
Teachers Institute
Sadye Green
Arthur IH. Gagstettler
M.D. Stone
Dakota Avenue
Pearse Pinch
Onida
Wilmot
Gagstettler
Harold Seckler
Marrington Grove
Marrington
Wm. Hilds Place
A. W. Rogers
Wm. Rickert
A. F. Bruckner
Milesville
Dry Weather Yarns In A Rural Humor Column
A humor column riffs on dry weather jests and local misadventures. It recalls frogs aged three or four who cannot swim, a man who fell from a cut bank into Bad River breaking an arm, a school of fish fleeing White River, a mare breaking a leg on Hardingrove flats leading to euthanasia, and a land seeker told no rain since ten years.
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White
Hardingrove Flats
Uncommon Mistake at Fort Pierre Fourth Celebration
An odd exchange occurs as a resident declares a man is catching a train while noting land sales. The Huronite reports Fort Pierre and Midland enjoying large Fourth of July crowds with good times, reflecting communal celebration in two county towns.
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Fort Pierre
Midland
Boundary dispute to be heard at Fort Pierre court
At a special Fort Pierre term presided by John Hughes civil cases will be considered including taxpayers’ suit to settle the boundary between Stanley and Lyman counties. A strip south of Fort Pierre has long paid two tax levies, prompting the court action to determine where precisely the residents stand.
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Fort Pierre
John Hughes
Stanley
Lyman
Death by own action of bank cashier in Deadwood
The Northwestern State Bank cashier Odin Hameister at Newell died at a Deadwood hotel last week. The Midland Mail says his defalcation caused severe mental torture and driven to ruin, a cautionary tale to those tempted from rectitude. Cliff Rousseau traveled Friday by train from Powell toward Rapid City after selling his cattle and moving to a saw mill job in Rapid City. He was known as the Democratic candidate for register of deeds in the November election. High Studio advertises fine photos post cards and view work at reasonable prices.
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Chamberlain Register
James Dugan
St. Louis
Missouri
Will Chamberlain
Sioux City Journal
Henry L. Loucks
South Dakota
Senator la Follette
Loucks
Devel ‘County
la Follette
Mr. Loucks
Imea
Young Commonwealth
Louis Crill
Andrew Lee
Odin Hameister
Northwestern State Bank of Newell
Deadwood
Reason
Midland Mail
Cliff Rousseau
Powell
Rapid City
Cliff
Rapid
Rousseau
Office of Register of Deeds
Cottonwood
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Capital City News
Sertion
S.C. Polley
St Paul
Immigration Commissioners Association
Drouth
Brinker
Frank DP. Glasner
Mitchcoek
H. O. Refgum
Wessington Springs
Asother
State Lands
South Dakota Firemen's Association
jLead Hise Company No. 1
John Pergison
James O'Connell
Eithe
Rene Jordan
Jte
Gene
J?buswell
Minnesota
Louie Nelson
Eugene Jordan
Clarence Sheldon
White River
Monady
Frank Manion
Son
Lester Marrington
Hudsons
Lteed
Sam Rossiter
Mel
Marie Sutter
Westfork News
Josephine Kelly
Dye
Mavericks
Japan
State
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