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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1889
Page
6
Trustees of the Yankton Asylum announce management changes as officials from Davidson County and nearby regions are chosen as delegates to a constitutional convention. May 8. Judge A J Gerton of Davison and Holton of Pouglase named as delegates.
At Yankton Yaxxros May 8 E G Edgerton Christian Beuchler were nominated by the Republicans today as delegates to the Sioux Falls constituent convention.
The democratic central committee tonight named O. J. B. Harris of Yankton and B. T. Sweet of Hutchinson County as delegates to the Sioux Falls constitutional convention.
May 8 report notes Dr M O Sannioux Falls named assistant superintendent at the asylum and Miss Laura Cham appointed matron. Cham has served as an attendant at the institution for five years.
The Twentieth constitutional district convention met today with Lincoln and Turner counties represented. Delegates named to Sioux Falls include A. B. McFarland Gus Fowles and Judge William E Elliott for Lincoln and Turner counties. Democratic delegates E. O. y and O. D. Hinkley also named from Turner and Lincoln counties.
Pierre May 8 The Fort Bennett garrison received orders to be ready to move on short notice. The Sioux Reservation will be opened within sixty days and the post site will be settled. The troops will relocate five miles down the Missouri River to Fort Sully.
A three day wind storm culminated in a tornado-like cyclone in Pratt county and surrounding regions. The disaster left a barren wasteland with wrecked homes, barns, trees, and fences. One man, W. Crawford, died when a house broke his neck. Nine injured, over twenty others affected. Relief committees formed in Stafford with mass meetings and aid efforts underway. Reports note heavy winds elsewhere in southwestern Kansas.
Gerrispuné May 9 Potter county reports the largest crop of small grain ever sown with weed pressure minimal. Farmers worked early and late. growth is clean and uniform despite dry warm conditions accelerating development.
Steady rain drenched the ground for two days, yielding a soggy nation. The crop outlook is described as the best ever for so early in the season, signaling a historic potential bounty.
The War Department has completed and published the allotments of the $40 000 appropriated by Congress for militia equipment. Minnesota receives $6 644 North Dakota $2 847 South Dakota $3
The sixth district Republican convention in Apepeex nominated M. R. Heninger of Westodet and L. T. Boucher of Leola as delegates to the constitutional convention. Eight delegates, including Hon. Frank Alexander, bolted but joined the ticket of the seventh district. The Democratic convention in the city nominated L. G. Johnson and S. F. Bratt as constitutional delegates.
Washinatox May 9 Mr Mober ly clerk of the house committee on elections of the Fiftieth congress is arranging printing and docketing papers from contested election cases for the fifty first congress. The exhibits in sixteen cases have been certified and require fifty packages. Of the sixteen cases on file all but three come from southern states.
May 9 Yankton reports shifts in the hospital staff. Matron Mrs. Hughes is removed after two years. Miss J Chamberlain of Elk Point is appointed to lead. D Seehan(s) of Sioux Falls becomes assistant as Dr James Robie resigns.
The Brookings County Farmers Alliance forms a stock company with 5000 dollars capital, shares at 35 dollars, 16 percent of stock to the alliance, planning a grain warehouse a deal house and wood yard. A wary note questions a proposed 2 cent per pound twine price and a territorial alliance letter denies such arrangements. A water works investigation in nearby towns is reported, and officials note possible action on the Sioux Reservation opening.
Frank Palmer the newly appointed public printer has filed a $100,000 bond and will assume duties next Monday. W. Wheelock received his receivership commission and will likely take charge on May 18. Ri J Henderson held on arson charges posted $2,000 bond and fled to Watertown, affecting his engagement.
At the Register of Deeds Stevens residence in Cuampratarn Dak on Wednesday evening an 18 month old son of Mrs Stevens seized a cup of gasoline left within reach and swallowed a quantity of the fluid. He died a few hours later despite efforts to intervene.
A guest and intimate friend of John Herndon eloped with his wife, stirring high society in Evansville. The couple left the city together, while Herndon, who suspected infidelity, moved his furniture to a second-hand dealer and ended his household. They have no children.
A republican club formed today in this city consists only of veterans of the late war. It aims to spread the movement across the state and establish the old soldier element as a political power.
A district court suit on behalf of O D Neese seeks 20000 damages from the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad. Neese alleges a December 1887 express collision between McGregor and Mitchell injured him with skull fracture and spine injury.
A special meeting of the national democratic committee is set for Wednesday June 12 in New York. The gathering aims to elect a person to replace the late Wm H Barnum and address related duties.
A national gathering in May discusses the lack of cohesion among wrapping paper producers. The group blames new mills for fragmentation and plans to contact mill owners to join a national association. A medical speaker endorses Warner's Life Cure for various ailments. Yankton hosts a lively Republican district convention with many delegates.
A caucus before the convention selected E. G. Edgerton as the candidate after Hugh J. Campbell gained delegate strength from Ykton county. A coalition with Hutchinson county delegates formed, defeating Campbell in a clean sweep and signaling a successful old-line effort to “do up” the enemy.
Huron South Dakota celebrates securing Con man Cox as headliner for the coming Fourth of July event. He will address Dakotan crowds, with a probable stop in North Dakota Montana and Washington. A Philadelphia paper warns of potential mischief from his tariff reform tour.
The Redfield Journal notes a Pierre map dispute over a proposed state railroad map. It argues Pierre’s map misrepresents railway lines and borders, calling the city map a libel while acknowledging one line extending in one direction.
Dr R A Gunn of United Medical College praises Warner's Safe Cure for its value. The late Dr Dio Lewis, in a letter to Warner's company, states he would use the remedy if faced with a serious kidney trouble.
Pierre Pree Press comments on schemes by towns touting paper railroads to win a capital bid. The piece notes such groups would seek rights of way and quarter sections across South Dakota, risking widespread land interests.
A ponderous fragment suggests few men master wooing while women are always offered a chance to respond, reflecting a 19th or early 20th century social column tone about courtship and opportunity.
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