Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-08-18
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Pensions grsnted-Jsmes Senders,
Montrose; Jos, e. Palmer, Sykeston.
A report comes from the north part Of
CLAY county that two men were killed by
lightning in Tuesdays storm.
A laborer ct the Manitoba bridge at
Huron was %aocidently hit on the head
Thursday morning by a falling crowbar
and So severely injured that be may die.
At Huron 8 gasoline stove exploded
while being filled from a pitcher at the
residence of DR.. Tisdall. Mrs. Tisdall
is 80 seriously burned that her recovery
is doubtful.
Postmaster j. @. w. White, of Oar
Donate. in the Black Hills, who was
short $l,259 in his accounts. plead guilty
to the charge in the United States court
OF Deadwood.
Rev. Wilmot Whitfield, who was once
superintendent of Methodist missions
in Dakota, has been nominated for con-
gress by the prohibitionists OF the Sioux
City district.
In the United States court OF Dead
wood William Webber pleaded guilty to
opening and stealing the contents Of q
registered package, and got two years in
the penitentiery.
The United States grand Jury at Dead
wood returned fourteen indictments for
embezzlement, couuterfeitiug and tim
Der trespsssing. The territorial grand
jury returned twenty-eight true bills and
is still in session.
julius johnson and John Popp, while
engaged in repairing q wire fence, were
instantly killed by a thunderbolt, il
dlenwood township. johnson was {
married man and leaves q widow ant
three children, and. Popp was in his IN
ploy.
A young woman stopping at the Da.
kota house in Vermillion q few days las
week had q cat that would get int,
nearly every room in the house and ne
oessitate its mistress gong in also. Afte
the lady had taken her departure it wal
discovered that money and articles o
apparel were missing.
The Chicago and Northwestern sail
way company has notified j. O. Donald
son. local secretary of the south Dakotl
pharmaceutical association that the,
will carry delegates and others to tn,
annual meeting of the association to b.
held at Huron IN August 21st and 22d
at n and one-fifth regular fare.
Wallie j. Hill, who was arrested som
days since in Lowe charged with the ap
preparation of government money I
himself while in the government emplo
at Speartish, was brought into th
United States court at Deadwood Thur
day, and on q hearing was discharged
as there was not sufficient evidence t
hold him.
At Minnesota, near Deadwood, Thurs
day night, Frank Thulen shot and kille'
John E. CLARK, a blacksmith. taking hir
for a thief. It seems that some partie
who were coming home late saw O ligl
in Thulen's blacksmith shop, and thinh
ing there was something wrong informs
him OF il. He arose from his bed, and
armed with o ahos gun, proceeded to IL
building. CLARK rsn on hearing the or
). proacb of Thulen, and the latter sh
him. He lived about an hour after b
ing shot.
The contractors engaged in boring ii
artesian well in the soutehrn part Of 81
part of Aberdeen struck natural gas
a depth of about seventy feet. Sever
workmen employed were made death
sick aud one was so overcome By the g
as to lose conscIousness. The odor W
almost uncomfortable in the vicinity
the we'll and it was thought for a whit
that gas in paying quantities had bes
found, but it subsidized and no furth
indications OF the presence of gas ha'
been discovered.
Walkers saw mill at Grand Forks W
: totally consumed by fire Thursday afte
noon. the blacksmith shop, oil room or
pump house being the only mement,
left Of its former existence. The f
originated in the roof Of the buildil
~immediately over the boiler. The M
employed in the neighhood OF one hu
, dred men and had an output OF 1900
feet of sawed lumber daily. TT. Wal
er, the proprietor Of the mill, estimat
the loss at oveF $4,000; insurance. So;
600. Il will probably not be rebuilt.