Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-16
State News I'm Brief.

The South Dakota state fair had q
surplus of 81, 200 left after paying all ex.
penses.
III. S. VINEGAR, farmer near Elkton,
lost all his grain, farm machinery, barn
and granary last week by a fire set by
sparks from a passing locomotive.
WATER was struck in the artesian well
at Iroquois last week at depth of $50 feet
the flow Is not sufficient to meet the
requirements and drilling is still pro
crossing.
THE city marshal of Madison captured
twenty-five barrel, of beer from rab'
bish pile on the outskirts of the town and
thirty-seven hid in some hay stacks two
miles from town.
MIKE NORTON, an employee at Robin
sons wood camp, in the Black Hills,
ruptured a blood vessel Thursday by
over-exertion. He was taken to the hos
pital at Lead City.
THE Beard artesian we'll, near Aber-
deem, is a spouter of the first water and
within the week it has been turned loose
has made lake nearly mile in length
and one-quarter of mile wide.
THE injunction proceedings against
the city of Yankton to prevent it from
entering into contract with Tracy
w. Pratt for the construction and OPP
GRAFTON of gas plant, has been
dropped.
REV. E. ENGLISH, who has had charge
of the Baptist church at Huron for the
past four years, has accepted call to
the pastorate of the Baptist church at
Greedy, COL, and will leave for that place
about the middle Of the present month.
THE Harvey Peak tin mining, milling
and manufacturing company and the
Harvey Peak consolidated tin company
have been almagamated into one COM
pany, which will be known as the Harvey
Peak consolidated tin company Qim-
ited).
OLE OLEsoN, 1O-year-old Norwegian
boy, living near Yankton, recently took
shotgun she'll loaded with goose shot
in his left hand and with his right hand
he took a stone and hammered merrily
on the cap end of the shell. The result
may be imagined. The cap exploded, so
did the powder, and the first and second
fingers of the boys left hand will be of
no use to him on earth.
Ed. CURRIER, of Grant township, Nc
Cook county, lost his barn and contents,
includingsthree horses, by an incendiary
fire Sunday night. Tt seems that he had
retired for the night, and the fire was
first noticed by a younger brother from a
distance. He ran to the place and gave
the alarm, but was too late to save any,
thing. AS the two brothers made their
appearance some one rode away on horse
back, firing three shots as he left.
JOHN TRAzENATTs, miner in the
Homestake mine, Deadwood, was hit in
the right eye by rock, Wednesday, and
went to the hospital to have the eve at
tended to, when it was found that hole
had been made through the ball of the
eye.
THAT was sad accident at Portland
last week by which old DIR. Peck lost his
life. The old doctor and his son-in-law.
Mr.. Arnold, were shooting at target.
The old man had gone TO see where he
had struck the target and Mr.. Arnold
fired without knowing that the doctor
was in his range. The ball struck the
doctor in the back, below the ribs and
passed clear through him He died the
second day following the accident.
The schoolhouse at Pnkwana was dis.
NN'NASA VIA hiC GUOub UCIOCk t1SE
Wednesday night. The citizens succeed.
ed in extinguishing the flames. tt is
supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary
1T is reported that Mrs. Haskins. Of
Terraville, thought she heard burglars
around her house the other night, SO She
hid her pocket-book containing 5000 IN
currency, IN the kitchen stove, and the
next morning built u firc ia the stove.
but forgot all about the pocket. hook
until the smell Of burning leather Nj.
minded her of il, but il was then ioo
late as the purse and contents we're
burned TO q crisp s.
A GOLD brick weighing sfli ounces. she
resl,it Of q iifteen-day run Of the Puma
mill nn Big Missouri ore. was shipped.
saturday from Deadwnod by Wells.
Fargo q 60. Y press. sts vallq Wus
stated q. Be belxse " W, 900 aid i'll 900 '1s