The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-12-29

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The Yankton land office was abolished
Nm he 23l inst, and the books We're
,urped over tothe Mitchell land office.
! Louis Ephram Brown, negro, has
been found guilty OF bnrglarizlnG Whites
hardware st ore at Aberdeen IN last July
HitschInn & Schalleroi Huron. taxN!er
nsts. have just completed mounting "
huge reptile II is over ten ieet IN itaGtFi
md was sent be Il show company from
| the north part OF the state
u. Wood local agent Mt Hot Springs
,i the E.lkhorn ralroud, got up out of
bad lew nights ago to take some nedl-
cine and took poison by mistake. H.
will recover, but was Tor Il timeln il criti
cal condition.
! !. +. Purdv. who went to Park Rapids,
Miun. Recently from Watertown, ), d.,
Oh a visit died on the l4th inst. He
took horse liuiment containing corroS!v'
.ublimate. through mistake, causing his
! !.ath, in spite oi medical aid.
The Corn Belt Association has ust
closed il profitable session i'll Mitchell
| rh.. meetings were addressed by promln-
mt real estate men oi the state and asc
| bv Douglas II. Lamb, secretary OF the
worlds lair real estate congress. The
| rurrens system oi land transfers WAS
| discussed.
The University OF South Dakota Stu.
| dents association has elected officers as
| follows: President. Don 4. Crawford,
yice-prrsdent, T. Mack Ninson; secretary,
j. ". Merrill, teasurer, Carl :. leagef.
\ committee of one from each college
class and one prep. was appointed to fix
upon college badge.
| 4 ieW days ago at Salem about s
O'Clock a travelling man stepped into the
post office and ordered the deputy,
George Gallant. to throw up his hands,
which George quickly did, but informed
| hand. Callent was tryingto think where
he kept his revolver, when the gentleman
called Tor his mail but George was too
excited to give it to him Hereafter
George says he will carry his revolver in
his hip pocket aud the next man who
makes such break will get it right i'll
| the
The annual report oi State Mine lii
speetor . Hrien has lust been issued The
report is not very lengthy one but is
Very compact and gives complete ac-
count OF the occurrences OF the past Year.
| | he total number OF miners employed in
the Hills, independent OF mil and reduc-
tion plants is l HOP, Il very big majority
81 whom are under the employ oi the
llomestake company. There We're
seven fatal accidents during the
year. of Which the Highland is credited
with two, liomestahe one. Deaewood
Terra one, Ross Hannibal aud Bedrock
Flume one
Indian Agent lreon, Chief Clerk Hayes
and several other gentlemen in going
rom Grow Creek agency to the new
Lower Brnle agency, had quite a serious
accident the other day. As they were 60
ing up from the Missouri river OH lie
west side OF the stream the sleigh turned
over splllng the occupants out. They
I Il.
ing dlslocated arm, and all the party
being quite shaken up. The party went
70 the new agency ior the purpose Of pay
lns the Indians for cattle which they
have turned into he government for Is
sue purposes. IS, 900 being disbursed on
| this account
me messenger who carries the mails
rom the depot to the postofce III Nam
chester was little shy, one night re-
comfy. The pouches that were thrown
onto the platform from the mail car were
carried around back OF building near
tue depot ard torn open E-.ry letter
was torn open or mnti!aT.,d and the
pouches thoroughly ransacked. The
messenger, when he came Tor the pouches,
supposed tho rain had passed without
throwing them off, and the fact that tlev
had beell stolen from the depot platform
ana their cotents rihad was not discover
eo until next morning. Theextent oi the
loss has not been reported.
Andrew Scott, who lived about four
miles southeast OF Artesian died very
suddenly a few days ago. It appears
mat Mr. Scott fixed up dose OF robson
~ me mousse, ostensibly for horse; after
getting It ready he swallowed it in .he
presence oi his family The immediate
! .auss ol the act was thought to have
oeth trouble over a we'll on which ne has
| appended considerable lnouey and he had
!us, 't,irned That Il new well would have
! ~ De drilled; but he suffered more or less
| rom an injury to his head, caused by an
accident which happened several wears
aso winch had occasionally caused
spells 81 mental derangcmet.
he failure OF the First National and