The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-18

"A Bookings expert thinks he has
found a deposit of superior brick CLAW.
He Is making tests.
Three thousand lineal feet of cement
walk has been laid in Aberdeen this
season, at a cost of $12, 900.
Cattle shipments from Pierre are be-
ing delayed by the inability of the
northwestern to furnish cars.
Nine carloads Of cattle and horses
were shipped from WATERFOWL via the
northwestern for Chicago Saturday.
A p~ostoffice has been ordered estab-
llshed at Hyde, Jerrauld county and
Charles III. Hyde has been appointed
postmaster.
"A seven-year-old son OF Carl Zwier.
at Madison, suffered a broken leg by
getting 1t into a buggy wheel while un-
der Roadway.
Several of the old-timers of Western
eully county, having disposed of their
holdlngs, are preparing to leave for
new locations.
The Presbyterian church at Madison
elected as trustees of the church F.. l..
- II. jules, MIS-. D.. II. w I'LL
lamson, Miss Abbie Beardslay,
Parents of the young couple who
eloped from Groton located the chill
dren in North Dakota and brought
them hcme after separating them.
The foundation for the new postofice
building is being laid at Bowdle, and
q nne new structure will soon be up in
place OF the one destroyed by fire.
Luther H. Glow Of Pierre. S. D.. will
be awarded the contract for the water
supply system for the Standing Rock
agricultural school, North Dakota, at
1858.
The Milwaukee Railway
has made arrangements to plat an ad-
dition to the town Of Hosmer, Nc
Pherscn county, the place having over
flowed its original boundaries.
The Grand hotel at Garretson is now
In charge Of Landlord Schultz and wife
Of Yankton, who will conduct it in the
future. . The formal opening Of the
hotel will take place on the 18th inst.
Paul Landmann of Memo, who re-
Gently purchased the interest of Peter
VAIL in the machine business of J. H.
Mettler & Co., at hat place, has trans
TERED the interest back to Mr.. VAIL.
William Folken, who resides four
miles north of Lennox, shot a pelican
hat measured eight feet and four
Inches from tip 70 tip of it's wings. The
bird is on exhibition at a Lennon drug
store.
The delinquent tax list for Beadle
county, which is now being prepared,
Is the smallest in the history of the
county, indicating that the people gen.
orally are in a good financial condi-
ton.
The Catholic church in Salem was
dedicated recently by Bishop O'Gor-
man, assisted by several priests. The
bishop while In Salem also admins
tered confirmation to a large number
Of children.
M. l.. Van Slyke has sold his half
section five miles north of Lake Pres
ton, for $3.50 per acre. Lane is now
changing hands freely, a great deal of
1t being bought by Minnesota and
Iowa farmers.
Four more rural delivery routes have
been started from Yankton. It is un-
derstood that the postoffice at Lake
port will be discontinued, because the
new routes thoroughly cover the
try tributary to that office.
Father O'Mera is raising money with
which to erect a Catholic church at
Geddes. The people Of that town and
vicinity are subscribing literally, and
1t is probable that work on the build
Ing will begin In the near future.
Salem has a case of smallpox. w. j.
Rickaby. a music teacher, was taken i'll
Sunday. and the doctors pronounced
his case to be smallpox Tuesday. He
Is Guaranteed, annd a strong effort is
being made t. prevent the disease from
spreading.
C.. E.. Granger Of Blunt had his store
robbed recently. The party who did
he Job gives half a dozen different
names, among them Pat Hogan and
Pat Higgins. He was traced to Get
tysburg and back to Harold before he
was caught.
r. A. Metcnlf of CorrectioEvi!le, Ia,
has purchased the hardware and i'm
element business of M. c. Pease at
Chamberlain. He will have personal
charge Of the business. Mr.. Pease was
one of the pioneer business men OF the
Missouri valley.
Mrs. Josie Logan of Chicago, who
ov ms a large amount of property at
Ordway, has engaged al attorney n
will fight the scavenger tax law. She
claims the property was assessed 10Th
as acreage and is town lots, and NAT
the acreage tax mas been paid.
The farmers of Hutchinson county
40 things on a large scale. One OF them
Isaac Walter-has just completed the
threshing of 5000 bushels of wheat.
He also threshed 5000 bushels OF oats.
His wheat averaged Twenty-Five bush-
els to the acre.
There is more water throughout the
state at the present time than there
has been at his season for many years.
slouehs and ponds that had been ory
for some time are now full OF water
and in some heretofare dry lake oeos
| where hay had been u , the STACKS
are surrounded by water.
Trouble over stock unnlng AZ large
was responsible for Samuel Wnlte, q
rrominent farmer of Clark county, ne
inr hound over to the next term OF the