The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-10-25
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AhASC-pOuIu potatoes awe ceased to
attract attention.
A good quality Of Ignite coal has
been found near Walhalla.
Many Dickey county farmers are
proving up On their claims.
Dickey county old maids are reported
10 De ming on homesteads in the Hills.
A Watertown justice imposed a fine
or 20 for profane language on the
streets.
X. Z. Freeman was arrested at New
on a charge preferred by an
Iowa girl.
Sully county will vote, Nov. S. on the
question of funding their outstanding
Indebtedness.
Bathgate has another proposition to
replace cid fire apparatus with new
and some coin.
Pensions granted: M. T%rowbridge,
deceased, Milbank, $12; Mary E. Trow-
bridge, Milbank, So.
Musically inclined people at Summit
are agltating the question of organizing
a band at that phase.
The Northwestern Railway company
~ ~ SUBSTANTIAL 1dSSlOUS CROSSINGS
IN it's yards at Yankton.
Business is SO good at the Minot land
office that prospective homesteaders
congregate before office hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Einshuth of Car
rlngton will winter in Florida for the
benefit of Mr.. Einshuth's health.
When the Washburn road is COM
Dlptpd there will ha ovc,,rc;orc fr,r,
Bismarck to celebrate the event.
Miss Mary l.. Beales of Junction City,
kan, has been reinstated as assistant
teacher at the Rosebud Indian school.
Fifteen thousand dollars is the sum
the Northwestern will expend on it's
new depot and grounds in Watertown.
John Potter has retired from the man.
aeement of the Barnes house at Mei-
little The new landlord is ]. G.. Dor
reli.
Roberts county voters will vote on the
question of issuing $50,OC0 bonds to build
a new court house and equip a poor
farm.
Stephen Whitford, train dispatcher at
h Madison depot, has been promoted
to be assistant train dispatcher at La
Crosse.
The supreme court has admitted to
practice Hubert M. Wallace of Elk
Point, on a territorial certificate of ad-
mission.
II. NJ. Cooper of Canton, public ex-
mine for the State of South Dakota,
has invested in a half-section Of Yank-
ton county land.
G.. E. Collins of Groton, Brown coun-
ty, has announced his candidacy for
state treasurer before the Republican
convention of 1902.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin is looking after the
organization of a troop of cavalry at
WATERFOWL. This organization will give
the state four troops.
Lightning struck the farm residence
of E. J. Wagner, in Beadle county. A
big hole was torn in the roof and the
interior was damaged.
Mat Degon was seriously hurt at Wa
tertown while working in a water ditch.
A six. main fell from the top Of the
ditch and struck his head.
Four train loads of cattle went
through from Aberdeen from the west
and north Saturday night, for Sioux
City and Chicago markets.
Eugene Hurd, who was arrested for
stealing horses at Evarts and selling
them at Redfield, received a sentence of
one year in the penitentiary.
The controller Of the currency has ap-
proved the First National Bank of Min
nearolis as a reserve agent for the First
National Bank of Bookings.
The Pierson farm, near Yankton, is
yielding s~eventy-five bushels of corn
per acre. One i,usky husker husked,
weighed and cribbed Ill bushels in ten
hours.
A year or two g Chas. Woodward,
a Grant county man, purchased a farm
for less than $1,000. The other day he
sold it for 50, 500. There are no build
ings on the place.
The arnings Of the Milwaukee COM
pany at the Madison depot depot dur
ing September last, were the largest in
the history of the station, $4,000 great
err than ever before.
In a recent fire at Evarts, Walworth
county, a large livery barn was burned.
Among the losers were Napoleon Du-
chneau, who lost a horse, and BUCK
Williams, who lost a team.
A drunken Indian gave the people OF
Veblen a taste of the Wild West. He
rode his horse at full speed down the
main street, colliding with another
mounted Indian, whose horse was
killed.
The state school Of minerals at Rap
id CITY has an enrolment this year OF
seventy students, twenty more than IN
any previous year. Students are in at
tendance from many states, five being
from Illinois.
DR.. Swicard was returned as pastoc
Of the M. E church at Aberdeen for the
sixth time, by the conference recently
held at Milbank. His congregation
and citizens generally are highly grati-
fled at this action.
At Yankton recently, Sidney j. Cor
nell. Jr.. and Myrtle Maud Talcott,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Tai
cott. were united in marriage. The GER
emony was performed at the home OF
the brides parents.
The wedding of Marshall A.. Kellogg
of Sioux City and Miss Ella Barton OF