The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-10-03

Wallace Akers, a farmer living east
of Millette, had a valuable horse stolen
from his barn.
William +. Hursh of Deadwood has
received notice of appointment to the
railway mail service.
Philip Markelson, a fireman IN q
t%hreshing rig at Revillo, caught his
hand i nthe fly wheel and was terribly
mangled.
TIL United States authorities have
been notified of the arrest of Henry
Quinn Of Sisseton OIL the charge of SELL
ing liquor to Indians.
John Kneeland, for several years a
guard at the United States assay
office at Deadwood, died at st. JO-
seph's hospital of consumption.
Mullen & Dunn have been awarded
the contract to build the new freight
depot for the Elkhorn railroad in Lead.
1t will be Of pressed brick and cut
stone.
At the Democratic legislative con-
Vention for Stanley and Lyman coun-
ties the nominees are d. F.. Carin for
the : nate and Warren Young for the
house.
The annual meeting of the Sioux
Falls conference of the Norwegian Lu-
theran synod is being held at Sioux
Falls. 1t is composed of sixteen charges
outside Of Sioux Falls.
The c. S. Arga cattle ranch, consist
ing of 927 acres, in the northern part
of Lyman county, has been sold for
$4,000. Hedrick Brothers of Polo,
ILL.,, were the purchasers.
The Black Hills Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs will hold it's annual W.
ton at Spearfish Oct. Is and 10. Dele
gates will be in attendance from Dead
wood, Rapid City and Hot Springs.
Cattle shipments from the great
Sioux range country, west OF Chamber
lain, have begun in earnest. Almost
daily trains are passing through for
the Sioux City and Chicago markets.
The wealthiest farmer in Lake Dun
ty, l. d. Smith, has presented a deed
in fee simple to the children's home at
Sioux Falls of a fine quarter section of
land in McCook county. valued at
$4,000.
Troop B has purchased lumber for
the erection of an armory at Pierre,
and the soldiers are circulating a sub
scription paper to secure a sufficient
fund to purchase a location and erect
a building.
r. P. Humphrey, a farmer, was killed
in a runaway at Ipswich. While now
ing with a high-spirited team they ran
away, throwing him in front of the
sickle. which cut and mangled him in a
frightful manner.
The long delayed cars for the Bur-
Iington's electric line to Lead have
finally arrived from the factory at st.
Louis and will be put in use as soon
as they can be set up. There are three,
each capable of seating forty persons.
Brule county will be in evidence at
the Mitchell corn palace with an ex-
hibit of cereals raised this year. h
MANAGEMENT of the palace has m
Oct. 2 as "Brule County Day" The
Chamberlain City and Indian School
bands will be in attendance.
The homestead filings at the Pierre
land office for the first twenty days in
September almost reached the total
for August. Eighty filings had been
made, of which twenty-seven were
placed on the books Thursday and
Friday.
During a severe electric storm the
Jacobus school house at Letcher was
struck by lightning and the whole front
Of he building torn out. The teacher,
Miss Lilly Broderick, was shocked, but
not seriously injured. All the pupils
escaped.
The parents and friends of Herbert
Emerson of Sioux Falls, who was nom
mated by senator kittredge for a place
in the naval academy at Annapolis,
have been pleased by the receipt of a
telegram stating that he has passed his
Examination for admission.
The Scottish Rite Masons will hold
their semi-annual reunion at Dead
wood Dec. 4 and 5, when the degrees
will conferred upon a large class OF
candidates. There will also be a
meeting of the Shrine, when newly
made consistory Masons will be init
ated.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the International Arithmo-
grapher company at Huron, with a
capital Of $50, 900; the M~ondanock Oil
at Pierre, with a capital OF
S1OO. 900: the International PhOtometer
at Pierre, with a capital OF
$3.50. 900; the Lester Mill and Coal COM
pany at Pierre, with a capital OF 81,
900, 900.
Archbishop Ireland was in Water
town recently, a guest of the resident
priest, at whose home an informal re-
ception was held and attended by a
large crowd. The archbishop was met
at the train by the band, the city Off
Gals, officers of the business mems
union and the lodge of the Catholic Or
der of Foresters. The city council,
which was il session, adjourned to
meet him.
The state agricultural college opened
at Brookings, with a promise OF a sue
c~essful year. Prof. James W. Wilson
ssumes charge of the experiment sta
ton and the chair of agriculture and
animal husbandry. Mr.. Skinner. a re.
cent graduate of the Iowa agricultural
college, will be his assistant. DIR. T
O. Edgar is the newly-elected profes
sor of zoology and bacteriology. Capt
HEA+l,r 80 voi1itorv inCfrunfOr