The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-07-25
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South Dakota.
General o1ate News
Photographed.

the Elks' carnival, July 30 to Aua y
First c. Lyngbye, aged sevantr.
committed suicide at DeSmet NV hoa
ing. She had been in ill-health long s'
year..
Charles Thomas has sold his
100 acres at White Lake, to w ram@
son for $1,000. Eight months 'sa'
paid $3.50 for this land. "
The Western Union Telegram, 49,
pany has completed the extension =.
line from Deadwood to Lead, alone ~ ~
new Elkhorn railroad.
The y harvest has commences .
kingsbury county, and the yield nro.l
Uses to be heavy. The weather T. W.
yorable for corn and the crop Ia do,a.
nicely.
AS the result Of a meeting Of bu,,r...
men at Parker. 1t was decided 70 MI. |
a street fair and carnival this fail AVA
a committee Of arrangements was an.
pointed.
The carnival which the siou. ~,
Elks intended holding for a week du,.
ing August has been abandoned ovir. !
to the failure to C desired attrac. i
tons.
The Butte county fair will be held ., |
Belle Fourche in October. A commute.
recently visited the business men ana
secured $1,400 In a few hours as a m.
cleus fund.
The city council Of Lead has granted
f~o~ohfcA 20 <ha D;t---
company for the operation of a gas
plant, to furnish gas for lighting and
cooking purposes.
Several members Of the Huron bar,
with their wives. together with other
friends, helped Attorney General Burt
and wife celebrate their forty-fftA
wedding anniversary recently.
Sol Starr, clerk of courts Of Lawrence
county. informs his friends in Dead
wood that he has undergone a surgical
operation. He is recovering. and ex.
poets to return home in two weeks.
Information has been received of the
death, in a hospital at Milwaukee, Of
Mrs. j. B. Young, who was for many
years a resident Of Sioux Falls. She
had been suffering for some time with
kidney trouble.
Charles w. Cation, mining and civil
City for fifteen years, is preparing to
remove to Rapid City. He is past grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
for South Dakota.
The Deadwood council is endeavorins
to decide upon a suitable site for the
Carnegie library. Mr.. Carnegie has do.
mated $40, 900 for the building. requiring
the city to provide the site and guaran.
tee 81, 900 pei year for maintenance
The Lake Preston mills are running,
after being shut down for over two
months for repairs. The company has
erected a new power house and installed
a fine 10O-horse power engine. 1t mas
expended in new Improvements about
$4,000.
Smallpox has finally been stamped
out In Lead, and the yellow flag mas
been lowered by City Physician Wade'
There are still two or three patients IN
the county pest house, near Deadwooa,
but they are expected to be discharge
In q few days.
The plans for the new Carnegie bulia'
ing at Yankton have been acceple'
Mayor Fanslow has appointed a ouho'
ing committee as follows: F. u. van
Tassel, Joseph Pier. Hughes East, BART
lett Trip. Fred Schnauber, w. s. Goou'
win and P. ]. Nyburg.
J.. w. Higbie Of Deadwood has latey
returned from a trip through oreso,
and Washington. where he purcnas..
several thousand head Of sheep. y.
range, in the Slim Buttes region, :
crowded, and he has located a raneh
on the Cannon Ball river, in North ~
kota.
F.. l.. Rowley sold his farm OF wv
acres in Perry township, near Mitchel'
for $40 per acre. He bought the pla.,
three years ago for $3.50. }. ~
sold his farm Of 100 acres to an NV.
man for $42 per acre. These are us
highest prices ever paid in this couH'
for farm lands.
Aberdeen's new Alexander Mitcn.a
library has been opened to the puv 81.
Andrew Carnegie gave sl5,oVo IL, .,.
structure, which Is Of a pure .a..
style Of architecture. built of cut s. ~.
and pressed brick. It is finisheu IN
In paneled quarter-sawed oak. III
interior and exterior finish the u'iu
Is the finest In the state. Besloee ..uc
pie book stock room there are ~,
reading rooms for adults and chi'un rhs
and a lecture room of good SIZE .,al
furnishings are rich and sups'a ~.
With the new books Just added 10 mn
list, the library contains apou. fm
volumes. The auarter-block si.. !,
the library was donated to the O."
c. H. Prior OF Minneapolis.
The annual encampment OF the naso.
division Of the G. A. r. of Sou.h mai.
ia. ended at Aberdeen with a snam 4.
tie between Company L.. ;. p.-s;.ns.
and a band Of Sisseton Sioux lnDaond
The Indians were under the conn hs
Of Chun-ka, an aged chief, pu. ..,c.
warriors were all old men, VINO rith
pated a. young braves In fsn's s,ouds
whites and Chlppewas. Large co =.
witnessed the contest. The h park,
campment will be held at Simson s,at.
Big Stone Lake, at the time OF the fr
encampment. The officers elec.. nder,
the ensuing year were: CONNIE r,cs
N. I. Lowthian of Milbank: snster;
commander, J.. w. Abbott, VET
Junior vice commander. Isaac Wan.
Groton: surgeon, c. L. ChIpina"