The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-09-19

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held vas broken into recently, and the
and dimes.
DR.. H. o. Sanford will erect a veter-
irary hospital, 44-66, on lots near his
office at Tyndall. 1t will be supplied
with all modern ~conveniences.
The Yankton Association of Congre-
gational Churches, about twenty-five
in number, will meet with the local
church at Tyndall next month.
Judge E. G. Smith of Yankton SEN
fenced Nicholaus Smith of Regier Of
Scotland to one year and nine months
in the penitentiary for criminal as
Sault.
M. D. Gardner of BonHomme, whose
county exhibits at the state fair at
Iankton have been famous, is collect
ing another display for this fall which
will be very fine.
Patrick Jordan, an old resident of
Moody county, and for some years a
citizen of Egan, but recently of Mer-
rill. Wis, died at that place last week,
at the age of sixty-fve years.
h corn crop in the southern por-
ton OF the state promises to mature,
after all. The light frosts were bene-
fetal. They stopped the growth and
the hot weather has fastened matur-
ing, until the crop promises to ripen in
tirst-class shape.
The new military organization al
Whitewood has been mustered in as
Company K of the Second regiment.
The officers are: Robert V. Carr, cap
tain; P. w. Bonniewell, first lieuten-
ant; Alexander Blundell, second lieu
tenant. The muster roll contains for
ty names.
Black Hills contractors refused to
file bids for the construction of the
new buildings at the government In
dian school at Rapid City, for the rea-
son that the total appropriation is
only $4,000, and the specifications
called for work that would cost at
least $4,000.
An instrument showing that the
Great North rn Railway company has
purchased a $4,000 tract Of land on
East Eighth street, at Sioux Falls, a
very convenient location for the new
station and freight building, which it
is said the company will erect to re-
place the ones recently destroyed by
fire.
School opened at Armour with Prof.
w. Addie as principal; Miss Johnson
OF Pierre, assistant principal; and
Mrs. c. 7. Kyle, Miss Pearl Ensley,
Miss Ida Derrell and Miss Delta
Lang. The school buildings will not
accommodate all the scholars. and ne
beard has arranged for one grade to be
taught in Sherman hall.
The Republicans of Butte county
have placed the following ticket in the
field: Fred M. Fuller, sheriff; Walton
Hamilton, treasurer; George E. Hair,
auditor; J. w. Van Buren,, register Of
deeds; J. S. Whitney, states attorney;
Elmer Ralston, clerk of courts: Miss
Emma Woods, school superintendent;
John Ingram, coroner; w. r. Classic,
member of the house.
The Republican county convention
Of Deuel. county nominated John T.
Newly for the state senate; E. E. Dis
tad, representatives; e. N. Flanders,
county auditor; J.. L. Mellon, treas
urer; Herman Schiefelbein, register
of deeds; T. E.. Sanborn, clerk; Geo.
l.. Almond, clerk of court; Geo. Inla-
gon, sheriff; T.. j. Law, attorney; Gus
tav Burke, superintendent; DR.. Bent
ley, orone
AS Extra Freight No. 1,22 was COM
ing from the north, the air brakes re-
fused to work when near the switch of
the main line at Andover, and the To-
connective crashed into a load of steel
rails on the side track. The locomo-
tive jumped the track and was com
pletely demolished. Two cars loaded
with wheat were derailed and reduced
to kindling wood. The engineer and
fireman saved their lives by jumping.
Two little girls we're burned to
death while playing in a barn at Auro-
"a. Edna, the only child Of G. D.
Cheatham, and Mary, daughter of Fred
Lilly, both about four years of age.
The alarm was given by Mr.. Lilly's lit
tie boy, who is supposed to have set
the fire. Although far beyond control
when discovered, the fire was prevent
ed from spreading to other buildings,
and the bodies secured before they
were burned beyond Identification. A
horse in the barn also persisted.
State Geologist Todd has returned
from C trip to the northwestern por-
ton of the state, where he spent sew
eral weeks investigating Ignite depos-
its. His report does not coincide with
those of residents of that portion of
the state, many OF whom have mined
the Ignite for their use. His re-
port is only Of deposits in veins but a
few feet thick; but in defining the 10.
calities in which he worked he does
not mention the Coal Springs deposits
which are the best known and most ex.
tensivedy worked.
Department Commander T. E. Blan.
chard, of Sioux Falls has secured the
Sioux Falls Drum Corps to accompany
it's headquarters train to the national
encampment at Washington. Each
soldier will carry, as a gun a staff five
feet in length, on the end of which will
be a large ear OF South Dakota corn
crop of 1902. with a bunch of wheat
just below the corn. The department
commander has appointed the follow
ing aides on his personal staff: J. B
Fox, Sioux Falls; AL Cooper, Alexan'
dria; G. Dewitt, Dell Rapids; D. H
Brown, Mitchell; John s. Perritop
Ashton; G. M. Stormont, Iroquois;
Rev. T. NJ. Shanafelt, Huron; c. w
England, washington Springs; A. B
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