The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-12-19

q. J. Johnson or Sioux Valley hAl
been offered $65 per acre for his farm
W. c. Bryant some time ago move<
to Vermillion, that his children nigh
have the advantage of q state uni
versity. t g.
Four new rural mail routes were
started last week out Of Akron. Iowa
two OF them running over into Unior
county, South Dakota.
J. r. Mccoy Of Lanark, ILL.,, bought
the Joseph Lorang place, of 108 acres
two miles south Of Elk Point. He will
move there In the spring.
The Deadwood Public library asso.
citation has elected Mrs. J. S. Phelps
librarian, to succeed Mrs. MI. Gas.
ton, whose death occurred recently.
Howard Mosier. q breeder Of thor.
oughbred S~horthorns, had a sale on
Thursday OF fifteen cows and thirty
head. Of young stock, four miles south
of Elk Point. Some of the stock is reg.
istered and the rest II high-grade.
M. Hoffman & Son Of Elk Point are
closing out their entire stock Of gener-
al merchandise. Mr.. Hoffman has
been in business there over thirty
years, and started the first hardware
store in Dakota Territory. Failing
health Is the reason of the sale.
Judge Jones of Sioux Falls has or
dered that S. j. Conn, a boy who rob
bed the store of 'W.pO. Crooks at New
Hope, Minneha ha county, be sent to
the state reform school at Plankinton,
to remain until he reaches the age Of
twenty-one years. Conn confessed the
crime. .
Word has reached Deadwood of tho
death of Donald Mclean, one of the pi.
oneerS of the Hills, at a hospital in
Chicago. Asthma was the main cause
that contributed to his death, complica-
tons having developed. Mr.. Mclean
came to the Black Hills in 1877. His
wife and a son survive him. In
The Indians in the vicinity of Ionia,
in southern Lyman county, have re-
Gently been paid over $40, 900 in cash
for their summers work on the Rose
bud reservation, in the building Of
dams and roads, and the work is still
going on.
Judge Jones of Sioux Falls has ruled
against Trustee ]. c. Davis in the
bankruptcy Of M. M. Novotny of Kim
ball. In the effort OF Davis to force
twenty-seven creditors, who served az
tachments on Novotny's properly be-
fore the bankruptcy, to refund the
property or it's equivalent There are
nearly 100 creditors in all, their claims
amounting to $40, 900, while the prop
erty, all Of which was taken by At
~tachments, was valued at $14,50 The
trustee will appeal to the South Dako-
ia supreme court
e. W. Norton, one o tho oldest set
tiers and most prominent citizens Of
Lincoln county, died suddenly. The
cause of his death is supposed to have
been ~apoplexy. He was sixty-one years
old, and leaves q wife and family Of
seven grown-up ons and daughters.
He came to Lincoln county In 1871,
and was m Of the best-known men In
that part of the state. During the
Rebellion he served three years In the
Union army, enlisting as q private In
Company A, Third Colorado cavalry.
The law department of the state uni.
versity has a splendid working library.
Among the volumes just added are Its
Of the Massachusetts, Reports and the
Northwestern Reporter, in ninety vol
umes, exclusive of the digests. The
United States Supreme Court pigests
and twenty-one volumes Of the English
Reports, Of which there are seventy
nine more to come, are also recent ar.
rivals. Two large, new 8 have
been provided and are rapidly being
filled. Miss Robin Bell, registrar, IL
busy placing the university perforated
brand on the new volumes. Dean
Sterling has made a very careful selec-
ton, and the new facilities offered In
this department are highly appreciated
| by the students. The attendance Is In.
creasing, and the next semester prom.
Uses many new law students.
Judge Rice Of Deadwood has been
holding court at Custer, in the absence
of Judge MCGEE, who Is In Mexico on
business In the case of Aaron Dunn
W. The Saginaw Gold Mining company.
q decree was given plaintiff against
the estate of B r. Noble. The jury In
the case of John A. Collins va. Tho
Gladiator Mining company, awarded
plaintiff Judgment In the sum of 800.
In Walter Lloyn VS.. David Sisk, tried
by a jury, the plaintiff received a YER
dict for 5000. The case of r.. F. Mo
Laughlin vs.. D. r. Noble was dis
missed. In the case of Rhomberg W.
Dowen, q verdict was entered in favor
of the defendant. The most important
case is that of The Custer County
Bank VS.. Custer County, involving
road warrants issued before Custer
City was made an Independent road
district The amount sued or II ST..
500.
Land Commissioner Hermann has
outlined a plan for the administration
Of the forestry service, which he be.
lieves will do away with some of the
red tape. He has begun to dispense
with the services of forestry superin.
tendents in various parts of the coun-
try, and ultimately will have all these
offices abolished. Up to this time only
a few have been discharged, in places
where the forestry reserve is smallest.
Under the laws and regulations for the
administration OF the service, persons
living near the reserve and thos ehav.
ing mineral claims near them, are al.
1ouad IN usn timber for domestic MIR.