The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-10-23
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South Dakota |,
r State News
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The Supreme court has admitted on
wood, and J + Mckinney. of Aber-
deem.
An agitation has commenced at
Canning, for the enactment Of A cur
few ordinance, and the town council
will be p%etitioned to adopt such a
measure.
During the past ten days about S35.-
900 in cash has been distributed
among the farmers of the vicinity of
Artesian in exchange for their sur
plus cattle.
The Iankton county commissioners
took final action or the question OF
the new $50, 900 court house by refus-
ing all the donations and resolving to
build on the old site.
A cry is going out from the rural
districts for school teachers. Some
schools will remain closed during the
winter if the cry goes UNDECIDED.
Wages are $40 a month.
A jury at Sioux Falls returned a
Wei AiNI VI StLIbs III tiC A1SN vi L. n.
Dean, charged with selling a quantity
of furnishings and ]draperies from a
Pullman car on the Omaha road.
The collection of gold nuggets and
free gold quartz specimens gathered
by NJ. r. Russell of Deadwood is said
to be one of the finest private cOlleC-
tons of its kind in the United States.
Emil Faust of Lead, who set out six
months ago to encirc!a the globe, has
returned. He proceeded as far as the
Mediterranean sea. He visited his old
home in Germany for the first time
since 1S4S.
James NJ. Priest, aged ffty-three,
was cleaning out a well at DalZell
when a rock fell upon MIN, crushing
his skull. He went to the Hills IN
1876, and had represented the county
in the Legislature.
A prairie fire burned I'VE parts OF
Hague, Darlington me Richland town
ships, southwest of Clarke, consuming
many stacks of hay, some grain, ma
chinery and a barn belonging to
Charles Munson.
Thus far several train loads of cat
tie have been shipped from Britton
this fall. Last fall 200 carloads were
shipped from this station. and there
is little question hat the shipments
~ fall will break that record.
Pliny Stroininged died suddenly at
his hore near Fedora. He was sit
ting ir. a chair ~conversing with his
wife ard fell from the chair and ey-
pired almost instantly. The remains
will be taken to Parker for burial.
Fire in the business center of Hot
Springs caused a loss of between $780,
900 and SIS, 900, distributed among siA
teen business houses. The buildings
we're small structures. but the stocks
OF merchandise were of good size.
Dropsy was the cause Of the sud
den death of DR.. Albert s. Amerman.
one Of the pioneers of the Black Hills.
He was born in Medina county, Ohio,
in 1849, and was graduated at the
medical college. Ann Arbor, Mich. in
1871.
On account Of his wife's health, J.
". OMeara has disposed of his half
interest in the O'Meara Brothers drug
store at Salem to DR.. H. H. Hewitt.
late Of Cornerville. Ind. and r. 0.
Sperry Of Salem. Mr.. O'Meara and
wife will remove to Denver.
A fine two-inch artesian we'll has
been completed on the ranch OF w. r.
Robinson, near Gam Valley. 1t is 912
feet deep, flows about 100 gallons a
minute and has a pressure OF nifty
pounds to the square C The Wen
was drilled in nine days.
The making of final payments on
state lands is not going on at Pierre,
| as rapidly just now as it did in past
years. For the past month but SIX
final payments have been made and
patents taken on the same. Two of
these go to Minnehaha county, two TO
McCook and one each to Lake and
BroOkingS. .
The Wakonda town council has ia.
ken steps to have that place provided
with a street lightning system. Ar
rangements have been made to have
a number of gasoline air pressure arc
lights SEN here for trial, and If these
prove satisfactory they will be substi-
| tuted for some old ones, which have
been unsatisfactory.
Professors ChilcOtt and Hansen Of
the state agricultural college have
been appointed by the national COM
mission of college an experiment sta
tions under the direction of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition board
to prepare exhibits. the former OF
macaroni wheat and the latter Of
fruits Of the Northwest.
Chambers Kellar OF Moody, Kellar
G. Moody of Deadwood, and S. e. VIII
son of Hot Springs, were subjected 70
fines of S. each by Judge William q.
Rice for contempt Of court. Their of
lenses consisted of %disputing during
the trial OF Thomas c. Grace. The
court had previously warned them
against the use of personal language.
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