The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-05-01
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(. General State News ;
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VIII Snearly of Mansfield had two
bones of one of his legs broken as q
result of his team running away.
Nine Syrian peddlers were arrested
at Miller for not having a license.
Three were fined S25 each and costs,
and six were discharged.
F. C. Crocker, manager of the j. R.
mine, has obtained an option on tho
Fly and Crown Point mines, which are
owned by Hill City men.
The Central IIack Hills Copper
pany has its building complete, ma
chinery and tanks in place, and every
continuously.
The shaft on the st. Elmo mine has
attained a depth OF 200 feet. This 10
too deep for convenient and profitable
hosting with a whim, and work has
closed down until a steam hoist can
be installed.
a call has been issued for a Sunday
school convention to be held in tho
Congregational church at Gam Valley
en- May 8. 1t is expected hat several
hundred Sunday school workers from
that part of the state will be present.
The Black Hills Sunday School asso-
citation has decided to hold its annual
picnic near Vale June %, "a and %.
The site chosen is one OF the most
beautiful spots in the Hills. A very
pleasant meeting is looked forward tor
by all.
T. Bowles and w. H. Walling dis
covered a vein which puzzled them a
little. Samples were brought to Hot
Springs which proved it to be wolfram,
which is in good demand at good
prices as an alloy in steel. 1t also
carries some gold.
Interest in the gold discovery On the
farm Of August Kiphn near Fairfax
still continues to be acute, and a CREEK
expert has rented q building for an
assay office and will locate there. He
has made another gold discovery about
twelve miles north Of that place.
Several lots have been purchased or
John Mascovitch neal the present
Catholic church of Lead and they Will
be used as the site for the new cathe-
dral and school to be erected by the
Catholics this summer. Mr.. Musco-
witch received $4,000 for the lots.
Sylvester Judd of Custer county has
egain been examined and adjudged in
sane, He was one of the original own
ers of the Spokane mine south OF Key
stone, which seemed so rich in silver
that the whole country was agltated.
lis mind became unsettled, he belleV-
ing that SOMEBODY was trying to ROD
him of his mine.
Hecla has been going through a bad
scare from a mad dog. A strange dog
apparently with the rabies went snap
ping about, biting no less than ten
other dogs. The mad dog was nnaliy
killed and it is reported an eXamlha-
ton of a post-mortem character ue-
veloped the fact that 1t suffered from
the genuine rabies.
Stunt. G.. f. Mason, who has charge
of the marble quarries, the lthoSraph
stones and the mica mines belonging
TO the Porcelain Clay and Marble com
nanv of Hot Springs, is concentrating
his work on the mica. He is working
all the men he can to advantage, ana
is ready to ship another carload ol
GOOD, understandable mica.
The Presbyterian Christian EndeaV-
or society met with the Salem . T.. /.
There were about twenty delegates IN
attendance. The following oHceLS
were elected: President, Rev. J. b.
Boughton, Bridgewater; vice presl-
dent. Rev. d. Oastler, Parker; secre-
tarv Miss Fannie Andrews, Bridge
water.
/ NJ. Case of White Owl was in
Sturgis recently and had a huge petrl-
fed bone with him of some prehistoric
animal of gigantic proportions. MT.
Case has found a veTitable NINE OF
tbe honey remains of the monster" OF
+be animal kingdoms that ranged TINS
country in a remote period. He EaS
written the Smithsonian institution
describing his finds.
The plans for the new dorm1tory lor
the Aberdeen normal school submitted
Inv Architects w. l.. Dow & Son OF
sioux Falls have been accepted. lhe
ccr+ractNfor the erection Of the build
tho will be let at as early a date as
nossibIe in order that it may be ON
Melted by September /. The structure
will he Al by 1856 feet in size ana
messed brick will be used IN the o"h>
struction.
h Alexandria Touring mill, Gu
;rg six lots and the residence and 1ur-
,,i+,rn Of andrew knight, have been
cold To Frank Fluent OF welcome
MINI. and Halsey Fluent OF Worthlhg-
ton, Mimi. The purchasers aireaoy
have taken possession. 1t is their pur'
nose to remodel the mill property by
i~,+rodncing some modern machinery
and place it in frstclass condi'ion
throughout.
A how who was driving horses over
tbo site of old Fort Pierre a Few oay-
ego picked up a fiat stone ana lounu
tbot II was used as a cover TOT a smaii
e+nna ~receDtacle in which was 1ouhu a
1ar@e old-fashioned V~-shaped paddock