The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-07-03

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A stock company has been incor-
porated in Michigan for the purchase
Of the gas plant at Rapid City. The
company is capitalized at $50, 900, and
he following are officers: E. M. Deane
president, Dwight Smith vice presi-
dent, H. ]. Heald secretary, G. B. kel.
sey, treasurer.
A.. L. Ward has ordered plans made
for the addition of another story to
he Ward hotel at Aberdeen, the
frontage on Main street to be 125 feet
and on First avenue 1870 feet. The
upper floor will be modern in all par
ticulars, the rooms being among the
pest in the state.
Black Hills towns are keeping a
strict lookout for Maria Sweeney
Hicks Anderson of Misunderstanding
fame. She was in Rapid City last
week, having recently married a man
named Anderson. From Rapid City
she went t3 Sturgis, where she eX-
0ected to find her husband, who has
0cen missing for some time.
The James Valley bank stockhold-
ars held their annual meeting at HUI
ron and declared a 5 per cent divi-
lend. and also placed 10 per cent to
he surplus fund. George S. Hutchin-
son was reelected president, c. II.
8Oncsteel vice president, Frank }.
Sauer cashier, William Waibel, NJ. ..
Robin and John J. Greene directors.
The school population of Mitchell
has Just been taken by the clerk OF
the board of education, and it shows
hat there are 100 children of school
age there. This is an increase Of loH
during the year. By this increase 1t
will be necessary to employ another
teacher in the high school department,
making a total of seventeen members
on the faculty.
DR.. j. P. Foster Of Huron, state vet
arinarian. has returned from a months
tour of the Pine Ridge agency, where
he went for the United States depart
ment on animal industry. He exam
med about one thousand horses, sixty
five Of which it was necessary to de-
strOv because of diseases. More than
1900 horses have been killed in the
past year by the government.
William Kunneke, the prisoner con-
fined in the Jail at Pierre on the charge
Of numbering Andrew Lemmler in
Stanley county, made an effort to
escape. but was prevented from car
rying out his plan by the watchfulness
of Sheriff L~aughlin. AS the time ap'
60 b;- fr;o1 E,rrcln ic owl
IDENTITY becoming desperate and watch
es every move of the jailers for any
possible opening.
The convention of the Christian de-
nomination closed with a praise sery
, vice at Tyndall and the delegates have
, gone to their homes. Rev. Mr.. Whar
ton. a returned missionary from India
was the speaker Sunday morning. IL
. the afternoon the Lords supper wa
: observed. and in the evening Z. I
- Smith of Cincinnati made the ad
dress. The pulpits of the various
churches were filled Sunday with Wis
iting ~clergymen.
The state land department has bee
= doing a good business in loans tn
:. mast week. having sent out over $S9
" 600 on calls from counties for none
q from the permanent school n Law
renee county alone took S49,S65, Whlc
went into Lead and Deadwood schot
q bonds. Meade county took S24,ooo o
IS refund county bonds, and the rest {
the amount was made up in sma
e calls from Davidson, Fall River, Ro'
3 erts. Jerauld and Moody counties.
Articles of incorporation have bee
drawn up for a company composed
local and Eastern capitalists, who's
- purpose it is to establish an aut
l.: coach line in Sioux Falls. II the pla1
III do not miscarry 1t is believed tn
= unique system of passenger transpo
"a tation can be placed in operation [
y July Is. Those behind the enterprls
say it is also %purposed to operate
regular auto-coach line from Sio'
#. Falls to Canton. Dell Rapids and 9th
towns.
as Judge Mccoy of Aberdeen sentenc
e. Willis H. Burt to nine years Tor lnces
K his second trial having resulted In
'e- verdict of guilty, as did the first. Blu
has already served about a year
the first sentence Of ten years. T.
new trial was granted on the groul
'e- that the evidence of his wife was q
n mitted at the first trial. Immediate
after passing sentence Judge Nee
heard the application of Anna bu
as the wife, for divorce, and took 1t
ID der consideration.
So The faculty of the Northern norm
in and industrial school has been co
of pleted for the coming year. AT
recommendation of President koehl
ol- S. C. Hartranft, w. E. Johnson, RI
he w. Smith, Elizabeth Clary and M
TO- LYDIA Graham have been re-engag'
Sc and S. C. Comstock, late OF Iowa; Il
,as M. Nash, Canton; Nellie A. Maru'
ee Dubuque; M. Josephine DOMAIN
re- former matron of De Paw universal
,is Mrs. w. H. Wilson Of Minnesota a
al Nellie Christian appointed. lndust
MS work will be introduced into all
he departments the coming year, the