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urer. The board of directors was re-
elected without change.
While working on a ledge ninety
feet above the bottom Of an open cut
near Edgemont. William Officer, en-
ployed at the Chilson stone quarry,
lost his footing and fell. He was
taken to Edgemont suffering with in
ternal injuries.
Revival services are being conduct
ed by the FIVE Protestant churches at
Deadwood. The city hall Is used for
the meetings, the ministers from the
various churches alternating In the de-
livery of sermons. The meetings are
arousing much interest.
Will Murphy, the man who attacked
Charles Fay at Edgemont recently
while disputing over religion, cutting
of the latter's ear, was bound over to
the circuit court at Hot Springs, and
being unable to give bonds was placed
In Jail.
Bishop Stariha has begun plans for
extensive improvements In the various
church properties in Lead. He has or
| ganized board of active workers and
purposes to enlarge the school facili-
ties and to build a new cathedral. A
hall will also be built and the bishops
residence greatly improved.
During the past twelve months an
aggregate OF 191 carloads of live stock
have been shipped from Britton to
Eastern markets. The freight on these
shipments amounted to a total of over
| $4,000 and the stock shipped repre-
sented the neat sum OF from $125 900
to $150,000, which was distributed
among the farmers of this locality.
A new musical organization, to be
known as the Flandreau band, has
been organized at Flandreau. It starts
| with eighteen pieces. At a meeting
of the members the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Hans Moen, president: Ole Hove, vice
president; George Carr, secretary
treasurer; Frank Carr, leader.
Word was brought to Pierre of Che
death of A. G. Van Metre at HIS ranch
about fifty miles out, he having drop
| ped dead while at work on his barn.
Mr.. Van Metre was one Of the first Da-
kota settlers, having located among
the first settlers in Clay county, near
| Vermillion, and over twenty years ago
located at Fort Pierre, living In this
section ever since.
Welldrille rs about eighteen miles
from Flandreau on the farm OF Ell
| Hover, formerly known as the Rore-
beck farm, in drilling for water struck
vein Of coal at $50 feet about ten
feet thick. The discovery has caused
some excitement in that part of the
county. Persons are talking of form
ing corporation, buying up the land
and mining the coal.
Demands for loans from the perma-
nent school fund are being held up
pending legislative action to carry into
| effect the provisions OF the constitu-
ton reducing the rate to & per cent
| A large number of loans will follow
this action, but few are coming in
as the law at present stands, Potter
county taking $1,000 and Mcpherson
county 81 200.
Plans are being drawn for a new res
idence to be erected by Julius Deet-
| kin, which will be the most beautiful
and costly in Deadwood. The first
story will be of cut stone and pressed
brick and the upper part of frame. II
will occupy a spacious lot, which will
be beautifled by cement walks and en-
closed by substantial wall with stone
coping The improvements will cost
| over $25, 900.
About the 18th of February the head
quarters, staff. band and first squad
ron CT the Thirteenth cavalry, now
stationed at Fort Meade, viii leave
that post and go to San Francisco.
thence to the Philippines. All prep
arations are being made for the
change. The balance of the regiment
will follow later. The Sixth cavalry,
now In the Philippines, has been or.
dered to Fort Meade.
Negotiations for the sale of bonds
recently voted for the construction Of
a waterworks system at Bonesteel
have been broken Off by the city coun-
Gil, which charges that an Eastern
company had violated its contract by
| demanding an exorbitant premium for
| floating them. All bids for the pur-
chase Of the bonds have been rejected
and another special election will be
held.
Articles Of Incorporation were filed
last week for the Incorporation OF the
Viborg and Centerpoint Telephone
company. The incorporators are the
most prominent business men OF W.
borg and the company is capitalized at
$4,000. M. v. Olson Is president and
F. L. Larson secretary. 1t is their In
tention to build line to Centerpoint
from Viborg and also to run rural lines
in all directions from these two places.
Material has been ordered and the
work will be pushed.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt OF New
York has sfgnifed his intention of
giving another dormitory building to
Yale for the Sheffield scientific school.
The new dormitory will stand on Col
lege street near the one given to the
university by Mr.. Vanderbilt last sum-
mer.
Secretary Langley Of the Smith
sonian institution transmitted TO the
house plans for new building for the
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