The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-02-06
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South Dakota
General ss~'o NO"
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The steel range men have arrived al
Tyndall and are c~anvassing the sur
rounding territory.
Will Murphy was tried for his attack
on Charles Fay at Edgemont and con
victed OF assault and battery.
Austin Mcdonald, foreman OF the
Alder Creek Mining company's mine
on Yellow creek, died Of pneumonia.
The Atlas elevator at De Smet was
recently burned. Twelve hundred
bushels Of wheat and 600 of barley art
. total loss.
A. C. Van Meter, who died neal
Pierre, was one Of the earliest resi-
dents Of Vermillion. He was at one
time was wealthy.
Frank Pitcher, q prominent pioneer
and an old soldier, dropped dead al
Miller recently, though seemingly In
good health at that time.
At the Uncle Sam mine near Rapid
City some Of the richest ore ever tax.
en- out OF the mine Is being secured
from the 500-foot level.
T. r. Griffith of Bridge, Colo, is IN
keystone in the interests o: the Ida
Florence and Is making a thorough In.
vestigation Of the property.
M. c. McClintock, whose cabin on
City creek was destroyed by fire, has
returned to Deadwood. 1t was feared
ut first he had persisted in the fire.
The Lake Preston Creamery com.
pany paid It's patrons Sill a hundred
for 4 per cent test milk. or 20 cents a
pound for butter net during Decem.
Der.
The Gladiator company Is continuing
its development Of the Gold Fish
group Of claims near Custer, and is
taking out ore that is almost fabu.
lousy rich.
The Methodists OF Valley City have
purchased the Methodist church build.
Ing ut Beaver Creek, Mimi, and will
move 1t to that city and 1T 1t up for
church PURPOSES.
Congratulations on the birth Of a
daughter have been sen to Col. w. j.
Thornby of Deadwood by the Black
Hills members and clerks of the legis.
lature In the vernacular Of the Sioux.
The city council Of Aberdeen has
passed an ordinance granting a TWEEN.
ty-year lighting franchise to the Aber.
deem Gas company. The company will
install q first-class gas and electric
light plant.
The surveying has been completed
on Col. j. A. Clark's ground near Rap.
i'd City, which in all amounts to be.
tween 900 and 1000 acres. He now
has the surveyors at work on the
Wheelock group.
David Williams Of Webster has left
for Washington. where he will act as
. member OF the commission appoint.
ed to test the weight and fineness OF
United States coin. The appointment
was made by President Roosevelt.
Rev. ]. B. Kettle, pastor OF the Con.
gregational church at Rapid City, has
organized a church and Sunday school
at Hermosa with . good membership.
Rev. D. S. Jenkins OF Hot Springs will
supply the pulpit for the present.
Since July l, 1898, the business of
the Vermillion postofice has increased
nearly so per cent. Last year the
gros. receipts were : e,979.67. At the
present rate Of increase tho city will
be entitled to free delivery In about
three years.
Martin M. Johnson. . farmer, aged
forty-five years, was run down by q
a at White Rock. His right hip was
dislocated, his left arm broken and his
scalp torn from his head. He died the
following night from his injuries. =
Another well-known attorney of
Rapid City. Edmund Smith, has gone
to Alaska. whore he will locate. He
has arranged to enter into partnership
with Fred M. Brown, formerly q prac.
ticing attorney of Lead and Dead.
wood.
William B. Baldwin, q New England
millionaire, has been granted q divorce
ut Sioux Falls from his wife, Anna L.,
who resides In New York. The de-
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treme cruelty. The defendant made
nc defense.
News has been received of the death
at San Antonio, Tex. Of Col. Lane X.
Stone. formerly one Of the best known
business and mining men Of the Black
Hills. He was for years one of the
principal owners Of tho Keystone mine
at Keystone.
The Interstate Gold Mining and Mill.
Ing company Is preparing to begin the
development Of its property, adjoining
the Roosevelt group of the Grantz com.
pany near Custer. There are 1876 acres
In the tract. with q good showing of
free gold and tellurium ores.
Peter Hanila. q Finlander, made the
rich discovery Of gold near Roubai and
died from excessive Joy. instead Of Da-
vid Thompson, az reported In dis.
patches from Roubaix. An ~investiga.
ton has been made, owing to numer.
GUS inquiries from persons in the East.
Fred Perry, q well known horseman
OF Whitewood, was hurled violently to