The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-27
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General State News
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The city council of Scotland has
granted a franchise to Diehl & Becker
to put in q gas plant.
A rancher at Cascade shot an eagle
THAT measured six and ons-half feet
from tip to tip Of it's wings.
The region about Belle Fourche is
experiencing almost a drouth and cat
tie are suffering from thirst.
Troops H and E of the Thirteenth
cavalry, which were stationed at Fort
Keosh, nave arrived at Fort Meade.
Mrs. Ole Christensen, for twenty-five
years a resident of Union county, was
buried in the Sphinx cemetery last
week.
Mrs. Lena Weird OF Hill City, who
was ~adjudged insane several weeks
ago, has been taken to the state hos
pital.
Work will soon begin on the new
town hall at Langford, for which the
voters authorized the issuance of
bonds.
Richard Hays, convicted at Egan Of
criminally assaulting a girl of sixteen
the p~enitentiary.
Father O'Farrell has been appointed
by Bishop O'Gorman as assistant to
Father Desmond Of St. Martins Cath
Ollie church at Huron.
Contracts for the erection Of a Ma
sonic temple at Huron will be let soon.
1t is proposed to have the building
ready in the early fall.
Egan looks for a building boom.
Two large blocks are being contracted
for. Several residences are needed,
as they are at a premium.
A building boom will be experienced
at Frankfort this spring. Among the
new buildings will be an opera house
and a costly business block.
George E. McEathron of Huron, the
largest breeder of Hereford cattle in
South Dakota, is arranging for a big
sale of registered stock on April /.
Two children of Charles Bracht, a
farmer living w miles west of Mil
bank, broke through the ice and were
drowned. They were aged nine and
seven years.
The grievance between Pete jail
and William VOORHEES, was aired In
Justice Hoffman's court at Selby. Voor-
hees was placed under 5000 bonds to
keep the peace.
The receipts of the Lawrence county
treasurer for February exceeded the
receipts for the corresponding period
for any previous year. The collections
were $1S7, 03S.06.
While riding on a heavily loaded
wagon at Huron, Mr.. McCauley, a
farmer. fell beneath the wheels. Three
ribs were broken and he received In
iuries that may prove fatal.
Mrs. Charles H. Stilwill, wife OF
Postmaster Stilwill of Tyndall, died
after an illness of three or four
months. She was an early pioneer,
coming from Hopkinton, Iowa.
Frank Wilmoth was arrested at
Aberdeen charged with stealing a pock'
etbook containing $110. He made a
confession and was sentenced to III
teen mcnths in the ~peitentiary.
Norgren & Co. Of Centerville have
1ust placed new machiner yin thell
roller mill. consisting Of the latest
model separator and %scOurer, making
II n of the best plants in the state.
State Veterinarian J. P. Foster ex'
II. 4l,o HILLS fhic CnriOp and
will attend the stock meetlngsat belie
Fourche and Rapid. State Veterlna'
rian Brimhall of Minnesota Will &C
company him.
IT G. George, who is arranging 10
.,nk two or more deep wells at Huron,
in the hope of striking oil or gas mas
zone to Lima. Ohio, to complete ar
ranqements for shipping well-borlns
machinery.
A nuarter section Of Ian twelve
lilac northwest of Lead sold at pro
hate sale for a little better nan $9o
on acre, Real estate transfers are nol
&c numerous this spring as last' pu'
the prices continue firm.
A movement mas peeh poSuh
IN organize a farmers telephone com
n,nv N. H. Maupin, proprietor or the
Toan system, is at the head ana Is
n,eotins with success. The company
will be incorporated with a capita
stock of $4,000.
The village of Trent, nine mlles
south Of Egan is in hard straits ""
10 70 tn elowness Of the location ano
he Moor chance for drainage IL
tboupht almost an absolute necessary
w. move the town to higher groulo
This will entail much expense.
plans are under way to open tne
ooa1 mine found near Trent last ran
,rbile drilling for a well on the iarn
"s I'd Hoover. The latter a peer
Stored 500 an acre for this three nhe
quarters. but chooses to wait anu 'ahs
! chances on the developments.
The staid old town of Mound clt.
,rd the new town of Herriea nav.
coin locked horns, this time over III.
Contemplated removal OF the Meenoais
Uniscona1 church from Mound CITY t'
N EIISttPo' Rot Will