The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-01-02
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c. H. Clark of Letcher sold Ill head
of cattle, for $3.50.
Fred Bear and> Charles Peterson of
Fulton, have been arrested on a charge
of robbing a saloon at Fulton.
Fire at D%eadwood destroyed the res
idence of w. X. Frazer, entailing a loss
of nearly 5 1000, with no insurance.
The new telephone system at Letch-
err is nearly ready. Miss Iva kirkpat-
rick will have charge of the central Of
fee.
Fred H. Wilcox has purchased the
Dthe opera house, and will erect bIsi-
ness houses upon them in the spring.
The agitation in favor of the early in
corporation of Fulton is bearing fruit.
1t is probable an election will be Or
dered by the county commissioners at
their next meeting.
E.. E. Brown, arrested at Sturgis on a
charge of assault with intent to kill,
was bound over. He is charged with
cutting James Bulls at White Owl
with a butcher knife.
The large general merchandise store
of Fitch & Miner, at Hudson, has been
sold to Oscar Olson of Canton. The
consideration is unknown. Tn etrans-
fer will occur about Jan. l.
Ole Gesley, one of the oldest citizens
of Watonwan, is dead, after a lingering
illness. He was president of the Mer-
chants bank, which failed during the
hard times in the early COS.
George Cornwall has resigned as
anage for the Harrison
in the Black Hills, n MS
nIace has been filled by the appoint
ment of C. d. Cook of Chicago.
A call has been extended by the Ar
tesian PRESBYTERIAN church to Rev: j.
A Rrough of Currie, Mimi. He mas
accepted, and will at once move HIS
family from Minnesota to Arteslan'
Tho Marshall county bank, reorgah-
;,ed as a state bank, has opened az
pr;++on The officers are: n. l..
stokes. president; John 5. Jlnes' Vlce
n~resident: George Bingham, cashler'
The Elks superintendent an entertain.
ment at Huron for the lady melnpel9
of North Bros Theatrical
who lost their wardrobes When the op-
ora house burned. The proceeds were
satisfactory and the audience large
and a~ppreciative.
The Deadwood board OF education
hos engaged Miss Rose Harvey n
Miss Nellie Murphy of Terraville, TO
fill the places vacated by MISS Mals
Shaughnessy, who was recently mar
ried. and Miss Blanche Betz, VINO re-
SIGNED to enter upon mission Work III
Mexico.
A train on the Fort Pierre branch OF
the darlington was derailed at Whlte-
tail gulch crossing, and severa cars
were precipitated down an embank-
ment. Thomas Briggs, conductor, re-
ceiyed severe injuries to the head ana
body. and his condition is critical. Inc
air brakes failed to work.
The attorney for Patrick G. Carberry
of Deadwood, who has been serving a
term for perjury, has been notl1led nat
, pardon has been granted by o Her
reid. Carberry was sentenced in con
nection with the case against Herbert
D. Caddy. his brother-in-law, who was
being tried for the robbery or M. H.
Russell in the fall OF 1899.
The Lincoln County Teachers asso-
citation held it's regular winter con
yention at the court Gus IN canton
The attendance was good, and all parts
of the county were represented. Prof.
!. B. Clendennen, county superintend'
ent: Prof. Geo. w. Nash, state super
intendent-elect; c. c. Bras of Mitchell;
Prof. C. G.. Lawrence, of the Canton
schools, and Prof. A. G. Tuve, OF Au'
gustana college, took an active part IN
the discussions.
w S. Little, special referee, has
been taking testimony at Pierre OF the
noted land contest case OF Jane Wal
dron VS.. Black Tomahawk, for a half
section of land adjoining Fort Pierre,
| which both claim as an Indian allot,
ment. The Indian department granted
the land to Tomahawk, and the case
is being fought through the United
| States courts. The government ap'
| pears for Tomahawk.
There was a furry Of excitement at
Lead over the escape of two Finlander
women from the county pesthouse, In
which they had been placed on account
| of smallpox. 1t was Jared they would
! spread the contagion broadcast, but it
has been ascertained that they fol
lowed circuitous routes, avoiding all
habitations, and the places where they
| we're received having been thoroughly
disinfected and isolated, it is thought
that no evil results will follow.
William Cassavant, under indict
ment at nellie Fourche for selling beef
without exhibiting tn ehide, as re
quired by law, was convicted and fined
| Charles Hall, for grand larceny, was
acquitted. Jesse Bogue, who was cap
tured by the officers through the medl
UNI of a decoy, a few weeks ago, in the
act o Highway robbery, pleaded guilty
| and was sentenced to eighteen months
in the penitentiary. There had been
several robberies of Intoxicated men
and a young man was started out with
instructions to display a flash roll OF
currency and simulate drunkenness II
| Bogue's presence. The bait was TAX
en-, and in a few minutes Bogue was
taken with the money in his posses
| chm Covoro1 civil coCQC wQro friaC