The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-07
The work Of digging the trenches for

The work Of digging the trenches for
the new waterworks system at Alex.
andria Is in progress.
Farmers around Tyndall are cutting
their second crop of alfalfa. 1t is q
very fine year for growing that crop.
Work is being pushed on the pom
toon bridge at Yankton, which will be
in place in a few days at a point south
Of the city.
Rev. J.. A. Derome, pastor Of the
Congregational church at Plankinton.
has rendered his resignation, to take
effect Oct. II next.
At a meeting Of Catholics at Platte,
arrangements were completed for the
erection of a fine new church. The
contract has been awarded. The
church will cost about 50 5000.
Early corn is caring around Tyndall
and the prospect is excellent. Corn
has made large growth this year wher-
ever the stand is good. With a favor
able fall the crop will be all right.
Six of the leading physicians OF
Bookings have signed a public call
for contributions in aid Of a hospital
to be erected by the Catholic Sisters.
at a cost Of $40, 900, if the people will
raise one-third Of that amount
While working on the SOO-foot level
of the Homestake mine at Lead, Isaac
Johnson, a miner, was killed, being
crushed by falling rock. He was un-
married, forty years Of age, and had
made Lead his home for twelve years.
At the annual meeting Of the Hart.
ford w. c. T. u, the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Lucy
Bailey; vice president and correspond.
ing secretary, Mrs. Emma Tyler; re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Velma MCGEE:
treasurer, Mrs. Lydia Evans.
The Parker city council has sue.
ceeded in disposing of bonds to the
amount Of SIC, 900 which were recently
voted for the purpose Of extending and
improving the local w~aterworks sys-
TEN The lucky bidder was L. l.. Lo-
stutter Of %Iroquois, and his offer to
take all the bonds at par and give $3.50
premium has been accepted by the
council.
A few days ago James Lessard, who
carries the Viewfield mail, met with .
serious accident. He stopped to change
horses, and while riding a saddle pony
ont to the pasture to catch one of the
relay his pony fell or SHE'D at a ditch
and he was thrown. Lessard was bad.
ly bruised about the head and sus
tanned other severe injuries.
Three young girls ran away from
their home in Tyndall and took the
night freight to Yankton. The city
marshall wired the Yankton police to
hold them, and the mex day the sher-
if Of Bon Homme county went down
and brought them home. They have
been taken back to their home again,
although there was some talk Of send.
ing them to the reform school.
While leading a horse to water, Os.
a Holden Of Watertown was kicked
on the neck by the horse and instantly
killed. His neck was broken by the
force Of the blow. He was a young
man, twenty-four years of age, the son
of Ralph Holden, a farmer living near
Watertown. He was visiting at the
home of A. j. Smith in Watertown
when the accident occurred.
Joe Giblin of Webster made a mis-
take the other day which got him into
a bit of trouble for a time. He traded
for a colt, and when he went to the
pasture to get it he took the colt of
]. R. Taylor. by mistake. Mr.. Taylor
swore out a warrant for horse steal
ing, but the matter was soon settled
when the mistake vas explained and
the colts exchanged.
The Woonsocket Telephone com
pany is proving to be quite a gold
mine. A Is per cent dividend was de-
clared for the six-months' period end.
ed with the year, but owing to the fact
that $4,000 was spent this spring in
improvements, the s~emi-annual dNi-
dend was passed at the midsummer
meeting. The stock of the il
now worth 200 per cent.
Capt. Leach's steamboat Bachelor
passed Yankton recently, bound for
Sioux City with a load of 600 hogs.
Down river from there the boat ran on
a sandbar and it took seventeen hours
work to float the BOAT so that she could
resume her journey. Capt. Leach has
worked up quite a business at his To-
cation eight miles up from Yankton,
and Is now running two boats, the 9TH
er ons being the Maud.