The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-04-17
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Genera, State News
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Tyndall of cancer.
A movement has been started for
the construction Of a telephone line
Orient and Miller.
Farmers who have high land have
begun sowing oats. 1t is expected
seeding will begin in earnest next
week.
James Grace Of Alpena and Miss Jes-
sic Winslow of WoonsQcket we're unit
ed In marriage at Huron by Rev. H.
S. Wilkinson.
M. M. Winter has sold his interest
in the Winter & Lee mercantile estab-
ushment at Huron to John r. Gehman
OF washington.
e.. e. Wisard has been awarded the
contracts to construct telephone svs.
TENS at washington Springs, I]roouois
and Kimball.
The Lesterville town board has
granted to the Farmers Exchange
company of Tyndall a franchise to put
in a local telephone.
M. l.. Tobin is clearing the debris
from the site Of his burned carriage
factory at Huron and is preparing to
erect a brick building.
Guy Maitland of Elk Point lost the
second finger of his right hand while
cleaning out under a corn shelter. His
finger was caught in the cogwheeles.
The Ancient Order of United Work
men at Rapid City recently initiated a
large class of candidates, increasing
It's membership to 289, all of whom are
in good standing.
Gov. Herried has appointed P. w.
Shoenberger of Watertown game war
den for COddingtOn county and Fred B.
Hollister Of W~oOnsOcket as warden for
Sanborn county.
A little boy named Ray Wohlford
was killed at Armour while playing
around a house which was being
moved. He crawled under the build
Ing and it fell Upon him.
Roosevelt is the name Of a new
~postoffice just opened at the Roosevelt
mine of the Grant, Gold Mining COM
pany, V miles northwest of Gus
ter, Mrs. Marie M. Simmons is in
charge.
The motions for new trials in the
cases Of Jacob Mulch, Cephas Shekel
and Adelbert Smith, convicted of
criminal assault at Deadwood, have
been denied by Judge Rice. The pris-
oners will be taken to the p~enitentiary.
Mrs. Frank A. Harmon of Chadron,
Neb., wife of the division superintend-
ent of the Northwestern railroad, is in
the HOmestake hospital at Lead,
where she recently underwent an oper-
alton for the removal of an abscess.
She is recovering.
Spring appears to have arrived IN
usually early in the western part of
South Dakota. Warm rains have
caused almost all the snow to disap-
pear and the new grass Is getting a
good start. The ground is in excel
lent condition for working. Encour-
aging range reports are received.
The Lyman county creamery propo-
sitiOn has reached the incorporation
stage Of its existence, it having been
incorporated with a capital Of 10000,
with headquarters at Dirkstown. The
l~ncorporators are Joseph B. Hofer of
Bridgewater, Peter B. Dirks of Oaco-
ma, Jacob He'll of Dirkstown.
The stockholders of the Deadwood
Opera House company reelected Off
GERS as follows: Joseph H~attenbach.
president; James Mum, vice presi-
dent; w. S. Elder, secretary. and Ma
than E. Franklin, treasurer. The
company is capitalized at $500, 600.
Options have been taken on lots be
tween the city hall and Masonic TEN
pie.
Now that South Dakota has a rigid
law pertaining to licensed ~peddlers,
States Attorney Tilton of Clay county
proposes to get after all classes of
peddlers who fail to take out the re-
CURED license for their line of bust
ness. He has served notice on all
h~ouseholders, instructing them to ask
peddlers to produce their license be-
fore purchasing wares, and if they
cannot do this to go to the nearest
justice of the peace and have a war
rant Of arrest sworn out.
The Black Hills Brick and Manu-
featuring company is the name of the
new commercial enterprise, end II
bidding fair to be of vast Importance
to the business interests around Stur-
gis. which has just been launched. The
stockholders and officers are: PreSi-
dent, Mic Schumer: vice president,
George Staiger; treasurer, H. E. Per
kins; secretary and manager, ". c.
Buderus. The company has acquired
title to forty acres in FairvieW addi-
ton and the entire tract is under laid
to a goodly depth with a superior
grade of clay, and In addition have
purchased the gypsum mill, having in
view adding the manufacture of wall
plaster. The machinery has all been
ordered and some Of it is already
there. The company expects TO begin
operations early in June. The plant
will have a capacity for turning out
10000 to %, 200 brick per day.
The travelling statesmen who make"