The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-01
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G. D. Smith, aged 40, died. nine
miles southwest of Salem.
The crop prospects are better than
eyer before known in Faux county.
JIG. Murphy of Iroquois, S. d., ana
Rosa Halpin Hit of Salem were mar
ried at Salem.
The four-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Fisher of Aberdeen was
killed by a fall.
A farmers elevator company q
awarded a contract for the erection OF
a grain elevator at the town of Sher-
a
A seven-year-old son of N. Rose OF
Moore, thirty miles southwest OF
Pierre, was dragged to death by =
horse.
B. M. Mitchell, one of the oldest res
ldSulS vi Tie DliCh IllllS OIC LII my
stone at the age of 60. He came to the
Hills in 1876.
Raymond Groshong and Miss Caro-
line Teffre were married at Galena. AT
the same time Henry Hewitt and Miss
Della Cameron were united.
Secretary of State Berg awarded the
state printing to the State Publishing
company OF Pierre and to the News
Printing company of Aberdeen.
Lewis Mann of Sioux City. has filed
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy in
the United States court. He places
his liabilities at 81, 7OS.e3, and assets
at $3.50.
w. H. Thurman accidentally fell into
a cesspool at Big Stone City and broke
his neck. He has held a good position
with Gold & Co. for several years. He
leaves a wife and family.
A meeting of prohibitiOnists of tho
northwestern part of the county was
held at Webster and a county prohibit
ton ticket put in nomination. There
being no attorneys in the county avail.
able as prohibitionists, that Office was
left vacant.
The state land department has sent
out advertisement of sale of tracts OF
state land in Gregory county, fixing
the date for Aug. 26. The sale is being
advertised in Omaha and Sioux City,
as we'll as in state papers. The indica.
tons are for some lively bidding for
at least a portion of the land.
The Gilt Edge Maid Mining company
had it's annual election at Deadwood
and elected officers as follows: j. l..
Turner of Springfield, S. D., president;
William Lardner of Deadwood. vice
president; John r. Wilson Of Dead
wood, secretary and treasurer, and G.
A. Duncan of Deadwood. general man.
ager. These, and William d. Lowry Of
Minneapolis. are the directors.
Agent Hatch and Chief Clerk MUIR
ply, from Cheyenne river agency, are
at Pierre for the purpose of paying in
terest money to the Indians who yet
remain on their Bad river severalty
lands and are yet under control OF
that agency. The payment is light,
but the next one. which will include
the lease money, will involve a good
sum-. The income of the Indians on
that reservation from leases and inter.
est is owe $500 a day, making the dis
tributiOn of cash annually a heavy one
The matter of ration distribution 10
now almost done away, only a few de.
pendent Indians being on the roll.
The financial troubles of Thompson
& Juve Of Baltic will have an airing be-
fore Capt. A. B. Wheelock, trustee, OF
Sioux Falls, OF June ~. T. Thompson
is ordered to show u why an order
should not be issued authorizing the
sale of certain property belonging to
Thompson & Juve upon which he has q
mortgage. T.. Thompson is not a MEM
Der of the firm. but is the holder Of q
mortgage executed by the members OF
the firm. which the creditors desire
shall be sold for their benefit. A petit
ton was filed in the United States
court in Sioux Falls some weeks ago
by creditors of the two men composing
the firm, asking that they be adjudged
involuntary bankrupts.
w J. Mclaughlin Of Spearfsh has
been awarded the contract to rebuild
the portions Of the track on the Bur-
lington-Spearfish scenic line which
were washed out by the recent food.
1t is estimated that the damage will
amount to $50, 900. Work will begin
Immediately with thirty-five teams.
An official Of the government fish
hatchery at Spearfsh estimates that
the loss to the hatchery will amount
to $4,000. Several hundred large
sized trout escaped from the ponds
during the food and fishing has been
good in the city limits. Small fruit
raisers will lose heavily by reason Of