Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-01-21

Clark county. died at his home in Cor
don City.
The Webster creamery has Just
closed successful year, the net
amount distributed being about $685.
600.
The apartments Of Sam Kaucher at
Yankton were broken into and valu-S
ables to the extent of about $500 tax
en-.
The drug business OF DR.. H. A. Pea
body at Webster has been sold to y.
Allan Cowan DR.. Peabody will con-
tinue the practice Of medicine.
Robert Gillies has just secured .
flow of water in his artesian we'll In
Logan township, near Clark, of fifty
two gallons minute. The well is 967
feet deep.
Several recent attempts ct firebugs
to burn some Of the best buildings at
Garretson have aroused the citizens to
action and a fund of $1,000 has been
raised for apprehension and prosecu-
ton. &
James earns, merchant and one
of the earliest settlers of Faulkton, b
dead He came here from Iowa in
1883 and resided here continuously
ever since. He was charter mem
Der of Faulkton lodge, A. F. and A. M.
William Dittrick, a farmer Of Bone
steel. was driving a nail into hard
wood post. The nail rebounded from
a glancing stroke of the hammer,
striking him in the light eye. and the
attending physician says the sight is
no doubt destroyed.
A sensation has been created at
Castlewood by the arrest of T. l.
Stevenson, who two months ago pur-
chased stock of goods from w. Nj.
Harris and has since conducted the
business. Stevenson is charged with
disposing of mortgaged property.
The directors of the Salem Milling.
Lighting and Heating company or
ganized as follows: l.. Y. Schneider, i
president; Z. F. Westfall. vice presi-
dent; H. G. Torrey, secretary and
mnager. and L. S. Tyler, treasurer.
The company Is earning fair profit
Tor the stockholders
The state treasurer has received q
draft fro mthe general government for
$3.50 to apply to hefagricultural col
lege fund The governors office has
also received a draft for s9,2S3 from
the interior department as the due OF
the state on 5 per cent of government
land sold In South Dakota.
Capt. Meyer and Adjt. Throckmorton
of the Salvation Army held meeting
in the M. Il. church at Wessingtor
Springs for the purpose Of raising
funds for the home to be erected In
Sioux Falls. At the close of the meet.
ing $102 was subscribed. The winter
term Of the seminary opened with a
large attendance.
A term of state circuit court for
Hamlin county which has been adj
journed several times. but which It
was believed would convene this
month, has again been adjourned, this
time until March 8 next There are
great many cases to be tried, and
there was some disappointment be-
cause Of the adjournments.
A new fifty-horse power Ideal en-
CINE and Fort Wayne dynamo was
started up at the normal school at
Madison recently, supplying the 200
lights Of the school, The system is
direct, and the initial trial was 81
success. Additional lights will be-
placed around the grounds and the
normal will soon blaze like jewel.
The following officers were elected
by Gen. Wertzel post, G. A. r., Of
Clark: G. w. Hopgood. commander;
James Thoreson, senior vice; John
Hubbard. junior vice; Frank Walker.
adjutant; f. B. Mills, quartermaster;i
E. F. Damn. surgeon; w. Mead. chap
lain; w. K. Moore, officer Of the days.
S. N. LeCouEt. officer Of the guard; o.
M. Baker, quartermaster sergeanti
James Grand, sergeant major.
The midwinter graduating exercises
of the Madison state normal school
took place in the opera house at Madi-
son. The graduating class was COM
posed Of nine young women, Gather
Inc Allen, Nettie Bates Rose Coch.
rane, Anna Larson, Emily LIE Count.
Saba Millet, Bessie PHILIPPE, Dema
Ray and Bessie Wilkinson. They will
start teaching at once.
The preliminary skirmish on the
fight for the removal Of the county
seat OF Walworth county to railroad
point has taken place and Sleby has
secured the requisite number OF sign
ers to her petition, which entities her
to become a candidate against Bangor,
the inland county seat Presidential,
state, county; capital removal and
county seat removal elections promise
to make the 1904 campaign an inter-,
esting one in this section.
The opening OF the winter term Of
Dakota university was one OF the
most successful in the history Of the
Institution. The enrolment Is the :