The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-26
John A. Leeper died It Memo. aesd

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is dead at the age Of ninety-one.
r. H. Evans of Spearfsh valley, N
honorary member of the Worlds nAir
commission from South Dakota, has
shipped his first collection Of small
grains to the fair.
Chairman Crane of the Republican
state committee will call the commit
tee together at Sioux Falls March ,
for the purpose Of fixing . date nor
the state convention.
c. H. Pickett of Rock Rapids, Iowa,
has sold his interest In the general
merchandise business of Pickett Bros.
at Canton to l.. L. Pidcoe. The name
of the new firm will be Puckett. Ptd-
coe & Co.
Ex-County Auditor Maupin at STAN
ley county has amply secured HID
bondsmen for all shortage which has
been discovered in his affairs, and NO
one will lose a cent except 4aupin
himself.
Charged with violation of the anti
gambling laws, Hoyt & Fowler. talD0ro
Of Lead, are being held for . hearing.
They have been holding weekly draw
ings ht which suits of clothes weIa,
disposed Of,
P. C. Dillon, one OF the earliest set
tiers of W~oonsocket, is dead. He was
an old soldier, having served through
out the war in Company c of NE
T~wenty-eighth Iowa infantry. He vas
injured last summer and dropsy Do
veloped. :
In accordance with a pronounced
sentiment in favor Of Incorporating
Hurley as a city, a petition Is being
circulated and numerously signed ask
ing the town board to submit the Ques-
ton Of Incorporating to the voters Ut
an early date.
The two banks which have been do
Ing business at Canistota have been
consolidated and will hereafter do
business under the name of the Farm
ers' State Bank Of Canistota. It IL
said there will be no material change
in the management. I
The people Of Parkston are the At-
est to become interested in the incor.
poration question. and will soon ale
with the town board a petition asking
that the matter Of Incorporating Park
ston as a city be submitted to the vot
ers at the coming spring election.
The directors of the Mutual Lumber
company held a meeting to close up
their business in Sioux Falls, prepare
tory to moving the home Office of the
company to Canton. John Isakson Of
Canton was elected treasurer to suc-
coed w. H. Lacey Of Angona, Iowa, 70
signed.
The new dormitory for girls for the
Northern normal and industrial school
in Aberdeen has been opened. It was
finished before the holidays and was
to have been opened on Jan. l, whom
the fire of Dec. 30 caused the delay.
The dormitory is considered the best
in the state.
It is probable that several new Yu-
raj mail delivery routes from Mellette
will be placed in operation during the
next few weeks. A special agent OF
the rural mail delivery department
has concluded the work Of inspecting
report will be favorable.
The public schools at Bridgewater
which have been closed for q period
of three weeks owing to an epidemic
Of diphtheria. have been reopened,
and all public meetings announced for
the future. The disease has been
thoroughly stamped out, and 10 fur
Their danger is anticipated.
Paul Kelleman Of Custer underwent
a surgical operation at st. Joeeph's
at Deadwood in the hope Of
relieving the apparent pressure On the
brain resulting from injuries received
in a recent railroad accident. II wa
discovered that an abscess had devel-
oped, and but little hope of recovery
is entertained.
After lowering for several days 10
tween life and death. Paul Kleeman,
Jr.. son of Mrs. Kleeman Of Custer,
died at the Deadwood hospital after
an operation to relieve supposed pres
sure on the brain. He was injured IN
a Burlington railroad wreck at Rock.
ford a few weeks ago. He was nine
teen, and the only son of the late Paul
Kleeman.
The Lawrence county grand fury
has returned an indictment against
Henry Hopkins. charged with embez-
element Hopkins was in the employ
OF Mrs. Pauline Thompson OF Butte
county, by whom he was sent to
Spearfish with q wagon load Of beef
to market. He sold the team. wagon
and beet. appropriated the proceeds
and disappeared.
After lingering on the verge Of
death as the result of taking carbolic
acid. Miss Laura Lincoln, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Lincoln Of Spear.
fish, is out of danger, and public indig.
nation has been aroused against q
young man whose identity has not
been disclosed. For days 1t was feared
she would die. and heroic measures
were resorted to by the physicians.
Miss Lincoln, who is eighteen and a
pretty girl. declares that it was be-
cause Of a young mans treatment OF