Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-28

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Five hundred ollars r worth IT tS o. Prop pro-
erty was destroyed 5. .as ne,t t,, :. -
Eckhart farm. eight MR. = = ''s - -
Huron.
w. w. Lincoln of Wolsey has sol>
out and will soon go to Riverside coYnS
ty, California. where he has purchased
an orange grove.
f.. ]. Wisner OF Britton has traded
his stock OF hardware, harness and
furniture for an equity in half sec
ton of farm land.
Mrs. Helen Dean OF Armour took q
dose Of laudanum and 1t was only by
prompt medical attendance that her
life was saved. No motive is given
for her act. She is a widow.
Sheep owners are getting ready for
shearing operations. Last year about
1,250,000 pounds of wool were shipped
from Pierre. and the amount will
probably be as great this year.
G. j. Davis, postmaster at Puma,
died of pneumonia, aged sixty years.
He was a native of Ohio, and served
in the Seventy-third Ohio volunteers
during the war of the rebellion. He
came to the Black Hills ten years ago,
and was appointed to the Puma post
office in May, 1902. He leaves Q
widow and three children
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/ 1t is now certainty that Vienna
/ WI hov re- hn hcef <x,,,vp
baseball teams in the state during the
coming season. Over 5000 has been
/ subscribed toward the team by local
business men and others. It is the In
tention to hire good pitcher for the
season. Charles Anderson has been
engaged to manage the team. M
An inspector of the rural free mail
delivery service has concluded new
rural delivery route. to run from
Beresford. If established, the new
route will extend south and west from
Beresford. However, it is feared that
If the new route is established the
postof11ce at Alsen and the star route
from Dalesbury to Yermillion will be
discontinued.
The creamery at Kimball, which has
been idle for some months, will again
be placed in operation on April 80.
Niels Mathiason of Irwin has been
engaged as buttermaker. The amount
of business transacted by the cream
cry this season will determine whether
the stockholders will continue to
operate 1t or whether in future it will
be leased to outside parties.
Preparations have been completed
by the city board of Lake Preston for
the sinking Of small drilled well,
which is designed to furnish water for
domestic uses. Water from q larger
we'll is not suitable for domestic pur-
poses and when the smaller we'll II
completed the water from the big we'll
Will be used solely for fire protection
| purposes. The new we'll will be sunk
to the 380foot vein. where the water
is soft.
Mary Stull school teacher Of Blk
by. was accidentally shot at Hotel
Scotland at Sturgis. She had been sit
ting on the porch with Joseph Garner
of Belle Fourche, and suggested that
they go into the parlor. AS Garner
started to get up revolver fell out of
his pocket, and was discharged. The
ball passed through the girls right leg,
and up into the body. She is in
critical condition, but 1t is thought will
recover.
John Gergen, who shot and wounded
| Christene Keffeler last November.
was convicted at Sturgis of assault
with dangerous weapon with intent
to kill and was sentenced to six years
and six months in the Sioux Falls peni-
tantiary. A. B. Chaffee, who was
charged with shooting and killing
Simon Sisiey near Dalzell, in January,
was acquitted. Chaffee alleged self
defense.
A jury at Sioux Fails In the case Of
| Thomas III. Mackey, indicted for SELL
| ing liquor to Indians at Springfield.
returned verdict of guilty. Mackey
was sentenced to one year and fined
800. Samuel Foster pleaded guilty
to introducing liquor into the Sisseton
reservation, and was sentenced to one
year and fined 500. Thomas Subpon.
ca, a Sisseton Indian, pleaded guilty
to selling liquor to his brethren, and
as he is an old offender was given 1
two-year term and fined 5000.
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At meeting OF Valley Springs bnse.
ball enthusiasts baseball association
was formed. the intention being to OF.
ganize one of the best mines in this
part Of the state. The following off,
GERS were elected: Manager, C.. X.
Cady; secretary, Roy Harris; treas
urer, Elmer Hetland captain, Lester
Kimball. The citizens have cons
tributed the money necessary for the
purchase Of new suits, balls, bats and
other paraphernalia. Suitable grounds
will be secured and fitted up at once.
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South Dakota Is yet young state
and it has not been many years since
it was first known as a territory, and
yet when case comes before the su.
preme court as did one recently.
which has as its principal point Of
contention deed which was executed
in 1858, nearly fifty years ago, 1t be-