Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-04
More than one hundred land seekers
from the East arrived at Huron recent
ly to take up land on the Sioux resar-

walton.
William Sargood and Albert Adams
have been bound over at Ipswich to
| answer to the charge of stealing q
| dwelling house.
John Nicholson of Deadwood died of
asthma, aged fifty-two. He was a
member of the A. o. U. w. and left q
wife and nine children.
! Baptist church Of fifteen members
was organized at Burbank by Rev. Mr..
| Hupp Of Elk Point and Rev. Dr. Shan
| afelt, Baptist missionary for South Da-
| kota.
Bail OF $4,000 has been granted
| George Northam, the Homestake spe-
I cial agent, charged with the murder Of
George Tallman at Lead, and he Is at
liberty.
! The board Of county commissioners
Of Marshall county let the contract for
the installation of a gasolene plant of
| 100 lights capacity for the lighting OF
the county building,
Judge Loring E. Gaffy, who has for
| ten years presided over the big Sixth"
| judicial circuit, authorizes the an
| nouncement that he will not be a cam
didate for denomination.
| The oldest settlers Of the Black Hills
cannot recall winter that will COM
pare with the present in its mildness.
! There has been scarcely any snow and
| the mercury has seldom been down to
zero
Judge Jones has approved the sale
| by Receiver Jay Manson of the Egan
State bank, which closed its doors
| few weeks ago. The bid of $500 Of
the First State bank of Egan was the
! highest.
The stockholders OF the Clay County
| Fair association have decided that the
people do not want fair and have
taken steps to dispose Of the fair
ground property. The association is
81 600 in debt
The State Mutual Fire association
elected a new set of officers as follows:
John Kielbaugh president, Tyndall;
O. A. Rongsrud vice president, Elk
Point; ]. b. Wolgamuth, secretary and
treasurer, Mitchell.
Paul G. Kleeman, manager Of the
Kleeman hotel at Custer, who was So
riously injured in the railroad wreck at
Rockford two weeks ago, has recov-
cred sufficiently to be discharges from
the hospital at Deadwood.
| At the annual meeting of the Wau-
bay Creamery association stockholders
it was found that the creamery had an
unusually successful year, having paid
out $17,4S3.07 to the farmers for but
ter fat alone. The finances are in ex-
cellent condition.
Jacob Junti Of Roubaix, who was ac-
cused of the. murder Of countryman,
Matt M. Laitala, has been released at
Deadwood on the ground Of insufficient
evidence. Laitala met his death under
mysterious circumstances and suspi-
cion attached to Junti.
In the matter, of the receivership Of
| the Huran Fruit and Produce company,
the court directed that all money,
books and property be Immediately
turned over to Isaac Van Wrinkle, the
receiver. The affairs of the company
are said to be in a muddled condition.
Harry Gilmore has been released on
an order made by Judge Bennett at
Watertown. The law prohibits the ex-
aiming magistrate from adjourning
preliminary hearings for more than
six days. The hearing of Gilmore on
the charge Of perjury was adjourned
for ten days to allow witnesses to come
to Watertown from Sing Sing, N. Y,
which action by the justice was de-
clared Illegal and the defendant Or
dered released.
While the members of the soldiers'
Home at Hot Springs were descending
the stairs to dinner, John Hogan, who
was somewhat intoxicated, in play
full manner got astride the stair rail
to slide, and fell to the floor, distance
of twenty-eight feet. He struck on the
back of his head and shoulders, frac-
turing his skull He did not regain
consciousness, dying shortly after. His
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a. wife and twelve children.
The regular January term OF circuit
court opened at Webster. As this was
the first term in the new courthouse,
an informal dedication session was
held, during which congratulatory and
reminiscent addresses were made by
ex-Judge Andrews, now of Mankato,
Mimi; H. H. Potter OF Aberdeen; Fl.
G. Preston of Mitchell; George WI
Case of Watertown; r. w. Parliman of
Sioux Falls; f. e. Campbell of Groton;
F. w. Granger OF Aberdeen: Judge Nc
Coy, Mayor Levoy of this city, and
members Of the city bar.
The Harrison Telephone company,
the Independent concern organized
about eight years ago, has been reor-
ganized and Will enter upon important |
improvements. Affairs have been In a
tangle for about a year, bat all diff |
culties have been settled and new cap
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