The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-30
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squadron, and ordered to report at
once at Smyrna, Turkey.
The supreme court holds the per
kinS' ticket in Roberts county to be
regular and shuts off the Eastman
ticket unless it is nominated by petit
ton.
Hetland has enjoyed a steady
growth this season, and although
many new dwelling houses have been
erected during the summer there il
not a vacant dwelling in town at pres
ent. Additional buildings will have to
be erected to meet the steady demand
for homes.
The grain elevator conducted at
Freeman for some years by Schamber
Bros. has been sold to Dewald & Wal
ter, who will manage it in the future.
The purchasers are extensive grain
buyers and have a string Of elevators,
one at Memo, three at Freeman, and
4 mill at Marion.
While S. J. Walkley, government in
spector of cattle dipping, was starting
operations on the futile ranch, north
Of Miller, the boiler exploded, and
pieces flew fifty feet. The steam
scalded Walkley and his three assist
ants, and Goals from the engine start
ed a prairie fire.
A meeting of the Beadle county bar
was held to take action on the death
Of Attorney Kirke w. Wheeler. Among
the speakers were Coe l. Crawford.
Col. w. A. Lynch, Henry c. Hinckley.
A. w. Wilmarth, T. NJ. Simmons, Alva
Charles S. Whiting.
The farmers living in the vicinity
of Mansfield nave organized what will
be known as the Farmers Telephone
company. The company will construct
a rural telephone line from that place.
The officers of the company are: Pres
ident, John Harrington; secretary.
George Woodford; treasurer, Charles
Granger.
The members of the Fairfax Congro-
gational church, as the result of an in
vestigation. have decided to use CO
ment blocks in the construction OF
their new church building. Plans for
The new structure will be adopted at q
business meeting OF the members Of
the church. The new church building
will cost about $4,000.
The drillers are within four feet Of
the supposed coal vein on the Ira O.
Curtis farm near Aberdeen, and have
already found a considerable quantity
Of drift coal that burns we'll ana has
! good appearance. Mr.. Curtis and the
gentlemen interested in the project
are very hopeful that coal in paying
Quantitie swill be found.
At the annual meeting of the Nom
bers of the Redfeld fire department
the following officers were elected for
the coming year: Chief, #. A. Legler:
assistant chief, John p. Wolf; treas
urer, w. d. Beebe. The foremen OF
the hook and ladder truck and hose
carts are w. D. Beebe, E. T. Furbush,
D. Bennett and George Hurst.
o. L. Briggs. who has been station
agfent for the Chicago & Northwest
ern Railroad company at Wisner,
Creighton and other places in Nebras.
ka, has been appointed agent of the
same company at Bonesteel and al
ready has assumed the duties Of the
position. He succeeds MI. Lininger.
who has been transferred to another
station.
Good progress is being made in the
work Of constructing a large addition
to the Methodist Episcopal church
building at Hartford. The addition,
as well as the main church building.
will be heated by a furnace. Among
the other improvements will be the
substitution of opera chairs for the
seats which for many years have done
service in the church.
Two of the Oldest business firms in
Aberdeen are closing out preparatory
to moving to the coast, both firms be-
Ing clothing houses. l.. Appel & Co.
have been here twenty-one years, and
David Strauss & Co. have been here
eighteen years, and both firms are
well known throughout the northern
part Of the state, having amassed q
goodly amount of wealth.
The term of the district court in
Mercer county ended by the dismissal
Of the case Of the state vs.. Houser.
The defendant was charged with MUIR
der. he having shot and killed a neigh.
Dor with whom he had a dispute over
trespass.ng cattle. The evidence
showed that the man who was killed
was the ~aggressor, and had pursued
the defendant with = whifletree and
a knife. After the evidence was all
in for the state the Judge directed the
jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty.
There was also a charge Of murder
against an Indian woman for killins
her husband. but as the justice Ut the
peace who had committed the defend.
and had not sent up the papers to the
district. court the case was dismissed