The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-12-23
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A pure seed wheat meeting has been
called for Faulkton on Dec. %.
Mrs. Mary Wilkin, wife of a prom
inent electrician of Deadwood, is dead.
Bids will be opened the list of Jan
rlary for the building of Faulk coun-
US $4,000 court house.
The town council of Geddes has de-
clared war on all kinds of gambling,
including nickel-in-the-slot machines.
Harry Stickler, a brakeman on the
His head was crushed between cars
while making a coupling. His home
was at Central, Neb.
George Smith was arrested on a
charge of passing four forged checks
amounting to $40, at Mitchell. The
checks were purported to have been
signed by w. L. Wallis, a merchant of
Riverside.
George Clark, from near Denver, is
lnder arrest at Spearfish for breaking
into a cabin owned by N. M. Hinton
Of Spearfish. A watch was found in
lis possession and other things that
belonged in the cabin.
Another payment of 20 per cent has
been made to the depositors of the
Did Farmers and Merchants bank of
Worthing, which closed it's doors some
line ago. This makes an aggregate of
so per cent which has been paid.
Fred Doten has purchased the James
Garrett ranch near Belle Fourche and
will stock it with 1900 head of sheep.
This section of the Hills, which has
been fed over by cattle for many
years, is being stocked with sheep.
Harry, the 1~5-year-old son Of Doane
Robinson, secretary of the state his
orical society, has been taken to Flor
da for his health. The boy ~overeXert-
I'd himself in a football game about
wo months ago, bringing on an attack
If acute bronchitis.
Henry Mattson, who has been husk-
ne corn this fall near Memo, is prob
IDLY the champion corn husker of
South Dakota. In twenty-four days
lie cribbed 2,1S0 bushels of corn. For
thirteen successive days he averaged
1902 bushels per day, which is believed
% entitle him to the belt.
The board of county commissioners
net at Britton in special session to
elect a sheriff to succeed H. A. Hink-
ey, deceased. Marshall Vincent was
elected to serve the remainder of the
,erm. For the full two-year term the
selection will devolve upon the new
commissioners when they organize in
January.
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A telephone system has been in
stalled at Rockham by Messrs. Hoge-
Doom & McLane. 1t is their intention
% construct rural lines in several d.
rections. These lines will be con-
aected with the local system. The
irst rural line to be built will proba-
oly run southwark to Burdette, where
t will connect with the lines of the
Redfeld Telephone company.
The Burlington company has made
several changes among its station
agents along the Black Hills line. c.
w. Graham, formerly at Edgemont,
has taken the place of A. H. Neal in
he Puma office, Mr.. Neal having been
transferred to Hyannis. Neb. The for
mer agent at Englewood, John Carey,
has been transferred to Hemingsford,
FNeb.
Charles Cerney Of Deadwood had a
narrow escape neal Nahant with a
deer. He had wounded the animal,
and, thinking it vas dead, approach
ed it, when it suddenly sprang up, and
together they rolled down the hillside.
After getting himself free from the
deer Cerney found that it was dead.
He received severe injuries about the
head.
Mrs. Henry Hodson of Powell. and
her son Edwin, who were at st. Luke's
hospital in Aberdeen for treatment
for typhoid fever, died within a few
hours of each other and were taken to
their former home in Michigan for
burial. In October n OF the sons of
the family was taken sick with ty-
phoid fever and died on Nov. 3. Later
three other sons we're taken with the
disease, but recovered. The epidemic
Is attributed to impure water.
Reports made at the annual meet
ing of the Farmers Mutual Insurance
company of Brandt show that the CON-
pany is one of the most successful Of
it's kind in the state. The total in
surance carried by the association,
which is composed Of the leading
farmers of that part Of the state, is
s445, 900. The following officers were
elected: President. G. Jacobson: Sec