Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-25
John A. Leeper died at Memo. aged

settlers of Winona county, contfnu-
GUS resident for more than forty years,
is dead at the age of ninety-one.
r. H. Evans OF Spearish valley an
honorary member of the Worlds fair
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 c01mit-
tee together at Sioux Falls March
for the purpose of fixing a date for
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, Pid-
coe & Co.
Ex-County Auditor Maupin Of Stan
ley county has amply secured his
bondsnen for all shortage which has
been discovered in his affairs, and no
one will lose a cent except Maupin
himself.
Charged with violation Of the anti
of Lead, are being held for hearing.
They have been holding weekly draw
ings at which suits OF clothes were
disposed Of.
p G. Dillon. one of the earliest set
tiers Of Woonsocket, is dead. He was
an old soldier, having served through
out the war in Company G Of the
r;e e., I
injured last summer and dropsy de-
veloped.
In accordance with pronounced
sentiment in favor of incorporating
Hurley as city, a petition is being
circulated and numerously signed ask
ing the town board to submit the ques-
ton of incorporating to the voters at
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 Ia
said there will be no material change
in the management.
The people Of Parkston are the lat
est to become interested in the incor-
poration question. and will soon file
with the town board 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 sue
coed w. H. Lacey of Angona, Iowa, re-
signed.
The new dormitory for girls for tho
Northern normal and Industrial school
in Aberdeen has been opened It was
finished before the holidays and was
to have been opened on Jan. 1, when
the fire Of Dec. 80 caused the delay.
The dormitory is considered the best
in the state.
1t is probable that several new ra-
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
the proposed routes and 1t Is believed
his 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 no fur
Their danger is anticipated.
Paul Kelleman of Custer underwent
surgical operation at st. Josephs
hospital at DeadWood in the hope OF
relieving the apparent pressure on the
brain resulting from injuries received
in a recent railroad accident 1t was
discovered that an abscess had deveI-
oped, and but little hope of recovery
is entertained.
After lowering for several days be-
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 few weeks ago. He was nine
teen, and the only son OF the late Paul
Kleeman.
The Lawrence county grand jury
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 wagon load Of beef
to market. He sold the team, wagon
and beef, 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
young man whose identity has not
been disclosed, For days it was feared
she would die, and heroic measures