The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-06-03
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The Elkton Telephone company is
extending its line southwest of town.
The bachelors will give a return par.
ty in honor Of the "spinsters" in the
opera house at Andover.
Gov. Herreid has appointed James
T. Ferguson Of Washington Springs
game warden for Jerauld county.
Fred S. Pew has the pipe on the
ground for a new artesian well on the
prosperity Hill addition to Andover.
E. e. %lngersoll, who in the early
eighties lived on a farm southwest of
Andover, recently dropped dead at his
home at Everett. Wash.
Hammond Brothers of Wessington
Springs have placed an order for 4O,-
200 feet OF lumber to be used in erect
ing buildings on their big ranch in
Marlar township.
A man supposed to be Ziegler. the
murderer, was arrested on suspicion
at Andover by Marshal D. H. Passage.
Soon afterward persons from Groton
arrived to identify him and he proved
to be the wrong man and was released.
Conr0n pnrfcnhnu uho u-a, "a
the earliest pioneers in Pennington
county, coming there in the early '7os,
died at his home at Sheridan last
week. He owned a large amount OF
valuable mining property and was
well known throughout the West.
Gov. Herreid has commissioned
Ralph L. Miller of Brookings and C. S
Dillon of Sioux Falls members of his
personal staff. Both young men are
students of the agricultural college
who have distinguished themselves
both in the academic and military de.
partments.
The next meeting of the Northern
South Dakota Educational association
will be held in Andover, the date to be
decided by the executive committee.
The newly elected officers are: F. l..
Ransom Of Redfield, president; j. H.
Hilley Of Andover, secretary, and Mrs.
]. G. Jackson of Doland, treasurer.
Henry Stanley was found guilty at
Woonsocket of attempting to take the
life of the city marshal, Winfield
Cochran, and was sentenced by Judge
Smith to six years at the Sioux Falls
~penitentiary. In shooting at Cochran
Stanley hit two bystanders, badly
wounding one of them.
Capt. Seth Bullock. forest super.
visor OF the Black Hills range, has re-
turned from the state line between
Wyoming and South Dakota, and says
the government already has COM
menced preliminary work for the sur
vey of the boundary, for which $780,
900 was appropriated.
The commissioners of Brown coun-
ty have offered a reward of $500 for
the apprehension of William Ziegler,
who, it is charged, murdered De Wit,
B. Beilby of Groton. The statutory
reward Of 500 makes the total to
date $500. All traces Of Ziegler have
been lost and it is not believed that
he will be found in this state.
The grand encampment Of South Da-
kota Odd Fellows elected the following
officers: Grand patriarch, H. M. Wal
lace, Elk Point; high priest, w. r.
Morgan, Hot Springs; senior warden,
H. J. Rice, Huron: scribe, G. w. Snow,
Springfield; treasurer. w. J. Rawson,
Mitchell; representative. c. H. Tink-
ham, De Smet.
Rev. F. E. Hall. who for some time
has been pastor Of the Plankinton
Congregational church, has rendered
his resignation, which will take effect
June /, at which time he will assume
the duties of field secretary of the
South Dakota Anti-Saloon league, to
which he was recently elected. His
headquarters will be in Mitchell.
Ludwig Mason, living near Vale,
was brought to Sturgis, badly cut up
by a harrow. He was fixing the lines
on his horses when they became
frightened and ran away, dragging the
harrow over Mason. One tooth en-
tered the calf Of his leg and tore it
open, another tore one foot open, and
a third struck his watch and bulged it,
keeping the tooth from entering his
abdomen. and saving his life.
Asa r. Crooks, a young man from
Central City. Neb., who was out of the
insane hospital of Nebraska on parole,
accompanied his father to Pierre on a
trip, and at the Riverview hotel he be-
came violent when he was not allowed
to occupy another room from the one
to which he was assigned. He was
restrained until the train left in the