The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21
South Dakota
General os news
- Photographed.

J. H. Matthias has succeeded E. A.
Cade, who resigned as chief clerk IN
the United States land office at Rapid
City.
Tommy, the 14-year-old son of Pat
Lavalley, was killed on the Milwaukee
railway at Parker while catching on
the cars.
Flour made in the BeresfOrd mill,
Union county, brought the top market
price the other day in the Chicago
market, $3.50 a barrel.
C. P. Gilbert died at his home near
Spearish, aged "a years. He came to
the Black Hills in the seventies and
located on Centennial Prairie.
w. J.. O'Brien, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, has appointed Sol Star of
Deadwood district deputy with juris-
diction over the lodges in South Da-
kota.
T. Booth, superintendent of the gov
eminent fish hatchery at Spearfish,
planted 10000 young trout Of the rain
bow variety in Fall river, just above
the city of Hot Springs.
T~hirty-ive cars Of cattle, mostly
from the Fort Sisseton range, were
shipped from Webster to the Chicago
and Sioux City markets Saturday.
Thirty-seven cars were shipped last
week.
Loren Boughton, head brakeman on
a Milwaukee freight at Aberdeen, had
his right leg crushed so badly below
the knee that a portion of the leg had
to be amputated. His parents live in
Sioux City,.
The State bark Of Bradley was burg.
larized recently. Ross Kenyon, dep
uty postmaster, shot at the robbers
five times and was shot at three times
at close range, but no one was hurt.
The bank is fully insured.
Maj. Hunter of the Sixth cavalry at
Fort Meade, it is said, has been re-
lieved from duty with that regiment
and will assume charge, under the
direction of the quartermaster general
of the army, Of construction work at
Fort Meade.
The certificate of nomination of
John d. Hanten of Watertown as the
Democratic nominee for Judge of the
third circuit has been filed with the
secretary Of state. The nomination
was made to fill the place on the ticket
made vacant by the death Of Judge
Bennett.
Eight carloads of excursionists from
the East arrived at Huron recently
over the Chicago & Northwestern
road, coming via Hawarden. Four
coaches arrived on the train from the
East via Tracy, and the town is full
of sightseers and prospective land buy.
ers.
Nearly 5000 bushels Of grain was
raised this season on the land con-
nected with the poor farm Of Lake
county. Instead of this farm being a
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county, as Is the case in most of the
counties Of the state which have poor
farms, it is paying a revenue to the
county.
The October term Of the supreme
court opened last week and a law class
of nine took examinations for admis-
sion to the bar. The class was COM.
posed of H. M. Sterud, Pierre; E. E..
Adams, Hazel; H. E.. Klise. Fort
Pierre; Windsor Doherty, Yankton:
James G. Stanley, Lead; Prof. A. B.
Crosier, Brookings.
Plans are being prepared for a new
$4,000 brick business block which is
to be erected at Lesterville. The
building will be three stories and a
basement. The structure will be erect.
ed on ground now occupied by the
building of the Le%sterville State bank.
and when completed the ground floor
will be occupied by a national bank.
which is to be established there.
A son of John Menning of Independ.
ence township. Douglas county. was
bitten by a dog a week ago and he has
now developed signs OF hydrophobia.
The dog gave no symptoms OF the dis.
ease and no notice was taken Of the
bite until the injured hand began to
swell. Blood poison set in and was
followed by hydrophobia. The boy il
under constant care, butsthere are no
hopes entertained for his
Henry Miller Of Sturgis, Z lineman
in the employ Of the Home Telephone
company, met with an accident While
at work recently. He was at the ton
OF a high pole when he felt it begin
to sway. and thinking that It vas
about to fall with him, jumped. He
turned half over and fell upon his
spine n head and was rendered I'M
conscious by the fall. Upon examina.
ton 1t was found that Miller,s iniu.
rteS. though severe woro uc% 49,.