The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-02-05
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South Dakota
C...-., State News
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houses from Forest City to Evarts on
the ice this winter.
A Junior Epworth league has been
organized at Viborg with a charter
membership Of thirty-one.
Heart failure caused the death of
FRANK Delehant, one of Leads NOS
prominent business men, after a sho,,
illness.
Deputy Marshal Lamb arrested
Thomas H, Mackey of Springfield on
the charge of selling liquor to Indians
belonging at Santee agency.
John Nykl, Il Bohemian, aged thirty.
four, and unmarried, committed sui
eide at Yankton by shooting. The
cause Of his act was i'll health.
Farmers living between Watertown
an9 Webster have organized a stock
company for the purpose of building a
railroad from Watertown to Webster.
Charles La Breche of jefferson has
sold his farm of 161h acres to Ben Ber-
nard for SIS an acre. The land adioins
Jefferson and is well improved.
Gallery ammunition has been ship
ped by the war department to the vari-
Gus companies of the South Dakota Ma
tional guard for use in the regulati0n
magazine army rifles.
While l. D. Woodward was in the
country southeast of Keystone he dis
covered an interesting old fortifcatiOn.
1t is composed of ~earthwork and eX-
tends for a distance of about 800 feet.
Fire destroyed the livery barn and
stables Of James Belknap at Rapid
City. also ten fine horses. several con-
veyances and a large quantity OF hay
and feed. bringing the loss up to ST.
200.
Harry Manwarring has been selected
as HurOn's member Of the South Da-
kota state band to be at the s.. Louis
exposition. About 500 was raised to-
ward defraying the expenses OF the
band.
Despite the cold wealth )r, fifty land
seekers came to Pierre recently and
| filed on homesteads. and with hun
dreds Of others will be out early In +ho
spring with cars of goods to go upon
the land and make their homes.
Judge Burr Of Selby has been taxi
ing DISPOSITIONS in Harrington VS.. the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee Railway
company, involving cattle lost in tran
sit and excess feed charges on account
of the flood of last May in Kansas.
With a view to gaining an idea as to
the most suitable furnishing for the
new science hall at the state normal
school at Spearhsh, President f. l..
Cook has started on a our Of inspec-
ton of various schools in the West.
Lieut.. Anton ZURICH OF the. Fourth
United States cavalry is visiting his
parents at Lead, on leave OF absence.
He Is stationed at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo. and was recently detailed to visit
Fort Meade, S. D., bringing with him
ninety recruits.
The kitchen in the home Of Mr.. 80
Mrs. f. G.. Dennison at Deadwood auo
wrecked by the explosion of the water
Jacket in the range, in which the water
had been allowed to freeze. Fragments
of the range were hurled through the
wall Of the kitchen.
During a period OF thirty days the
volume Of business transacted by the
Milwaukee Railroad company at Hud-
son showed an INCREASE of So, 500 oye
the corresponding period Of a wear ago.
Butter shipments alone during the
year increased from 425 pounds to
1000 pounds. Other products show a
similar increase.
One Of the debates arranged by the
u. S. d. board of control Is with
Creighton university of Omaha, and
will take place in. a few weeks. The
question is, Resolved, That the use
Of writs of injunction in the settlement
OF disputes between labor and capital
is fraught with danger to the Ameri-
can people and their Institutions"
Mrs. Annie Running Bear, a full
blood Indian woman from Pine Ridge
agency, has been sent to the Deadwood
jail without bail charged with the MUIR
der of her infant child. The principal
witness against her was DR.. James r.
Walker, agency physician at Pine
Ridge. who testified that the child had
been born alive. Its body was found in
a bank about 1,UOU yards from the
woman's home.
The Minnekahta & Red Canyon Rail-
way company has filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary Of state.
being capitalized at $40, 900, with the
head office at Keystone. The purpose
OF the company is to construct four
miles Of narrow-gauge railroad in Fall
River county. The incorporators are
George A. Clark, Charles A. Clark, M.
r. Tailerm, Ella D. AFFORD and C. ].
Patton, all of Keystone.
Through the breeding of first-class
stock for the market. Mrs. p. F. Nc
Clure Of Pierre has secured a valuable
prize. The American Live Stock and
Loan company Of Denver presented,
through the Western South Dakota
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