The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-24
South Dakota
General State News parasraphed.

The supreme court has admitted l..
A. Kelly of Sioux Falls, on eNamina-
ton before the court.
The state has received draft of
$3.50 from the general government in
aid for the state soldiers home.
Gov. Elrod has appointed Henry j.
Mohr county judge of Hanson county,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of Judge Robert Dotr
An order has come from Washing
ton to stop work on the government
building in Deadwood. The building
is completed to the bottom of the third
story.
The new -four mill at Tilford will be
in operation in about two weeks. The
machinery for the mill and two mill
wrights and a machinist have arrived,
and the latter are busy getting things
in place.
The First National bank of Dead
wood carries IA deposit of $1,700,000
This is the savings and earnings of the
people of Deadwood principally 1t is
now said to be the strongest bank in
the state.
Mrs. Laura Adams, for long time
one of the teaching force of the Pierre
city schools, died at St Mary's hospi
tai from Il complication of diseases
with which she has been affected for
several years.
The fall term of court for Grant
county is being held at MilbanlS, Judge
Mccoy presiding. There is a large
docket of minor cases. The most in
terest is conferred in the trial of Sietse
Bucllhout, charged with manslaughter.
From reports it is learned that coy
otes and gray wolves are becoming
very numerous in the vicinity of Blk
| by, and lots of stock is being killed by
! them. United action by cattlemen, it
is said, will be begun for their destruc-
ton at once.
At the special election at Aberdeen
the proposition to issue $4,000 bonds
for the building of municipal light
ing plant carried by large vote. The
result was 62S to 1913. This means the
city will build and operate its own
plant instead of awarding the contract
for lighting to private company.
There is something of mad dog
scare among the people of Gettysburg
! and vicinity, due to the fact that dog
! with we'll developed case of rabies
ran amucll among the dogs of the
neighborhood. Other dogs have eX
hibited symptoms of the disease and
many of them have been killed in the
effort to prevent children or grown
people being bitten.
One night recently Clerk of Courts
Tarbell of Pierre was called out of bed
at midnight to issue a marriage Ii
cense for Alfred B. Wilson and Nellie
Orr. The couple met that day and at
tended show at the opera house in
the evening, at which they decideJ
that marriage was a necessity fol
them, and they first engaged minis
ter and then secured Il license
The Southeastern South Dakota
Poultry and Pet Stock association will
hold its first annual exhibition al
Beresford, Dec. is to 90 More thar
$50 entries have already been receivet
and a full thousand are confidently ex
pected. e. RedAing of Beresford i.
secretary and Judge Wymer of Ottum
wa, Iowa, will judge the birds Some
thing over 5000 in premiums will be OF
fered
At meeting of business men
W. b SherarC, superintendent OF tht
South Dakota children's home in Siou-
Falls brought to the attention of thu
business men the matter of securn;
for Sioux Falls the next annual gath
erine of the national organization o
charities and corrections. The boar,
of trade has taken hold of the matte
an an energetic effort will he made t,
capture the gathering for Sioux Falls
The Dowie-Wright Manufacturing
company of York, Neb., has decided t.
move it's immense foundry plant from
either Deadwood, Speartish or Rapi
City Spearfish has offered a bonus O
, $4,000 for a foundry, two blocks O
ground, water power and other induce
ments, and it is quite probable that TIL
, location will be made at that place
The foundry intends to supply the m;
chine wants Of the Black Hills an
, will employ about 200 men. The nev
/, plant will cost about s150,00O.
. The local landofIice in the Chambe1
} lain district has decided in favor c
the holders of water rights" a
against those who desire to ente
homesteads over such rights. TIL
), holding of the Office is that if tn
y claimant of water right can show til
required Improvement at the end
two years, his right is superior to thu
= of any other claimant. Many sue
rights have been filed west of the ri