The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-07-06
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| Vermillion of liberation of the bowels.
County Cattle Inspector George T.
Minturn has appointed the following
additional deputies for Meade county:
Charles w. Strong. d. A. Jarvis. Ira
l.. Hazelton and E. Bischoff.
Doctors F. A. Spafford and w. ]. Ev-
ans, practicing medicine in Flaudreau
under the firm name Of Spafford &
| Evans, have dissolved, DR.. Evans re-
, firing. Dr.. A. S. Rider will enter into
partnership with DR.. Spafford and
, DR.. Evans will devote his attention &c
his drug business.
In the damage suit between Johr
Mulvaney and the town of Whitewood.
which was tried before the circuit
court at Deadwood, Mulvaney received
verdict Of 81. $50. Mulvaney fell into
cesspool some time ago and received
broken limb. The case will be car
ried 70 the supreme court.
The auditor of Meade county has re.
| ceived a report from the United States
land Office which states that forty
three homestead entries have been
decided 70 Meade county residents dur.
, ing the year ended May /. This will be
placed on the tax list and will add at
least $4,000 TO the taxable values OF
the county.
Fl. o. Southmayde has received the
contract for surveying ten townships Of
/ land on the Pine Ridge Indian reser-
| walton which will take about three
months and a half 10 complete. He has
party Of surveyors, consisting of
Ruth and Phil Larson Of Mitchell. for
! mer students OF the Wesleyan uniyer-
! sity at that place, and a number OF
! Black Hills young men.
Attorney John Pussy of Miller and
c. c. Glenn Of Washington Springs, be-
/ fore Judge Gaffy at Pierre, secured the
release on bond Of $4,000 of John A.
Young. confined in the Hand county
county jail On a charge Of numbering
, George TODD, an old recluse, in Hand
county about a year ago. Todd was
murdered and the body buried and the
crime was not discovered for several
weeks after il occurred.
Under the terms Of the will Of the
late Philo Bennett of New Haven,
Conn, Hon. W. J. Bryan was made
trustee 70 distribute the sum of $4,000
TO twenty-five colleges. the proceeds to
be used by each institution yearly for
, the best essay on free government.
The state university of South Dakota
has been selected as one of the bene-
| fCiaries
Herbert D. Cady Of Deadwood, who
has served five years Of twenty-year
sentence for holding up NJ. r. Russell
in DeadwoOd. has been pardoned. Cad
, dy and a companion entered Russell's
saloon at midnight and held the pro-
prietor up, expecting 10 rob the saloon.
, Russell resisted Caddy and tore of
his mask and recognized him. His
family still resides in this county.
". D. Marvin. a painter. was found
lead in his room a. Aberdeen by mail
carrier Jack Purcell gambler, is
under arrest. At in the morning
| Marvin was in a saloon when Purcell
threw a spittoon at the bartender.
Marvin. acting as peacemaker. was
struck in the head by the spittoOn.
Physicians dressed his wound and he
was taken TO him room, where he was
found dead. An inquest will be held
Wentworth salOonkeeperS have just
contributed $50 each TO an INDECENT
father whose minor son returned home
in an intoxicated condition from
days visit at Wentworth. Little. IL
any. attention is paid TO the provisions
of the law forbidding the sale of liquor
TO minors. but few of these jolts will
tend 10 make the saloonkeepers regard
them. The father preferred the cash
payment to airing the matter in court,
and the saloon men paid the amount
(S100) without a bubble
At a meeting of the soldiers home
board at Vermlllion the following Off
GERS were elected: President. Thomas
Fitch. Milbank: secretary, T. NJ. Shan
afelt, Huron resident member, Charles
Marshall, Rapid City: commandant,
Thomas Goddard, Pierre. The other
members OF the board present were J.
H. Baker of Hermosa and J. S. Pratt
of Spearfish. At the expiration OF
Bakers term in January Gov. Elrod APP
pointed George W. Snow of Springfield
in his place. but Mr.. Snow failed to
qualify and Baker continued to serve.
The reports which have been filed
with the state auditor show that 157
telephone companies have been report
ed for this year. This is an increase OF
over so per cent from last year. when
103 were listed. This applies only to
new companies which We're completed
and in operation prior to the first OF
May, fifty-four such companies having
been placed on the list in addition TO
those of year ago. Since that time
numerous companies have been incor-
porated and are under construction,
and at the present rate the number of
companies in the state will be practi'
cally doubled from the time of the last
report up to the close of the present
year.