Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-12-28
South Dakota
General State News Parasraphsd.

Black diphtheria caused the death
of two children of Mr.. and Mrs. Alan
Pichowski of Webster, aged respect.
lively and IL years.
Quincy Bros. have shipped during
the past week more than 10000 bush. &
els of corn from Elk Point, all direct
from the farmers cribs to the cars.
The cities of Lead, sturgis and
Deadwood are making strenuous
effort to get the Milwaukee road to
extend it's line from Rapid City
through Sturgis, Deadwood and into
Lead.
Chairman Crane of the Republican
state committee has issued call for
a meeting of the committee at Sioux
Falls, Jan. 4, to discuss matters in
connection with the coming cam.
paign.
A requisition has been granted on
the governor of Virginia for Philip
Mcintyre, who is wanted at Deadwood
on a charge of forgery. Mcintyre is at
present serving term in the state
prison of Virginia on the same charge.
Mrs. Charles Kreiter of Webster
was taken violently insane and has
been removed to the insane hospital
at Yankton. So severe was the NAL
ady that she had TO be strapped to
cot until the authorities could care for
her.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Sioux Falls Rock Tele-
phone company at Corsica, Douglas
county, with q capital of $4,000. The
incorporators are Joseph D. Hofer,
Anna Hofer, A. A. Wipf and John j.
Wipf
G. II. Englesby. adjutant general of
South Dakota, while in Sioux Falls,
stated that Sioux Falls could have
second company of the state national
guard if the people wanted it, to take
the place of the Flandreau company,
which is to be mustered out.
A stranger, giving the name of Sam
uel Harris, has been held for appear
ance at the next term of the state cir
scuit court in Sioux Falls to answer to
a charge of burglary. He is accused
of robbing the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. H. Halstead of cash and jewelry.
The Purcell manslaughter case has
come to an abrupt conclusion at Aber-
deem and Judge Mccoy dismissed the
case at the request of the attorneys
for the defense, on the ground that
the information was defective and
was not proven by the information in
the case.
The following officers have been
elected by the knights of Pythias of
Belle Fourche: c. c., Edgar Giles;
v, c., w. r. Shocdey; P. c., William
Fried: P, Walter Hamilton: NJ w,
Russell Uhler; NJ. at A., ]. S. Saults;
K. r. and S., Joe Thullen: M. F., S. G.
Folsom; M, Elk, E. Ralston.
A rural telephone line is being ex-
tended to the farming community west
Of Scotland by the Scotland Independ-
ent Telephone company. A novel
feature of some branch lines which
will also be constructed will be that
the wires will be attached to fence
posts instead of being strung on poles,
rs is the case with the main lines
Prof Albert Marston of Ames, Iowa,
addressed a large crowd of Aberdeen
citizens at the Commercial club on
the subject of sewage disposal He
will remain here several days inyesti- :,
eating the situation, after which he
will make written report to the city
founcil recommending a method for
disposal of Aberdeen sewage in a san
itary manner.
Assistant Bishop Johnson, who re-
Gently assumed his duties as assist
ant to Right Rev. w. H. Hare, the
venerable Episcopal bishop of South
Dakota, has returned to Sioux Falls
from his first official trip through the
state. He visited several points in
the north central part of the state
After concluding his church work at
Forest City he went by rail to Evarts,
and from there made trip overland
to Indian missions.
The large wolves are appearing
again from the west since the Nilsson
ri river froZe over. The wolves do
the farmers a favor by catching the
cottontail rabbits that infest the
young orchards and groves and gnaw
the trees, but they Offset this by
stealing poultry, killing sheep and
larger stock, so that they will be Wig
orously hunted during the winter.
Rabbits are reported SO numerous at
the Highmore experiment. station that
the young trees are likely to be de-
stroyed by spring.
An epidemic of scarlet fever is
sweeping over Canton. Many cases
have been reported, and as they are
SO widely scattered the board of
health has deemed it necessary 10
take drastic measures to check the
disease The city schools have been
closed and all Christmas exercises
abandoned, the Sunday schools sus-
pended and large congregations are
forbidden. A rigid quarantine has
been established over the cases re-
ported and every precaution is being