The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-27
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Sheriff Charles Wright has appoint
ed James A. Dickson as his deputy in
place of Ed Hileman. resigned.
Mrs. Elmer Washburn, who was stab
bed five times by her drunken nus
band in Vermillion, is a Yankton girl,
and was Miss Maggie Won Eschen.
H. M. Remen of the firm of Remen
& Lokken of Violin, general merchan-
disc dealers, has sold his interests to
liver Berke, and the firm will be known
now as Lokken & Berke.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Citizens State bank OF
Lane, Jerauld county, with a capital
of $4,000. The incorporators are l.. }.
Grissinger, F. McCurdy, Ole Johansen
and others.
Sheriff Huley of Potter county took
from the Jail in Pierre F. d. Miles, who
is wanted in Potter county for an at
tempt to defraud a bank by wire-tap-
ping scheme. Miles goes back 10
Gettysburg for trial.
John Tanner, who was so frlShtfu''
ly mangled in the cylinder OF thresh-
ing separator, resulting in the amputa-
ton of his right leg, died OF ms lhou-
ries at Salem. He was about % years
of age and for several seasons had
been in charge of the separator.
Work on the foundation of the new
capitol is being delayed on account OF
the inability of Contractor Lepper to
secure men. The chances are that the
work will not be completed by the
contract time of Nov. 10, and without
favorable weather until a later dace,
part of the work may have to go over
until next spring.
| A fatal disease has broken out
| among C. A. Smiths horses at Bath
! Five died in three days. The last one
| was taken sick while working with the
! pow and died three hours later. the
! local and state veterinarians are III
vestigating, but could discover nc
| cause. and the farmers stables have
been thoroughly disinfected.
| County Judge Hute has been unable
to find any property in Brown county
subject TO the inheritance tax la"
which went into effect July 1. Under
the law widows inheriting less than
! $4,000 and children inherltlng less
than So eco are exempt from taXatlon
under the law, and no man possessing
: property enough to leave his family
/ more than those amounts has died IN
Brown county since July J..
The Gen. A. A. Humphrey G. A. r.
most of Millbank is sending out circu'
lars to other posts announcing That
! they will present the name OF Col. N.
/. Lothian of Millbank for department
commander at the next encampment.
Col. Lothian has long been prominent
in Grand Army affairs and has held
many positions in the organization.
He was a member of Company Z, Filth
Minnesota volunteer infantry.
The new college Carnegie library,
the main building of which has cost
$4,000 to complete, was formally open
ed at Yankton before a large audience
by President Warren and other mem
bers of the college. assisted by Senator
Gamble, representing the city. The
building. which is a magnificent home
for the college library of 10000 vol
umes, will have, when completed, two
large wings to cost about $4,000 more.
The three-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Dell Newell, who reside on
a farm in Aurora county, was playing
in the barn with her little brothers and
sisters when the structure in some
way caught fire. All succeeded in es-
Gaping but the little girl, who met
death in the flames. Before the fire
could be eXtinguished the barn and its
contents, including thirteen head OF
horses and cattle, we're burned. The
members of the Newell family are
Frustrated with grief over the loss OF
the little one.
Plans are under way to greatly en-,
large the scope of the annual flower
show which has been given in Aber
deem for the past two seasons by A. w
Voedisch. Heretofore the show has
been confined to Aberdeen. Next Sep
TENDER it is planned to give flower
and vegetable show in which the PEG
pie in every county in the northern
half Of South Dakota will be asked tc
compete. The show will be held in the
new auditorium holding 1000 people
which is now in process Of erection.
What came near proving fatal &C
cident befell d. c. Campbell, a Wolsey
. merchant and prominent citizen of the
west side of Beadle county. Return
ing with a friend from hunting trip
one of the guns was accidentally dis
, charged as the buggy jolted over {
, railway crossing, the charge striking
Mr.. Campbell's shoulder, inficting ar
ugly, though it is not thought fatal
wound.
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