The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-10
Fire destroyed the pump house at
Huron belonging to the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company. en-
failing a loss of about $1,000.


Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the State Bank of Carpenter,
Clark county, with a capital of $4,000.
The incorporators are j. c. Opsahl, w.
A. Hicks and others.
Yankton Lodge No. 1, I. o. o. F., has
purchased the old court house from
Yankton county for $4,000. The build
ing will be remodeled over into quar-
tiers for the local lodge.
E. H. Squirting of Leslie last spring
planted an acre OF potatoes on Stanley
county sod. He has just harvested the
crop, securing $50 bushels of fine tu-
bers from the single acre.
:
Nose Lancer of Rapid City, we'll
known pioneer, dropped dead at the
door of the Central drug store, where
he was going to fins a friend. He was
attacked with hemorrhages.
Miss Eta Hilmer of Canning met
her death from an accident while as
sisting her brother in haying opera
tions. While helping with the team
singletree clip flew off, striking her
on the head, inflicting wound which
resulted fatally.
Still another golden wedding Is to
be recorded at Yankton, the scene of
almost dozen in the past year or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Y. Pearson celebrated
the fftieth anniversary of their we'd
ding day, having been married in 1855
at Atwater, Ohio. They now make
their home with their daughter, Mrs.
F. j. Cross of College Hill.
G. p. Bissett, route agent for the
Great Northern, while in Aberdeen
stated that the tracks into the city
will be laid Immediately and that work
will also be commenced at once on the
company's downtown station. Aber-
deem business men who have been
shown the plans for the new station
say it Will be a handsome structure.
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| The snow in the late storm extend
Gu well over tlle MGSlSlll pol L VI eAiO
state but was light west from Hayes.
From that point almost to the river
about a foot of snow was left on the
ground, but it has all melted leaving
the roads almost impossible and many
landseekers are waiting for better
travel before starting for their claims.
AS a result of the building of the
Catholic church at Bonesteel several
German Catholics from Carroll county
Iowa, have bought farms near Bone
steel within the past week, and several
more are expected here within few
DAYS. The church is nearly completed
and is an imposing structure. A Sis
ters' school will be opened next spring
The new county court house al
Yankton was formally opened to the
public by suitable exercises last week
The principal address was made by
Bartlett Trip, who was followed by
several prominent local citizens in
short speeches. This fireproof build
ing cost $4,000 and stands to-day one
of the best equipped in the state anC
country.
Suly county claims to have a record
With territory larger than the Stat
of Rhode Island, it has no saloon, jai
or pauper. Further, the county has nj
debt, and the cash in the treasury Il
sufficient to meet all calls upon i
which emergency might bring forth
The tax rate is at the bottom limit an,
the county never had but two license,
saloons. They lived but short time
at the boom town of Fairbank, on tn
river in the northwestern part of tn
county.
Now that the Northwestern road 1
at work on its extension west fror
Pierre. the city is beginning to NOV
toward Improvement matters that hav
, been allowed to rest as long as Their
was no railroad movement here. Pet
lions are being circulated for an e2
tension of the fire limits to cover mos
of the territory in the central porto
which has never been included in sue
limits. This move comes for prt
] lection against the erection of sma
J. wooden buildings in territory that tn
4 change in railroad territory will max
valuable for business purposes, bl
! which up to the present has not bee
. so occupied.
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i Charles Auerswald of Herrick, on
a Of the new reservation towns. We
> nearly killed by Henry Ousley, cit
zen of the same place, over disput
about some town lots. Auerswald we
fencing some lots claimed by Ousle
L and in the mixup Ousley struck Gre
5. DRY with an iron posthole digger, ma
v ing serious wound over the left ey
r Auerswald was running at the time /
v was struck, and the blow glanced {
$ the side of his face, saving the ski
6 from being crushed. A warrant is o,
q charging Ousley with assault with
e tent to kill. The hearing will be befo
e Judge higgins. Several shots were e
. changed in the fracaS by others wi