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He came to the Hills in April 1877.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to organize a commercial club at Scot
! land.
A warrant for r. p. Goltra's return
to Michigan on bigamy charge was
| refused.
| w. S. Crowl, county surveyor Of
Grant county. died suddenly Of heart
disease, aged about so.
The annual meeting Of the Lead
Commercial club has been held at
Lead. P. A. Gushhurst was chosen
| president.
$50:
Paul Scott, proprietor Of the Mitch
ell cafe, who was arrested on the
charge of selling liquor without IL
cense was bound over.
The debate between the law schools
| of the state universities of Iowa and
South Dakota has been called off for
Lne year. iowa is loo busy.
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Prohibition won by small majority
at the last election at Beresford. Since
then attempts have been made to en-
force it. but all have failed The
commissioners have granted licenses
to additional applicants. #s
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will be built In the spring in Fairview
township, near Miller. The church
will be SSx52, with an annex XAVIER
Schaefers has donated ten acres Of
land for the church and the cemetery
Sol Starr, clerk of courts of Law
renee county, has sent to Doane Rob
inson, secretary of the South Dakota
| Historical association, a gavel which
was used by Mr.. Starr when he was
chairman Of the first Republican state
convention held at Huron in August,
1889.
| The home of p ]. Hubbard at Ma
liant, a small camp near Rockford, was
| destroyed. The loss will be about ST.
900. The wife Of Mr., Hubbard was
seriously i'll with pneumonia and was
carried a mile through the worst
storm of the season to the section
| house.
The water works system at Vienna
has been improved by the purchase by
| the town authorities OF gasoline en-
CINE, which will be used to pump wa
ter into the storage tanks. The addi-
ton of the engine gives Vienna bet
ter fire protection than it has ever
had before.
A letter from Forman, N. o.. may
be the means OF locating Elmer Young,
wanted by the officers at Miller, who
| charge him with the Todd murder. A
man Who was at Forman last summer
gave his name as Young, and picture
| indicates that he was Elmer. He Is
/ supposed to have gone to Canada.
The agitation in favor of the cree
| tion of a new and modern school build
ing at Castlewood is gathering weight
| every day and there is now little OPP
| position to the proposition. The pres
ent school building is inadequate and
| it is probable steps will soon be taken
for the erection of new structure.
The town council Of Marion has
awarded to j. A. Heeren and other
| local business men a franchise for the
| installation and operation of lighting
system, and at another meeting to be
be granted franchise for the con-
struction and operation IA water
| works system @
The managers Of the college Of mu-N
sic and Y. NJ G. A. lecture course at
Vermillion have hit upon a happy plan
| for next year. Instead of giving two
| distinct courses, with financial loss
to both, they will combine next year.
Eight numbers will thus constitute the
course, and the price of season tick
! cts will be raised.
The directors of the telephone line
| to extend from Pierre to Rapid City
are getting ready to push work as
soon as the weather is At to get at
the work, with an assurance that it /
will continue So. A part Of the ma
terial is on the ground at Pierre and
the rest will be brought in within q {
few days for early construct ion work. u
Fire at Gold & Co.'S place, about one
and one-half miles west of Revillo, re
suited in the loss of barn, hay and
grain, and four head Of horses and
nine cows, the stock belonging to Nels
Nelson, " no had rented the farm. M ~
Nelson went to the stable to do chores
and hung his lantern on a nail. On
his return he found the stable in
flames and could only save two of the
six horses. He cannot explain the fire
otherwise than that the lantern either
exploded or was knocked down.