Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-07-13
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South Dakota
n.,..., State News
Paragraphed.

David Humphrey Roberts of Ashton.
Telephone lines will be extended
from FaullIton to connect with DeVoe,
Chesbard, Roanoke and Price.
Mr.. Keith of Pueblo has been
named to succeed Frank Coleman at
Huron in the United States weather
bureau.
Several houses in the vicinity of Re-
villo were struck by lightning, but
the damage in most cases was to
chimneys.
After efforts extending over period
OF several years, prospects are now
bright for Bryant to secure modern
hotel in the near future.
John Martin, forty years old, was ly-
ing on the railroad track at Sturgis
when freight engine struck him on
the head, tearing off his entire scalp.
Work on the new elevator for the
Moody County Grain company at Egan
has commenced and it will be ready
In about three weeks. l.. o. Hickok
of Minneapolis is the contractor.
Governor Elrod has reappointed J.
G. Perkins, of Sisseton, as insurance
commissioner for two years. H. E.
Walseth of Clear Lake will be the
new deputy in the department.
The two-year-old daughter of l.. H.
Schultz of Fairfax drowned in a pool
Of kioh boJ bu
the rains near her fathers house. The
little girl wandered over to the hole
into which she stumbled.
West hall, the young mems dormi-
tory on the university grounds at Yer
million was totally destroyed by fire.
oss, $4,000; fully insured. 1t was
the work of a firebug. The loss to
students on clothing and bedding
stored for the summer is large.
AS a result of meeting of the city
council of Fulton, at which bids for
the construction of a city hall building
were opened, the contract for the cree
ton of the building was awarded. An
Alexandria, S. D., contractor was the
lucky bidder. The work of construc-
ton will commence at once.
The Mansion and the Totem, two of
the largest saloons at Deadwood,
closed the first of this month, the own
ers failing to take out license. Three
saloons in Lead have followed their
lead, and it looks as though the IL
quor business in Lawrence county had
suffered lasting blow from the ac-
ton of the county authorities.
The stockholders of the Security
State Bank of Ashton, which was re-
Gently organized, have united with
three RedfeTd men in purchasing the
ness will be conducted in the name of
the latter institution; and the new
bank will not open. T. P. Blain, cash
Ter, retires.
William Cresso has escaped from
the Brnle county Jail. He had been
granted the privilege of the corridor,
which gave him an opportunity to
break through the rear wall of the
building. He was a United States
prisoner, sentenced to serve months
for taking wh.skey upon the Rosebud
Indian reservation.
Potter was the first county of the
state to get in full returns to the
state census department. The count
shows 2,97S, as against 1888 returned
by the federal census five years ago.
The loss is explained by the sale Of
smaller farms to individuals who
combined them into large ranches.
Gettysburg, the principal town, has
a population of 625, gain Of 40 in five
years.
Mayor John Gilroy of Lead, accom-
panied by the chief of police, closed
all the dance halls and bars in connec-
ton with them. This order followed
closely upon the county order concern
ing gambling and saloon regulations.
The mayor says that these places
must remain closed permanently and
that the houses in connection with
them will not be permitted to sell in
toxicating drinks.
Hecla has voted bonds at special
election in the sum of $4,000 for. the
erection Of a high school building.
At the regular spring election, Portage
township, in which Hecla is situated,
voted in favor of a township high
school. The recent election assures
the carrying out of the plan. The vote
stood 1O1 to 10 in favor of the bonds.
Thirty-one women voted at the cleo
ton. The proposed building will
probably be. of cement blocks. two
stories high.
In trying to board freight train
at Revillo, Mr.. Christofferson of Wa
tertown lost his footing and was
thrown under the caboose, his right
leg being cut off between the ankle
and the knee. He is one of the con-
tractors on the new Hamm brick
building being built in Revillo Ev-
erything was done by the train crew
to hurry the injured man to the hos
.pital at Watertown, all freight cars be-
ing left at this point and only the ca
boose being attached to the engine.
r. F. Thomas, the business man
who disappeared SO mysteriously