The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-07-07
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| Mlnturn has appointed the following
additional deputies for Meade county:
| Charles W. Strong. ID. A. Jarvis, Ira
l.. Hazelton and f. Bischof.
Doctors F. A. Spafford and w. J. Ev-
ans. practicing medicine in Flaudreau
under the firm name of Spafford &
| Evans, have dissolved DR.. Evans re-
| firing. DR.. A. S. Rider will enter into
partnership with DIR. Spafford and
, DR.. Evans will devote his attention to
his drug business.
| In the damage suit between John
Mulvaney and the town of Whitewood
which was tried before the circuit
court at Deadwood, Mulvaney received
verdict of sl.620. Mulvaney fell into
a cesspool some time ago and received
broken limb. The case will be car
ried to the supreme court
| The auditor of Meade county has re-
ceived report from the United States
land office which states that forty
three homestead entries have been
decided to Meade county residents dur
| ing the year ended May 1. This will be
placed on the tax list and will add at
| least $4,000 to the taxable values OF
the county.
n. o. Southmayde has received the
contract for surveying ten townships of
land on the Pine Ridge Indian reser-
walton which will take about three
months and half to complete. He has
party OF surveyors, consisting OF
Ruth and Phil Larson of Mitchell, for
mer students of the Wesleyan univer-
sty at that place, and number OF
Black Hills young men.
| Attorney John Pusey of Miller and
c. c. Glenn of washington Springs, be.
fore Judge Gaffy at Pierre, secured the
release on bond of $4,000 of John A.
Young, confined in the Hand county
county Jail on charge of numbering
/ George food, an old recluse, in Hand
county about year ago. Todd was
murdered and the body buried and the
crime was not discovered for several
weeks after it occurred.
Under the terms of the will of the
{, late Philo Bennett of New Haven,
Conn, Hon. W.. j. Bryan was made
trustee to distribute the sum of $4,000
to twenty-five colleges, the proceeds to
be used by each institution yearly for
the best essay on free government
The state university of South Dakota
has been selected as one of the bene-
/ ticiaries.
Herbert d. Cady OF Deadwood, who
has served five years of twenty-year
sentence for holding up M. r. Russell
In Deadwood, has been pardoned. Cad.
dy and companion entered Russell's
i saloon at midnight and held the pro-
prietor up, expecting to rob the saloon.
1 Russell resisted Caddy and tore Off
his mask and recognized him. His
family still resides in this county.
W. D. Marvin. a painter, was found
dead in his room at Aberdeen by mail
carrier. Jack Purcell, a gambler, is
under arrest. At 2 in the morning
Marvin was in saloon when Purcell
threw spittoon at the bartender
Marvin, acting as peacemaker, was
struck in the head by the spittoon
Physicians dressed his wound and he
was taken to him room, where he was
found dead. An inquest will be held
| Wentworth saloonkeepers have lust
/ contributed $50 each to an INDECENT
father whose minor son returned home
in an intoxicated condition from
, days visit at Wentworth. Little, il
| any, attention is paid to the provisions
OF the law forbidding the sale of liquor
to minors, but few of these jolts will
tend to make the saloonkeepers regard
f6pr1 Tho fot
payment to airing the matter in court.
and the saloon men paid the amount
($1O0) without bubble.
AT meeting of the soldiers home
board at Vermillion the following Off
i GERS We're elected President, Thomas
Fitch. Milbank; secretary, T. M. Shan
afelt, Huron; resident member, Charles
Marshall, Rapid City; commandment,
Thomas Goddard Pierre. The other
members Of the board present were J.
H. Baker OF Hermosa and j. S. Pratt
Of Spearfish At the expiration OF
Bakers term in January Gov. Elrod ap-
pointed George w. Snow of Springfield
in his place. but Mr.. Snow failed to
qualify and Baker continued to serve.
The reports which have been filed
with the state auditor show that 1877
telephone companies have been report.
ed for this year. This is an increase OF
over so per cent from last year, when
lob were listed. This applies only to
new companies which We're completed
and in operation prior to the first OF
May, f1fty-four such companies having
been placed on the list in addition to
those OF year ago. Since that time
numerous companies have been incor-
porated and are under construction,
and at the present rate the number of
companies in the state will be practi.
cally doubled from the time of the last
report up to the close of the present
year.
The serenity of Midland was disturb.
ed by sensational marriage 1t
seems that the parents of Miss Lillian