The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-07-07
South Dakota
r. State News
PaFagreph0d.

County Cattle Inspector George T.
Minturn has appointed the" following
additional deputies for Meade county
Charles w. Strong, d. A. Jarvis, Ira
l.. Hazelton and E. Bischoff.
Doctors F. A. Spafford and w. J. Ev-
ans, practicing medicine in Flaudreau
under the firm name of Spafford 4
Evans. have dissolved, DR.. Evans re-
tiring Dr. A. S. Rider will enter into
a partnership with DR.. 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
a verdict Of $1,62O. Mulvaney fell into
a cesspool some time ago and received
broken limb. The case will be car
red to the supreme court.
The auditor of Meade county has re-
ceived a 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 l. This will be
placed on the tax list and will add at
least $4,000 to the taxable values OF
the county.
II. o. Southmayde has received the
contract for surveying ten townships OF
land on the Pine Ridge Indian reser-
vation which will take about three
months and half to complete. He has
a party of surveyors, consisting OF
Ruth and Phil Larson OF Mitchell. for
mer students of the Wesleyan univer-
sity at that place, and number OF
Black Hills young men.
Attorney John Pusey Of Miller and
c. C. Gleim Of washington Springs, be-
fore Judge Gaffy at Pierre, secured the
release on bond of $1,000 of John A.
Young. confined in the Hand county
county Jail on charge Of numbering
George Tood, an old recluse, in Hand
county about a 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-
ficiaries.
Herbert D. Cady Of Deadwood, who
has served five years of a twenty-year
sentence for holding up M. r. Russell
In Deadwood, has been pardoned. Cad
dy and companion entered Russell's
saloon at midnight and held the pro-
prietor up. expecting to rob the saloon.
Russell resisted Caddy and tore on
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, gambler, is
| under arrest. At 2 in the morning
Marvin was in a saloon when Purcell
| threw spttoon 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 just
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
them. The father preferred the cash
payment to airing the matter in court.
and the saloon men paid the amount
($1O0) without a quibble
At meeting Of the soldiers home
board at Vermillion the following off,
GERS were elected: President, Thomas
Fitch, Milbank; secretary, II. M. Shan
afelt, Huron; resident member, Charles
Marshall, Rapid City; commandant,
Thomas Goddard, Pierre. The other
members Of the board present were J.
H. Baker Of Hermosa and ]. S. Pratt
Of Spearfish. At the expiration OF
DdhcI lCIIu III JANUARY IOV. ElTOQ dp-
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 157
telephone companies have been report
ed for this year. This is an increase OF
over so per cent from last year, when
1O3 were listed. This applies only to
new companies which were completed
and in operation prior to the first OF
May, fifty-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 practl'
cally doubled from the time of the last
report up to the close of the present
year.
The serenity Of Midland was disturb