The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-29
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present one.
A carpenter by the name of Doher
whose family resides in Bowdle, drop
ped dead at the farm Of Michael Del.
bert, near Artas.
The August report of the bureau OF
vital statistics shows for the month
730 births; deaths, 243; marriages,
zoe; divorces, 25, and naturalizations,
49,
The Catholic church in Alexandria
was completely gutted by fire which
broke out at 4:l5 in the morning. The
loss will aggregate $4,000. No insur.
! ance. Cause Of the fire is unknown.
AT Hayes, fifty miles west of Pierre,
| Roy, the tiyeyear-old son of George H.
| Walker, was drowned in the dipping
! tank at that place. He fell in while
| playing and drowned before help could
| reach him.
Dan Murphy, assistant division su.
perintendent OF the B. & M. railway,
died at st. Joseph's hospital at Dead
wood as the result Of an operation for
appendicitis. He was young man
and left a wife.
R. w. Brennan of Lead City has just
returned from Denver, where he won
the fourth prize in the broncho bust
ing contest at the G.. A. II. celebration.
He carries a displaced shoulder and
numerous bruises.
The annual meeting of the Congrep
gatlonal churches and ministers of the
Yankton association will be held in
Elk Point city Oct. 3 and A. The an
nual sermon will be preached by Rev.
d. j. Perrin of Springfield
While attempting to light coal fire
with kerosene Mrs. H. Egeberg, resid-
ing three miles southeast of Volga,
was SO badly burned that no hope 10
entertained for her recovery.
The site of the new Great Northern
passenger station at Aberdeen will be
on First avenue, across the street from
the Park Place hotel. 1t is expected
that work on the structure and tracks
into the city will begin at once.
T. A. Schumacher, living in Mime.
sofa township, near SissetOn, lost
big barn by fire. also hay and feed and
registered Percheron stallion valued
at $4,000 This is the third barn Mr..
Ludwig Pfaff, an early settler of the
southwestern part of Jerauld county.
was instantly killed by lightning while
he was working with moving ma
chine in his fields. One of his horses
which he was driving was also killed.
The annual meeting of the Sturgis
fire department was held last week.
Among other business transacted was
the election of chief and treasurer.
H. d. Berger was elected chief and H.
E. Perkins treasurer for the ensuing
year
The fye-year-old daughter of +.
Martins Of SiSseton had q narrow es.
cape from death by being hooked by q
vicious COW. She was forced through
a wire fence by the animal Her faco
and body were horribly lacerated and
one arm was broken.
Charles Luhdstrom Of Lee Heights
while visiting the mill at Pierre at
.empted to examine the interior work
ngs of the gas engine with lighted
match and was severely burned about
he head and may lose his sight from
he effects Of the burns.
Great preparations are being made
or the Roberts county fair, to be held
n Sisseton next week, Sept. 20 to %.
The Sisseton Driving Park associa-
ion Will hold big race meet at the
anne time, and the Sisseton Gun club
viii hold its first annual tournament.
Floyd Mckinney, fourteen years OF
ge, is candidate for the state reform
chool. He is in Jail at Deadwood.
harged with obtaining money and
oods under false pretenses. He has
cen in difficulty several times, but
is last escapade will prove more seri-
us. His plan has been to go to DIFF
erent stores, stating that a certain
lerchant had sent him to buy goods.
aus obtaining various articles. These
e would dispose of later.
The first serious prairie fire Of the
eason has just swept the region south
Iona, in the southern part of Ly-
ian county, west of the Missouri
yer. 1t destroyed much hay and ma
linery and some buildings. The fire
,arted at a point southwest of what
known as Nogi's butte, and swept
ortheast to the crest of Bijou Hills.
here 1t was checked by back-fires.
he wind then suddenly changed to
le northwest and drove the back-fire
nearly as fast as man
'uld run. the green grass burning
ke stubble. For time it appeared
lat Frank Fulyider''s property would
burned, but by hard fighting it was
wed. The fire reached within forty
et OF Garfield Anderson's house. AL
alston lost 200 tons of hay, mower,
rake and other machinery.
Ia the hearing before the supreme
'urt In the proceedings brought for
le disbarment of Mayor S. A. Ramsey
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