The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-22
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ton in Brown county, only ten passed.
The Union county commissioners.
after accepting the resignation of w.
w. Palmer states attorney, elected
Ira l.. Nichols to fill the vacancy.
A Milwaukee passenger train from
the south struck rig containing two
men just north of Redtield. Both
horses were killed, but the men es-
capped uninjured.
A disease called "pink eye" is preva-
lent among the upper Bad river herds
of cattle. The eyes turn red and swell
shut, binding the animal, and in some
cases the eyeball bursts.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Citizens bank of Henry,
with a capital of $4,000. The incor-
porators are George A. Hennigan, Da-
vid a. Reyes and others.
Mrs. John Weddell, wife of one OF
the Oldest and best known farmers OF
Kingsbury county, committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid She was SUI
fering from temporary insanity.
Supt. Mason of the James river d.
vision of the Milwaukee road, says he
las received orders from the general
offices of the company to install an
agent at Bonilla in the busy season OF
the year.
August Hubert of Hecla brought q
man to Aberdeen who gave the name
breaking into the house of David Will
liams of Hecla. He had secured $12
watch, razor and other articles.
One of the features of Hughes coun-
ty at the state fair at Huron and at
the Mitchell corn palace is the display
of Hughes county grasses, which con-
sists of over fifty different specimens
native to this section of the state.
The case instituted by the authori-
ties of Aurora county against Mrs.
nj. w. Hessler of White Lake, on tho
charge of gambling, has been dismiss
ed. The Italian who alleged he pur-
chased several rattle tickets withdrew
the charge.
H. ]. Giesen, deputy register of
deeds of Aberdeen has mild attack
of smallpox. He has been taken to the
county pesthouse for treatment. He Is
70
from young man who came from
Kansas recently.
Nels Scherlie, farmer in the north
western corner of Hughes county, has
sent in as sample of the kind of corn
which is growing on his place stalk
cut as cane, which is over five inches
in circumference. The field in which
this was cut is forty acres in extent.
and the stalks average about ten feet
in height over the tract. Mr.. Scherlie
expects fine yield of corn from this
field.
Several business men of Aberdeen,
with two Wisconsin capitalists, have
taken the preliminary steps for the
organization of third national bank
and the fourth bank in that city. 1t Is
expected the new bank will have
capital of 100000 and a surplus of $780,
900 to start with. 1t will be known as
the Citizens National bank. B. G.
Lamont and F. J. Macarthur are among
the local citizens interested.
John Donovan formerly of Dubuque,
Iowa, but until recently connected
with the state reform school at Plan
kinton, was fatally crushed while
working under two-wheel tender in
Plankinton blacksmith shop. The
machine became uncoupled, one end
falling upon his back, fracturing the
backbone and several ribs. The ten
der was full of water, and in addition
had upon it nearly one ton of coal.
R. w. Parliman, the Sioux Falls at
torney who was recently arrested by
Game warden Linnet for shipping prai-
RE chickens contrary to law, and who
was discharged by a Justice of the
peace, has instructed his attorneys,
Campbell & Taylor of Aberdeen, to
commence suit against Mr.. Linnet to
recover the value of the birds and for
damages. Mr.. Parliman says he will
carry the case to the supreme court il
necessary in order to get the question
finally settled.
A new industry which was recently
added to the other resources of the
state, the canning OF corn on large
scale at Big Stone, is proving great
success. Thus far this season about
$4,000 cans of one variety of corn have
been produced at the canning factory.
Other varieties will bring the total up
to about 100000 cans. In twenty-seven
minutes the factory turned out 900 fin
ished cans. Experts pronounce the
corn superior to anything they have
ever seen.
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About two years ako two Kimball
men purchased quarter section of
land poar thot ploco Dov;p0 &1 nOn for