The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-12-22
South Dakota
General State News Parasra phed.

| Mrs. l.. M. Coulson, one of the first
pioneers of the Black Hills is dead at
| Terry. She came to Perry in 1877 and
was we'll known throughout the mining
district.
While hauling a load of grain one
mile east of Bruce, P. L. Solderman
was killed by his wagon turning over.
| He was pinned down about six hours
before he was found.
A large number of recruits have ar.
rived at Sturgis in a special car and
were taken to Fort Meade, where they
will be distributed among the various
troops of the Sixth cavalry.
Two motherless children, aged two
and four years of Matt Dapso, were
burned to death near Hanna, ten miles
from Lead. The Dapso cabin caught
fire in the absence of the father
The Barker jury was out four hours
at Aberdeen and returned a verdict of
guilty in the first degree of murder,
and fixed the penalty to life imprson.
ment. The defense filed motion for
new trial. y
Ambrose Farmer, an old man who
has lived on ranch near Raoid Tity
! for sixteen years was found dead in
his cabin by his nephew. A sharp
pointed knife was found by his side
which was covered with blood, with
which, probably, his threat was cut.
| Articles of incorporation have been
| filed with the secretary of state for
the Hand County Telephone company,
at Miller, with a capital of $4,000,
with the privilege of increasing it to
| $4,000 by vote of the stockholders,
do a general telephone business in
Hand and other counties of the state
The incorporators are E. F. Waite, W.
j. Holbaum and G. E. Richardson.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Branch Mint Railway
company at Galena, with a capital Of
100000, the purpose of the company
being the construction of five miles Of
railway in Lawrence county, to be
built from Galena to the mines of the
Branch Mint Mining and Milling COM
pany The incorporators are James D.
Hardin, Charles S. Hardin, Thomas
Mckay, ]. G. Hartman and Norman T.
| Mason.
| The Marion volunteer fire depart
ment has within the last few days re-
| ceived a large quantity of new equip
ment, which makes the department
cf{ J0 totn
The Milwaukee railroad company has
generously donated the town site for
the headquarters building Of the de-
partment on it's right of way through
the town. The site is centrally 10.
Gated and upon it fine engine house
will be erected.
The pumps handling Aberdeen sew
age are now pumping 100000 gallons
of sewage every twentyfour hours. A
year ago they pumped but 100000 gall
| Ions in twenty-four hours, and the
sewer system of the city is taxed to
the utmost to care for the increased
sewerage. Many citizens are in the
habit of allowing their water faucets
to remain open all night to prevent
the pipes from freezing, and the wa
ter commissioner has notified such
persons that the water will be shut of
| if the practice is continued By re-
ducing the extra tax on the sewer
pumps he hopes to materially relieve
the situation.
Something Of sensation has 1een
caused by the announcement that Mrs.
Emma Bailey, until recently matron
of the girls cottage at the state refo, m
school at Planlzinton, has been mar.
ried to M. Barnes, a young IAN who
was committed to the reform school
some time ago, and who was released
| from that institution only last June.
| The marriage took place at Brttton,
| Marshall county. The groom and his
bride will make their home in that vi.
cinity. Mrs. Bailey made a good rec.
ord during the three years she was ma
tron at the reform school, and the
groom is said to have developed INTO
an honest and upright young man.
There are no less than a dozen ap.
| plicants for the position of supervisor
of the Black Hills forest reserve, to
| take the place of Capt. Seth Bullock,
who has been appointed United States
marshal of South Dakota. The appli.
cants are nearly all Black Hills men,
and they are busy getting indorse-
ments from their friends. 1t is gen.
orally understood that Capt. Bullock
will have great deal to say in the ap.
pointment of his successor It may
| be that man from the regular forest
ry service will be sent out. The Black
Hills range is considered the ID ost i'm.
portant in the United States, and The
Black Hills people are anxious that
Capt. Bullock's plans shall be carried
out as far as possible. He has started
| the replanting of the burned districts
and has also made many practical ex.
periments for the determination OF the
pine beetle. The mining business Of
the Black Hills depends largely for its
success on the pine timber, and this
appointment of Capt. Bullock's success.
sor will be watched with keen inter.
est.