The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-12-14
August Baum Of Cavour was severe.
ly burned by a gasoline stove before
the blaze was extinguished.

, the blaze was extinguished.
| J. w. Warren, who filed on home
stead three miles from Selm, has dis
| appeared and it is feared that he 10
the victim of foul play.
The Ute Indians, who are now gov
eminent charges at Fort Mead, are
almost destitute, the women and chill
dren especially being in need of cloth
ing.
Frank Carrette is the second miner
| within three days to meet AN lnStan-
taneous death at Lead. While working
! in tunnel he was caught by a sudden
| cave beneath him and fell twenty feet,
being crushed and buried by rock and
| earth.
Owing to the recent disastrous fire
in Aberdeen, the South Dakota Retail
Hardware association will be unable
to hold their second annual conven-
ton in that city. 1t has secured ac-
| commodations at Mitchell, where the
convention will be held Feb. IL, Ii
| and IA.
Mary, the three-year-old daughter OK
Mr.. and Mrs. August Talberg, home
| steaders residing near Murdo, met q
horrible death as the result of an accl-
dent While her mother was doing
the family washing the child fell into
boiler which was nearly full OF hot
water. Before the child could be res
cued she had been frigntfully burned
| and died soon after.
The Mullen ground in the Maitland
district is a promising property upon
| which a large amount of work is being
done The main ledge of ore, which
carries values of more than 81 ton.
has been well opened, a shaft having
been sunk and a tunnel run which
tapped the main ledge at a depth OF
eighty feet. The property consists OF
four claims a half mile south OF Matt
land and adjoining the Echo.
The state university will likely par
ticipate in three debates this year, al
though only two are as yet certain.
These are with Iowa university and
Dakota Wesleyan of Mitchell. Nego-
tiations are pending with Creighton
university of Omaha. The two former
debates will be held in Vermillion. The
preliminary debates at the University
of South Dakota will be held shortly
after the holiday vacation
man about So years of age, we'll
dressed, small Of stature, with light
complexion, gray hair, was brought to
Huron from Cavour, where he was left
few days since by travelling theat-
rical company. He was in a demented
condition, but at lucid intervals it was
learned that his home is in Baltimore.
Md, where he is a member of the
Elks' lodge, his card giving the name
of W. H. Mcbride. Efforts to locate
his relatives are being made.
A new town hall building is to be
erected at Lesterville, the town board
having officially taken steps to this
end The new building will be two
stories in height will have a seating
capacity of 1000 and will have base
ment, in which the town Jail will be
situated. The building will contain
lodge room, a suite of Offices and gal
lery on the second floor. The first floor
will be the opera house and dance hall.
with modern stage. The structure
~, TO at
idly as possible. When finished it will
be one of the finest town halls in the
state.
The extension west from Pierre is
far enough out to allow the people of
Midland to see the cars and hear the
whistles, but the delay on the bridges
will prevent their jubilation for sew
eral days yet. Trains are being ope-
rated to the end of the line out from
Pierre, and on the west end are COM
ing down as far as Dakota City on
Cheyenne river, leaving now about
seventy-five miles of track to close the
gap Nearly all the grading is done
on this and only the bridges delay
tracklaying. The indications at pres
ent are that the first train will get
across from the Missouri river to
Rapid City about July l.
The Watertown city council has
started determined crusade against
the Sunday night show. In line VITA
the lid" policy of the administration,
The Sunday theater has been placed in
the same category as the slot machine
and poker room, and the ukase has
been issued that it must go. An ordi-
nance now is pending before the coun-
ell, and although there is some oppo-
sition to it there is little doubt that
it will pass. 1t absolutely prohibits
Sunday theatrical exhibitions. The
Sunday night show has 'flourished in
Watertown for several years, the au-
d;apnec an that I,ioht bniD Or ipvo b11y