The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-05-04


She was eighty-one.
| The proposition to bond the city Of
| Arlington for a system of waterworks
carried by an Overwhelming majority.
Mrs. William Montague of Vermil-
lion was badly injured in a runaway.
She was thrown from wagon and
severely bruised about the head.
| government inspector has exam
| ined and passed upon the new trans
| fer boat at Pierre, the w. D. Walden.
and she has been given commission
to ply upon the waters of the Missouri.
Work has been commenced on the
| development of Aldrich Park at Aber-
deem, named after Mayor Aldrich, and
which will be Aberdeen's first park.
The work is being done under the d.
rection of the park committee of the
city council.
The grand lodge Of the A. O. U. w.
has appropriated $500 from it's general
fund for the relief of the sufferers at
San Francisco, and Grand Master 7.
M. Simmons of Huron has issued a
call requesting subordinate lodges to
contribute to the relief fund.
Ambrose Lester, a colored veteran
! of the Northern army in the war of
the Rebellion, and an old pioneer OF
the Black Hills, has just passed away
at the county hospital at Lead. He
was member of the local G A. r. en-
campment and also of the Black Hills
| Pioneer association.
In the interclass meet of the Aber-
deem high school, to select a team to
enter the inter-scholastic contest at
Sioux Falls in May. the senior class
scored SIS points, the juniors 40, the
sophomores 81 and the freshmen l.
| The team will be chosen from among
| the winners in the local contest.
The rock cut on the Northwestern
extension has been completed and
rails are being laid through Fort
Pierre. The first two bridges across
Bad river are completed, the next two
are we'll along and the rail-laying now
will be pushed as rapidly as possible
up the valley of the Bad river.
John Wade, grand chancellor of the
knights of Pythias, has issued call
urging members of the order in this
| jurisdiction to contribute to the relief
Of brother knights in San Francisco.
Mayor Aldrich, acting in conjunction
with Gov. Elrod, calls upon Aberdeen
citizens to contribute to the relief OF
the sufferers on the coast.
Work is being pushed On the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis grade, both south
east and northwest of Aberdeen.
Thirty teams and fifty men are at
work few miles southeast of Aber-
deem, and the steam grader COM
menced work this morning. North
west of Aberdeen twenty-five teams
and forty men are at work.
In Judge Gaffey's court at Miller,
Benjamin F. Wenzel was found guilty
of assault with intent to commit In
cest on his thirteen-year-old daughter,
and sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary Grant Derflinger, tried
twice for assault on a thirteen-year.
old girl, pleaded guilty this time and
was given one year in the peniten-
tiary.
Mrs Rebecca Chute, better known
|
in Spearfish, aged lightweight years.
She was the mother Of Capt. Gray OF
Spearfish, having married again after
the death OF her first husband, Joseph
Gray. She came to the Black Hills In
| 1879. was a devoted member OF the
Methodist church and highly esteemed
by all who knew her for her many
kind acts.
Frihop Peterson and Frank Kribbs,
aged fourteen and twelve, respective
ly, ran away from the Lutheran Or
phans home at Beresford. They wan
dered about for two days and finally
ended up near the banks Of the Mis-
souri, river nine miles southwest OF
Vermillion. Being hungry, they dug
up some wild parsnips and ate them.
The result was that both lads became
pretty sick and 1t required the services
of physician.
With from $50 to 300 men already
engaged and more to be employed IN
the next ten days, excellent progress
is being made on the irrigation pro-
.ect at Belle Fourche. Orman & Crook
are in the preparatory stage OF build
ing the big dam and will not be
through with this part Of the work for
some time They have just received
$40 600 worth of machinery, including
three seventy -five-ton steam shovels,
which are in use All the contractors
at work are not only doing satisfac-
tory work, but are making money.
Eighty-seven years old, fighting in
court to save her property that she
might not be left penniless was the
experience of Mrs. Catherine Dring.
a widow. Fifteen years ago hersei1
and husband invested their LIES saw
ings of $4,000 in st. Lawrence town
bonds The village paid the interest
promptly for eight years and then
repudiated the claim. The widow
brought suit Judge Gaffy took the
case from the jury and decided IN
favor of the widow, except one bond
of $500 that the town had issued
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