Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-11
South Dakota
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For two weeks people We're CROSS
ing the Mission river at Springfield on
! the ice, but the stream is now clear OF
| ice at this point and the large gaso-
line ferry boat is again doing good
business.
A fve-year-old daughter of Morris
Rabel, farmer near Milbank, while
| playing with an adopted baby, acct
dentally fell into a tub of boiling wa
ter. The baby is dead and the older
child is at the point of death.
Aroused from sleep by a gang Of
| hodlums knocking on the doors of the
family residence at Sioux Falls, Mrs.
| H. M. Avery, pioneer resident OF the
ing to open the door. She sustained
severe injuries
The Citizens State bank of Newark
has been organized by the following
| local business men: F.. l.. Farran, Il.
| G. Peterson, DR.. E. Neff, w. u. Cornell
and J. Peterson. The capital stock is
| $4,000, and the Institution opened Its
| doors for business Jan q
In the last quarter eighty-eight
homestead entries were filed at the
| Aberdeen land Office, comprising H..
| 4S5 acres. While the land in the Aber-
| deem district has been settled to q
large extent, the few remaining quar-
fn,> of 1,nfv,, 80 1vr
sought.
Nels Boyce, seven years of age, will
| probably die as the result Of an aoci-
dental shooting by his older brother at
Deadwood. "A revolver was found In
bureau drawer by the older brother
and in play he pointed 1t at Nels It
was discharged and the bullet struck
4 the boys head.
Mrs. Il. s. Lewis was dangerously
burned while at work cleaning stove
! at Armour. She was using backing
to gasoline stove, the burner being
Y lit, and the gasoline In the backing
{ ignited enveloping her head and
| shoulders In flames. She is in a seri-
GUS condition.
One thousand head OF cattle have
4 been sold by George p. Bennett, re-
ceiver of the United States land Office
OF Rapid City, for a consideration OF
4 $4,000. The purchaser was John
Hart, wealthy cattleman on Spring
creek. The demand for range cattle
at the present time is excellent.
A call has been issued by President
Gillis of the State Firemen's associa-
ton for meeting Of the board of con-
troll, to be held at Sioux Falls, Jan.
and place for the next annual tourna-
ment of the association 1t Is proba-
BILE Sioux Falls will be selected.
Rob Arpan, an Indian who lives
across the river from SEyarts, rode
into an air hole while crossing the
Z! river and was drowned. Mrs. Arnan
heard her husband cry out for help
and heard the horse splash in the wa
4 ter, but by the time she reached the
bank all was quiet and horse and rider
had gone under.
Tom Briggs, night switchman on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
4, railway, was killed while helping to
make up cars for the morning passen-
ger train at Mitchell. He was caught
between the bumpers of the baggage
and passenger cars, crushing in his
skull, He lived forty-five minutes aft
ter the accident
Judge j. H. Mccoy in circuit court
] at Aberdeen denied the motion Of the
attorneys of w. w. Barker, convicted
! Of the murder Of Lee Zook, for new
| trial and sentenced Barker to impris-
onment for life in the South Dakota
state penitentiary at Sioux Falls. It
/ is understood that Barker will take an
1 appeal to the supreme court.
The Northwestern road has erected
large shed near the old beat land
ing at Pierre and has brought out a
| force of carpenters who have begun
/ work on the construction of the boat
4 which will be needed for transferring
the cars after the temporary bridge is
| taken ui,t for the summer They will
| be kept busy to get the boat ready for
work as soon as the ice goes out OF
the river.
4 Mrs w. N Hollands. wife Of the
4 former owner of an electric light plant
| in MITCHELL, died as the result Of pto-
| maine poison. On Wednesday of last
week, with the rest Of the family, she
partook of some meat for their sup
per and on the following morning she
was taken Ill, and grew worse for two
days, when she became unconscious
and remained in that state until she
died, not being able to recognize any
Of the members Of the family.
Several hundred Indians will be em-
/ ployed by the different railway com-
| panies at Rapid City for the construc-
ton Of the roads. They have already
commenced to arrive from the agen-
/ cies east Of the city. The railroad
companies have been trying to get In-
4 dian laborers for some time, for they
are considered much better than any
4 Auctrian ar foreign 1aborars One In.