Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-01-04
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There is a large attendance at the
state teachers meeting now being
held at Bookings.
Dan O'Brien may die as the result
OF trying to drill out an old blast of
powder on the 600.foot level of the
Homestake. His left leg was terribly
lacerated and small rock was blown
Into his stomach. He thought the
blast had been fired.
Articles of Incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state for the
Newark State bank at Newark, Mar
shall county, with a capital of $4,000.
The incorporators are F. H. Mitchell
and l.. Mitchell of Austin, Mimi, and
Arthur E. Nelson of Newark.
Albert B. Amundson, a well-known
farm machinery dealer of Toronto, has
filed petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy in the United States court in
Sioux Falls. In the schedule accom-
panying his petition he places his liz
bilities at S43.4S5.11 and his assets at
$37,25S65
Darius Green, forty Five, years OF age.
dropped dead in the Milwaukee freight
Office at Aberdeen of heart disease.
He was a freight conductor of the Has
tings & Dakota division of the Mil
waukee road for the past nine years.
His home is at Milbank. He leaves a
wife and several children.
A few nights since the stock barn
on the irwin Thomas farm, five miles
south of Huron, was entirely destroy
ed by fire, together with sixteen head
Of cattle belonging to Clarence Cobb,
the occupant of the farm. Much other
property was destroyed, the total loss
aggregating about $4,000, on which
there was no insurance
The trouble over the transfer OF
mail has been settled by the Washing
ton authorities. who have directed the
Northwestern road to make the trans
fer at Marshall This will prove a
great convenience to merchants of the
north half of South Dakota and to the
wholesalers Of Sioux City and Sioux
Falls.
The following officers have been
elected for the Business Mems club
of Deadwood: President, George v.
Ayres; vice president, Kirk G. Phil
lips. The club is about to secure the
services of a man on a good salary
to act as secretary and treasurer, who
will devote his entire time to it's af.
fairs.
The financial condition of Flandreau
Is constantly improving. City Treas
urer Brown has just paid off $4,000 of
the city Indebtedness, this amount be-
ing money borrowed from the state
school fund. 1t will not be long until
Flandreau will take it's place as one
of the towns which has not dollar Of
outstanding Indebtedness.
The morals of Lead are getting tn
be SO clean that even rafting of t,lr-
keys is not allowed. Statei:7 Attorney
Parker has caused the arrest Of three,
men there who are now being held
under bond to appear. before the next
grand jury. These men had turkey
raffles. No gambling of any kind is
now allowed in Lawrence county.
: The land department reports the
demand for state building lands to be
fair, having disposed of another quar-
ter section in Ednlunds county last
week. While the fund continues to
grow in this manner, a move on the
part of those who are so anxious to
have the character of the stone settled
might go long ways toward an earli-
er settlement if they would see that
more of this class of lands are sold at
an early date.
AS the resultof mass meeting Of
Twin Brooks business men and repre-
sentative formers from that locality. a
committee was appointed to arrange
for and if possible secure farmers
institute for Twin Brooks. If present
plans matcrialize the institute will he
held about the middle Of February If
the efforts to secure the institute are
successful it is proposed to make the
affair the best of the kind ever held
in Grant county.
The new public library at Madison
has been opened to the public. The
library was established solely by con
tribu.ions Of money and books on tho
part of the citizens. The work of put
ting the library on its feet was ac-
complished in a period of only about
four weeks. Several social organiza-
tons contributed toward the fund for
Its support, which now amounts to
about 5000. Over 1900 volumes have
been placed in the library by the citi-
zens. &
Beginning Dec. II and ending Dec.
20, there were nineteen permits to