The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-04-13
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A naval recruiting station has been
opened in the federal building in Aber-
deem, in charge of Lieut.. J. II. Com
fort.
The case of the state against W. J.
Evans, charged With assault and bat
terry. was tried at t'landreau and Ev-
ans acquitted.
| The Mitchell Lumber company has
| opened a yard at l.eola the county
seat of Mcpherson county, toward
which the Minneapolis 4 ST. Louis eN-
tension is heading.
i The Democrats of Aberdeen have Is
sued calls for the various ward eau
cases and the city convention 10 nom
mate candidates for aldermen and the
| regular city officers TO be elected on
| April IL, in accordance with the pro
visions of the state caucus law.
| In the election at Britton on the
court house bond project seventeen on,
"f twentN-fon precincts gave a major
ity of 476 in favor of the proposition
| In the remaining seven precincts the
total vote will not exceed $50. so that
the building of new court house is
assured
The new railroad transfer boat al
| Pierre is far enough along so that it is
| the expectation of the builders 10
launch the craft some time this week.
| 1t will take several weeks to place the
machinery and get the boat ready for
operation after it is placed in the wa
| ter.
| The Northwestern company is erect
| ing building at the site of the per-
manent bridge at Pierre, to be used
i as offices and headquarters by the en-
| gineers in charge of the work 1t is
expected that active work on construc-
tion will be commenced as soon as the
river falls, following the running out
of the ice.
At a meeting of the members of the
| Nolga Tennis club the club was reor-
ganized for the coming season, the
| following officers being elected: Pres
ldent, G. W. Smith; secretary-treas-
urer, Mont Henry. The grounds be-
longing to the club will be greatly inn
| proved. Broollings and Elkton have
| tennis clubs and it is proposed to hold
| tournaments in the three towns during
the season.
| A. w Glenn of Aberdeen, one of the
1 oldest conductors in point of service
on the Milwaukee road. will take six
months vacation which he will spend
on his farm near Milbank Mr. Glenn
has been in the employ of the Milwau-
kee since 1872, and served when the
western division of the road was at
Glencoe, Mimi. When the road was
built on to Aberdeen he was given a
run out of that city.
| Among the recent applicants for
! marriage licenses at the office of the
| clerk of courts at Geddes were two
Sioux Indians named Reuben Spotted
Eagle and Miss Ellen Brighteyes, who
desired to be married in approved
| White mans style. The bride is. a
| belle of the Yanliton tribe of Sioux.
!! and the marriage of the couple was
celebrated in a suitable manner by
hundreds OF members of the tribe.
Can't H..
as captain of Company l.. South Da-
llota national guard, owing to the fact
| that he intends leaving Aberdeen. and
| the members of the company have ask
ed for the appointment of Mai. w. A.
| Halle to succeed him, the first and
second lieutenants of the company re-
fusing to accept promotion in order to
secure the appointment of Mai Halle
| who is now on the adjutant generals
staff
| Attorneys for the Minnesota, Da-
kota & Pacific railroad (the Minneapo-
| lis & st. Louise have commenced con
demnation proceedings against prop
erty owners In and near Aberdeen to
SSSNi Z ppSSCSSioi VI lllt property need
| ed for the right of way of the extern
| sion to Leola. Most of the property
| owners have reached an agreement
| with the company. but 1t is understood
| that two or three are holding out for
higher prices, and so all property own.
ers were made defendants in the ac-
| ton.
| Walter Evans, aged eighteen, an An
dover youth. came to Aberdeen recent
ly on Milwaukee train and was evi-
IDENTIFY suffering from an attack of in
sanity. He inquired from every per-
son he met the way to the State of
Washington, stating that his mother.
lived there and he wanted to go to her
His parents at Andover We're com
municated with and the youth was re-
turned on the next train under the i'm
preston that he was being taken 10
Washington. He had about $50 or. his
person.