The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-10-12
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William M. Corcoran has sold the
Volga mill to James Christie, who will
take possession at once.
A former convict of the state pen1-
Tertiary has been arrested at Sioux
Falls on suspicion of causing the
death of Mrs. Collins, a Turner county
farmers wife, by chloroform.
The farm residence of John G. Hin
rich, near Claremont, together with
contents, was totally destroyed by fire
caused by a defective flue and high
wind. Loss, $1,000. No insurance.
Gov. Elrod has appointed James
Lewis of Canton as q member Of the
state board Of pharmacy to fill the
vacancy caused by the expiration of
the term of 1. A. Keuth of Lake Pres
ton.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the st. Onge State bank at
St. Onge, Lawrence county, with a
capital of $4,000. 1ncorporators: j..
G. Headlee, L. M. Headlee, F. d. Head
lee, all Of st. Onge
Len V. Doty, the newly appointed
Insurance commissioner, has taken
charge, and will retain the old office
force. j. G. Perkins will at once be-
gin the insurance work for which he
gave up the commissionership.
Mrs. H. T. Cheadle died at Salem
from the effects Of burns received in
The explosion of gasoline stove. Mrs.
Cheadle is the wife of H. T. Cheadle,
and together they ran a restaurant
and confectionery establishment
Mrs. John Fosnaugh of Huron was
severely burned by the explosion of
gasoline while filling a vapor stove.
Almost the entire left side, from
shoulder to hip, was burned to
crisp, and her condition is serious.
The state land department has sent
out seventy-four patents to final pur-
chasers of state lands for the quarter
ending Oct. 1. Butte county took six
teen Of these; Hutchinson, thirteen,
and the rest generally scattered over
the eastern part of the state.
Edgar Parker, for number of
years a trusted clerk in the S. r.
Smith furniture establishment of
Lead, has been arrested, charged with
embezzlement. He was arrested by
tice Marlborough and released on
bonds.
John P. Moe, an old settler in Kings
bury county, died at his home two
miles south of Arlington, at the age
Of seventy-three years. Death was due
to paralysis. The deceased came
from Norway several years ago and
leaves a wife and several children in
this country.
p. w. Le..ry, farmer living south
OF Aurora, met with instant death in
a peculiar manner. He was under his
traction threshing engine doing some
repairing and told his son to start the
engine. The engine was reversed and
ran backward over Mr.. Leary, crusL-
ing the life out of him.
David Brown, sheepman near
White Owl, met with serious acct
dent. His 3S-caliber revolver was put
into the scabbard wrong, and while
taking the belt off the gun fell to the
floor and was discharged, the ball en-
tering his left leg below the knee,
breaking the bone in two places. He
was taken to Sturgis for treatment.
The full-blood Indians that visit
Miller from Grow Creek are beginning
to wear button photos of their babies.
The photographer at Miller is taking
pictures of Indian babies for the first
time. The little tots are rugged out in
white dresses and lace by their fond
parents and made to look as pretty as
their little white neighbors do in pho
tographs.
The town of Buffalo Gap is about to
have new bank. Articles Of associa-
ton and certificate of organization
were filed in the Office of the register
of deeds. The capital stock Of the
bank will be $4,000, and the incorpora-
L.
Isham of Buffalo Gap and Lyden 1.
[sham Of Oral. Mr.. Henne is the pres
ldent of the new institution.
Eli Robinson, a we'll known young
man of the Hills section of the coun-
try, died at Rapid City, where he had
been brought from his home at Fol
som, suffering from an aggravating
case Of typhoid fever. He was ma
tive of Bon Homme county, this state,
and had made his home in Custer
county for the past twenty years. He
was only forty years of age and leaves
a wife and two children.
The Bookings business men have
hit upon plan that seems to be
meeting with great success in bring
ing trade from the surrounding coun-
try and towns. Every Saturday has
been set apart as market day and
f1,0 for~ o~1y