The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
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whose identity is unknown.
Spearf1sh is to have fine new op-
era house. Plans are now on foot to
fit out the second floor of the new
stone block on Sixth street for amuse-
ment purposes. 1t will seat 500.
Bids will be opened on March 10
for the construction of a new brick
building at the Indian school in Pierre.
The school has been obliged to turn
away pupils on account of lack of
room.
Rev. L. McLain, pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Scotland,
has accepted a position as field agent
for the Wesleyan university at Mitch
ell, and will at once enter upon his
new duties.
At a special village election held
at Britton the proposition to change
the organization from village to a
city carried by majority of 121 votes.
The new city officers will be elected
at the regular election for cities on
April 16.
rived at Miller from the East and have
moved to the land they bought last
year. There is demand from East
ern people for farm to rent. The land
is unimproved so this class cannot be
accommodated.
Daniel Lovejoy. an Indian from the
Siseton reservation, has been brought
to Aberdeen by John Koch, deputy
| United States marshal, to await the
atcion of the federal court at Sioux
Falles on a charge of selling liquor il
legally on tn preservation.
Mrs Herman Hackett OF Violin is
dead from the effects of dose of car.
bolic acid taken with suicidal intent
She had been i'll for some time and
| dependency was undoubtedly the
cause of the rash act. She leaves a
| husband and seven children.
/ Another bank has been organized in
| Lyman county, the latest being at
Murdo, one of their newest towns. 1t
/ is the Murdo State bank, with a cap
ital of $4,000. The incorporators are
| Peter B. Dirl1s, Olof Nelson, Oacoma;
| w. l.. Montgomery, II. M. Heinrichs
| Chamberlain; Isaac Dirlls, Reliance.
After brief Illness, Mrs. Elizabeth
| Procunier died at her home four miles
west of Custer. She was GO years OF
| age and had lived in the Hills for the
past ten years. She was born in
/ Canada, and had made her home al
different times at Des Moines. Iowa
and Crawford, Neb. She leaves a
husband and five children.
The town of Wade near Bonestee
has been moved off the face of the
map. 1t Joined forces with the towl
of Lucas, and j. l.. Lynn has just re
turned from moving the town. He
moved the entire town, consisting Of
three buildings, in day and half
a distance of two miles.
The board of county commissioners
has called a special election for Apri
to vote on a proposition to issue
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for the
purpose of building a new court house
for Marshall county. The presen
structure is insecure and inadequate
i
eral years this question has been agi
tated.
Men returning from the western
portion of Minnehaha and the east
ern portion of McCook counties re
port that some wheat seeding alread.
has been done by farmers in that re
gion. The farmers state that fros
is out of the ground in most place!
for depth of two or three inches, ant
that the ground is in good condition
for working.
Supt. Charles F. Pierce Of the Elan
dreau Indian school north Of Elan
dreau, is in Washington conferrin,
with the Indian office relative to i'm
provements at the school. Among thu
things he desired to secure is an ar
preparation for an employees building
and new central heating plant. TIL
capacity of the school is now 400 AM
is the finest in the North
AS result of meeting Of tn
directors of the Gam Valley cream
cry company it was decided to agail
|
operate the creamery this season a
the creamery will be placed in opera
ton about May 1. 1t is believed
will receive liberal patronage, an
that the coming season will be on
of the most prosperous in the histor
of the institution.
George Long, miner in the emplo
of the Homestake company at Leat
received injuries just before comm
off shift from the result of which h
died few hours later. He was caugh
beneath a mass Of falling rock an
; fatally crushed beneath it's weight. II
had gone back after the firing OF on
shot to ignite the fuse for another
He was only 26 years of age and III
married He will be buried at his oil
home at 1nkstadt, Mich, where hi
mother still lives.
]. C. Coleman, a negro preacher a
Oil City, Pa, who has been in corr,
spondence with people at Pierre
writes that after investigation of tn
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