Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-03-01
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| ding, as much of it is well situated.
Gov. Elrod has appointed George r.
! Farmer of Madison county to be Judge
of Lake county, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Charles
| j. Porter.
| Will Henwood, farmer living north
of Spearfisll, was found dead in his
| bed. He is supposed to have died of
| heart failure. He was single man,
about twenty-five years of age, and an
Englishman.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the York-Troy Telephone com,
pany at Lily, Day county with a cap
ital of $1,75O. Incorporators. R. P.
| Korgard, M. A. Hanson, A. Knoble, A.
S. Beeny and others.
| Will HAYWOOD, farmer living north
of Spearfsh, was found dead in his
bed. He was supposed to have died
of heart failure: He was single man
about twenty-siX years of age, and an
Englishman by birth
At Fort Pierre, in special term of
circuit court called for that purpose,
Albert Yardley, an Indian, entered
plea of guilty on a charge of horse
stealing, and was given a sentence OF
one year in the penitentiary.
The Sioux Indians have adopted the
carrying of the United States mail as
another of their occupations. Sioux
redman named George Rainwater has
accepted the contract to carry the mail
between Carlock and Herrick
Prof E. G.. Woodburn, principal of
the high school at Elk Point, has been
appointed to take charge of the de-
partment of mathematics at the sum-
mer school of the Dakota Wesleyan
university at Mitchell this coming sum
mer. !.
There was a large attendance at the
convention of the Knights of Pythias
at Yankton delegates being present
from Tyndall, Scotland, Geddes, Park
er, Hudson, Beresford and Nermillion,
Two sessions, one in the afternoon and
one in the evening, were held, followed
by banquet
The Rosebud bank at Herrick, one
of the new towns In Gregory county,
will cease business on March l, when
it will be succeeded by the Bank OF
Herrick, of which H. F. Slaughter will
be president and Sol. Slaughter the
cashier. Both are pioneer residents OF
that part of the state.
Believing that land boom of i'm
mense proportions is about to strike
that section, storekeepers of Miller
have sol dout and opened land offices
and cobblers have quit their lasts and
branched out as real estate dealers
In fact, there are but few business
men who do not carry a list of land il
addition to their regular line Of trade
or profession.
) At a joint meeting of the commits
} sioners of this and Clay county, a
: which the Clay creek ditch matter wa:
5 to come up for discussion, the signer:
( on the Clay creek bonds withdrew. A:
3 this left legal complications in the wa.
t of any progress, an adjournment wa
8 taken till next month, when it il
thought the bond trouble will Fave
been adjusted.
One of the temperance organization
g of the state is putting forth stron!
q efforts to vote out the saloons at thu
8 spring elections. Besides holding pre-
8 hibition meetings, house to hous
9 canvas is being made by paid workers
) Miller is not an exception, the sam
e energetic methods of work being out
l. lined for all towns where vote is t
be had on the license question.
"a While attempting to ride buckin
q broncho, Joseph Nancy, young ma
living near Manchester, was throw
and killed. He had been to De Sine
with companion, and when within
9 few miles from home the broncho be
z. gan to buck and threw Nancy H
fell on his head, fracturing his skull
4. He lived but short time after tn
> accident Nancy was twenty-fiv
years old
Announcement is made that col
struction work on the new electric lin
from Sioux Falls to Parker will be b.
gun within sixty days. All OF the rigf
of way has been secured with the e.
ception of five miles. and this gap
expected to be closed without diff
Guilty. Most OF the farmers along tn
line have contributed towards the pu
chase OF the right of way through al
joining lands.
It is becoming the general sentime1
that a modern opera house should /
constructed at Castlewood, and it
probable that. steps will be taken Il
the erection of such building in tt
near future. The town has a GOO
:, town hall building, which was co
te structed in 1893, but this has becon
% entirely too small for many publ
= gatherings, making the constructie
= of an opera house necessity.
The state treasury has called in OF
standing warrants to the amount
r $250,0OO, the call being from the pr
- ceeds OF recent issue. Of revenue wa