The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-01
HERE AND THERE

Circus Coming Hi. there, boys
Golmers circus is billed Tor SiSSeton
on June is. Save up your peunleS
and come to the show. see the lsnl
and the wild Kangaroo and all the
other sights.
Bought a Home-A deal has just
been completed whereby County
Treasurer i thompson becomes the
owner of tie Matt Murphy residence
property on the East side. This is
one of the finest homes in the city.
Drowned Under Load of Hay
Just as we go TO press word comes OF
the death of Mrs. Edward klcise. of
Enterprise township, which occurred
yesterday in a most peculiar way.
1t seems she had accompanied her
husband after load Of hay, ana
when crossing a turnpike across a
slough. the load tipped over and
Mrs. Keise fell under it in a ditch
in which was three feet of water and
before her frantic husband could eX
tricate her she had drowned. She
came over from Germany about a
year ago and had only been married a
few months
Insurance Agent i'm TrOuble-G.
-. administer, a solicitor for the ST.
Paul Hail Insurance Co, is in Il peck
of trouble. John Negaard, a farmer,
of Grant township has had him ar
rested on the charge OF obtaining
money under false pretenseS and
Edminster is now in the custody OF
the sheriff. Negaard claims that
Edminister represented to him that
he was working for Thos. Power and
thus secured business from himself
and his neighbors. Edminister halls
from WATERFOWL. He Will have mis-
hearing tins afternoon.
Decoration Day-Notwiths landing
the continued wet weather, it cleared
up sufficiently for the old soldiers to
carry cnt the Decoration Day program
and the day was generally observed.
The q. A. r. veterans and others
marched out TO the cemetery and paid
homage to the memory OF the heroic
dead. In the afternoon the veterans
ard their friends met at the opera
house where an interesting program
vast carried out. Besides the pro-
gramlas published last week there
was an addition in the shape of the
school children from the government
Indian school, under the manage
ment of Supt.. Sayles. First, there
was an American Pole drill by sixteen
little girls and a school dumb bell
drill by sixteen larger girls. They
conducted themselves with credit and
won much admiration
The Fourth-Wil Sisseton cele-
brate the glorlous Fourth of July?
ASK US. You can bet your bottom
dollar that Sisseton will celebrate in
a manner hitherto unparalleled in
the history Of this or any other old
place. The committee who have been
soliciting funds have been successful
beyond their widest dreams and have
already secured over 5000 and there
is more lin sight. The program IS
now being arranged, and we violate
no confidence in saying that it will
be the most elaborate ever put up in
the state. There will be the usual
horse races: foot races. wbeelbarrow
races. sack races. etc, besides which
there will be 40 acres Of Indian tents
and barbecue, with Indian games
and dances. dazzling array of tent
and carnival attractions, hippodrOme
races and other attractions that will
rival theiOlymplc games IN the stad-
ium at Athens. Come and enjoy the
sights and show that this county is
imbued with true reverence for the
national Independence Day, Every
thing free