The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-12-07
South Dakota
General State News Parafra phed.

The state board of pardons will meet
n Pierre on Dec T.
The annual convention of the Brook
ngs County Sunday School association
vas held in Brookings.
Frank Carney has been placed in
Sioux Falls hospital as the result of
having his under lip chewed off in a
Sight.
Joseph, the two-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Healy of Canistota,
lied as the result of swallowing car
bolic acid
AS the result of meeting OF lead
ng farmers of Aurora and vicinity, 1t
was decided to incorporate farmers
elevator company.
The family of C. Christianson OF
Vermillion was nearly asphyxiated by
coal gas. All were nearly uncon-
scious. but a physician called in re-
vived them.
George Berberick, proprietor OF the
Germania house at Yankton, Is very
dangerously i'll with concussion OF the
,rain, the result of falling from an
owe erturned load of hay.
State Land Commissioner Bach has
returned from trip to the Black Hills,
where he selected several sections OF
land for indemnity for state school
lands lost in that region.
Charles Wahl, farmer of Bristol,
was found dead by the roadside about
, mile from his home. 1t is thought
hat he went to sleep and fell from his
wagon, breaking his neck
State Treasurer Collins has located
the last OF the outstanding state
bonds, and is in position to negotiate
for everything outstanding, and Will
more than likely be able to clear them
up before he goes out of office.
1t cost Charles Jones, resident OF
Sphinx county, the sum of $3.50 for
making use of his teeth during phys
ical encounter with young man named
Lake. A jury found Jones guilty OF
the crime Of manning and q fine OF
S2EO was imposed.
The Aberdeen police believe they
have uncovered what is probably the
most daring and extensive case OF
shoplifting ever attempted. More than
$1,000 worth OF what are held to be
stolen goods have been seized at the
home of L. T. Gauchey. and two men
r1o
der arrest.
The department Of legislative refer.
ence has received forty applications
Cor information in regard to bills
proposed to be introduced by members
at the coming session. The greatest
number OF inquiries are in regard to
primary elections, followed by good
roads inquiries and rate legislation in
order.
Scores Of men are engaged in a
search for man named Ed Smith.
who has disappeared from the home or
Louis Larson, a farmer residing In Au.
rora county. The missing man is be-
lieved to have wandered away while
temporarily deranged. A brother, John
M. Smith of Trowbridge, ILL.,, has ar.
rived and has offered reward.
Authority is expected at any time
for the payment of the semi-annual
per capita money to the Indians on
the Cheyenne River reservation. The
amount will be about $4,000, divided
among 2,400 Indians, each receiving
$22.35. The traders near the different
agencies have been putting in heavy
stocks of goods for several weeks, and
expect to reap harvest.
Gangrene developing in one of his
legs forty years after the close OF tho
War OF the Rebellion with fear that
tho affected limb will have to be ampu-
tated in order to save his life, is the
sad experience of Isaac Farnsworth,
an aged veteran of the Civil war who
resides at Canistota. The gangrene
developed from an injury received dur
Ing the wal.
The North Westerns train recently
brought to Rapid City 100 homeseek.
ers, who came from different parts OF
Minnesota and Iowa, with the intention
Of taking up land and making their
permanent home il. that vicinity. The
number of homeseekers coming to this
country increases daily. The land
taken up at present chiefly lies east
and north of Rapid City. between the
rim of the Black Hills and the Mis-
souri, river. Much of it is in the val
leys and is very rich.
After forty years mystery the story
Of the hermit Of Rattlesnaks Butte ap-
pears about to be revealed. The old
man, who went by the name of James
Jimson, came to Dakota forty years
ago and settled among the Sioux west
of Yankton. There he remained until
his death a few years ago. w. w. Mo
Donald Of Columbus, Ohio, a deputy
marshal of the supreme court Of that
state, writes that he noticed an ac-
count OF Jimson's death and that he il
convinced he was his missing brother,
from whom he had not heard in many |
years, but who went to Dakota Terri. |
tory. The case is now being looked |
into by Mcdonald