Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-10-18

G. Swami, grain dealer of Brltton,
was jolted off, fell beneath the wheels
and was crushed to death.
The county commissioners of Stan.
ley county have offered a reward OF
! 5000 for the apprehension of Harry
Brooks, the man who, it is alleged,
killed Frank Linder at Midland.
Brooks is a young man about six feet
tall, very slender, and with hair and
eyebrows so light that he was given
the name of Whitley" among his com
panions.
An adjournment of the September
term of circuit court at Huron has
been taken until Nov. 1, when the
case of Ella R. Sanford VS.. Edward H.
| Sanford ct al, will come on for hear
ing. This is one of the most important
cases on any calendar in the state at
this time, involving the title to more
| than one hundred quarter sections OF
land IL South Dakota.
One Of the largest single real estate
| deals ever recorded in Brown county
was closed recently, when F. B. Gan
| non, president of the First National
| bank of this city, purchased nineteen
quarters in Portage township for $50,
| 900. The deeds were transferred by
| w. C. lehman, Chicago capitalist
| and D. A. Kimbark of Aberdeen. Gan
non will use the land for ranchine
! purposes.
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An idea Of the rapidity with which
Aberdeen is growing may be gained
from report by the mail carriers
which states that since Jan. of this
year 1872 new homes have built here
This report was called for in connec'
ton with the request made by the
| postmaster for another carrier. 1t is
understood that the postoffice inspect
| or will recommend that the request
be granted.
|
The schools of the Black Hills and
! the various districts are all in good
condition financially and constantly
improving. The total school appor
tionment for Lawrence county from
| the collection of taxes for Sept. 30 was
$29,230.O4 Of this amount Lead City
alone receives S16,309.25, while Dead
wood receives s4,543.25. During the
month of September the amount Of
taxes collected aggregated s10S,593.05
| :
H. w. Kellogg, q well-known farmer
of Vienna, has reason to be well salts
year ago last spring, when he pur
chased half section of land a short
distance from Vienna. He has just
sold the farm at an advance of $1,440
and in addition has the proceeds from
two valuable crops raised on the land
Mr.. Kellogg's health is failing, and he
sold the land so he could spend the
winter in California.
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A movement is on foot at the pres
ent time for the formation of an or
ganization to be known as the Brown
County Fair association, or something
similar, and it's object will be to ar
range and conduct fair each fall. l
is likely that within few days, or a
the most, weeks, this organization will
have been perfected. This associa
ito nwill be well backed financially
Whether or not the association incor
porates, it will start out with from
$4,000 to $4,000 paid into the treas
ury, and will be in shape to at once
if necessary, begin to get ready TO-
next falls fair.
The Harrison Telephone company
which for many years did a large bust
ness in all parts of the Hills, has
died slow death and the stock of thu
company that remains is about to b,
sold out. In earlier days the com
pany had not less than 700 instru
ments in use, and also maintained ex
changes in all the principal towns o
the Hills. NJ w. Thompson Of Oman.
is disposing of the property. In les.
than two weeks all the old instru
ments, tools and property of variou.
kinds will have been gathered togeth
er. labelled "the defunct Harriso,
line" and shipped to the Wester,
Electric company at Omaha.
The prospect Of finding natural ga.
and oil within twenty-five miles O
Deadwood is creating considerable sti
and excitement. The region is located
on the westerly slope of the Blacl
Hills at a point called Rocky Ford, be
tween Beulah and Sundance. A com
pany to be known as the Rockford
Wyoming Coal company has been or
ganized and owns already tract O
fifteen Or twenty thousand acres.
The company was organized becaus
of the discovery, while prospectin,
through this part of the country, O
oil sand which was encountered at
depth of 400 feet and was penetrate
for seventy-fve feet when break oc
Cured. The sand, which is really
black, porous rock, was found to b.