Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-05-02
South Dakota
General State New, Photographed.

John Kotalek, pioneer farmer of
Lapeport, is dead at the age of eighty
nine years.
Methodists of Farwell, near Arte-
sian, are completing arrangements for
the construction Of a handsome new
church.
The body Of Jake Taylor of Egan
was found in a creek near that place.
OF late he had been acting in a strange
manner.
Miss Name Hoyt Of Yankton receiv-
ed very serious burns on the face by
the putting of wood heating stove.
Miss Hoyt had her eyelids burned off,
but her glasses saved her eyes from
permanent injury.
William Goggin, foreman of one Of
the pile-driving crews out on the end
of the line, near Pierre, was killed by
the hammer Of the piledriver falling
upon him. The body was taken to his
old home in Madison for burial
Joseph B. Moore, aged forty-seven,
former circuit judge for Lawrence
county, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the brain. Despond-
ency over i'll health is supposed to
have been the cause. He leaves a
family.
George A. Pettigrew, grand secre-
tary, has issued an official notice to
the effect that the grand Masonic and
Templar bodies and grand chapter, O..
E. S., will hold their annual meetings
at Lead, commencing on Tuesday,
June IL.
The Old Settlers Association of Ly-
man County is preparing to hold a
picnic at Murdo on June and 5, and
1t is promised those visiting the town
that they will be given one of the
best outings of the kind ever held in
Lyman county.
The jury in the circuit court at
Sturgis brought in verdict Of not
guilty in the case against Walter j..
Mcclellan, charged with highway rob-
berry. Mcclellan is the man who was
arrested with Grandstaff, who was
convicted Thursday.
A frame building owned by A. J..
Bick and occupied as restaurant and
lodging house by Nels Watt at Huron,
was destroyed by fire. Dan Carroll OF
Algona, Iowa, burned to death. Joseph
Ryan was severely burned and others
received small injuries. Loss, $4,000.
At a business session held during
the third annual meeting of the Hutch
inson County Teachers association at
Parkston the following officers were
elected for the coming year: Presi-
dent, J. F. Harms; vice president, ]. H.
Craig; secretary, Miss Ivy A. Swan
ton
Another state bank has been launch
ed in the First State Bank of Nunda,
which has filed articles of incorpora-
ton, with capital of $4,000. The in
corporators are all members Of one
family, being John Golden, Rosa Col
don and John w. Golden, all of Brook
ings.
When G. G. Bridgeman, prominent
pioneer merchant of Vermillion, died
suddenly while out walking, c. J.
Scott, a leading druggist, remarked:
II hope will go that way" He did.
Feeling i'll one evening last week, he
went to his room, laid down and died
almost Immediately.
Isaac Hughes, aged ninety-fve years,
died at the residence of his daughter,
Mrs. William Dings, in Lead. Mr.
Hughes was born in Virginia in 1872,
had spent most of his life in the West.
His remains were taken to Fremont,
Neb., his former home, for burial. He
has made his home in Lead for the
! past twelve years.
The statement of business Of the ma
| tional banks of South Dakota for the
call Of March %, shows total individ-
ual deposits at the date to be S19,947,-
1888, a gain Of s1,752,460.51 since
| the last cali on Jan. 26. In the same
time there has been an addition Of
one to the national banks of the state,
making the total eighty.
An attempt was made, evidently by
an amateur, to open the safe of the
McCaull-Webster Elevator company
at Aberdeen. No explosive was used,
but the knob was knocked off and the
inner workings of the combination so
smashed that neither the would-be
thief could get into the safe, nor can
the office people. A safe expert has
been sent for.
The Douglas County Bar association
perfected an organization by electing
the following officers: E. P. Wanzer,
president; John T. Mathews, vice
president; John w. Addie, secretary
treasurer. Committee on management
and privileges, 2. R. Gurley, John T.
Mathews and H. H. Smith. Judiciary
committee, Robert d. Walker, J. w.
Addie and 2. R. Gurley.
William o'Brien, Jr., OF sturgis,
aged nineteen years, while out shoot
ing with several comrades, met with
a. serious accident. A rifle in the
hands of one of the party went off ac-
lcidentally, the ball entering the left
shoulder, and it is supposed it lodged
in the spine, causing paralysis from
the waist down. His condition is seri-
r -. \ ~ NJ