Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-25
South Dakota
General State News Paraaraphed.

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Stanley Jennick, working on the
st. Paul railway bridge at Mobridge,
west of Aberdeen, lost his balance,
| fell into the river and was drowned.
An incendiary fire, started by pi-
geon thieves, destroyed the large
/, barn on the farm of Matthew Tschet-
| ter near Parker, entailing a loss of
! more than $4,000.
Howard Warren won the annual ora
torical contest of Yankton college and
will represent the school in the state
contest at Mitchell in May. Miss
Kerley won second prize.
James Hackett, one of the best
known conductors on the Great North
ern railroad, was the victim of a seri-
GUS accident in the Sioux Falls yards,
as the result of which one of his legs
was cut off at the hip
The three-year-old child of Jacob
Weise of Miller got hold of the bottle
of butter coloring that the mother
had been using to color butter, drank
about a tablespoonful and died from
the effects Of it, after great agony.
The three-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Johnson of Farming
ton township, Sully county, wandered
from the house and was missed with
In few minutes. A search by his
mother located his body in small
pond near the house into which he
had fallen in his play.
The Park hotel' at Toronto, which
has been closed for some time past,
has just been opened under new man
agement. This will be received as
good news by the travelling men who
have been compelled to secure ac-
computations from private residents
during the time the hotel has been
closed
Andrew Sundt, a farmer, was acct
dentally shot and almost instantly
killed near Sioux Falls by Willie
Thompson, the ten-year-old grandson
of John Thompson. The boy, with a
companion, was shooting at a mark
with 22-caliber rifle, when unknow-
ingly Sundt got within range, the bull
let entering his back.
Suffocated by smoke while trying
to reach the kitchen door, which she
had locked, Mrs. Mary easier of Hill
City, aged .eighty-five years, fell sense
| less into the arms Of the men who
forced open the door and died almost
Immediately. The flames originated
in the front room of the little cabin
where she lived alone.
Frank Rhodes, employed at the
sawmill Of Mclaughlin Bros at West
Nahant, was killed while working in
the mill A piece of board became
| loosened and fell in the way of the
saw. Rhodes kicked at it to remove
the obstruction, and his clothing was
caught in the machinery, and he was
drawn upon the teeth of the saw.
Edwin Oster, the eight-year-old son
of Mrs. Oster, a widow Of Java, was
| kicked by horse and frightfully in
| jured. His skull was fractured. His
lower left jawbone was broke in sew
eral places, and his left side was para
lyzed. Notwithstanding these severe
injuries, the boy lived several days
in terrible agony before death ended
| his suffering.
President j. H. Holmes of the Da-
kota Trust and Savings bank of Aber-
deem has received a telegram from
Washington announcing that fact that
the bank had been made a national
institution with the official name, Da-
kota National Bank of Aberdeen.
This gives Aberdeen three national
banks, one state bank and one trust
and savings bank.
| The days of the stage between Alb
erdeen and Leola, a town in McPher-
| son county, will soon he numbered.
The stage went out as usual Sunday,
but got stuck in quagnire about
'half way to it's destination. The
driver, who has the contract for car
rying the mails, returned here and
made the trip on the M. & st. L. rail-
road. This is the first time the mail
has been carried on the new line.
After much deliberation, the Huron
city council has accepted the PROPOSE
ton of the Western Town Lot com
pany for tract Of land for city park
purposes. The sum necessary to buy
the property $4,000 has been raised
by popular subscription. Mr. M. NJ.
Winters gave one-third of the amount.
a survey of the ground will be made
at once, and preparations for beauti.
flying the same will begin this sea
son.
Miss Mabel Kirk Of Avon was BIT.
ten by a scorpion while getting ban
anas In her fathers store for Dr.. Hol.