Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-04
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Bruce Terry, eighteen years old, Of
Bass Lake, Ind, was drowned in
Swanson lake at Montrose.
The, Michael Hoffman block was de-
stroyed by fire at Elk Point. L. M.
Grill and o. N. Walters lost their
stocks of goods. The insurance was
about $4,000.
Huron is infested with a gang OF
petty thieves. Within the last few
nights attempts to burglarize several
houses have been made, only one Of
which proved successful.
Peter Wolf, an aged bachelor, and
worth in the neighborhood of 100000,
committed suicide on his farm at the
northeast corner of Brown county by
hanging himself in driving shed.
The country around Yankton is
flooded owing to another heavy rain,
such as has been visiting this section
of late. Bridges have been washed
out and roads seriously damaged.
Several score of farmers residing
in the vicinity of Ethan have taken
preliminary steps to organize a far
mers' elevator company, with the OBJ
ject Of constructing and operating a
grain elevator at Ethan.
Sfx-yeac-old Anton Magerd managed
partly to open a switch at Yankton on
the Milwaukee track and thereby de-
rallied two engines on double-header
west-bound stock train Of thirty cars,
destroying 100 yards of track and ty-
ing up three trains here all day.
During a storm recently the light
ming struck the large barn of Conrad
Schurz, four miles north of Ethan.
The building was entirely destroyed
and two horses and a colt burned to
death This is the second building
that has been struck within a week or
So
The United States Central Railway
company was incorporated at Pierre,
with Paterson, N. j., and Delhi, N. T.,
parties as incorporators. The capital
is $50,OO0,OOO. The road is to start at
Portland, Me-, and run 1000 miles to
San Francisco, touching New York
and Chicago. The estimated cost is
$500,000,O00.
Jake Ba.lensky has been arrested
at Yankton on charge OF maliciously
decorating Anton veling's automobile
and bicycle shop with black paint.
The store front was an extraordinary
sight, and Mrs. Ed Wedmore, who had
stopped on crossing to gaze at the
sight, was run down by a heavily
loaded lumber wagon and received a
very badly crushed right foot.
Andrew Hanson, rancher Of Stur-
gis, was severely injured by being
thrown from an unmanageable
broncho The animal bolted and came
in collision with barbed wire fence
and Hanson was thrown against the
wires. The muscles of both legs were
cut and some of them entirely severed.
The horse also became entangled,
decorating himself so terribly that he
ran but few hundred yeards before
he fell dead.
At meeting Of number of the
young men Of White Lake it was de-
cided to organize volunteer fire de-
partment. The election of officers re-
suited as follows: Captain, Levi
Winget; secretary, Wenzl Huebl. The
charter membership of the new de-
partment is quite satisfactory and
other members will be added from
time to time. White Lake has for
some time needed an efficient fire de-
partment.
c. H. Beech, late Of Montrose, who
recently purchased the necessary
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nent residence at Iroquois, has COM
menced work on the construction of
a modern elevator, which will be
completed in time to handle this
years grain crop. Mr. Beech is a
grain man of many years experience,
and the opening by him of the new
elevator will make Iroguois one of
the best grain markets in this por-
ton Of the state.
The state land department Is CON
tinuing to dispose Of capitol building
lands at private sale. A deal has
just been closed whereby all the re-
naming lands in Mcpherson county,
approximately 1900 acres, was dis
posed of at one deal at price slight
ly below $40 per acre, and last week
about $50 acres in HYDE county were