The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-07-05

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Bruce Terry, eighteen years old, OF
Bass Lake. Ind, was drowned In
Swanson lake at Montrose.
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 5000. 900,
committed suicide on his farm at the
northeast corner of Brown county by
hanging himself in a 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
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.
Six-year-old Anton Magerd managed
partly to open a switch at Yankton on
the Milwaukee track, and thereby de-
rallied two engines on a 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 vas 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. Y.
parties as incorporators. The capital
is $780, 0 900. The road is to start at
Portland, Me-, and run 1000 miles to
San Francisco, touching New York
and Chicago. The estimated cost Ia
$500, OOO, 900.
Jake Ballensky has been arrested
at Yankton on a charge of maliciously
decorating Anton Veling's automobile
and bicycle shop with black paint.
The store front was an extraordinary
stopped on a crossing to gaze at the
sight, was run down by a heavily
loaded lumber wagon and received .
very badly crushed right foot.
Andrew Hanson, a rancher Of Stur-
gis, was severely injured by being
from an unmanageable
broncho. The animal bolted and came
in collision with a barbed wire fence
and Hanson was thrown against the
The muscles of both legs we're
cut and some Of them entirely severed.
The horse also became entangled.
decorating himself so terribly that he
but a few hundred yeards before
fell dead.
At a meeting Of a number OF the
7oung men Of White Lake 1t was de-
to organize a volunteer fire de-
'artment. The election OF officers re-
as follows: Captain, Levi
Vinget; secretary, Wenzl Huebl. The
membership Of the new de-
oartment is quite satisfactory and
members will be added from
ime to time. White Lake has for
some time needed an efficient fire de-
)artment.
c. H. Beech, late Of Montrose, who
ecently purchased the necessary
round and has taken up his perma-
tent residence at Iroquois, has com
nenced work on the construction Of
! modern elevator, which will be
completed in time to handle this
ears grain crop. MI. Beech Is a
rain man of many years. experience,
md the opening by him OF the new
will make IroQuois one of
he best grain markets in this Dor.
ion of the state.
The state land department is con-
inuing to dispose Of capitol building
ands at private sale. A deal has
ust been closed whereby all the re-
naming lands in Mcpherson county.
approximately 1900 acres, was dis
'osed OF at one deal at a price slight
below SO per acre, and last week
lbOut $50 acres in HYDE county wera