Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-02-14
South Dakota
General State News ParaSraphed.

IS General State News Parasraphed.
Larry Roach shot John Kane at Mar
win. The two men had trouble of long
| standing.
| w. H. Bass, farmer, delivered a
hog to buyers at Armour that weighed
Sos pounds and brought SAL.
William Chapman shot and killed
| himself at his home in Watertown. He
had been slightly unbalanced for some
time.
AS a result of the explosion of the
| water front of cook stove at Dead
wood, Mrs Marion Willitts, over sew
! enty years old, was seriously injured
! DR.. Felix Ashcroft, county physician,
vaccinated 100 persons at Latin,
where the Safe Investment mine is To-
Gated. Smallpox broke out there sew
eral days ago.
Carey O'Connor, farmer fifty years
of age, five miles south of Beresford,
| had four fingers on his left hand
ground off in a corn shelter Amputa-
ton above the knuckle joints was nee
essary.
The Miners Union opera house at
| T of "a
gone improvements to the amount OF
$4,000. The opening was a presenta-
ton of "a Winters Tale" by the
Women's Club of Lead
Articles of incorporation have been
Broadland, with capital of $4,000; in
corporators, E. l.. Abel, r. ]. Mahaffey,
Perry S. Dalquist of Huron; D. l..
Briggs, Levi Hook of Broadland
Damage to the amount of about
Falls yards Of the Tuthill Lumber
company The flames were fought and
extinguished by the fire department
while the temperature was more than
20 below zero.
new banking institution, incorpor-
Il ated under the name of the First
State Bank of Bowdle, has commenced
business at Bowdle. Capital, $4,000.
officers: President, John G. Gross
vice president, H. c. Gross; cashier, =
B. Gundert.
The first movement of any magnt
tude toward making Lake Andes a
leading summer resort has been start
ed by w. r. Mcfarland of Struble
Iowa, who has purchased 275 acres and
will erect large hotel near the shore
of the lake.
The Citizens Bank of Edgemoni
has closed it's doors and w. W. Stew
art was appointed receiver by Judge
MCGEE 1t is claimed that the cred
itors will be paid in full. This was q
new institution and found that there
was not room for second bank
:: : :
The range belonging to Fred Meye,
of Sturgis blew up, and is a tota
wreck; one grddle was blown through
the ceiling, the windows of the rooms
are knocked out, and pieces of iron are
sticking in the wall all over the room
A hot water tank in connection witt
the range is supposed to have caused
the explosion Mrs. Meyer had left thu
room just before the explosion.
A number of leading Black Hill:
physicians have formed an organlza
ton for conducting Hot Springs
sanitarium and hospital. They have
leased the handsome three-story resi-
dence of DR.. and Mrs. Hargens, which
has twenty-six rooms, and have al
ready begun converting it into the
sanitarium and complete moderr
equipment will be placed therein.
After going thoroughly into the lie
gal phase of the matter, the soldiers
home board has signed contract will
the manager of the city water plant a
Hot Springs to furnish the home witt
water. There was dispute regarding
who was entitled to water from Ger
tain stream and to settle it the waite
company agreed to furnish the home
with water at price which appear:
to be cheaper than putting in and op
Grating a private plant for the home.
O. V. Lamb, deputy United States
marshal with headquarters in Siou'
Falls. has returned from 9ankto1
agency, where he placed under ar
rest a miXed-blood Indian named MAJ
Lyman. who is charged with introduc
ing liquor into the Yankton reserva
ton. The defendant was held for ap
pearance at the April term OF the TED
eral court in Sioux Falls Lyman il
the son of one of the pioneers of Da
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