The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
South Dakota
General State New. Parasraphed.

General State News Paragraphed.
Guy I. Purdy, mail clerk, was found
dead in bed at Milbank, supposedly
from an overdose of medicine.
George Reese of Iowa was killed by
lightning While driving along the
road a couple of miles south of Cham
berlain.
h troops of the Sixth cavalry at
fort Meade are preparing to go to the
Philippines. Headquarters, band and
six troops leave Aug. 20.
Mrs. George Stahl, wife of a well-to-
do farmer near Bridgewater, was fa-
tally injured by jumping from a buggy
when the cal had become frightened.
Conrad and Clark De Jong, sons of
a stocllman living west of Parker, re-
ceived probably fatal injuries in jump
ing from a freight train which they
had boarded to go to Parker.
While bathing in Wolf creek, five
miles west of Bridgewater, Alaus
Monsoon, a farm hand, was drawn into
an eddy and drowned before as
%sistance could reach him.
Robert Craig recently met with a
peculiar accident in Bear Butte valley.
He was splitting wood, when his AK
was struck by lightning and was
driven into his foot, indicting a pain
full wound.
The farmers of Meade county are
rejoicing over the good prospects Of
crops this season. If the grain is not
hailed out it will far exceed the yield
of any former season. The farmers
sowed a much larger acreage than
usual.
AS a rapidly moving train which
was carrying laborers for work on the
Pacific extension of the Milwaukee,
three men were thrown from the
platform near Mobridge. One mans
neck was broken Il he was instantly
killed by the fall.
A bolt of lightning from a sky that
did not contain a ~perceptible cloud
knocked Elmer Myrand of Bruce from
the hayrack on which he was riding.
Part of one of his feet was torn off by
the bolt n he was stunned by the
shock. The horses were instantly
killed and parts of the rake were
melted.
Telephone reports from up Bad
river tell of a terrific wind, hail and
rain storm which did a large amount
of damage in the way of roofs blown
off, glass broken and vegetation bat
tered. The cloudburst put the river at
Midland out of it's banks in less than
half an hour. While the damage is
scattered, in the aggregate it will be
heavy.
At a business meeting held during
the annual convention of the Sunday
School Association of Hutchinson
county. the following officers were
elected for the coming year Presi-
dent, Prof. G. II. Lugg; secretary, Mrs.
Swartz. A vote was taken and result
ed in Midtown being selected as the
place for holding the mex annual con-
v%ention of the association.
There is but one stamp mill idle
now at the Homestake mine out of six
mills. Two more mills were started up
last week, making a total of 800
stamps dropping. The company now
is taking ore out of the 5OO-foot level,
and the water will soon be down to
the 600. About 800 miners are being
employed in the mine and open cut.
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Sheriff Moses Of Butte county has
arrested three gamblers and eight men
who sold whisky without a license in
the new town Of Lennon, near Belle
Fourche. 1t is the intention of the au-
thorities of all the counties along the
irrigation project and the new rail-
roads across the reservation to pro-
hibit gambling and the selling Of
liquor licenses.
The new municipal water works at
Lake Andes has been completed. The
system was tested in the presence Of
members Of the town council, and
everything was found in first-class
condition. In view Of this the plant
has been accepted by the town author
tiles. The system is one of the most
modern and most complete in this
part of the state, and provides Lake
Andes with first-class fire protection.
At a meeting Of the business men
Of Philip the organization of a Bust
ness Mems union was perfected. A
committee appointed at a previous
meeting presented a constitution and
bylaws, and these were adopted. AS
its name implies, the purpose of the
new organization is to push the CON-
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