The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-08-23
South Dakota
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General State News ParsGraphsd.
Mrs. NJ. P. Martin, one of the pioneer
residents of Pierre, going there in
1883, died at her home after a linger-
ing illness.
An acetylene gas explosion at the
home Of Lyman Thomas at Yankton
blew a stove to pieces and knocked
Mrs. Thomas senseless.
A movement has been started by
Eastern friends for a pardon of Harry
A. Jones, a young newspaper man now
serving five years in the state peniten.
tiary at Sioux Falls for participation
in a robbery at Yankton.
Announcement has been made Of
the appointment of A. X. Gardner Of
Rapid City. as general attorney in
South Dakota for the North-W Western
Railway company. He succeeds Col.
Stewart of Huron, resigned.
During a tremendous electrical
, storm, lightning struck the livery barn
Of Stevenson & Hanson at Slear Lake.
totally destroying the building, nine
teen horses and all the buggies In the
establishment. The loss is placed at
$40, 900, with no insurance on stock
and only $500 on the building.
To meet the needs Of the new extern.
| sion of the Northwestern railroad .
new division has been created to ex-
tend from Pierre to Rapid City. c. T.
Dixie, the engineer In charge Of con.
struction on the new line, has been So
lected as superintendent Of the new
division, with headquarters at Pierre.
After having been a prisoner In an
abandoned we'll two weeks, a horse be.
longing to John Small Of Faulkton has
been rescued, apparently none the
worse for it's long Imprisonment with.
out anything to eat. When rescued the
animal was yet able to stand upon its
feet.
A. j. Wimple Of Beresford met with
a severe accident while haying. A
/ pulley used in running hay into the
barn broke from its fastening, and fly
ing upward, struck him in the face.
His jaw was broken and two other Sc
we're wounds were made, n of which
required nine stitches.
In line with the announcement that
the Black Hills would suffer this COM.
ing winter from a coal famine, tho
price of coal for domestic use at Dead
wood has just been jumped up 81 per
ton by the companies and so cents per
ton for the mines and mills. Every one
who can is getting in a supply against
the threatened shortage.
Reports at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders Of the Hartford Creamery
company show that during the past
year the creamery distributed among
the farmers of this vicinity $20.012.46
The business of the institution Is con.
stantly increasing. w. B. Knodt, Hen
Schwartz and w. L. Meyer were elect
ed directors.
Twenty Of the business men Of Clear
Lake have purchased a tract of land
on Clear lake known as Ulven's point,
and will plat the ground for a summer
resort. The price was 5000 per acre.
The ground is covered with natural
timber. making a beautiful park, with
a fine beach and splendid fishing. The
grounds will be improved and next
season the twenty persons forming the
syndicate will build cottages.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers Elevator com
pany. which operates a grain elevator
at Spencer, the following officers were
elected for the coming year: Presi-
dent. j.. l.. Justice; vice president, w.
H. Weir; secretary-treasurer, F. A.
Gates. The elevator is doing a very
satisfactory business n expects to
greatly increase its business during
the coming fall and winter.
James and Thomas Wilkes were ar.
rested at Starkweather. charged with
holding up and robbing William Dug
lus, a farm hand working on the farm
of Peter Filskov, south of Egelans
Duglus claims that the men fired sew.
eral shots at him and finally robbed
him of his pocketbook. In the excite
ment the men dropped the p%ocketbook
and Duglus afterward recovered it a
short distance from where he was held
up.
Yankton county is no exception to
the other counties in the state in the
matter of teachers for the county