The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-13
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Charles Steinel, fourteen years OF
age, was terribly wounded at ms noiiie
near Vienna through an ACCIDENT III
cleaning gun.
w. H. McVay Of Yankton, president
of the National bank. died in MS aieep
afto- ten days illness. He was sixty-
eight years old
In football game between the STARS
and the Huskies, former star players
of Rapid City schools. Louis Tedis III
received broken jaw.
Orsion Gage, an inmate OF the state
soldiers home at Hot Springs, commit-
ted suicide by shooting himself IN tne
mouth with a revolver. He was Sixty
four years old.
w. S. Barber of Butte county has
been appointed state water comms-
sioner for the First district to I'LL the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
w. S. Hamilton.
Word has been received at Belle
Fourche of the death on his ranch ~
miles north, Of Gus Abrahamson, for
merly of Lead, where the remains Will
be taken. The cause Of death has not
vet been ascertained. Abrahamson
leaves a wife and two children.
black wolf, the first ever seen In
that section of the country, was
trapped by Chris Raber near Belle
Fourche and is now on exhibition. The
animal resembles a stag hound and Is
ONLY one year old. Rabe has written
to circus managers and expects to be
able to dispose Of the animal.
Help is so scarce at White that the
Park hotel, although enjoying a good
business. has been forced to close Its
doors, it being impossible to get din
ing room and kitchen help. Half the
girls of White are said to have been
married during the last six months.
and the others are teaching school.
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Gov. Crawford has granted a pa
role to Israel Calkins, who was sent
to the penitentiary from Fall River
county on charge of cattle rustling.
Calkins has suffered a stroke of par
alysis and the parole is recommended
by the prison authorities and the
county officials of Fall River county.
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The building erected and furnished
by the city fire department was for
mally dedicated at Webster with a re-
ception and banquet. The ground
floor will be used by the fire depart
ment, the south wing being occupied
by the city offices and Jail. The entire
second floor will be occupied by the
commercial club.
Rush for land in the vicinity O
Rapid City continues undated, as !:
shown by the records of the United
States land Office for the month of No
vember. During that period there was
a total Of 7O1 original entries filed
which covers an appropriation of 112
900 acres, while the cash receipts o
the office were $4,000, or better thai
| 81, 900 for each working day in tn
month.
| The latest reports from Cheyenn
agency are to the effect that the Ut
Indians lease to two townships in tn
vicinity of Thunder Butte is declare
to be ended on account of the refusa
of the Utes to abide by the provision
of the lease, and that all the Utes vii
be transferred to the camp near Rapi
| City, where a number of them are a
ready located and working on the Mi
waukee road.
footing of a locomotive which star
ed the horses, caused Louis Ludwit
the venerable clerk at the Information
al hotel at Rapid City, to topple off tn
bus where he was loading passenger
and baggage, and in the resulting IA
he broke his leg so severely that II h
RECEIVERS he will always be cripple
Ludwig is one Of the old settlers an
went through the Civil war without II
Jury. He is now y years old.
Otto Johnson, with q net Of evidenc
to ensnare him. has confessed to bein
implicated in the Sam Groom clothin
store robbery at Yankton. He name
as his confederate In the deal Jill
Robinson. mulatto, who is also
custody. Evidence is now stron
enough against both men, who al
strangers, to hold them to the ne1
term Of circuit court. Nearly all tn
stolen goods. over $500 worth, hav
been recovered.
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]. w. Mackie and E. A. Allinso1
heavy sheep raisers of Deuel. count,
have offered a bounty of / per Ger
per sheep on all the sheep they ow
for each wolf killed in Deuel. count,
This, with the regular county bount
makes it very profitable for those VIII
have the time to hunt wolves.
number Of the animals have recent
been killed and the slaughter is e
pected to be heavy during the remain