Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-01
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While In swimming with number
of other boys IN what IS known as u
Pickerel pond, near Sioux Falls, Sever
.Berdehl. aged sixteen, was drowned.
The front of the new vaudeville
house at Watertown fell out, burying
w. D. Rowe, who was passing, in the
ruins. Several bones were broken and
he Is. in a critical condition. Fl
# Carl E. Luckow. fireman on freight
train, was struck on the head by a
flash bar at Lake Preston, rendering
him unc conscious and inflicting wound
that is likely to result fatally.
Coroner L. d. Miller Of Sioux Falls
has received "a telegram from Sheriff
Sheldon of Lyman county, giving in
formation Of the finding Of the body
of Thomas 3. Thompson, formerly OF
Sioux Falls, hanging in barn on the
Thompson claim near Pesho.
Mrs. Ellen Daley of Elk Point last
winter slipped on the ice, broke a hip
and was confined to her bed for sever
81 months. During a thunder shower
last week she rose in the darkness to
close the windows, hit some obstacle.
fell and dislocated a shoulder.
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4 The state brand commission at its
recent meeting passed upon 1877
brands, out Of which three were re-
jected on account Of conflicting brands
already fled The work of the board
brings the total number OF brands now
registered with the state department
up to 6,172. 3s
After run OF two miles down the J
sidetraek In Fantail and Whitehall
sgulches, near Deadwood, six ore cars
belonging to the Burlington railroad
dashed through an open switch to the
main line and were wrecked. No one
was hurt. but the cars, which were
empty, were demolished. " 1
To his skill as swimmer, Scott
Robinson, in charge OF the diversion
dam at the government irrigation
works north OF Belle Fourche, owes
his life. He was knocked into the dam
after a Golfer dam had burst, and with
the greatest difficulty reached land
without being struck by some of the
loose timbers in the seething water.
s8 In order to complete the buildings
at the state normal school at Spear
fish, contracts have just been let to-
D. A. Elliott and Frank McEveny for
two Different portions The former
will finish the third floor Of the DOR
mitory, thus accommodating a number
of additional pupils, while the latter
has contract for the unfinished parts
of Science hall.
In fit Of temporary insanity, q. a..
sPoore, 9 stenographerfo for the St. Paul
Foundry Company of st. Paul commit
ted suicide by throwing himself in
front of Northwestern train at Co
lumbia. His body was cut to pieces,
the remains being picked up ii
basket. Poore had been visiting with !:
his wife and children st the home Of
his wife's parents at Colombia.
FL A very destructive wind and rain
storm did considerable damage in the
vicinity of Woonsockats A house be-
longing to Mr. Atkinson was blown
over. Three people who were in the
house at the time were killed by fy-
Ing boards and crushed beneath the
building. Several other houses in the
city were partly destroyed. The tele-
phone lines to the north are all down.
The Armour Driving Park associa.
ton has about closed a deal with II.
II. Smith Cyclone Smith J, for thirty.
five acres of land which includes the
race track. Mr.. Smith is removing to
Oklahoma, and is disposing Of his in
terests at Armour. The purchase gives
the driving park association control
OF the fair grounds, buildings, etc, and
insures the permanency Of the county
fair.
Apparently gambling is thing st
the past in the Black Hills. Within
the past few weeks quiet attempts
have been en- made to resume in several
sections, but each effort. hee5;.
promptly nipped. sherinf Billy Moses
Of Belle Fourche raided a room over 4 s
Chinese restaurant recently. The shelr--
ID seized a poker table, a roulette
wheel and some chips and later the
town enjoyed bonfire behind the
court house.
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Attorney Thomas E. Harvey OF Lead
who was the first practicing lawyer in
the Black Hills, has been honored with
q request to deliver the principal adj I
dress at his old home in Amboy. til. {
on Aug. IL. at the celebration Of the e
Goth anniversary of the towns exist \.
ence. Mr., Harvey was raised ii M
COY, and left there in 1852 for the
West. He is a pioneer citizen of tina