Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-22

Stewart of Huron, resigned.
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During 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
5000, with no insurance on stock
and only $500 on the building.
To meet the needs OF the new extern.
sion of the North-We railroad Q
new division has been created to ex.
tend from Pierre to Rapid City. G. r.
Dixie, the engineer lii charge Of con.
struction on the new line, has been Sc
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
q 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 se.g
we're wounds were made, one of which
required nine stitches.
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In line with the announcement that
the Black Hills would suffer this COM
ing winter from a coal famine, the
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. ,.s 5.s
Reports at the annual meeting of the
stockholders Of tho Hartford Creamery
company show that during the past
year the creamery distributed among
the farmers Of this vicinity $2O012. 46.S
The business Of the institution Is con-
stantly increasing. w B. Knodt, Hem
ry Schaper, G.. A. Boulette, Joseph
Schwartz and w. j.. 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 summer
resort. The price was 5000 per acre.
The ground is covered with natural
timber, making beautiful park, with
a fine beach and splendid fishing, The 4
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, u. L. Justice; vice president, w.
Fl. Weir; secretary treasurer, r. A.
Gates. The elevator is doing a very
satisfactory business and expects to
greatly increase It's business during
the coming fall and winter.
s James and Thomas Wilkes were ar
rested at ather, charged with
holding up and robbinSS w lillian Dug
ttls, d ia fa n, hand working on the farm
of Peter Filskov, south Of Egelans,
s<,1o
eral shots at him and finally robbed
him Of his pocketbook. In the excite
ment the men dropped the pocketbook
and Duglus afterWard recovered it a
short distance from where he was held
up.
Z Yankton county is no exception to
the other counties in the state in the
matter Of teachers for the county
schools, as a great scarcity exists
there. How some Of the schools are.
to be supplied this fall is puzzle. The
county superintendent says he lays
the unusual situation to the low wages
paid, as in these days the county aY-
erage of SAP a month does not look
much to a competent teacher, and with "
state supervision there is no chance
for any others if they do not apply.
One of the principal pieces Of work
on the big Belle Fourche irrigation
project north Of Belle Fourche, where
the government is spending over So.
10000 to irrigate 100000 acres has
just been completed the diversion
dam, the last gap Of fifty three feesgfllgs
been filled in. This work has been
greatly retarded BY the foods in June.
which tore away a part OF the dam.
The cofferdam IS now being removed
and y! the machinery taken 70 another q
point on the works.