The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-28
South Dakota
General STATE News P~asat1aDh0d.

General STATE News PasatraDhsd.
Charley Miller, a thirteen-year-old
boy of Miller, caught his foot in a sad.
die stirrup while riding a horse and
was dragged to death.
Miss Lydia Mueller. living on her
fathers farm near Kuhn, was dragged
a quarter Of a mile by the teeth of a
hay rake which she was driving.
Gov. Crawford has selected Henry
r. Pease of Watertown as a delegate
to the international tuberculosis con
gress to be held at Washington Sept.
81 to Oct. IL.
Joseph Dennison Of Miles City,
Mont, was arrested In Huron by Sher-
if Young and taken to Aberdeen,
where he will answer to the charge
Of stealing his sweetheart's watch and
$50.
l.. s. Tyler, one Of the best known
men in the southeastern part Of the
state, was found dead in a bath tub
is supposed to have resulted from
heart failure.
The State Bank Of Willow Lakes
has changed hands, Messrs. Filbert
and Schmidt, who owned the majority
of stock, selling to E. A. Syverson of
Bryant. formerly president of the
State Bank of Norden.
Two horsethieves we're caught near
Memo and five horses recovered,
Soon after being captured, II of the
thieves had an epileptic fit, but as
soon as he was able to travel they
were both %handcuffed and taken to the
county Jail at Olivet.
Lorenz Vesper, aged fifty and a bach
elor, living about three miles north
east of Bridgewater, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the head.
He was well to do and bore a good
reputation, and the act is thought to
have been due to temporary insanity.
As the result of burns received in a
gasoline explosion at her home in AL
sen, Mrs. A. S. Anderson is dead and
Anderson was pouring gasoline into a
wash boiler when the explosion oc-
Cured. She was a bride of only two
months.
AS the result of burns received In a
gasoline explosion at their home in AL
sent, Mrs. A. S. Anderson is dead and
he husband is in a critical condition.
Mrs. Anderson was pouring gasoline
INTO a wash boiler when the explosion
occurred. She was a bride of only
.wo months.
John Egge, a farmer residing north
west of Draper, was instantly killed
by lightning. A flash of lightning set
the prairie on fire, and while he was
in the act Of putting it out a second
bolt struck him. His brother, who
was with him, was stunned by the
shock, but soon recovered.
United States Marshal Seth Bullock
Of South Dakota has taken to Sioux
Falls George Horras, the young Hot
Springs banker, who is charged with
wrecking a bank there by the embez-
clement of $25, 900. Horras will be ar
raigned before Judge Garland, and is
prepared to plead guilty and accept a
~penitentiary sentence.
Twenty guests at a hotel in Lang
'ord were poisoned, a number of them
narrowly escaping death. The trouble
was supposedly from eating canned
vegetables. The whole hotel was
transformed into a hospital, and sew
eral doctors worked all night to save
the lives of the victims. No blame is
attached to the hotel management.
Reports coming to the state educa-
tional department from some of the
u VI IL ~ 'Iia tiiC
number of teachers who are taking
examination this month are far in ex-
cess of any examination for years, and
out of the many it is hoped that the
schools Of the state will be sSpplied
with the required number of teachers
this fall.
The long continued dry spell has de-
stroyed all hopes of a corn crop, ac-
eording to a report from Lower Brule.
Oats, wheat and flax, however, are
yielding well, and hay is better than
It has been for years. To an Indian,
John Grass Rope, belongs the honor of
raising the biggest ears of corn and
the largest potatoes shown thus far
IN this county.
The town of Westport, a few miles
orth of Aberdeen, is to have a new
bank. Articles of association have
been filed here with the register Of
deeds for the organization of the
Farmers State Bank of Westport.
The directors are H. C. Shober Of