Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-06

and already over hundred head have
died.
An election will be held at Corsica
on Friday, Aug. Z, to vote on the
question of issuing bonds to the
. amount of $4,000 for the purpose OF
erecting an addition to the city school
building.
c. ]. Levengood, who for a long
time has been at the head of the gov.
eminent Indian school at Pierre, and
has placed that institution among the
leaders of that class of schools in the
state, has decided to withdraw from
the Indian service and will make his
home on his Stanley county farm.
The case of Edward Karge, charged
with robbing man at WoIsey, and
who was arrested at RedfieId, was dis
missed from custody by Justice Ged-
dis of Huron on the ground that no
prosecuting witness appeared The
witness left town few days since and
no trace of him could be obtained.
United States Marshal Seth Bullock
of Deadwood authorized an absolute
denial of the story sent from Colorado
Springs saying that he had accepted
an invitation to join President Roose-
welt on his African trip. Capt. Bullock
declared that he had not received
i'm Wi ati nd hot hn
be unable to go had he been invited.
The people of Harold are making
elaborate preparations for field day,
which will be held at that place on
Aug. Z. Various races and other
sporting features are being arranged
for and liberal purses will be awarded
the winners of the various events
Music for the occasion will be. fun
nished by the Highmore concert band.
Vaclay Novak, a pioneer resident OF
Tyndall, adopted a unique method of
committing suicide. During a fit of
anger he jumped head first into we'll
only twentythree inches in diameter,
about the width of the average mans
body. After taking the leap there
was no turning back, no matter if he
did regret his action. During his fits
of anger Novak frequently had threat
ened to take his life.
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contractor OF Mitchell is making
the plans and specifications for new
waterworks system for the town of
Platte, in Charles Mix county The
power for the system will be secured
by the erection Of seventy-foot tow
er and a tank, and a thorough system
of mains will be installed. The cost
of the plant when completed will be
about $4,000 or 100000, bonds for
which have been voted
A cloudburst struck Arlington last
week. over five inches Of rain falling
within a few minutes. Grain was Mat
tened to the ground and in many
places washed from the fields. Inn
mense damage will result to the crops,
barley being in the midst of harvest.
Every rivulet is torrent and country
roads We're rendered impossible. Sew
eral losses Of stock are reported and
many bridges are washed out
That South Dakota is on the eve OF
harvesting the biggest crop in the
history Of the state is shown by re-
ports received last week from many
of the county seats and other points
throughout the state Great care has
been exercised in gathering this in
formation, and all reports are unani-
nous on the one general proposition
that this years yield should be great
er than those Of any previous year.
In order to guarantee the immediate
disposal Of $4,000 worth of Meade
county bonds which Lawrence county
has for sale, the board of county com
missioners decided to offer per cent
interest on the bonds, and to place
them at once on the Eastern money
Lawrence county as part payment of
a long standing debt that Meade coun-
ty owed when the segregation Of the
two counties was effected.
George Miller, formerly Of LeMars,
Iowa, who was arrested a few days
ago on the charge of attacking Miss
Louisa Stromme, a telephone girl who
resides at Garretson, and who was
brought to Sioux Falls partly for safe
ty, as a result OF his trial in Sioux
Falls court was lined $50 or twenty
five days in the county 5al, bong per.
mitted to escape Oh tie minor charge
of assault and batter. In default of
the payment Of the fine he hes been
lodged in the county Jail.
c. L. Johnson Of Laurel, Sully coun.
ty, has been raising popcorn for sew,
eral years, and now has 700 bushels
of old corn in the bins at his farm. He
says the corn yields from S5 to &c
bushels an acre, and he handles it by
cutting with a corn binder and run
ming it through a threshing machine
| He gets an average of about 8 cents
a pound for the corn, and uses the fod
der after it has been run through the
machine for feeding his stock. He
( considers Dopcorn raising as Drofita