Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-01-02
South Dakota
General State News Paratraphsd.

General State News Paratraphsd.
Peter Atanasoff, laborer employed
on the Milwaukee road, was killed in
a wreck near Rapid City.
William Grebe, pioneer resident OF
Aurora county, died in his wagon on a
lonely road while on his way to his
farm from business trip to market.
DR.. Dott, county health officer has
quarantined several new cases OF
smallpox at Canistota. There are four
teen cases and the schools have been
closed.
w. r. Cross, photographer Of Hot
Springs, died of pneumonia. He had
been in business there for over TWEEN
ty years. A widow and three married
children survive.
w. E. Freshmen has been arrested,
charged with having broken into E.
Elsey's dry goods store at Hot Springs
about week ago at night and getting
away with $500 worth of goods.
! Death came suddenly to John Green,
a pioneer prospector of Lead. Mr..
Green went to restaurant for his
supper, and while reading newspaper
he dropped dead of heart failure.
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Roy Eggleston was arrested by Dep
uty Sheriff Rorer of Hughes county on
the charge of stealing typewriter at
Pierre. He was held in bonds Of $500
for his appearance at the next term of
| The state circuit court
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The circuit court, after being in ses-
sion for two weeks at Huron, has TAX
en- recess until Jan. 20. The criminal
calendar, with thirty cases, has not
been concluded The grand jury re-
turned twelve indictments.
Private Duga, who escaped from the
Fort Meade guardhouse, together with
Private Orange, was caught near Ma
hant by Sheriff Trathen of Lawrence
county, and was taken to Sturgis and
turned over to the authorities at the
post.
Private Ross of Troop D, it is alleg-
ed slashed Blacksmith Clark on the
neck with knife at Fort Meade, cut
ting within an eighth of an inch of the
jugular vein. Clark is at the hospital.
Ross is under arrest, and claims self
defense.
The state brand committee has COM
pleted the work of the present session,
passing upon 1875 brands. This makes
total of more than 5000 brands
which have been accepted and filed by
of the state.
Over3eal in literary work and de-
votion to the study of the lives and
works of the great authors resulted in
unbalancing the mind of Miss Ida
Hendricks, an eighteen-year-old girl
who resided on ranch near Spearfsh
with her parents. She was ordered
placed in the state hospital at Yank-
ton.
The Office force of the state historic
cal department is very reticent about
picking up books and papers since one
Of their recent exhibits, centipede,
escaped from the bottle in which it
was confined, and is generally suppos-
ed to be lying in wait among the pa
pers of the Office, ready to get even
with the captors.
Peter Carlson, aged sixty years, was
the victim Of serious runaway at
Huron, in which he received injuries
that may prove fatal. Il team Of
horses which he was driving became
frightened and unmanageable, and Mr..
Carlson was thrown from the wagon.
His right wrist was broken, several
ribs fractured and internal injuries re-
| ceived.
| The members OF the Centralia vol
| unteer f1re department at their annual
meeting, which has just been held,
elected the following officers for the
| coming year: Chief, John Pierce: as
sistant chief, Alfred Rodvold; treasur-
er, w. j. Heinrich; secretary, J. A.
Mitchell; foreman. Fred Wieringa.
The department has a good member
ship and is one Of the most efficient
of les kind in South Dakota