Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-09
South Dakota
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william Lutx II under arrest at
Yankton charged with threatening to
kill +. 4. Van Tassel. prominent
citizen and manager Of the Excelsior
Roller mills.
Tho supreme court has declared
void the provisions Of the state pure
food law requiring patent medicines
to bear the formula telling the compo-
sition Of the medicines.
$50:
The state treasury has called In
state general fund warrants to the
amount Of $3O5.000. with these war
rants taken up, there are yet outstand-
ing approximately 100000 of such
warrants.
A bomb made of a piece Of gaspipe
filled with powder and plugged was
exploded under window Of hall In
East Pierre where private dancing
party was In progress. No trace of
the perpetrators Of the outrage has
been secured.
!: So:
Articles of Incorporation have been
| filed for the West Beadle County
Farmers Telephone company. with
headquarters at Washington, and q
capital OF $4,000: incorporators. D.
Boyle, NJ. A. Nichols. J. l. walker, n.
Diekoff and others.
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William Jarman. living south Of VIII
mot. committed suicide He left home
Saturday evening. One OF the children
said they were going to hang papa.
This aroused suspicion. His body was
found Sunday In an old house two
miles away. He was so years old. Do
mestic troubles were the cause. He
was an old settler and prosperous
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A room at the federal building ia
Pierre is being fitted up for headcuar-
tiers for a permanent postal inspector
who will be located there Inspector
Mullen will be there In a few days
and get located in his new quarters
he having been working Western and
Central South Dakota In the past from
Sioux Falls. but will work from Pierre
In the future.
| City officials Of Deadwood have
started housekeeping among tbs
tough element of the city and have
commenced by raiding a number Of
the notorious dope" nends. Tom
Kelley, who is alleged to hold Grim
inal record as thief, was run out Of
town and other characters who have
unsayory regulations have been order
ed to leave town at once.
Driven by high wind a prairie firs
that brought out volunteer firemer
from every ranch for miles around
swept across stretch of dry groun,
over q mile wide and fourteen Il
length near Hermosa before II coul,
be extinguished. The flames destroy
ed q quantity of hay but the work o
the ranchers prevented the burning o
their homes and buildings.
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An action for damages in the sum o
$50, 900 has been commenced agains
the Omaha road by William G. McCon
nell OF Sioux Falls. who few month
ago while engaged In his duties a
yardmaster for the Omaha compan
Ia that city. was run down by
switch engine and lost one OF his legs
The defendant in the action is tn
Omaha Railroad company.
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4 Dr.. A. NJ. Gifin Of Rapid City ha
Just been notified that he has been al
J pointed district surgeon for the Chico
: go 4 North Western railroad wit
!. headquarters at Rapid City. Or. Giff
has for some time past been the locs
surgeon for the company. but win no,
have charge OF the territory betwee
Deadwood and Philip. $50 miles 4
length, and taking IN the whole Of tn
North-WesteTn's trackaes in the Blac
Hills.
a "A. X. Gardner, solicitor for the Oh
. cago z North Western at Huron, ha
| filed with the clerk Of courts fc
Beadle county papers In condemnatio
proceedings for land on the east sid
OF the Jim river. The proceedings ar
brought against about seventy acre
of land lying east OF the river an
south Of the main line, the compan
having already gained possession Z
$50 acres around this seventy-acr
tract.
II Charging that John Dayton. neisl
bor. had taken three deliberate shot
/ at him, Hiram Burch, prospector u,
, ing at Nahant, had the former arres
] ID. when hailed into court Dayto
, denied fhe accusation and - ther
! were not witnesses to the alIair, b
8 was released. Now Dayton II seelxin
| the arrest Of Burch on several charge
/ and alleges that Burch and his par
III ners me trying to send Daytnn TO th
: insane aslum to secure s0me walnabl
mining grond he owns.
While butchering pigs 1or Eaarks
: a his rancA 1nst below BslIs Fonrch
!. n. WId6om discovered frsak -
mat \ atfracting much sttemf1aI
XIndoos hi killed. the animal, and Z
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