Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-07
South Dakota
General State News Paratraphsd.

BY vote OF over 10 l Watert0Wn
has voted TO establish municipal
court, being the first city in the state
to take advantage OF an act passed by
the last legislature, The judicial cleo
ton will be held June 2.
Five-year-old Julius. Rudd of James
River Is in the hospital at Yankton
with twenty-five caliber target bull
| let in his brain. His three-year old
sister pulled the rife trigger and the
| bullet entered the boys right temple.
He is still alive.
Inquiry among owners of orchards
| throughout the state discloses that
comparatively little damage was done
to fruit by the cold weather of the last
few days. Plum trees, which were in
blossom, were slightly injured by the
cold weather, but other fruit escaped.
Bids will be advertised for the con-
struction of the following buildings at
Fort Meade: One set of commanding
officers quarters, one band barracks
and an administration building.
Numerous other improvements will be
made at this post during the coming
season.
Horse thieves are becoming
nuisance in Douglas county The lat
est to suffer was Julius Wirczorek at
Hillside, eight miles northwest of Ar
mour The thieves stopped a few
miles away at dance, and the owner
and his friends found them there, Sc
cured the animal and thrashed the
thieves.
c. P. Bates of Sioux Falls, district
deputy grand exalted ruler Of the
Elks, is authority for the statement
that the Ells in the United States
have grown from membership of
$4,000 TO over 100000 members in less
there are eight lodges aud over S10c
members,
Through the enterprise Of one of
one Of its citizens the town of Bristol
is to have a fine city park The citi-
zen at his own expense has provided
trees and shrubs for the park and en-
improve the grounds, which are ideal
for park purposes and situated in a
central location.
A company has been organized in
Mitchell to handle the automobile
business. A new building is being
erected and two carloads Of automo-
oiles will be shipped there this week.
An extensive repair shop will be ope-
rated in connection with the business.
Mitchell has about forty automobiles
at the present time
John Sysinger, convicted OF statu-
cory offense and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary at Sioux
Falls, but who had secured stay of
sentence pending hearing on an ap-
peal, broke from the new county jail
1t Chamberlain and still is at large.
He stole a pony, kept close to the
wall and made for the prairie
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John SteltZ, alias John Clark, con-
sessed at Sioux Falls that he murder
I'd Theodore Sothman on March 16
asst in a lonely cabin on the banks of
he Big Sioux river, about three miles
northeast of Sioux Falls. Steltz also
that some years ago he muir
lered a man in Philadelphia Follow
ing the confession. Steltz was sentene--
ed to life Imprisonment in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary.
Reports coming in from the range
and the points outside of the
cities Indicate that there will be much
loss among the cattlemen resulting
from the blizzard that has just swept
over the Northern Black Hills. From
one to two feet OF snow fell, accom-
panied by a high wind that piled up
drifts, and with a temperature below
freezing many young calves have per-
IShed
-. N. smith. farmer IN Sanborn
county, was nearly killed by a vicious
stallion which he was leading while
he was riding horse. The stallion
suddenly grabbed Mr.. Smith by the
arm, breaking It, Mr.. Smith tried to
beat the stallion off with IBIS whip,
but he held fast and finally lifted Mr..
Smith from his own horse and threw
him to the ground, trying to stamp
him with his hoofs. He managed
finally to beat of the animal
So:
The contract has been awarded for
the completion CT the new GGoon5rsgga
tional church at Mitchell, which, com
pleted, will represent cost Of about
$4,000. Last year the basement walls
were completed and the work will be
taken up at that point right away.
This is the third church that Mitchell
people have erected in the past two
years. The dedication of the Catholic
church will be held the latter part of
May. The new pipe organ, costing