Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-06-18

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E. ]. Ohr died suddenly of heart fail
ure, at his home in Huron, aged eigh-.
ty-fve years. Mr. ohr was native
Of Maryland.
June 80 has been set by Mayor Mar
tin as the date for voting on the issu-
ing of $4,000 bonds for the erection
of two new school buildings in Water
town this year.
A mad dog scare exists at Dell Rap
ids and vicinity, north of Sioux Falls,
and the conditions are regarded as so
alarming that Mayor Dockstader of
Dell Rapids has issued an order re-
curing that all dogs running at large
be muzzled.
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The great Yankton and Clay creek
ditch, fifteen miles long and to cost
100000, now is started in earnest
as the great barge, ninety feet long
and on which the great dredges are
launched near Volin, the head of the
ditch
While attempting to arrest liquor
craZed Sioux warrior, Marshal Crow
ley, who maintains the peace at Ged-
des, was severely bitten on the hand
by the squaw Of the warrior. The
marshal arrested both the warrior and
his squaw. A fine Of $50 was assessed
in the case of the woman, while her
husband was fined $40
While playing around the home Of
his parents the two-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Nelson of Dead
wood came across an envelope con-
tanning morphine pills, which for over
three years had laid hidden in a
closet. The child swallowed a quaint
ty Of the pills and before aid could ar
rive he died in commissions.
Preliminary arrangements are being
made for the annual picnic and cele-
bration Of the Old Settlers Associa-
ton of Walworth county which will
be held at LeBeau this month This
years picnic is expected to be fully as
enjoyable as previous affairs of the
kind held by the association, and the
attendance is expected to be as large
as usual, If not larger.
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A downfall OF rain, amounting to a
cloudburst again has swept down the
Fall river, undoing much Of the repair
work the railroads had done on their
bridges and tracks and working new
havoc on the saturated banks and I'M
protected tracks, much new track be.
ing washed away. The damage will
amount to $4,000 exclusive of the
heavy loss Of the railroads.
The authorities of Stanley county
are attempting to connect the MUIR
dered man found near that place with
one Of two missing men they have
been asked to help find, one from
Omaha and the other from Central
Iowa. If they once can locate the
Identity Of the murdered man they
hope to be able to gain further in
formation which may lead to the dis
covery Of the murderer.
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The vital statistics Of Beadle county
for the month Of May, 1908, contain
some interesting facts. During the
month there were IS births, equally
divided between males and females.
OF the five deaths all were males.
Seven marriages were solemnized.
the eldest male was 50 years, and the
| Oldest woman, 43; the youngest man
| 20, and the youngest woman 10. Only
| one person signif1ed his intention to
become a. naturalized citizen, and no
divorces were granted.
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| 1t is now assured that the Leola
Catholics will succeed In their efforts
| to have fine Catholic parsonage con-
structed at that place. Father Fierek
| who is one Of the leaders in the move
ment announces that he already has
secured more than $1,000 toward the
| building fund, and that Mrs. Barbara
Grimes, a wealthy member of the 10.
cal Catholic society, has donated an
entire block of ground upon which to
erect the building. Plans now are
being secured and the work OF CON
struction will commence in the near
future.
Recent dispatches to some North
western dailies purporting to have
been sent from Sioux Falls, but which
were not sent by any Of the regular
correspondents In Sioux Falls, stated
that June II had been fixed as the
time for the hearing before the state
supreme court an appeal for a new
trial In the case Of Mrs Emma Kauf-
mann Of Sioux Falls, who last June
was found guilty OF manslaughter in
the first degree in connection with
the tragic death Of her young do
nestle, Agnes Polreis. These dis
patches were in error, as 1t is stated
by the attorneys in the case that the
date for the hearing before the su.
preme court has not yet been fixed.
Within a few hours after hard.
ware store at Groton had been robbed,