The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-12-18

dakota
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Guilty of assault and battery was
the verdict of the jury in the circuit
court at Belle Fourche that tried DR..
H. M. Champney, we'll known local
physician, charged with shooting his
hospital nurse, Mrs. Anna Farrell, last
summer.
A tramp was put in the city Jail at
Elk Point for drunkenness. He was
alone, and soon set fire to his bed and
mattress. He was nearly overcome
with smoke before his cries attracted
attention, but was rescued with diff
Guilty, and was soon revived.
Invitations have been issued for the
dedication of the new administration
building at the Northern Normal and
Industrial school a state educational
institution in Aberdeen. The dedica-
ton will take place Dec. 10 and ever
al prominent speakers will attend.
J.. F. Hagerty, owner OF n of the
d sc olilCe DtlIultiSS III, " uCCA
has announced his intention of ad-
ding two stories to the building. The
structure is now three stories, and the
addition will make it the tallest build
ing in the city. Each of the two new
stories will contain twenty-three
office rooms.
IJnrcr~ o Nfoh4u 80 Do,ocfprI
opened at Elk Point a moving picture
show in the Flannery building. The
machine did not work we'll, SO the au-
dience was dismissed, and a moment
later the machine exploded. Henry
Bronson, the operator, and Billy Rey-
nolds, his assistant, were badly
burned about the face and hands.
The citizens Of Ipswich held a pub
lie meeting in the opera house at that
place for the purpose of devising
ways and means to secure an electric
lighting plant for the town. A COM
mittee of leading citizens was appoint
ed to ascertain the probable cost and
to interest outside capitalists in the
project. 1t is believed the system
will be installed next spring.
Pending his appeal to the supreme
court of the state for a new trial, Eli
Raich, convicted at DeadwOOd of kill
ing a fellow S%lavonian in Lead last
spring, and sentenced to fifteen years
in the ~penitentiary, will be freed on
furnishing $4,000 bail. Raich's friends
probably will be able to raise the
money. Raich, a saloonkeepeT, lost
his temper while gambling, and after
a quarrel seized a gun and killed his
victim.
Farmers of Western South Dakota
met at Wall, Pennington county. re-
Gently and formed a Herd Law asso-
citation. the object Of which is to Sc
cure n stock law for the entire
state. The meeting was largely at
tended by representatives from Pen
nington, Meade and Butte counties.
The intent If the association is to
ask the legislature to repeal sections
10 and II of the trespass law, which
at present provides a free range for
Western country.
At a mass meeting held at Yankton
citizens decided to circulate a petit
ton to the city council asking it to
call a special election for the purpose
of voting on bonds to the amount Of
500, 900 for the purpose Of installing
a new Missouri river water system.
Judge Bartlett Trip is chairman OF
the committee appointed to get up the
petition which will be circulated at
once in every ward Of the city so as
to have it ready for the council next
Monday night. There is little doubt
that the project will go through.
So:
In the presence Of the four sole sur
charter members 10Y in the
Black Hills, and of many old timers,
the South Dakota Hose company fit
celebrated it's tw%enty-ninth an
ni%versary. Like the other fire COM
.anies there, it is composed Of patri-
otto citizens who serve as volunteers.
Or the original twenty-five members,
the foil to be present were John
Barker, John C. Ickes and w. H. Bon
ham of Deadwood and Frank Thullen
of Belle Fourche. Invitations were
extended to each OF the others who
are alive and residing in different
parts of the country.
The location of the county seat Of
county at Selby was duly
by the residents Of that
in a big banquet and jollification
at the new court house. Everybody
in Walworth county was invited, and
accepted the invitation
many coming from Bangor and JAVA,
the two towns which had so long
Selby's aspirations. Special
were run from Mobridge and in
tervening points for the celebration.
great banquet was served, following
which were speeches by leading citi-
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