Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-08-06
South.
Dakota
General
State
News IN
Paragraphs.

trouble at Thunder butte last WintOi
started last week overland with cav
airy escort for their reservation 10
Utah.
c. M. Henry of Sioux Falls has been
appointed by Gov. Crawford as state
Inspector Of warehouses and scales. to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of Olaf Paulson.
Mrs. OWE Hanson, living a few
miles northeast Of Sisseton, Is dead
as the result of the explosion of a
gasoline stove. Mrs. Hanson was so
badly burned that she died.
Pleading guilty to burglary In the
third degree, John Burns, a miner,
was arraigned in the circuit court at
Deadwood and sentenced by Judge
Rice to ten months in-the peniten-
tiary
The state insurance department has
admitted to the state the Jefferson
Fire Insurance Company of Philadel-
phia. and the London Assurance AS
ISOLATION has again been admitted in
the state, after having withdrawn for
several years.
The business men and other resi-
dents of Spencer, progressive little
town northwest of Sioux Falls, In Nc
Cook county, are making arrange
ments to hold harvest festival and
sports day some time during the
month of August.
Several hundred thousand pounds
of wool have been purchased at the
market in Mitchell during the last ten
days, and shows a great increase over
the amount produced last year. The
price for the commodity ranged be-
tween Is and is cents pound.
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Rev F. p. Leach of Sioux Falls, gen.
eral secretary of the State Sunday
School association, will be one of the
principal speakers at the first annual
convention of the Stanley County Sun
day school association, which will be
held at Fort Pierre on Sunday, Aug. 8.
Mrs. Frank Pinkham, wife of a
homesteader near Bonesteel, cut the
throats Of her two boys, aged fourteen
years and six months, and then COM
rniftnd or inid hry2 hnr
throat Ill health is supposed to have
unbalanced her mind. The older lad
may possibly recover.
The county commissioners of Bon
Homme county have adopted a resolu-
ton instructing the county auditor to
arrange for submitting to the voters
of the county at the general election
on Nov. 3 next the proposition of is
suing bonds in the sum of $4,000 for
the construction Of a county court
house and Jail building.
In line with the larger towns in the
Northern Hills, the merchants of Rap
Id City have just agreed to the early
closing hour in all the principal bust
ness houses in Rapid City The new
rule goes into effect at once, the
stores closing promptly at O'clock
each evening, except Saturdays. when
they will remain open until o'clock
Murray Tenhaten, young man from
Wall. while attempting to ride the
blind baggage on an early morning
train out OF Pierre, fell as the train
pulled out OF the yards and one leg
was SO badly crushed on pile Of tim
Der that amputation was necessary.
He. in company with another man,
was on the way east to get work in
the harvest fields.
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That the IL o'clock lid is not to be
pried of the Watertown saloons dur
ing Mayor Martins term Of office was
forcefully impressed upon the minds
Of two sa oonkeepers In the municipal
court by Judge Myers. The two Of.
Tenders we're caught in their saloons
after the closing hour and were ar
rested and ha,ed to court. where each
pleadea guilty and paid SIS in fines.
The members OF the Odd Fellows
lodge at Wentworth have made ar.
81 ngements for a lodge hall hnilding.
They have purchased the old public
school building, which will be moved
70 good location on the principal
business street. The building will be
reSnoS eled and the lower rooms viii
be rented. while the lodge will use the
upper story for lodge purposes, and
may also permit other lodges to hold
their meetings there.
The new Episcopal guild house.
which has been Ia course of construc.
ton at Huron during the summer il
about completed and will Be opened
81 the public soon. when general rs.
ception viii be given to the public
The house Is built ii the bungalow
style and will be used Tor various
meetings q the church. such as choir
practice. guild meetings, socials and
bakery sales.