The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-01
South Dakota
Ceasrsl Stats News Pasadr>phed.

Gov. Crawford has granted parole
to John Gorgen, who was sentenced
from Meade county on a charge of
shooting with intent to kill.
Troublesome prairie fires around
Violin have done much damage. TWEEN
ty-five men, in a hastily gathered fire
brigade. saved the home OF Ed Lien,
close to the town. Many stacks Of
hay were destroyed in that section.
Jay, the thirteen-year-old son Of
Thomas Barley, was killed in the
North Western yards at Huron. He
was catching on freight trains, and in
attempting to jump from a moving car
fell under the wheels, which passed
over his body.
The visit of the Sioux City CONNER
cial club TO Huron last week was a
love feast. There has been for a long
time a sort of enmity between Huron
and Sioux City respecting fair dates.
The Sioux City guests were splendidly
entertained by the Huron Commercial
club.
The school board of Pierre has con-
tracted with NJ. M. Ramer for the po-
sition OF superintendent of the city
schools, for the next year. Mr.. Ramer
was former state superintendent of
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two years at the head of the Mitchell
schools.
c. B. Knott. chief of the volunteer
fire department at Bristol, has arrang-
ed a series of contests between mem
beTs Of the department and between
the hose and hook and ladder compa-
MES. All the contests will be held
prior to May Is. Cash prizes will be
| given those who win in the various
| contests.
In the first thunder storm of the
season last week lightning struck the
new home of l.. A. Carlson. a section
boss on the Northwestern railroad,
five miles east Of Deadwood. Mrs.
Carlson, her son and baby were
stunned, but escaped serious injury.
Flames consumed the house and Carl
sons roll of savings in the chimney.
What is believed to be the largest
Offering for missions eve made by a
South Dakota church was taken up
in the First Methodist Episcopal
church OF Watertown last Sunday
when $1,O26 in cash was paid in by
the congregation and members of the
Sunday school for the work of the for
| eign mission board OF this denomina-
ton.
Mrs. r. Z. Bennett of Beresford died
without a minutes warning of
| plexy of the heart at Hot Springs.
She had come from her home on the
| mornings train for the benefit of her
| health and was visiting with an old
| time friend at her home when death
occurred. Her husband has been
postmaster at Beresford for sever
years.
The residents of what is known as
the Sanner school district, situated in
the western portion OF Potter county,
have completed arrangements for the
! consolidation of the schools of the
! district. One of the present school
buildings will be moved to a central
location in the district. and transport
tation will be furnished those pupils
who reside at the greatest distances
from the school building.
The board of county commissioners
of Bon Homme county has appointed
c. H. Stilwell to the office of clerk Of
courts of Bon Homme county, to fill
the vacancy caused by the recent res.
ignation OF A. l.. Fish, the regularly
elected clerk. The new appointee al
ready has assumed the duties of the
position. The appointment will give
very good satisfaction, as Mr.. Still
we'll is fully competent for the Office.
Trappers have been making good
money at the body of water near Lake
Andes. One party consisted Of the
Hughes brothers and a Mr.. Wisner,
whose homes are at Aberdeen. They
have just concluded their trapping
operations for the spring season, and
prior to departing for their homes,
sold to a local dealer over 1000 musk
rat and mink skins, for which they re-
ceived the sum of nearly $500, thus
finding the business very profitable as
well as enjoyable.
Miss Kate Bayles, author Of the
somewhat famous Western novel. en-