The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-08-21

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6. "trusty," who recently escaped from
the ~penitentiary. His departure was
discovered within half an hour.
At Mellette, a few miles south Of Alb
berdeen, a crowd of hoboes attempted
to raid the town. The citizens, how
ever, fought them, captured eleven and
eleven prisoners are held at the jail
awaiting trial.
One Of the Oldest residents of South
Dakota, Mrs. Mary Dokkula, has just
died at her home on a farm in Ham
lin county. She was n~inety-six years
eight months n one day old at he
time of her death. She has resided In
South Dakota many years.
Trapped while at supper before his
campfire near Vale, where he was
herding sheep, Bert Star, alleged horse
thief and desperate, surrendered when
he found the officers had the drop on
him. Star is wanted for alleged horse
stealing near Newcastle, Wyo.
Yankton is once more discussing
he erection Of a new water system,
the estimates for which are in the
neighborhood of 8 1000 to 100000.
The preliminary work is under way
and citizens hope within a year to
have the matter we'll under way.
With a hundred men scouting the
country for him, Bill Dunn, the de-
mented farm hand who is said to have
shot and killed Fred Samuelson, a fell
low employee, at Deadwood, through
jealousy, is still at large. He is well
armed and before his escape announc-
ed that he would get some more"
1t is likely that the big drainage
ditch which has been scheduled for
Sanborn county, and for which a con
tract has been awarded, will be
stopped by injunction proceedings.
A farmer living along the proposed
route Of the big ditch has filed a pro-
test on the ditch being dug and has
oldl I llJullSllcI ploSSCulASS.
Anthrax still continues to cause
great uneasiness in Yankton county,
and the dread disease has appeared in
stock only three miles from town. Vac
%cination is being used in a wholesale
manner. The loss has been heavy and
the custom of leaving cattle that have
died Of anthrax in pastures or burying
them in shallow graves is helping to
spread the disease.
r. B. Mitchell, who is alleg ID to
have stolen a horse, harness and bug
gy from G.. j. Bucket of VermilliOn,
and later was arrested in Sioux City,
was given his preliminary hearing. He
was held to the circuit court by JUS
tice J. G. Best in the sum Of $500
bonds. Mitchell only a few weeks ago
finished a term in the Sioux Falls pen
it%entiary for horse stealing.
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For the first time in several years
Aberdeen is having an epidemic OF
petty thefts. Five cases were report
ed in one day, and a few minutes later
two arrests We're made. One of tho
prisoners has been identified as a man
recently released from the state peni-
tertiary. Citizens are aiding the po-
lice in Kidding the city of thieves, who
are believed to be masquerading as
farm hands.
Stealing of unbranded cattle almost
within the city limits of Deadwood
has become a serious to own
ers of cows, and the authorities are at
a loss to catch the thieves. A number
The sheriff, who learned that the cat
tie had been b%utchered and disposed
Of to local meat dealers, but without
brands it was impossible to trace the
beef or the 'rustlers."
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The candy and chewing gum bust.
ness of the state received a staggering
blow last week when the Dakota Gen.
trail Telephone company issued an or
der to its hundreds of hello girls in
South Dakota forbidding the chewing
OF gum or eating sweetmeats during
working hours. Conversation with
visiting admirers also is prohibited,
and fair "Centrals' vocabulary will
comprise but number and Zine is
busy"
Encouraged by the action of the
board of county commissioners of Bon
Homme county in deciding to submit
to the voters of that county at the No
vember election the proposition of is
suing bonds in the sun of $4,000 for
the construction of a new county
court house building, the residents Of
Potter county are taking steps to have
the commissioners of that county also
to the voters in November a
similar proposition, but calling for
only $4,000.