Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-11-04

paIy ~ working up Mltcnell- creefs
and they are building up hopes Of an
extension from that place north.
MISUNDERSTANDING of the south
ern part of this (Clay) county report
feeling slight earthquake shock a
week ago. The earth trembled and
windows ratified for few seconds.
Yankton-The steamer ada May"
when going through the draw Of, the
pontoon bridge here struck the bridge
on the Nebraska side making q close
call for the boat and doing great
damage to the pontoon by swapping
OF wire cables and displacing the
bridge, which was not opened in traf-
fic hours.
Lead-Members of the miners union
and Central City miners union held
mass meeting here last week and de-
cided that after November rs they will
not work with non-union men. Six
teen hundred of the two thousand
Homestake employees are now in the
union and an effort Is being made to
establish the CLOSED shop" by induc-,
ing others to join.
Acknowledgements are being
made for the annual corn show
which is scheduled to be held in this
city the middle of January. w. A.
Wheeler is the local manager for the
show, and he anticipates having the
best exhibit of corn that was ever
brought together in this state. The
state VII be divided into three sec
lions and prizes will be offered for
the best corn raised in the various
sections of the state.
Hetland.-The annual meeting of
the Central association of Congrega-
tional churches was held at this place
Monday and Tuesday of last week. In
addition to all the Congregational cler-
gymen from this part OF the state,
large number of laymen were on hand
and the meeting was the most success
full and the best attended Of it's kind
held by the association in years. The
local members of the denomination
made extensive preparations for the
entertainment of the visitors.
MISUNDERSTANDING afternoon, one
Of the large water tanks in the Model
Steam Laundry collapsed, flooding the
basement and precipitating seven
| workmen into the boiler room, among
floating timbers and debris of every
sort The tank contained nearly 1O,-
900 gallons Of water. All of the men
We're more or less injured but none
seriously. 1t was an extensive mis-
hap to the proprietors Of the estab-
tablishment but fortunate so fas as
serious injury to life and limb is con-
cerned. s,s4f,
Flandreau-Judge Jones increased
! the Irvine plant force at the state in
stitution on the hill by sentencing
John Henry and ack Casey to two
years each for stealing ~ yards of silk
| from Tente 4 Tente store last April.
| Thos Fevis and William Henderson
were given thre years each for steal
ing four horses and wogan from
Mr.. Kappleman of Ward Township
this summer about harvest time. Sher-
III Mcfarland and two deputies took
them to the penitentiary
/ Arlington-A discriminating theft
sorted out complete outfit, consist
ing of horse, buggy, harness, robe and
fur coat, last night, and 70 trace so
far has been found of him He rolled
out buggy from one carriage house,
and then went to another part of town
and selected another and better one.
The horse was taken from one man,
the buggy from another, and the har-
ness, robe and coat from two others.
He was evidently a good Judge of quail
1 ity and took nothing but the best.
Huron.-Surveyors are running q
line from the Chicago & Northwestern
company from Iroquois, 20 miles east
Of this city. to Doland, on the main
a In in
constitute the surveying party and are
the same that just completed the line
| from Onida to Hitchcock, upon which
1t is understood work will be pushed
as rapidly as the weather conditions
will permit. The line from Iroquois
to Doland will open well settled and
/ prosperous farming section and will
be splendid feeder for the North
western system. If the weather con-
ditions continue favorable, the sur
vey will be completed the present sea-
son.
Custer-The site for the Tubercu-
losis sanitorium has been chosen by
the state board which has been in SEES
sion here, and the institution will pc
located about two and a half miles
from the town. The, city had agreed
i to donate 160 acres but the board
thought this entirely too small and
decided that they would need at least
900 acres. They also suggested that
the business men of Custer take steps
to secure the necessary tract from the
small appropriation has been made
for the institution, an appreciably
larger sum will be asked for at the
meeting of the next legislatureU
4 Mobridge The entire population i