Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-01-21
South Dakota
General State News
in Paragraphs.

6S years.
| Guenther Koethe, veteran of the
Civil war at SPENCER, is dead. He
went to Hot Springs for an operation
for appendicitis.
John Healy, single man about thir-
| ty years old, was found dead in his
room at Miller. The coroner's jury
returned verdict that he died from
excessive alcoholism.
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An epidemic of smallpox is preva-
lent in Aberdeen. eighteen patients
suffering with the disease having been
taken to the detention hospital. The
cases are of a mild form.
Sheridan McBratney, one of the or
iginal '76 pioneers, is dead at Dead
wood after several weeks suffereing
from heart and lung trouble He was
SO years Of age and veteran Of the
Civil war.
The board of commissioners of
of Hughes county has appointed
Charles Zigler assessor to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Hal
Westover. The board also appointed
DR.. Kenny, of this city, as county
physician for the next year.
At a meeting of the Huron city
council an ordinance was unanimous
ly passed granting franchise to f.
II. Kent, G. F. Koepp, William Waibel,
S. P. Malone, j. R. Himmen, J. w.
Campbell and Charles e. Bryant to
erect polls and maintain a telephone
system.
Capt. Edward r. Christian of the
Sixteenth United States infantry, has
been detailed by the war department
at Washington as professor of mill
tary tactics at Brookings college.
Capt. Christian was in charge of the
inspection work of the South Dakota
national guard last winter.
Ihe News Printing company of
Aberdeen will begin the erection in a
short time Of an addition to the Of
flee building, 35 by so feet in size,
two stories and basement. The News
already occupies a building 20 by 95
feet in size, two stories and base
ment, but is crowded for room.
The question of location of new land
offices for the northern and southern
portions Of the state is causing a great
deal of trouble for the state represen-
tatives at Washington In Gregory
county there is warm fight on be-
tween Gregory and Dallas, and lie
Beau wants one of the northern loca-
tons
At sheriff's auction at Rapid City
the Missouri River & Northwestern
railroad known as the Crouch line.
was sold to Louis Rosenweig of Erie,
Pa, for s9S,95O. The purchaser rep
resents the majority stockholders.
The road is thirty-nine miles long and
runs from here west to- Mystic on the
Burlington.
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The question Of location of new
land offices for the northern and
southern portions of the state is caus-
Ing a great deal of trouble for the
state representatives at Washington.
In Gregory county there is warm
fight On between Gregory and Dallas,
and LIE Beau wants one of the north
ern locations.
The board Of county commissioners
in Hughes county has appointed
Charles Zigler as county assessor of
the county to fill the vacancy caused
by the death Of Hal Westover, which
occurred between the time of his cleo.
ton and the date at which he was
to be sworn in. The board also ap
pointed DR.. Kenny of this city as
county physician for the next year.
A new telephone line south from
Pierre Is promised for the coming
summer, reaching from Pierre to Lam
TO, In Trip county. The line is to be
constructed by Lamro company,
which has been organized, and has
purchased several small private lines
which it will hook together and con-
struct the few miles left to make the
through line from Trip county to the
capital.
President John A. Cleaver of the
Aberdeen, Huron & Southern Electric
Railway company, in corporated for
the building of railroad from Huron
to Aberdeen, and for which right of
way was secured and much prelim-
mary work done. has gone to New
York, where he will be joined by the
financial agent of the company, and
together they will go to London and
other cities in England for the sale
Of bonds for this road.
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Wolsey, twelve miles west of Hu-
ron, junction of the Chicago &
Northwestern and Chicago, Milwau-
kee & ST. Paul railways, has recently
organized Commercial clnh its