Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-01-07

ga of heart failure. He leaves a wife
and eight children.
Arlington has a full-fedged volun-
teer fire department The following of.
fcers We're elected: Chief, Almer
Carlson; assistant chief, Fred Mas
sar.
William Rasch, convicted of rape
ht Huron, who was sentenced to seven
years and seven months, has succeed
ed in obtaining stay of judgment for
sixty days.
The case of Norman A. Nelson, who
| contested the election of Lewis Berke-
ley as county commissioner from the
Thiri district of Yankton county, has
been decided in Mr.. Berkeley's favor.
Miss Alta Potts, formerly a resident
of Spearfsh, and who for a year or
| more was member of Minneapo-
| lis orchestra and achieved a great
deal of fame as a trombone player, is
at the home of her mother at Sheri-
dan, Wyo., suffering from the effects
Of paralytic stroke in her right arm.
At the annual business meeting of the
members of the Germania verein of
Sioux Falls the following officers were
| elected: President, A. ]. Yeager;
vice president, F. Schumacher; secre-
tary, Ed Baumheier; treasurer, N. D.
Roster; librarian, Adolph Ziska; over
| seer, Carl Brucker. The verein is the
leading German-American organiza-
ton of it's kind in South Dakota.
J. w. Rathbun, we'll known home
steader, residing near Kadoka, was
| fortunate enough to recapture genu
| inc Rocky mountain sable, which
! doubtless had wandered to this re-
gion from the Rocky mountains. 1t
was the first animal of the kind ever
seen in this part Of the country. 1t
is the most valuable Of the producing
animals, single fur being worth from
| $40 to $50.
|
| Just as the Christmas gayety at
| Lead was at its height, Mrs. George
l.. 1nman, we'll known resident of
that city, breathed her last after a
! two-years' illness. Death was due to
| tuberculosis. Mrs. Inman was Black
| Hills girl, having been reared in the
local schools and at the Lead high
| school, where she attained high hon
ors. She leaves four young children
besides her husband
Peter Marquardt of Madison was
run over by switch engine and in
| stantly killed in the railway yards,
where he went to mail a letter in a
mail car. While returning he was
| struck from behind by the engine, in
full view of the crowd on the depot
platform. The body was literally
ground to pieces. Marquardt was
| pioneer settler of the county and one
| Of the most prominent Odd Fellows
Of the state, having been past grand
| master.
Clever representations of the best
nAoWh SlldA dCtCi III
| childish rhymes was the feature of the
Christmas entertainment given by the
| tiny pupils of the Hearst Memorial
| kindergarten at Lead. The children
| took the parts Of Little Red Riding
| Hood, Little Bo Peep and score OF
other we'll known figures and acted
with unusual skill. The school is the
gift of Mrs. Phoebe Hearst of New
| York, and has accomplished a wonder
| full work among the children of the
| city.
j The total return of state taxes on
| the December call has brought to the
state treasury s5i3,S63.26. OF this
s261, 1886 goes into the state general
fund. and out of it there has been a
call made of s1SO,oOO. The balance
will go into the hands of the new
treasurer. The Irvine plant revolving
fund is practically all in with this call
1t amounts to $316,5O9. Out of this
| $4,000 is deposited to the credit of
lHe Sldle ana draws 3 per cent inter-
est for the fund. After the call of
this month the outstanding debt of
the state will be over 100000 in gen
eral fund and emergency warrants.
Sick and alone, George Maxwell, a
recluse and old-time settler living
north and east of Spearfish, died in his
cabin, and for six days the body lay
without being discovered. People who
were accustomed to see the old man
in front Of his place finally started an
investigation, which led to the finding
of his remains. Maxwell was sixty
years of age, and had been here over
fifteen years. He owned some little
property, but took no notice of the
world except to come to town to make
necessary purchases. He is said to
have relatives at Strawberry Point,
Iowa. who have been wired.
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