Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-11
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

StructiOns from Washington a postal saw.
ings department will be added to the
Bonesteel postofice on January IS.
PIERRE-Sunday the large residence on
the ranch OF w. ID. Skinner. at Manila,
was destroyed by fire. with q loss OF
several thousand dollars, partly covered
by 5000 insurance. The fire started from
the stove.
PIERRE-This city wants canneries. Tho
local commercial club IL e%ndeavoring to
secure the location of such at Pierre tho
coming season. offering as an inducement
any acreage desired and natural gas for
heat and power.
BRITTON-The January term of state
circuit court for Marshall county will
convene here on Tuesday OF next week,
with Judge Frank McNulty presiding.
Quite a umbe Of important cases are to
be disposed OF and the term promises to
DO quite prolonged.
PIERRE-The management Of the state
conservation congress has received notice
from the agricultural department that
Chas. III. Hoyt. OF the bureau of good
roads. accompanied by stereoptican views.
Will be at Sioux Falls on January 10 to
address the congress-.
MISUNDERSTANDING the closing Of the
doors OF the Meade County bank, at Stur-
gis. articles OF Incorporation have been
Med for the American Exchange bank, Of
Sutrgis. with a capital of $25, 600. The in
perpetrators are: Joseph Meyer, Henry
8. Burch and James McNenny. :
BIG sTONE-C. W. Allender has To-
Gated the hulk of the old steamboat. Big
Stone City. which was burned on Big
Stone lake about 20 years ago. and will
salvage 1t. The boat was one of the
largest ever on the lake and at the time
1t burned was the property Of a st. Paul
a
ABERDEEN-Over 100 travelling sales
men out OF Aberdeen sat down to q BAN
Quet at the Aberdeen Commercial club
last evening, rendered them by Aberdeen
jobbers. A fine menu, music by a good
orchestra, and q number OF toasts helped
make the evening a delightful one to
hosts and guests.
CLEARFIELD-While husking corn, 1.
y. hornick, q well known homesteader OF
this portion of Tripp county. espied q
lynx, which he shot and killed. The ami
NAL was % inches high and 40 inches In
length and weighed over 40 pounds, being
one of the largest animals of the kind
ever seen in this vicinity.
PRESHO-Wolves are becoming very
numerous on the lower section of the
Lower Brule reservation, north of here,
and now have become SO fierce and bold
sHoe shcy dttdck grown SLeerS, several OF
which they have killed. Local sportsmen
are talking of engaging in a wolf round
up for the purpose of Kidding the reserva-
ton of the fierce animals
LEAD. S. D.-After a lingering ILL
ness, Mrs. Margaret A. Grace, q widow
aged 90 years, passed away at her
home here. Mrs. Grace. with her fam
lily, has resided in the Hills more than
20 years. She was a daughter OF Cen
M A. a0An2 of y1nfnp oven,, c..~ 80
her husband was a cousin of Archbish-
OPP Grace. Mrs. Grace is survived by a
son and daughter here.
DEADWOOD-Slipper- rails caused the
Bald Mountain ore trail. on the BurlinR-
ton to run away down grade in Nevada
gulch, near the Mogul workings. The
crew stuck until forced TO jump to safety.
and the train jumped the track, the engine
remaining upright and blowing through
the snow, while the cars piled up and
scattered ore down the hillsides. No one
was hurt.
PIERRE-New notaries are w. s.. FRYE.
Wolsey; A. Il. Labrie, Redheld: G. p.
Todd, Bridgewater: Il. p. DeMoulin. Hot
Springs; A. G.. Potter. Frederick; C.. b.
Dickinson. Huron; J. c. Gilbert. Hurley;
j. r.. Wilson, Kaylor; John Wiltmayer.
Scotland; Reuben Reals, Hot Springs;
Wallace Purdy, ~Brookings; c.. 1. Prouty.
Pollock; VIM. Issenhuth, Redheld: Clara
ID. Cole, Deadwood. and u. A. Rietz. Sioux
Falls.
RAPID OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is made
here of the appointment by United States
District Judge James ID. Elliott, of James
K. Hull, of this city as referee in bank
ruptcy for the western half uf South Da-
kota, vice Judge Frank Exline. Judge
Exi1ne, who was a democrat and was ap-
pointed by Judge Garland, who is now on
the commerce court bench, has served
TWO years. His successor is q republican
and Is a well known real estate dealer in
this section.
MIDLAND-A coyote hunting a break
fast near Midland thought he had found
what he wanted In a litter Of young pigs
In a pen. and jumped into tho enclosure
to gather the meal. But he failed to con-
slider the mother of the pigs in his calcu-
lations. and when he landed In the nan
she landed on him, and crowded him into
a corner and soon disposed OF the in
truder. When the owner OF the pigs got
TO the place the sow was beginning to
tear the remains of the coyote to shreds.
Observation-Disclosures have been
made by citizens Of Mobridge, Timber
Lake. Isabel. Dupree. Faith and other
towns In South Dakota against delays and
Interruptions of the mail service In that
section of the state. The matter was
brought to the attention Of the postal au-
thorities today by Representative Mar
tin. Orders were at once given to the off,
Gals in the field looking to the expedi.
tious dispatch OF the mails in the section
OF South Dakota affected.
Aberdeen, s. d., Jan. "a telegram
received by j. S. Minard today vey
information of the death In California
Of Mrs. John Proud. a pioneer Aber-