Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-07-31
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

/ HOWARD while Or. Webb and
]George Finley. OF this city. were driv-
ling along q country road in Mr.. Fin
4 iey,s runabout at the rate Of 20 miles
IN hour, they came suddenly upon
Team. Mr. Finley made q short turn
sut Of the road to avoid q collision with
/ the team when the car turned over.
! Che occupants Of the car were some
What bruised and scared, but not se-
riously injured. The car was badly
4 demolished.
EUREKA-Rev n. Reinhardt, one
4 pf the members of the state board OF
/ regents OF education, Is now at Mount
Morris. III. with Mrs Reinhardt, and
4 will leave soon for Germany, where
they expect to spend several months.
While there Rev. Mr.. ReirhaTdt, whose
health has been poor for some time,
4 will undergo an operation for nose and
throat trouble, which has been bother
i ing him for some time
4 DEADWOoD-Two men were in
1iured. one of them, A. ]. Mcclure, Sc
riously in an explosion at the city rock
i crusher. Mcclure and George Bum
4 were working together when a prema-
Iture shot caused lot OF rock to fall
upon them, crushing them 80 that Nc
IClure will suffer amputation OF one leg
4 and may be helpless cripple the bal
I ance OF his life. Bum escaped with
4 slight injuries. Mcclure is married and
4 resides here.
BELLE FOURCHE--A runaway ac-
cident on Owl creek, near the Brant
ranch, resulted in a badly bruised face,
two ribs cracked ard numerous bruises
4 about the body for Mrs. A. n. Raltz;
two broken ribs for her father, George
4 bruises for Mrs. Bagley. The three were
coming from the Raltz ranch and when
j near the Brant ranch their team be-
came frightened at an egg case near
the road.
wAGNER-A. q. Anderson. well
known farmer living some miles from
town, was the first victim of the pres
ent harvesting season In South Da-
kota. He had remarkably narrow
escape from horrible death when
| his horses ran away while he was
operating a binder. He lost his bal
ance and fell to the ground and the
binder was drawn completely over him,
/ cutting and bruising him severely.
STURGIS-Elmer Hawks, of Pedro.
was arraigned in court here Monday
on criminal charge, growing out of
the failure of the Red Owl Hardware
l company, of Marcus. in which he was
/ dock, aeranchman living down the riv-
er from Pedro, was a heavy investor in
! the Marcus concern and Is a heavy los
er. 1t is stated that he is having the
matter sifted.
SIOUX FALLS Clinton Young. who
has been living in some rooms at the
corner of Main avenue and Seventh
/ street, was arrested at Mitchell yester-
/ day Afternoon, charged with robbing
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Lyford, a
widow living at 1904 North Main ave
nue., Of $125 in cash and two gold filed
watches and one silver case watch
MOBRIDGE-R.B ecerra, Mexican
4 railroader. employed on the section at
4 Trail City, was brought here suffer-
i ing from wood alcohol poisoning, and
died short time after reaching here.
4 It is said that Becerra was In the hab-
\ 1t OF buying wood alcohol diluting 1t
4 he took an over dose of the poison. t
ABERDEEN-J H. Ostrander, the
book agent who created sensation in
Aberdeen by leaving notes at his no.
4 tel announcing his intention of COM
4 hitting suicide, turned up on a street
! corner, apparently on his way to a drug
4 store to buy poison. He was taken in
charge by friends.
SIOUX FALLS-The contest at Sioux
Falls over the matter of an election to
l determine whether that city shall be
/ governed by three commissioners or
continue the present commission of five
4 has gone to the supreme court 1t APP
pears that the present commission has
failed to call an election for that pur-
4 pose after a petition had been pre-
scented.
ABERDEEN-Word has been re-
i ceived here Of the death at the state
hospital for the insane at Yankton, Of
4 AISLE x. Helgalien, q pioneer farmer of
eastern Edmunds county. and a forml6
4 resident OF Aberdeen. He was taken
to the asylum six months ago. follow
4 Ing stroke OF paralysis, which af-
j fected his mind. s.
MIILER-A number of the Indians
from Grow creek came in to attendSthe
II 5chautAuqua series here under the i'm
4 precision that It was circus, of which
4 Ahe Indians are notably fond. Few of,
them could talk Ed glish and they soon
4 sevinced their disgust at the line OF en-
4 qua program.
PIERRETh There will be an examina-
ton at the Pierre postoffice, AMgust 8,
for position az postmaster at Mi1land.s
The salary Of this offiSe last year was
$500. Any man over q years OF age
and any woman over Is years of age,
residing within the territory of that
4 office may take the examination.
ssABERDEEN-The state board Of re-
gents has elected Professor "A. III. Sey-
tIimour. Of Volga. to teach the studies at
THE Northern normal and Industrial
y school here. formerly taught by Profess
IseOr W. e. johnson, who was recently
n elected ptesidentsof the normal Indus
trial school At GLENDALE, N. ..
PIERRE On inquiry Of DR.. vercoe,
4 sf the old state board OF health. in
4 declare quarantines, the attorney gem
II erAl holds that such power II vested