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South Dakota General State News Paragraphed. Larry Roach shot John Kane at Marvin. The two men had trouble of long standing. :::: W. H. Bass, a farmer, delivered a hog to buyers at Armour that weighed 665 pounds and brought $41. : : : : William Chapman shot and killed himself at his home in Watertown. He had been slightly unbalanced for some time. :::: As a result of the explosion of the water front of a cook stove at Deadwood, Mrs Marion Willitts, over seventy years old, was seriously injured. :::: Dr. Felix Ashcroft, county physician, vaccinated 100 persons at Laflin, where the Safe Investment mine is located. Smallpox broke out there several days ago. : : : : Carey O'Connor, a farmer fifty years of age, five miles south of Beresford, had four fingers on his left hand ground off in a corn sheller. Amputation above the knuckle joints was necessary. : : : : The Miners' Union opera house at Lead was reopened after it had undergone improvements to the amount of $12,000. The opening was a presentation of "A Winter's Tale" by the Women's Club of Lead. :::: Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Broadland State bank at Broadland, with a capital of $5,000; incorporators, E. L. Abel, R. J. Mahaffey, Perry S. Dalquist of Huron; D. L. Briggs, Levi Hook of Broadland. Damage to the amount of about $,000 was caused by a fire in the Sioux Falls yards of the Tuthill Lumber company. The flames were fought and extinguished by the fire department while the temperature was more than 20 below zero. :::: A new banking institution, incorporated under the name of the First State Bank of Bowdle, has commenced business at Bowdle. Capital, $10,000. Officers: President, John C. Gross; vice president, H. C. Gross; cashier, I. B. Gundert. : : : : The first movement of any magnitude toward making Lake Andes a leading summer resort has been start ed by W. T. McFarland of Struble, Iowa, who has purchased 275 acres and will erect a large hotel near the shore of the lake. :::: The Citizens' Bank of Edgemoni has closed its doors and W. W. Stew art was appointed receiver by Judge McGee. It is claimed that the cred itors will be paid in full. This was a new institution and found that there was not room for a second bank. The range belonging to Fred Meyer of Sturgis blew up, and is a tota wreck; one griddle was blown through the ceiling, the windows of the rooms are knocked out, and pieces of iron are sticking in the wall all over the room A hot water tank in connection with the range is supposed to have caused the explosion. Mrs. Meyer had left the room just before the explosion. :::: A number of leading Black Hills physicians have formed an organiza tion for conducting a Hot Spring sanitarium and hospital. They have leased the handsome three-story resi dence of Dr. and Mrs. Hargens, which has twenty-six rooms, and have al ready begun converting it into the sanitarium, and a complete modern equipment will be placed therein. :::: After reing thoroughly into the le
