Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
SOUTH DAKOTA.

L. varnum, ex-register OF deeds OF
Jerauld county, died at Woonsocket Of
pneumonia, following grip.
John Mordaut, one of the first set
tiers Of Hutchinson county, died re-
Gently.
Pat Tiffany, who has been confined
in the county Jail at Woonsocket ON
the charge OF wife-beating, has been
released on writ Of habeaS corpus.
A Chicago gentleman named Deut-
sche has leased a building on Dakota
avenue, Huron, and will soon open q
dry goods house.
The Acme Harvester company, rep
resented by J. A. Cleaver Is arranging
to put up large building for their uao
the approaching spring in Huron.
s. ID. Dinneen Is erecting large ag-
rfcultural implement warehouse at
Huron, and will engage In the business
the coming season.
Sven Swenson, residing in Sanborn
county, In making call at neigh
boris. was attacked by the latter's
vicious dogs The brutes got him
down, and he was frightfully bitten
and torn before he could be rescued.
John Theirs, another old resident OF
the Black Hills, died Of heart failure In
Deadwood He was found dead In
front of the door of his room, and an
autopsy showed an enlargement Of the
heart. He came to the Black Hills In
1876, and was placer miner for years.
Rev. j. ID. Skaggs has resigned as
pastor OF the Methodist church at
Spearfish. and will go to Crook county,
Wyoming. where he was elected prose
cutting attorney last November. He
will be succeeded by Rev. +. NJ. Wight
Of Bloomfield, Neb.
A prominent stockman named Geo
Evans was arrested ut Belle Fourche
for stealing cattle from the herd OF the
WV. Cattle company, and he was held
to the grand jury I'm $500 bonds. He
sold some beef to Deadwood butcher,
and 1t is alleged that 1t was stolen
from the range. Evans owns a large
herd of cattle himself.
Mrs. +. A. Vaughn Of Whitewood
has commenced dan age suit against
the Elkhorn Railway company for the
death of her husband. over year ago.
ar Buffalo Gap. Vaughn was riding in
a cattle train. and while asleep In the
caboose another train ran into his car
ard he was instantly killed. The suit
IS for $4,000.
A crusade has been inaugurated at
Centerville against disreputable char
actcrs. Mrs. Rcsenberger was arrested
and convicted of being an inmate Of u
disorderly house. As the town Jail
was not deemed fit for her occupancy,
the authorities rented building form
erly used as a millinery store, and COR
fined her In it.
NJ. l.. Beebe Of BrooxingH, secretary
Of the state oratorical association, has
been at Huron arranging with the offi-
GERS of the Huron College Oratoricai
association to take part in the state or
atorical contest. to occur In Mitchell
next May. In the state association arc
Brookings, Yankton, vermillion, Red
field, Mitchell and, soon, Huron coll
leges.
L. III. Van Antwerp and number OF
other deputy United States surveyors
have been at Huron during the past
few days comforting with Surveyor
General Morris concerning contracts
upon which they will enter as soon as
the weather will permit Much field
work will be done the coming SUM-
mer and many uncompleted contracts
for surveying government land will be
closed before fall
John May, one of the most popular
young miners in the Lead district, fell
forty feet In the shaft Of the Sunset
Mining company, at Terry, and died
from the effects of the fall He was q
leader in several society orders, and
was considered the most slrilfui min
er in the district. His parents live at
Cornwall, England, and he has one
brother here and another In South Az
rica.
James West and Edward Mccarthy
had preliminary examinations at Sioux
Fails before United States Commis-
lioner j. G. Conway, on the charge Of
passing counterfeit money. West was
accused of purchasing a newspaper
and rendering in payment q 5O-cent
piece, which was afterwards found to
be spurious. As result Of the exam
ination he was held In bonds OF $500 to
the next federal grand jury. McCar-
thy was dismissed.
The fifteen-year-old daughter Of Dam
iel Grover was missed from her home
Sunday down on farm near Bend.
Her father had been gone from the
house some time. and when he re-
turned his daughter was gone. After
careful inquiry in Rapid City he found
that the girl had eloped TO Terraville
with a young nan who had come down
for her. The old man intends to get
his daughter back, as she is under the
ma-riageble age.
Fire broke out in the upper story OF
the property OF Mrs. 9. A. Crothers OF
Alpena. occupied by Il. f.. SchrOver.
The fire was not discovered until 1t
was well under way, and the depart
mcnt was obliged to do hard work.
Mr.. Schover, the occupant. lost consid-
erable in the way OF clothing, dishes.
etc, but the furniture was nearly all
saved. The damage TO the house liz
considerable, and the property was un-
insured.
Another old pioneer passed away In
Deadwood with pneumonia. The VIC