Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

Rev. Henry Preston went to
Sioux Falls Tuesday to attend to
some business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ri. Albright
went to Aberdeen Saturday to spend
Sunday and Monday morning went
on to Mitchell.
Mrs. L. E. Sasse went to ST.
Charles, Mimi, Tuesday for a short
visit with her parents, expecting to
return Saturday.
F. w. Iekel, living on the Dan
Boose place two miles west of Erwin,
will hold an auction sale of personal
property on Thursday, Nov. 10th.
Episcopal services next Sunday.
Subject Of sermon in the morning,
Harvesting Our Thoughts" in the
evening, "The True Value of Man.
by Rev. r. M. Hartman.
DIR. Coulter now has his resi-
dence heated by a hot air furnace.
He also has a supply of hot water in
every room by means of a waterheat-
or connected with the furnace.
Those who have paid subscrip-
ton to the INDEPENDENT since our
last mention are Chas. 7. Dennis,
FL. H.. Redl, Mrs. l.. E. Frank, P.
Madison, j. S. Brant, David Pratt,
Chss. Murphy, Will Close, Ole
Knudtson, P. E. Ohling.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Loomis, of
Hill City, this state, arrived at Iro-
quois Friday last for a visit with
their daughter, Mrs. ID. F. Wilmarth.
If Hank finds himself within
sound Of our dinner horn, we would
like to have him stop. Would like
to talk over old times when we both
''stood behind Volga" in the early
eighties.
Ole Erickson, living a few miles
west from Hetland, died from the
effects of burns received from falling
upon a hot stove. He was taken
with a fainting spell, and fell face
downward upon a cook stove. His
littls child was alone with him in
the room, and before she could
secure help he was burned so severe
ly that nothing could be done for
his relief. He leaves a wife and four
children.
III. III. Plowman was up from
Oldham Saturday. He was accom-
panied by his brother-in- law, f. A.
Gleason, of Iowa. This was the first
visit by Mr.. G.. to these parts; he K
pressed himself as greatly surprised.
Says there is mighty little difference
between this part of South Dakota
and Iowa, except that the groves of
trees are not so far advanced here as
in his locality, which, he says, is a
matter of years in which Iowa has
the advantage.
H. M. Griffin, a former resident
of this city, and for two years regis
ter of deeds, but for the last four
years a resident Of Henry, this state,
met with a serious accident one day
last week. Mr.. Griffin was doing
some repair work on an engine when
a silver of steel flew from the ham
NOR and penetrated his eye. The
local doctor refused TO operate on
thu Y SO Mr.. Griffin went to Water
town and had the piece of metal re-
moved. The sight is gone and there
is no hope of regaining ever a par
tial use of it. he has the sympathy
of many De Smet friends in his mis-
fortune.
The football game between
Brookings and Huron resulted in a
score of Is to in favor OF Brookings,
SO we are told by experts. Some en-
thusiasts for the gams say there were
a few good plays made, and others,
who claim to know good football
when they see it, say it vas rather
tame. At any rate there were no
plays made of sufficient Importance
to arouse much interest among the
spectators. On the whole the game
was rather tame and was a disap-
pointment to most of those who
witnessed the exhibition. This fact,
however, may be due to the fact
that the crowd was not educated up
TO the football standard The Brook
ing team was accompanied by near
ly 100 rooters from the college and
for the most part they were nice
young people; they conducted them
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