Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-15

basis. We presume this kind of a
fraud works wcli-is's new, at any
rate.
DIR. L. r. Straight was on the
sick list the first Of the week suffer
ing from a severe attack of tonsilitis,
w. H. Henney's implement ware
house is pow under way. Mr.. Hen
ney was at first delayed by failure
OF lumber to arrive at expected time
and next by a scarcity Of workmen.
LIN this issue will be found a call
for a democratic mass convention
to be held at the court house in this
city Monday, July 18th, at p. m,
for the purpose of electing l5 dele.
gates to democratic state convention
to be held at Aberdeen on the 10th
inst.
&C. w. Bressler, Of Manchester
vicinity, returned Wednesday Of
of last week from a visit to his old
home in Illinois. c. w. says that,
on the whole, crop prospects are
better in South Dakota than that
part of Illinois which he visited. In
the latter state the cold wet spring
delayed the corn so that it is not
any further advanced than right
here where We never claimed to have
the corn producing capacity COM
monty credited to Illinois. The oat
crop in that state will turn out about
half IN ordinary yield, which is the
most that the farmers are calculat-
ing upon. There was no small grain
that looked as well as here in South
Dakota.
Married, at the North Preston
Lutheran church on Saturday, July
2, 1904, at IL a. m., Mr.. John G.
Johnson and Miss Tine Torgerson,
Rev. N. A. Stubkjaer officiating. A
large number of relatives and friends
were present. After the ceremony
a large company assembled at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Torger Torgerson where the
afternoon and evening were spent in
doing justice to the occasion. A fine
wedding dinner was spread and
many hours of unalloyed pleasure
INDUCED in. The groom is a pros.
porous young farmer and the bride
is popular with a large circle of
friends. The TINES joins their many
friends in extending hearty congratu-
~lations and good wishes. The hap.
ply couple received umerou and
many useful presents.-Times.
III. l.. Mills, a well driller, met
with a horrible death on the old
Mullen farm, southwest of this city,
Sunday morning. He and his part.
ner were boring to deepen an old
we'll. Saturday they struck a rock
and ere compelled to blast it with
dynamite. Mills wanted to go down
that night to see if the rock had
been broken but was restrained by
his partner. Sunday morning he de-
termined to go down, although
against his partners judgement.
Mills was lowered into the we'll,
standing on a cross-arm on the boring
rod. He reached the bottom and
reported the rock broken and ordered
to be hoisted to the top. When
within about 20 feet OF the top he
asked to be lifted faster and when
about 8 feet from the surface he lost
bis hold on the rod and fell to the
bottom Of the well, a depth Of nearly
60 feet. Foul air had overcome him
and no doubt be was unconscious
when he fell off the cross-arm The
body was not lifted out of the we'll
until Monday morning. A physician
made an examination and gave out
the opinion, from all circumstances
known, that Mills was dead wien he
began to fall. Deceased left no i'm
mediate relatives.
Friday of next week is "Sport
Day" at Iroquois. This is an annual
o%ccurance with our friends in the
west end aud one looked forward to
with great interest. Iroquois puts
up a day of sport that does any
man. woman, o child good to see.
The COMMITTEES has arranged a pro
gram that will have an interesting
feature for everyone-if you don't
like one thing, you are bound to be
pleased by something else. Base
bali is something that interests both
old and young, and the Iroquois com
mittea is sfrnnu nm base hall Thova