The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-27
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

Mrs. q, ~. Gctmnu, VINO was ulonc IN
the house OF her son-in-law, J. J. Brandt.
curing the absence of the family at Zig
Stone lake. was awakened by burglar,
Airs. Gctman's screams aroused the neigh.
bors. but before they reached the scene
the the burglar had disappeared. lie had
secured nothing.
During severe electrical storm on Sum
Say night two horses owned Sy r. III.
.ilau. OF Brown county, were killed by
lightning. The storm was one OF the most
severe OF the season. The wind blew q
gale and les inches Of rain fell. Oats,
spclt and some wheat were blown down,
but IL IN believed the grain will revive and
suffer but little permanent harm from the
wind
Clerk OF Courts Kellogg. OF Moody coun-
~. II the first to make a report TO tho
census and vital statistics Office under the
new vital statistic law. No reports were
expected by the department until after
the first OF August. For the first fifteen
days OF July Clerk kellogg reports eight
births. no deaths. two marriages, two
uaturalizations and one divorce. or thu
Eight children reported but two had been
aamcd. All OF the births but one had been
reported by the regular physicians.
The responses TO the appeals or assist
nnce for the flood sufferers at Fort Pierre
selected Tor that work now authorizes the
statement that no further subscriptions
are needed TO meet all the requirements
q the occasion. They wish 10 tender
their thanks to those who 30 promptly
responded TO their needs. Tsc relief funds
have been. and those on hars will be used,
20 meet all necessary assistance for not
only those at Fort Pierre. but those In
the whole OF the flooded district.
The mosquito plague In giving farmers
trouble all over the state, says reports
from Pierre. In Hand county these pests
are reported TO have driven farmers out
~ their corn fields, and yesterday a herd
OF stampeded cattle and horses plunged
down Into the valley OF Medicine creek
AGAR Canning. breaking fences In their
rush. all attempting TO escape from the
attacks OF mosquitoes. The stock had
some from such a distance that the rest
dents OF that locality could not tell the
owners.
Mayor AIdrich, OF Aberdeen. has re-
aois. the postmarS being blurred so the
own could not be Identified. containing
y. which the sender asked the mayor TO
place In the proper FUND AZ CONDENSATION
Tor city water used from the hydrant az
= neighbor during the writer's residence
In Aberdeen. with the neighbor's permits
sion. butS'contrary 60 the city ordinances
and contrary TO the law OF God" The
letter was signed: Yours for righteous
uess. n Former Citizen OF Aberdeen" and
appeared to be In the handwriting of a
woman.
Ira o. curtiss. who has field OF winter
wheat on his farm near Aberdeen. has
considerable quantities. The rust is on
he stalks and not on the heads OF the
grain. As the wheat II almost ready to
harvest Il ~ not believed the rust will
affect the yield or the quality OF the crop.
Mr. Curtiss has the only field OF winter
wheat In Brown county. Isaac Lincoln,
Sho had small field OF this wheat.
2lowed IL under early In the spring The
.pring wheat Is not affected I'm the least.
the winter. wheat happening TO be In just
the condition - he affected by the rust
AZ the time the weather conditions were
right for the propagation OF the rust.