Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-05-18

promotlon. Ihe family VIII depart
next week.
j. III. Armstrong lost a valuable
mare last week.
H. A. Rodewald was down from Iro-
quois Saturday. He has the position
of operator at that station.
Judge Whiting started Tuesday
evening for Bangor, this state, to hold
a term of circuit court for Judge CAT
fey.
Mrs. f. G.. Forsburg and little
daughter, from Huron, came down
the latter part of last week for a visit
with friends.
Dennis PEBBLES, of Stevens Point,
Wis, arrived Thursday last and will
spend the summer in this city with
his daughter, Mrs. John Lark.
Word has been received from John
Lark to the effect that he has made
the necessary Improvements to hold
his claim near Wheatfields, Canada,
and that he has started a barber shop
in town. John seems to like it there
pretty well.
L. E. Callahan has purchased the
Torgerson barber shop and took pos
session Monday of this week. l.. E.
always enjoyed a good trade here in
De Smet when engaged in the bust
ness and the present venture will
prove no exception.
State Auditor Halliday was down
from Iroquois Thursday last. Dick
looks as if the California climate help
ed him to ten orfifteen pounds of flesh.
He says that he is feeling much bet
ter than when he left here last winter,
which is pleasing to all his acquain-
tances.
Miss Carrie Ingalls, writes from
Denver, Col, that she has moved from
Boulder to the former place and that
she has a position in a department
store at present. She is not so well
pleased with Denver as with Boulder,
and says that the only thing she likes
about Denver is its parks.
A careless shooting affair hap
pened at the country school house
southeast of Vienna last Sunday in
which Barney Smith had a close call
for his life. Mr.. Smith, who is a
school teacher, and two lady teachers
were sitting at the desk when John
Graberg and another young man from
Vienna, who were driving by, both
fired at the school house door with %
caliber rifles. One shot penetrated
the thin part of the panel and struck
Smith in the left breast. He was
taken to a hospital at Madison, where
it was stated that his injuries were
not serious Willow Lakes News.
There is no prospect of a building
boom for De Smet this season, but we
will enjoy the usual good healthy
growth. At the present time Ed.
Eckersley has a new house in south
west part of the city nearly complet-
ed; carpenters started on a 100000
dewling for L. f. Altfillisch Tuesday,
the foundation is now under way for
another residence on Second street,
and Thos. III. Ruth commences the
erection of a fine dwelling on Third
street this week. Besides the build
ings noted above there are many inn
provements being made to dwellings
such as porches, additions etc. r. L..
Hardy is also having plans made for
a fine residence to be erected on the
Barnes property.
William Latin arrived Saturday
last for a short visit at home. He was
returning from Pierre where he had
been to attend the funeral of Miss
Young, a student at the university at
Vermillion. The story of the death
of this young lady is particularly sad
In company with the class in geology
she had gone to the Nebraska side of
the Missouri river for a days outing.
Among the number was a young man
who carried a revolver. The attention
of the professor in charge of the party
was called to the fact and he secured
the promise of the owner of the gun
that there would be no shooting. The
professor went after a pail of water,
Latin built a fire and was preparing
coffee for the lunch, the others went
off in a party and began to shoot with
the revolver. As near as can be ascer-
tanned the revolver was in the hands
of n yOJnp woman Of the marty who