Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-07-27

|, NOVELTIES OF THE NEWS.

= NOVELTIES or ~ NEWS
Observation-Disclosures lsviathan was
landed by the crews OK the pound fisher.
ies at this place after an exciting two
horrs' tussle, in which several OF the sail
ors were thrown into the sea. 1t Is a gi'
gantic specimen of the deep-sea sunfish.
and weighs 1000 pounds. The "sea-cow,"
as sailors term It, has two immense ms,
with eyes as large as teacups a hu-
man-l.ke mouth and overhanging fore
head.
wrkesbarre. Pa.-There IS danger that
the borough OF saltwater will be left with
out enough voters to fill the public Of
fees. The borough had forty-four quail
fed voters. Many of these are employed
in a planning mill, which this week was
removed to Berwick, and a number have
followed the mill. The borough has TWEEN
two public offices to fill, and less than
thirty voters are left, while some OF these
may stu remove
Ames. Ia.-An extra freight on the main
line OF the Northwestern had a wheel of a
furniture car loose on the journal. The
wheel worked loose, left the track and ran
! along on the ties for about twenty miles,
cutting OF the two inside track bolts on
every rail joint in its course. Investiga-
| ton showed that the Wheel had taken OF
nearly every track bolt from Nevada &c
Boone.
Lexington, Ky.-After forty years con.
federate soldiers of General John Fl. MOI.
gan's command are receiving pay from the
federal government for horses taken from
them when they surrendered. DR.. j.. l.
Frazee and several other former confed'
crates of this city who surrendered tC
General e. II. Hobson at Mt. Sterling
KY, in May, 1865, has just received checks
for $12.
Marysville Kan.-Wm. Graba bought
l6-horse power engine and a six-gang pillow
70 use In breaking 400 acres of land In
Logan county. He will now double the
CAPACITY Of his steam pillow by buying a So
horse power engine and a twelve-gane
plow. The new rig Will have a seeder an6
lister attachment behind the plows so tina
the entire Job can be done by going ovel
the field once.
Pittsburg, Pa.--CItizens of the Lawrence
Vile district OF P!ttsburg have complained
that the fumes from a big soap factory or
Hers Island, in the Allegheny river, have
| hlllCh oil blAN tAS ~ NAASN $3.50 @a'~ 49,
investigation has been ordered. 1t IL
asserted that cage birds for a mile sur
rounding the factory die within a few
days. Even the hardy English sparrow!
have been driven away.
salt Lake City, Utah.-A eign bearing
the words, Baby for Sale" displayed FOL
several days in front Of a cottage In Wa
terloo, a suburb. caused the arrest of Mrs
IA. - - - - ~ ,,xyarIln ON
An investigation developed the fact tina
several persons had offered to buy the
child. one woman offering $50, but Mrs
Mueller would not sell for less than s125.
Leayenworth, KAMA year ago Billy
Evans. the policeman, fell from a boat int
| the Missouri river and lost his hat, and to
day a catfish was caught in the river
which, when cut open, gave up Evans hat
The fish had swallowed the hat. The fish
weighed 20 pounds and was one of the
largest caught In the river In a long time
Cumberland. Md.-The Rev.. Thomas N
Alderton, aged fifty, of Great Cacapon, w
Va. dropped dead from apoplexy while
preaching in the pulpit at Greenwich Bap'
fist church, at Reesmills. w. Va. He stood
nearly seven feet and weighed more thar
three hundred pounds. He had been g
preacher for twenty-five years.
New Brunswick, N. with both legs
and an arm cut off, Harry Machin, OF
Trenton, laid upon a stretcher at the
Pennsylvania railroad station here this
morning and smoked a cigarette. He ther
begged one of the railroad men to put hin
out of his misery. He had fallen from q
freight train.
For Worth. Tex.-A large vampire bat
attacked the Kew. H. G. Jacquish while he
was sitting on the gallery OF his home IN
Marshall last night, and was killed after a
hard light. The bat measured more thar
sixteen inches from tip to tip and had q
heavy coat of hair over it's body.
Chicago.-Neison l.. Barnes can smoke
a $50, 600 cigarette any time he wishes. The
young society man has made a wager with
his uncle-in-law, John M. Barker, the mil.
lionaire car builder, Of Michigan City, tina,
ne will stop smoking cigarettes. If he
smokes one, he loses $4,000.
Austin. Tcx-Miss Bette Nurrei!. OF
Temple, Tex, while on her way to Chau-
tauqua, N. Y. was bitten by a rattlesnake
which was in her berth in the Pullman
EAR. A physician accompanied her to
Shathaa4oot ~ ohN - $500 ~ ~ 40 q
serious condition.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Colonel J. II. Slebe- OF
Fittsburg passed through this city with
the largest muskellunge ever caught in the
state. The fish weighed eighty pounds and
was caught near Tomahawk. 1t Is be-
lieved the fish Is 80 years old.
ST. joseph. Micf.-To spite his wife, with
whom ne had quarreled. Ira Livingston. a
Forest Hill farmer, 70 years old, took a
horse and buggy. 4 wedding present, drove
to the woods, shot the horse, burned the
buggy and killed himself.
TOLD IN BRIEF.
Eorlin--Bavarian trains will soon be
equipped with wireless telegraphy.
New York--Three deaths resulted
from a p~rostrations here yesterday
Caraeas-Ceiebrating his return te
power, President Castro has pardoncC
all offenders sentenced by the state
courts.
Boston - Ambassador Speck vor