The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-20
DOINGs IN THE A
As Cleaned from South Dakota's
Wide Awake Exchanges.

1O1cuO ACC IAuSt W Jdll.-0C. dui
Dispatch.
John w. Seney, of Howard, a
politician, died in a hos
pital at Sioux City Saturday night,
an illness Of several weeks.
The Watertown Brick manufacr,
plant began making bricks
Monday, having gotten their plant in
shape again after a disastrous fire,
but bad luck still seems to be pur-
suing them as they had no more
than started the second time when
their immense brick press broke down
and is now undergoing repairs.
Charles Barrette and wife had
rather an exciting experience at Lake
Kampeska Sunday afternoon. They
with three companions were fishing
when the boat upset, throwing them
into the water. Mr.. Barrette was
the only person in the crowd who
could swim, and he succeeded in get
ting them all to shore on the
stallment plan.
The only question that could be
raised is whether the punishment is
severe enough. AS far as intent to
do wrong is concerned, the trust
magnate is an infinitely worse Of
fender than the unfortunate wretch
who steals a purse of a watch. But,
perhaps, a half year at breaking
stone, or doing other work for the
cause of good roads, may be arm
ing to those who are likely to commit
the offense of conspiring to flch the
pocketbooks of a whole commbnr
wealth.
While the assessment board Of the
state at the coming meeting for as
sessment and equalization has been
given power by the legislature to
make levies aggregating 5 Ia mills,
it is hardly likely that it will go to
the limit, as the state funds r in
better shape so far as the general
fund is concerned than they have
been for a long time, the warrants
having been upon a cash basis for
several months, with nearly 100000
on hand in that fund at the begin
ming of the fiscal year.
A bad wreck occurred on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
Tuesday night when a wrecking car,
a block car and a combination coach
went through the James river bridge,
three miles east of Mitchell. "A crew
of men had been working at Burt in
clearing up a wreck which occurred
the day before and when the work
was done the wrecking train started
for Mitchell. The boom on the
wrecking car, which stands about
thirty feet high, struck the spans at
the top of the bridge with such force
as to cause the east end of the bridge
to collapse. precipitating the three
cars into the water below, the en-
CINE passing over safely. The three
cars we're piled on top of one an
other, the combination car just
touching the top of the river. In
this car were forty laborers, none of
whom were hurt. After their car
went down the men crawled through
the front end, which stood nearly
erect.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
citic railroad company is the defend
ant in q $4,000 damage suit Just
transferred from the state circuit
court Of Minnehaha county to the
United States court in Brookings
Herbert 3. Murphy, formerly en-
ployed by the company as a freight
Brakeman. Is plaintiff and says that
on June 8, 1906, while In the per-
Torrance OF his duties, he received
injuries AZ the result Of a defective
automatic coupler, which was alleged
to have been worn to such an extent
that It could not be operated and
that while he was standing on the
end Of the a In front OF the coup
lei, and endeavoring 70 operate
coupler by the use OF both hands,
q switch engine. without any signal
from him, negligently coupled other
Tears to the 9 Of the train. striking
with suficient forcest to throw plain
tif TO the track. where the right
wheel OF the forward axle OF the for
ward truck Of the car ran over his
right foot crushing and manEling
The piaintin alleges thatsit was
an unlaWfnl action for the company
Ito haul the I with the defective