The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-10-04
OVER THE STATE
Items c:' Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges and Elsewhere.

Items es Interest Cleaned from Our
Exchanges and Elsewhere.
Huron. Sept. 30.-A prairie fire
swept over three thousand acres of
land Sunday afternoon starting about
two miles west of Valley Junction.
The fire originated from a spark
from passing locomotive on the
Chicago & Northwestern line and
tie company realizing the situa-
ton, Immediately sent special en-
gine carrying fire-fghters to the
scene; the first crew being unable to
""ack the flames, a second was sent
cut but the fire was not eXtinguished
until it had covered at least 5000
acres of land. Thousands of tons
EN hay in stacks were destroyed and
the prairiel entirely devastated of
i@ea. The losses are very heavy to
farmers as many of them had their
winter supply of hay in stack and
must now take their herds to other
localities or buy feed from neighbors.
Aberdeen, So. Oak, October L.
|'Recause she wants to take up a
claim in North Dakota, and believ-
ing that her four-months old baby
would be hindrance, Mrs. Batchel-
Ter, claiming Huron as her home, Of
fers to give her baby away to any
one who desires it.
The woman called at the Metho-
dist parsonage yesterday and want
ed Rdv. and Mrs. j. w. Taylor to
take her baby. The good pastor and
wife were shocked at the unusual
request. The mother said that she
wanted to go to North Dakota and
take up claim but that she was too
poor to take her baby. Her poverty
as plea for wishing to dispose of
the child, did not fit with the manner
in which she. was dressed, as she ap-
peGred at least we'll off. The baby,
however, was poorly and insufficient
ly clothed. The woman said her hus-
band had been killed while stealing
a ride Oh train last December, and
four months ago the baby was born.
She was now desirous of going to
North Dakota to take up claim.
The good pastor suggested that she
could get work here in town, where
she could be with her child. But
this she would not do-she wanted a
claim-in fact she seemed to belong
to that great army of "claim crazy"
and for a pittance of land would
sell her innocent babe.
At the annual reunion of the Ly-
man County Veterans association
held at Presho, it was decided to
hold the next annual reunion at Ken
ebec. The following officers were
elected: Commander, e. w. CALI
gan; vice-commander, w. G.. Reed;
adjutant. Ralph, Lanyon; chaplain,
b. Enos.
g. A. Wilson, assistant manager.
of the local Singer Sewing Machine
agency of Watertown, has been ar
rested on the charge of adultery, the
papers being sworn out by woman
hailing from Sioux Falls, who claims
tel be his wife. Mr.. Wilson has been
living in rooms down town, employ
ing q housekeeper who has aroused
the suspicion of the Sioux Falls wo-
ran.
From the piano stool to her death
bad was the fate of Rosie Wagner,
of Yankton, Sunday evening. She
vas the daughter of George G. Wag-
sner, prominent country settler
Il miles north of this city. Rosie
was in the best of health all day and
vent. to the piano and played a num-
Der of selections. Complaining all
at once of feeling i'll she laid down
and nm short time she was dead.
Coroner Livingston was called and
ae'scided that death was caused by a
ruptured blciof vessel.
Grand Secretary Pettigrew is send
ing the following warning to the
Masonic orders of the state concern
Ing an endless chain swindle: ssMem-
.bers and officials Of the Masonic fra
ternity in San Francisco and other
large cities Of the country have lust
5unearthed one of the bo1dest frauds
which ever masqueraded under the
I aIne CT fraternal order. Swind-
lers in the east have been gaining
large sums of money by the use Of
chain g ls letters asking ten cents from
each Mason for the purpose of build
ing q monument to President William
Mckinley The money was to be
sent to Judge William r. Day, at
Canton, o., but a dispatch from Day
stated he knew nothing Of the chain
letter fraud. The swindlers inter
5cepted the letters sent containing
money.
sss3 Mrs. Thomas Hale was In sturgis
he first sof the week IN attendance
at the wedding of Miss lErlQreUea