Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-02-22

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p. A. Carroll is getting an insight
into the duties of the county auditors
office this week, which Office he will
assume one week from to-day.
At the home of the groom's
parents, north of Manchester, on
Wednesday, the Goth, occurred the
marriage of Oscar Anderson, of Ban
croft vicinity to Miss Christina Nelson
of st. James, Mimi, Rev. Henry
Preston officiating. The ceremony
was performed in the afternoon, after
which a wedding feast was served.
A large number of guests were pres
ent and the happy couple received
some very handsome and valuable
gifts. The bride is a stranger in
this county but will receive a hearty
welcome as the wife of Oscar Ander-
son. The groom is a young man who
has proved himself to be of excellent
character, enterprising, and of the
quality of which our best citizens are
made. He has rented a farm and
will make that the home for a time.
All acquaintance join in extending
congratulations and best wishes.
The thaw of last week melted the
greater part of the snow and flooded
all the low spots. The water ran in
streams down First and Second streets
to Poinsett avenue where the author
tiles have it ditched to divert it all
down to the gas plant. 1t then runs
down First street to Doublin alley,
then south to the alley at the north
sides of lot 6 and 7, block 2, where
they have provided a dam to hold the
water on private property. What is
known as the Swanson lot had two
feet of water in places Saturday and
Sunday. When the cement walk was
built a 10 inch tile was put in for the
purpose of letting the water through,
but it is up so high that the tile would
have done about as much good if it
had been hung up in the trees. If
the water on two streets for three
quarters of a mile is to be diverted to
one spot it would be fair to expect
the authorities 10 do something to
provide an outlet for it, instead of
building a dam. No effort has been
made to remedy the matter, although
last week the mayor had men open
ing bitches on the hill to let the water
to the business part of town.
AT Minneapolis for several weeks
past a mad dog epidemic has prevail
One nan died of rabies last week,
and another is now taking the pasteur
treatment at the hospital in the hope
Of warding off the most terrible death
known to man. The latter was bitten
On the hand by a dog wearing a muz-
zle. The dog was killed and an ex-
animation proved it had the rabies.
At different times this disease has APP
peared in sections IN this state, but
up to the present it never struck this
We sometimes wonder what
be the result if it ever did APP
pear here. So far as we know there
not a single owner of a dog in this
city that pretends to keep his dogs
confined. The impression seems TO
prevail that the payment of the Ii
cense, or the successful evasion of the
payment. gives the owner the right
10 allow the dogs the freedom of the
streets and his neighbours property,
the garbage heap to the kitchen.
There is an ordinance against stock
rurning at large, but the dogs have
privilege of o~verhauling garbage
piles, carrying bones of diseased ami
mails onto everybody's lawn, spelling
the trees, tracking mud and leaving
their cards on the neighbors porches,
and entering every door open and
stealing food. Annoying grown PEG
pie, soaring children, barking at
teams, and occasionally taking a nip
1T a mans heels seems to be among
the rights acquired by the dog and
insisted upon by the owner. Such
state of affairs is mighty annoying
and fraught with no little danger to
the community. If rabies ever APP
pear in this locality, the result will be
terrible. We do not deny the right
Of every nan TO own one or more dogs
but no man has a right to let them
at large and annoy the public,
and to endanger the lives of our PEG
pie. Every owner of a dog should
be compelled TO confine the animal to
OWE property. In years past our