Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-04-25
South Dakota
General State News Parasrap hsa.

( General State News Parasraphsd.
Emma Arneson OF Bristol died at
the hospital in Aberdeen of typhoid /
several years. and was well liked.
Stanley Jennick, working on the
st. Paul railway bridge at Mobridge,
west of Aberdeen, lost his balance,
fell into the river and was drowned.
An incendiary fire, started by pi
geon thieves, destroyed the large
barn on the farm of Matthew Tschet-
ter near Parker, entailing loss of
more than $1,000.
Howard Warren won the annual ora
torical contest of Yankton college and
will represent the school in the state
contest at Mitchell in May. Miss
kerley won second prize.
James Hackett, one of the best
known conductors on the Great North
ern railroad. was the victim of a seri-
Gus accident in the Sioux Falls yards.
as the result of which one OF his legs
was cut off at the hip.
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The three-year-old child Of Jacob
Weise of Miller got hold of the bottle
of butter coloring that the mother
hal ~ INIT
about a tablespoonful and died from
the effects of it, after great agony.
The three-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Johnson of Farming
ton township, Sully county, wandered
from the house and was missed with
In few minutes A search by his
mother located his body In small
pond near the house into which he
had fallen in his play.
The Park hotel at Toronto, which
has been closed for some time past,
has Just been opened under new man
agement. This will be received as
good news by the travelling men who
have been compelled to secure &C
commodations from private residents
during the time the hotel has been
closed.
Andrew Sundt, farmer, was accl-
dentally shot and almost instantly
killed near Sioux Falls by Willie
Thompson, the ten-year-old grandson
of John Thompson. The boy, with
companion, was shooting at marx
with a 22-caliber rifle, when unknow-
ingly Sundt got within range, the bull
let entering his back.
Suffocated by smoke while trying
to reach the kitchen door, which she
had locked, Mrs. Mary easier OF Hill
City, aged eighty-five years, fell sense
less into the arms OF the men who
forced open the door and died almost
Immediately The flames originated
in the front room of the little cabin
where she lived alone.
Frank Rhodes, employed at the
sawmill of Mclaughlin Bros. at West
Nahant, was killed while working In
the mill. A piece of board became
loosened and fell in the way OF the
saw. Rhodes kicked at 1t to remove
the obstruction. and his clothing was
caught in the machinery, and he was
drawn upon the teeth of the saw.
Edwin Oster, the eight-year-old son
of Mrs. Oster, widow of Java, was
kicked by horse and frightfully in
jured. His skull was fractured. His
lower left jawbone was broke in sew
eral places, and his left side was para
lyzed. Notwithstanding these severe
injuries, the boy lived several days
in terrible agony before death ended
his suffering.
President j. H. Holmes OF the Da-
kota Trust and Savings bank of Aber.
| deem has received a telegram from
Washington announcing that fact that
the bank had been made a national
institution with the official name, Da-
kota National Bank Of Aberdeen.
This gives Aberdeen three national
banks, one state bank and one trust
and savings bank.
The days of the stage between ABB
erdeen and Leola, town in McPher-
son county, will soon be numbered.
The stage went out as usual Sunday,
but got stuck in quagmire about
half way to its destination. The
driver. who has the contract for car
rying the mails, returned here and
made the trip on the M. G st. L. rail-
road. This is the first time the mail
has been carried on the new line.
After much deliberation, the Huron
city council has accepted the PROPOSE
ton of the Western Town Lot COM
pany for tract of land for city park
purposes. The sum necessary to buy
the property $4,000 has been raised
by popular subscription. Mr.. M. M.
Winters gave one-third of the amount.
A survey of the ground will be made
| at once, and preparations for beauti-
flying the same will begin this sea-