The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-31
South Dakota
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fifteen miles from Condo, is dead OF
leprosy.
T. f. Shaw of Armour has the head
of a swordfsh, sent TO him by his
nephew from the Philippines. 1t Is
ffty-three inches long and has fifty
nine teeth.
The store of II. Wis & Co., at Harri-
son, Yankton county, was broken INTO
by thieves and many articles of value
were taken. The identity of the thieves
is not known.
The saloons at Willow Lake have
finally beer closed. They have been
running illegally since July l on ac-
count OF a tie vote on the saloon ques-
ton last spring.
Rev. Crawford Pearce, pastor OF the
Baptist churches at Armour and Cor
sica, has rendered his resignation at
the latter place and expects to ais re-
sign at Armour.
The curious spectacle OF a train
running over and killing a full grown
wolf was Witnessed near Yankton, the
cement works train running down the
wild animal as it was attempting TO
cross the track.
Jens F. Anderson of Bridgewater, ar
rested for'the crime of assault and
battery on the person of his will
pleaded guilty to the charge and was
sentenced to the county Jail for a peri
Cd of thirty days.
Hereafter all offenders against the
rules of the Deadwood high school will
be tried before a court composed OF
one member from each Of the classes
and a judge appointed by the principal
from the senior class.
State Treasurer Cassill did not stop
at the $500, 900 bond required by the
state for that Office, but made it $780,
600 more. The bond he gives is a
personal one, and is signed entirely in
Lincoln, his home county.
c. W. Smith, cashier for the First
National Bank of Volga since it was
organized five years ago, has been
succeeded by A. Norvold of Hazel,
formerly agent for Melhorn Brothers
Lumber company in that place.
NJ. Eddins, agent at the Milwaukee
station at Groton for the past twenty
years, has disappeared, and with him,
it is alleged, has gone between $4,000
and $4,000 of the company's money.
Eddins was regarded as strictly
straight.
The coroner's jury at Clear Lake in
vestigating the death Of Henry JAGrif-
fin, who was killed by a Chicago &
North Western train between Goodwin
and Altamont, has returned a verdict
generating the company and en-
ployes.
Harry Hirsch, deputy sheriff, made
an important capture at Sioux Falls
when he placed under arrest Dell Nor
rison, who is wanted in Nebraska for
the theft of a team of horses and a
wagon from a farmer residing near
Wakefield, that state.
The farmers elevator at Toronto
was destroyed by fire. The fire started
In a part Of the structure where no
grain was stored. and the origin is a
mystery. There were 1000 bushels of
grain in the elevator at the time.
There is insurance for $4,000.
Buffalo hunting is popular on the
Cheyenne reservation this winter. At
least six Of the shaggy animals are
running wild there, although a man
named Du Pree claims them as his
property. The first hunt is now on
and another is planned for next
month.
One of the most stringent anti-pool
ordinances in the state has been en-
acted by the town board of Bristol. 1t
prohibits boys under sixteen years of
age from playing pool, and boys be-
tween sixteen and twenty-one are pro-
hibited from playing unless they Sc
cure permission from their parents.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Association of Union county in 1906
wrote 239 original policies and 81 sup
Elementary ones, amounting to 1885,
S45. 1t has a total Of 1921 policies in
force, covering $1,743,540 Of insurance.
Its running expenses, losses and total
disbursements for 1906 were $2,049.45.
A. D. Reeves, q farmer Of Vienna,
was the victim Of a peculiar accident.
He started to town with q sleigh, in
the back part of which he had a COW
which he intended to sell. The sleigh
was upset and in the mix-up the cow
fell on top of Reeves, breaking several
of his ribs and otherwise seriously in
juring him.