Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-10-31

at the national corn show in Chicago
The prize was won by I. B. Parkhurst,
residing few miles south of Huron
At the cement works at Yankton,
Jacob Welk was caught in rope on
car puller and before the machinery
could be stopped he had received a
fractured arm below the elbow and a
broken rib He is doing nicely.
Judge E. G. Smith of Yankton over
ruled the motion for new trial in
the famous Kaufman murder case
An appeal from his decision will at
found guilty of killing her maidserv-
ant, Agnes Polreis.
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Richard Goddard, who lives near
Pringle, was arrested last week To-
killing and putting to his own use
Brady. At his trial he entered a plea
of guilty and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for eight months.
Charged with shooting trout with
a rifle in Bear Butte creek Fred
Borsch, well known resident of Gal
ena, was arrested by Game Warden
Hail. Under the new law infraction
of the game law in this manner is
punishable with fine of $500 and i'm
nrisOnment for ninety dayS
The latest South Dakota town to
place ban upon gambling in the
form of the operation of slot machines
is the town of Humboldt, near Sioux
Falls. Numerous complaints recently
made to the town board in reference
to the demcralizing influences Of the
machines caused the order for the
lid"
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A fine new Swedish Lutheran
church was dedicated at Carthage. A
number of clergymen from the South
eastern South Dakota district were
present. The dedication sermon was
preached by Rev. A. M. Broteen of
Centerville in the Swedish language,
while Rev. c. E. Nelson of Alcester
preached in Tnglish
e. L. Wooley, one OF the early day
survivors of the Black Hills, is dead at
Deadwood. Something over twenty
years ago Mr.. Wooley went there
from Nebraska and was later employ
ed as one of the head surveyors and
civil engineers by the Burlington
road in the Hills He was sixty years
old and leaves one daughter, Mrs.
Eric Anderson of Casper, Wyo.
While some workmen who were
employed at the county poor farm at
Sisseton were warming some coffee
in an old tin pail with tight cover on
the stove in the kitchen of the house
occupied by Sam Wolff, the superin-
tendent the pail exploded, and Mrs.
Wolff, the wife of the superintendent,
was frightfully burned about the face
with the hot coffee, and it is feared
she will lose the sight of one eye.
A Bohemian settlement in Eastern
Nebraska is making plans to dispose
of it's lands in that section and buy
in South Dakota. The first delegation
has Just closed the deal for 1850 acres
northeast and southwest of Mitchell.
They paid 100000 for their land,
which ranged in price from $40 to s62
per acre. The Bohemians have dis
posed of their land in Nebraska for
Sl10 an acre and will take UP their
residences in a newer country.
Ranchers in the Battle creek valley
report remarkable success in their
tests of sugar beet raising this year
and this is likely to prove one of the
leading agricultural products of this
section. Several shipments were
made to Eastern factories, and al
though the figures have not yet been
made public, it is stated that the per-
centage of sugar contained in the To-
cal beets and the tonnage per acre is
larger in that valley than in any other
section of the West. Only few
ranchers tried beet raising this sum-
mer, but many have declared their in
tention of branching into this line
next year. This, with melons, makes
the second new crop of excellence
that these farmers have discovered
during the summer.
What may yet prove a disastrous &C
cident occurred to Ralph Kositsky,
son Of Gustave Kositsky at Yankton.
Ralph, who is eighteen years old, was
removing large kettle of water from
the entrance to big furnace when
the kettle fell backward on the hot
Goals OF the fire, generating a great
amount of steam, which scaIded young
Kositsky very badly on the lower part
OF the face, his arms and upper part
OF his body. There is every indication
at present OF recovery. None Of the
burns are very deep.