The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1908-01-30
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feet a cure, judgment was rendered
in the court Of Justice Early at Dead
wood for nearly 500 against Mrs
Barker, q magnetic healer Of White
| wood.
For the second time in succession
Lead Camp No. 1917, NJ. w. A., has
won the annual banner for the camp
| taking in the most members in the
state during the year. Lead camp
now. has 40 Woodmen, while the
nearest camp. Big 500 at Sioux Falls,
has 461.
Hamlin county expects to hold a
| county fair the coming season. Ham
| lin has some of the finest racing stock
| in the Northwest. Estelline, which
has fine racing park and several Of
| the best blooded horses In the state,
will make a strong bid for the location
of the fair.
Capt. and Mrs. Lawrence, who for
| some years have been in charge of
the work of the Salvation Army In
Lead. are to be transferred. They
have been ordered to Lincoln, Neb.
where the Army is building a theater
and Capt LaVrence is to have charge
of the financing.
The State Real Estate Dealers assO-
citation held It's annual convention in
! Aberdeen with a good attendance from
different parts of the state. Reports
that had been circulated to the eff
feet that the association intended to
disband have been wholly disproved
by the enthusiasm of the delegates.
Mrs. Mary r. Carr, widow Of w. P
Carr and one Of the pioneer residents
Of Sioux Falls, died at the home of her
son, DR. Il. L. Woodwork, in Sioux
| Falls. About seven years ago she
suffered paralytic stroke and was al
invalid from that time until her death.
She is survived by her only son, DR..
| Woodwork, and by stepson, Fred J.
Carr OF Hudson, Wis.
The Hand county commissioners
last summer let the contract TO build
ten steel bridges over the streams of
the county, and the work was not be.
gun by the contractors until early win
ter. The weather has been SO warm
| that the whole lot of bridges are just
about completed, being finished up In
| the middle o. winter witb1ut any in
! convenience from the cold.
! The supreme court has granted a
| writ of error and certificate of posi-
| bile cause In the case of the state VS..
Carlisle, from Minnehaha county.
Carlisle was arrested and given a Jail
sentence and fine for practicing den
tistry without securing permission
from the state board. The action in
the supreme court acts as stay Of
sentence until the case is heard by
that court.
| Gustave Kammel, in Jail at Miller,
awaiting trial on the charge of poison
ing his wife, went out to his home in
company with the sheriff and found
the money he had buried in his garden
before he was arrested. He seems to
feel better now that he has no fear OF
his valuable deposit being dug up by
the neignbOrs whom he thought might
get 1t, as they were reported to be
prospecting for it.
Turning back to see whether the
fuse which he had spitted was still ig-
nited probably will make Angelo de
Martini, a miner in the Homestake
mine, blind for life. De Martini stoop-
ed over just as the explosion occurred,
and although the charge was light, he
received it entirely in the face. A
shower of heavy rock fell all over him,
and beside the running of his sight he
was terribly cut about the body.
An important business change has
just taken place at at Iroquois, A.
Fry, for some time cashier and a
stakeholder in the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, having sold his stock
and resigned the position of cashier.
The stock of Mr.. Fry was purchased
by ]. Baldridge, president of the bank,
and w. w. Ellis, assistant cashier.
The latter by the retirement Of Mr..
Fry, now has been promoted to the
position Of cashier.
The Fort Meade pack train has re-
turned to the post from the Thunder
Butte country, where the Ute Indian
uprising took place two months ago.
The wagon train will remain until
May, when 1t Is reported the Indians
will be taken home. The Ute Indians
now are peaceable and there is no
warlike spirit among them. One troop
of the Second cavalry has been retain.
ed at Thunder Butte and will remain
the balance of the winter.
| Word has been received from
| Spearfsh Falls of the death in his
cabin there of Johnny MOnahan, a
veteran prospector ard character
! known as Johnny on the Spot" For
nearly twenty years Monahar has
! been in that section making a living
| from his mining claims A few days
| ago he received a check for $50 and in
attempting to spend il for a jollifica.
| ton, received cold that brought on
pneumonia. He formerly resided in
| Lincoln, Neb., where he has relatives.
All Evangelical churches If Huron
were closed Sunday in order that they