Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-03-06

ford do not forget old DeSmet friends
and wish to be remembered to all.
Mis- Bau, who left Spirit Lake
township three years ago last fall and
went up into the stump region of
northern Minnesota, arrived Saturday |
night, February 29th, and will start
anew. Mr.. Bau took some money
with him as the result of his labors in
that township, but the last three years
have not dealt kindly with him in a
financial way. We hope that he can
secure a good farm and that he will
enjoy the prosperity that attends all
in this section who are industrious.
Last week we mentioned the mar
riage of James Mulligan to Miss Anna
Hanson, both of Manchester. The
names of the parties were given cor
rectly, but there are two gentlemen
bearing the same name in that vicin
ity. They are cousins, and both liv-
ed in the same locality. Under such
circumstances it is not to be wonder
ed that De Smet friends of "Jim" Null
ligan offered congratulations when he
appeared in this city Monday. Our
old friend Jim" is still the hopeless
old bachelor. He has sold his farm
and stock and purchased the Barber
elevator at Manchester for the pur-
pose of escaping bachelor life on a
farm which he might have avoided if
be had only followed the good ex-
ample set by his cousin.
The Catholic Church Extension
Society of the United States has adopt
ed a novel method of sending out
workers and providing accommoda-
| tons for them at the same time. A
chapel car has been constructed which
is taken from town to town as desired.
The car is one of the largests and the
interior fitted for chapel purposes.
With this car, which was at Canistota
last week, is Father Monaghan, who
has charge of Catholic mission work
in South Dakota, and Father O'Niel,
of Beresford. The car is taken to a
town where no church exists and
services are held. If possible a church
is organized and where it can be done
arrangements will be made for the
erection of a church building.
On February 18th occurred the
death of Sam Dummy, a detective at
| Omaha, Neb, at the hands of an as
~sassin. Mr.. Dummy had occasion
to make an arrest of one William
Jones, colored, and upon entering the
pool hall to make the arrest the negro
opened fire killing Dummy instantly.
The result was that it looked as if
| Omaha would be the scene of as bit
ter a race riot as EVER occurred in the
country. Mr.. Dummy entered the
police service at Omaha in 1888, and
had served continuously on the police
force and in the detective department,
except for a period of two years. A
wife and ten children were left to
mourn the loss of husband and faith.
er. The deceased was a brother of
Mrs Edwin Burns, now living near
Bancroft, but for several years and
until a few weeks ago a resident of
this vicinity. Mr.. and Mrs. Burns
were present at the funeral.
Judge Whiting was occupied in
chambers court Monday with the pc
tition of certain parties from Erwin
for a writ of mandamas to compel the
town clerk to call an election upon
the question of selling Intoxicating
liquors at retail within that town.
The clerk refused to call such cleo
ton upon the grounds that the sig
natures to the petition were not all of
qualified voters and freeholders I'm
der the impression that February Bird,
was the last day on which such a Pc
tition could be filed, there was some
tall hustling that day to secure the
required number of names on the pc
tition, and to do this there had to be
some rapid acquiring Of real estate by
three of the parties. The clerk and
his supporters contended that these
men were not bona fide freeholders.
The evidence submitted to the court
showed that the titles vested in the
three under question were acquired
in the evening of the day ON which
the time for filing the petition was
supposed to expire. One of the par
ties drove to Bryant and completed
the purchase of a lot that night.