Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-09
South.
Dakota
General
State
News in
Paragraphs.

for Deuel. county.
A new land district, to include GER
tain lands in North and South Da-
kota, with Offices at Lennon, will be
established on Aug. next.
An accident which threw her from
carriage during runaway while at
tending the funeral of friend may
cost the life of Mrs. Wickstein Of Ter
raville.
State Superintendent Ustrud has set
Tuesday to Thursday, July 81 to 20,
at Rapid City for the summer meet
ing of the county superintendents of
the state.
Burdette Olson. eleven years old. OF
Vermillion. was drowned in Vermil-
lion river in fifteen feet of water. He
was learning to swim and got beyond
his depth
William Mack OF Yankton, while
swimming, was accidentally shot In
the left elbow by some person who
was shooting in the willows that COW
er the bottom land.
The ten-year-old son OF Charles
Melcher of Huron shot himself in the
hand with blank cartridge, and al
though the hand was torn, amputation
will not be necessary.
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Two hundred men have now signed
the rolls of the Young Mems Christian
association at Mitchell as the result
of a steady canvass. With the closing
of the saloons here it is the aim to
supply place for young men to meet
and pass thei rhine proftably.
The north-bound mail and express,
over the Chicago & rth-Western
railway, ran into bunch of cattle
on the track near Ordway. The en-
CINE, baggage and express car were
derailed. Engineer Murray and Fire.
man Fred Kirkow were severely in
jured.
BY vote of more than 3 to 1 Wat
ertown voted for the. issuing OF $780,
600 bonds for the erection of two new
school buildings, the city at present
having five. A feature of the election
was the large vote cast by the women,
a third of the ballot having bean cast
by them.
Hon. d. G. Thomas of Waterfowl
has been named chairman of a COM
mittee, of which the other members
are James r. Walker of Pine Ridge
and G. W. Vanderhule of Yankton to
represent South Dakota in the tri-au-
nual international congress on tuber-
culosis, to be held in Washington, ~
c., Sept. 81 to Oct H. Gov. Craw-
ford has been invited to act as one
of the vice presidents of this con-
gress.
The desire of several small boys Of
Redfield to write their names K. d
cement sidewalk which had just Icen
laid, and before the cement had hard
ened, cost the parents of the lads an
aggregate of $40. The sidewalk was
completely ruined by the boys and
had to be relaid. The boys RESPONSE
BILE for the damage were arrested and
taken before justice, who required
that the parents of the lads should
pay the amount Of the damage.
Two Sphinx county men have discov-
cred that it is quite an expensive UNI
dertaking to violate the fish and game
laws of South Dakota. Game Warden
Heffiey of Sphinx county the other day
caused the arrest on the charge Of
SEEMING in Turtle creek, which flows
through Sphinx county. When taken
before justice one of them was fined
$25 and the other $35. The game
wardens of the various counties in the
state are keeping close watch for vio-
lators of the fish laws in this respect.
William Doane, a young man who
came to South Dakota about year
ago from Warren, ILL.,, and located at
Artesian, is dead Of lockjaw. About
three weeks ago, while employed at
carpenter work, he stepped on rusty
nail, which penetrated his foot. After
q few days the wound apparently
healed and was not given surgical
attention, but yesterday morning he
was found in his room suffering from
a we'll developed case of lockjaw,
from which he died.
Joseph Brown, an aged resident OF
Pine Ridge reservation, near Red
Cedar Butte. was instantly killed by
being crushed under a heavy load OF
logs he was hauling, the team he was
driving getting beyond his control. He
was veteran Of the Civil war and
had lived all his life on the reserva-
ton, having married an Indian wife.
He was personally acquainted with
Cody, Custer and all the old scouts
and trappers who made history on the
plains IN the early days.
Unknown enemies Of A. Giles.
large sheep owner OF Two Top, thir-
ty-hve miles north Of Belle Fourche,
are causing CONSERVATION among the
ranches OF that section. A few days