Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-10

sed by Arlington people, and by
friends in different parts of the coun-
ty.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Warren re-
turned Wednesday from Rochester.
w. T. Raffety and wife,of Miller,
were guests at the Evangelical par
sonage Wednesday.
Patrick Callahan and daughter
Kate went to st. Paul to spend fair
week with relatives.
"A poultry buyer for the eastern
markets picked up part of a carload
here the first of the week.
- September 13 to Is are the dates
for the state fair at Huron. Go at
least one day, more if you can. Elk
~cursion rates.
Rev j. r. Booth went to Brook
ings Thursday in the capacity of fra
ternal delegate from the Anti Saloon
League to the w. G.. T. u. state con-
vention in session in that city.
A. b. Nelson, of Manchester, and
Miss Lena Bruce, of Esmond, were
united in marriage Wednesday by
Rev. j. E. Booth at the Evangelical
pasonage in this city. They will
make their home on a farm three
miles south of Manchester.
John Callahan and family came
from st. Paul a few days ago for a
visit with Mr.. Callahan's father. Mrs.
Callahan's people live at Sioux Falls
and they went down there for a short
stay. John is a railroad engineer
aud runs between the Twin Cities.
Mrs. NJ. A. Callahan departed for
her home in Chicago August 31st.
Reta and Leo Boyle, who came out
to spend the summer vacation, &C
companied her. Miss Grace Spencer
also wen! 80 Chicago 10 join her SIS
ter Roseanna at st. Vincent's academy.
-Chas. Baine had another stroke
of bad luck Tuesday while threshing
at Sam Ryland's place. Someone
with more deviltry than brains placed
a chunk of iron in a bundle Of grain.
The result was the breaking of sever
al teeth out of the cylinder and
damage to one of the Such
a trick is not only contemplate, but
dangerous to those operating a ma
chine When a stone or chunk of
iron goes into a threshing machine
under full motion no man can tell
how many pieces will result nor in
which direction they will fly, and the
man standing in front of a flying cylin-
der tooth is just as good as gone if it
strikes him IN the right spot; he might
as well attempt to. stop a bullet.
The city of Huron was all excite
ment Tuesday night oyer one of the
most ~atrocions murders ever commit
ted. The victim was the night officer
and the fend was one of the sharks
who had gathered In Huron to ply the
~grafter's trade during the state fair.
A ommon drunk resident in Huron
was sitting on the walk when one of
the grafters zane up and engaged in
an argument which became quite
heated. The officer came along and
placed both men under arrest a..d
started with his prisoners for the city
Jail. H. had only proceeded a few
steps when a third man walked up
and, holding a revolver within a few
inches of the officers head. fired. The
bullet entered the temple and went
through the front part of the head
forcing the eye on the other side out
onto the mans cheek. Death did not
result at once, but no hopes of recov-
cry were entertained. The unfortu-
nate nan was in such agony from the
effects OF the wound that it took four
men to hold him. The shooting o
CURED at ll;05 Tuesday evening.
Within a few minutes a large number