The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-13
SOME STATE NEWS NOTES

SSCItLdly VI luc 6OsSIuOi, Is IeCclV-
ing congratulations today. A new
boy. recently arrived in the secre-
tary's home is the cause. ),
Wagner-A team OF horses owned
by August Doken. near here, took
part in a remarkable runaway a rev
days ago, as u result OF which a
neighbor lost sixty rods vi strong
wire hence. The team was hitcned to
a wagon and was going at top speeu
when it struck the fence at the COR
ner of Mr.. Stokesbury's farm. Inc
corner post went under rne wagon
thus putting II horse on each size
of the fence. The horses ran ON tor
sixty rods, gathering fence as they
went, until the load %attacneu 70 the
wagon became too heavy for them to
move. Doken found sixty rods OF
fence, wagon and horses all punched
when he came up to them.
Pollock-Crossing a bridge a
mile east OF here at a speed OF TWEEN
ty-tive miles an hour an automobile
owned by T. Tinholt OF Herreid and
occupied by him and Frank Alexan-
der of Mound City suddenly swerved
and crashed down a seven foot m
bankment, The machine turned half
a somersault. landing squarely on
it's top, with the two men underneath.
Though it was only by a miracle the
Two men could come out of the acct
dent alive, Tinholt escaped with
three broken ribs and Alexander with
a sprained knee and a bad injury in
the side. An internal hemorrhage
threatened Alexander for a time but
it is believed he will recover.
Pierre-Governor Vessey and his
private secretary, who have been
spending a week at the Cheyenne
Agency visiting the governors son,
returned last night. The governor re-
ports the discovery of a crew of sur
veyors at work on Virgin creek. No
information could be extracted from
the crew and there is no little curios-
ity aroused and speculations made by
people here who are anxious for the
time when more than one railroad
will pass through this city. Since the
Northern Pacific people have recently
let a contract for $50 miles of track
from Mondop NJ n coutb opd c;poo
the party of surveyors is stalking
lines north from Virgin creek, it may
be the crew is making the survey for
the Northern Pacific.
Sioux Falls-Sioux Falls and vicl-
nifty is not a welcoming resort for
clairvoyants, gypsies, or any class
of fortune-tellers. Chief John A.
Crosse of the police department herd
ed a spangled band of Gypsy queens
up the street to their wagons yester-
day, and ordered the gypsy lords and
masters, who are engaged in the
gentle art of horse-trading out of the
city with them. Minnesota has pass
ed a law which provides %prohibitive
licenses for c%lairvoyants and fortune
t%ellers, and since the towns of that
state have been taking advantage of
it to pass ordinances, the readers of
the future have been herding across
the state line into the Dakotas.
Pierre-A call for outstanding
warrants up to the number 2O,255
has been made by the state treasur-
err for May z. This will leave only
$4,000 in the outstanding register
ed warrant fund, and will reduce the
net floating debt to $%557,OOO.
DeSmet-Elaborate preparations
are being made for the annual cele-
bration of the Old Settlers associa-
ton, which will be held on June 10.
These gatherings have been held each
year for a number of years past, and
each celebration always is more in
teresting and more largely attended
than its predecessor.