The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-11
STATE NEWS

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little gasoline money" few days
ago. by running down and killing q
coyote with his auto. There were
three coyotes in the bunch at the
start, but two of them got out of the
way, and the third went under the ma
chine, and gave GARNER the bounty
tor expense of the race.
I October 8, at Mobridge, las been
set for the hearing in the case OF Mrs.
j. C. Co-rell of that place. charged
with manning her lustsnd. Mrs.
Correll, who is out on 81, 900 bail, is
in the southern part of the state with
relatives. Correll is able to be out,
but will enter a local hospital for
second operation in few days.
James F. Hyde, father of Charles s
l.. Hyde. died at his rooms in the st.
Charles hotel at Pierre last night at
the age of SO years Nj. Hyde served
as city treasurer of Lincoln, ILL.,, up to
about year ago, when be voluntarily
| withdrew and came to this state to
make his home with his son. Under
the provisions of his request the re-
mains will be cremated.
! Pioneers residents of Jerauld county
have stated movement to have a
monument erected to the memory of
Rev. John Cross, a celebrated "sky
pilot" of the early days, who was a
pioneer in religiorsg work in Illinois,
Iowa and Dakotar territory, finishing
fifty years fo church work when he
died lin tnat county on December l..
1883. For about qurater of GEN.
tury his remains have laid in an un-
marked grave in Hope cemetery, the
burial grounds Of Washington Springs.
School children and others are contri-
but,ng to the fund.
An unknown man committed suicide
in the Bon Homme county Jail at Tyn-
dali "Wednesday afternoon by tying
two towels together and strangiing
himself. The unfortunate man had
been taken in charge by Sheriff Kelley
Wednesday morning on complaint of q
farmer that an unknown man was act
H ing strangely in his Deighborhood.
About an hour before the rash act vas
committed the board of inanity iaves :
tigated his case, but did } OF arrive at
any definite conclusion as to bis sanity
for the reason that they fought pos
sibly he was drunk. When asked his
name by the different members of the
board he would always give different
answer, but sewed in the pocket of the
coat he wore was found the name and
address of F. j. McFa and. Akr,n, o.
The victim was man about 80 years
old.
The fire WI ich visited the town OF
Pollock, in Campbell county, broke
in out the cigar s tore of Dan Heintz
be ut 300 in the morning ard sprea6
with extreme rapidity. Ten buildings
in the business section of the town,
which has about 2O0 inhabitants, were
d, stroyed, the firms suffering from ths
flames being Bcschke & DORM, genera
merchandise; M. M. Spencer's jewerly
store; a vacant building owned ty l.
u. Holmes; Mrs. Berkert's residence
the Farmers Bazaar, general ner
chandise; the Farmers Bazaar hard
ware store; Rainbow & Rose dsf' =,
pool hall; r G. Parrett, soft drinks
Dan Hertz, cigars. In the Spencer
ljewslry store was located the Dakota
Central Telephone conpany's switch
borad. and that was destroyed. inter.
rupting communication With the burn
ed town for several hours.
Deer hunters in the Black Hills thi
year are not goil g to be SO plentiful
as here ofor-, and the feet footed ami
NAL which had many friends in the
last legislature will be afforded con
siderable protection this fall. Hereir
to it has been the law that hunters
could bag two deer, either buck or doe
each year, for the small sum of 81
provided they lived in the state, ant
whenever there was Snowfall il
November the slaughter was heavy
Now the hunter must take out two
licenses, 81 gun license and 81
tdeer license, and is permitted to Kill
but one, a buck, each season. Non
residents must pay SIS for the gul
license and $25 for the deer license
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