The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-03-03
OVER THE STATE

L. OANAA 49, g.
e-.c- Of South Dakota in the last
.s~.pa:gn, has been found here by
r., son Ben Wood, of Rapid City.
+. IS a little old make-shift that
l4.rs no comparison with the roll top
t->ks in his Offices today, but the relic
a.~eals TO the affection Of the sons,
a. they intend 10 keep it as a me-
INTO Of his early days in the prac-
t.v of law.
4oerdeen-The various Offices OF
Sg.th Dakota and the northwest have
lived notice from the land depart
mt at Washington that President
III has signed the bill extending the
.--e for homesteaders to locate on
,a,.r land until May Is. This infOrma-
tal was gladly received by hund: eds
NO expect TO take up their residence
O.. claims this spring. and who have
ped TO be able TO wait until the
ing season opened before moving
CT to their land.
Nitchell-The post office fight in
is city has begun. w. A. Branch,
eI:tOr of the Clarion, a progress
ia republican organ, is ~ciTculat-
- his position u GUST James E.
Wells. who was placed there by the
aggressive element three years ago.
HIS term does not expire until early
Il 1912. and il is evident that there
viii be a warm campaign later in
tie year. which might lead eventually
- an election TO secure the name Of
Al appo.ntee.
Pierre-Two little sons of Harley
Kaphart, who lives a few miles
north of Fort Pierre. were burned
TO death Thursday afternoon. Mr.. KEEP
hart was not at home, and Mrs. Keep
hart had gone 10 a nearby pasture
10 get a horse and left the children,
one 1 and the other 2 years old, alone
in the house. and while away the
building caught fire from ONE cause,
burning the helpless children before
anything could be done to rescue
them.
Miller-A rural mail carrier nam
ed Paul Kieffer, near washington
Springs, in starting out on his trip
placed the patent foot warmer in
the sled and walked behind to make
it easier for the horses in the deep
snow. Soon the contents of the sled,
including caluable mail, was a mass
of flames shooting high in the air,
which frightened the team into a wild
run. When they were finally stopped
1t was found all was burned but the
sled.
Deadwood-To Frank Murphy and
Martin Berg belongs the credit for
the capture of the largest trout ever
found in the Black Hills. The lucky
pair found it in Sand Creek. a private
preserve and hooked il but it required
an hour and a half battle in the icy
water to land the prize. The trout
is of the speckled variety, measures
26 inches in length and weighs nine
pounds and five ounces 1t Is now
on exhibition.
Aberdeen-A rumor is in circu'a-
ton in Aberdeen, which appears
to have some foundation, to the
effect that the Northwestern road
which now runs it's passenger trains
through to the terminus of the line
at Cakes, n. D., will hereafter run
the night trains only as far as Abb
erdeen, putting on local day trains
between Aberdeen and Cakes, and vir-
tually making this place a passenger
division point.
Gov. Vessey has sent a reply to r.
o. Richards as to his reasons for de-
Ginning to support the Richards pri-
mary bill, giving a number of de-
tailed reasons one of which Is that
the bill seeks to destroy party organ
ization and government by party, and
providing for government by factions,
which In the end will mean a number
of factional followings with minority
nominations and no dement's to be
gained.
Rapid City-Mike Shy, forty years
old. threw kerosene on a fire in a
bunk car on the Rapid Canyon line
to hurry it up. The explosion fired
the car, demolishing 1t, burned the
clothes from Shy, horribly disfguring
his body. The fire wa at five Sun
day afternoon. Shy died at two Mon
day morning. His mother lives at
Shaynesville, Ohio. Shy was employ
ed as derrick man on the railroad last
year.
Chamherlain-Bridge Superintend-
ent Drum, OF the Milwaukee rail-
road, has assembled a large amount
of piling on the river bank at
this place, and the last few days
workmen have been engaged in the
preliminary work OF placing piers in
the Missouri river several hundred
feet above the railroad bridge. This
piling is calculated to break up the
ice before It reaches the bridge.
Aberdeen-Despondent because of
an attack of asthma OF long stand
ing, Christian Keppler, a farmer
living twelve miles from Aberdeen,
committed suicide by sending a re-
volver bullet through his brain. His
wife attempted to prevent the act, but
failed. Keppler had been acting
strangely for several days and is be-
lieved to have been mentally derang-
ed.
Spearhsh-Scarlet fever has brok-
en- out in the dormitory of the
State Normal school and several OF
the students have been removed to an
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