The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-04
STATE NEWS

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main line between Bridgewater an
MitchslL A gang led Of sixt,
laborers begen August l rebuildin
and ballasting the track. Hea-le
rails will replace TIA present ones
thus putting the track in coaditior
to recei e portion Ut the coast
s ,rvicn.
"A l4-year-old son OF Ms. Charles
Perry. of Big Bend county in III
$ outhern part of Hughes county wa
dragged to death by his poay las
Sunday. He was racing with another
boy when his saddle turned, throwing
him off. With his foot caught in the
stirrups, he was dragged some dis
lance before he was torn loose from
the saddle. He lived but a short time.
Fearing the loss of her mind, Mrs,
Pearl Vettito. wife of a we'll known
employee of the Homestake Mining
company at Lead, sent a bullet from a
80 caliber revolv er crashing through
her heart late this afternoon at bel
hcme in Lead, while the other me
bers of the family were in an aGjoir.
ing room. She was 80 years of of age
and IS survive by a husband and two
children. She lived five minutes.
The corner stone of the new Hyde
county courthouse at Highmore. will
be laid Saturday August E. The
Masonic grand lodge vii, conl,:t the
ceremonies. Members of the Masonic
order, the various other lodges in the
city, the county officers, and Company
D, of the S D. N. G. will m area to
the site of the new building. There
will be present quite . number of
prominent Masons from aifferent
points Of the state.
Fire at White Rock destroyed prop
ertv aggregat ting S26. 900 in value,
out partially covered with insuran ,e.
The flee stlrtei ilriny the night in !
the hardware store of Johns, IN Hard
ware company, AMI spread to adjoin-
ing building, five altogether being de-
'troyed, whila it was with great diff
guilty that the remainder Of tRe bust.
ness portion of the town was saved.
The heaviest loser is the j Johnson
company, SIS, 600, with So, 600 insur-
ance. sEr
The Knightsbof Columbus, of Woor.
socket have arranged to have their
ual picnic a Ruskin park. Wednes-
lay August9. In the morning Rev.
". j. ~Surrrenant, president of Col
umbus college, of Chamberlain, will
deliver a lecture; in the. afternoon
at 100 o'clock George W.. Egan will
give an address. Two baseball games
will be played, one Between two
knights of Columbus teams and the
Letcher and Washington Springs
clubs. Special traius will be run to-
the grounds from Madison and Woon-
socket.
While three, farmers were goiag
nome fir m Hurley at alb put ten o'clo ck'
last Saturday night their wagon. and.
horses we're surrounded by six or
even men. The horses were grabbed
by the bridl IS and the men covered
With reyolver3 and ordered to throw
up their hands. Some of the men
leaped into the wagon and rifeled
their victims pockets. Tue robbers
had their faces covered with bandages
and acted more like q bunch of des.
perate heb oes thanh veteran robbers,
They got a gold watch, abo.t SIS in
money and beat a retreat through a
cornfield.
Reports from the region north OF
Hecla, S. D., which was devastated
by hail last week show that a tract
between thirty and forty miles Ion 9
and from two to six miles wide was
swept over by the devastating hail.
1t is claimed at least 4OO. q arter Sec
lions of gro wing crops were "hailed
out" the average money loss to each
quarter section heing $1,000, or the
enormous total of $500. 600. The
losses to indivuals range from SIS, 900
downward to 81, 900 or less. Crops in
the neighborhood Of Hecla were the
best in northern South Dakota this
jear, and the calamity is keenly felt.
While driving his auto on the Hart
lord streets SATURDAY. NIGHT Albert