The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-08-31

pioneer citizen, VINO at present Is
member of the state Legislature from
MinIehaha county.
| HERRICK-Prepara are being
made for a fall festival and carnival
| to be held here September and s.
BRIDGEwATER. S. D. A. L..
Arnold. well-known and pioneer re 81
dent of this city. passed away at lie
home at an early hour yesterday from
| a lingering illness.
| RAvINIA--A new public school
building is in course OF construction
here, and by the terms OF the contract
must be completed and ready for oc,
cupancy not later than October ! next.
| PARKSToN--A canning factory has
| commenced operations here and before
the close Of the season will have canned
many thousands of bushels Of corn pur.
| chased from the farmers of this yicin-
ity.
| MARION-Mrs. A. A. GRADER and her
motherinlaw, well known residents o.
| this vicinity, were attacked by a mad
| bull and sustained serious injuries
| Both women were badly bruised before
being rescued, and both had bones dis.
located.
| VIBORG--While visiting at the home
OF friends at Irene, Mrs. Lena Christen.
sen. a well known pioneer resident OF
this place. missed her footing while de.
scending stairway and fell to the bot.
tom, sustaining injuries which caused
her death.
| PIERRE-William Schreiyer, OF Sully
county, is under a physicians care a.
the result OF an attack made upon him
| by vicious bull. Luckily Schreivel
| was able to make his escape with ne
worse injury than several broken ribs
| and bruises.
| BRIDGEWATER-W approached
a cloud burst occurred here last even.
ing. when over two inches OF rain ano
hail fell within space OF 20 minutes
Corn was stripped OF its leaves and fia1
and gardens damaged to quite an ex.
tent by the hail.
| FLANDREAU--The contract hok
been awarded for installing a new o.
| 600 barrel elevated tank In connection
with the municipal waterworks system
at this place. The work OF construct.
ing the tank will commence as soon al
the material arrives.
| MILLER--Paris green sprinkled over
q patch of potato vines resulted In thS
loss to Mrs. Frank Davis of 100 ffns
turkeys that ate the bugs afterwards
The turkey crop was Mrs. Davis hope.
as the grain had failed, and when these
all died she was quite discouraged.
! LEOLA-This place is to have new
| public hall building in the near future.
p. L. Schuchardt q local capitalist
having decided to provide the town
with such structure. At present thers
is not single room in town suitable
for holding public gatherings.
! PIERRE-Albert Norby, publisher Of
the Stanley County Homestead. at
Hayes, has obtained control OF the
Stock Growers News, at Fort Pierre
| He will take personal charge of the
News. but will also conduct the Home.
| stead.
GANN VALLEY - The Buffalo
county fair and baseball tournament
will be held here Wednesday and
| Thursday, September 6 and z. There
VIII be three good bali games and other
| sports. Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Chamberlain band.
! CENTERvILLE, S. D.-Mrs. Swan
J Nelson, died at her home in this city
! last night, aged rs. Mrs. Nelson 4,
! survived by a husband and several sons
| and daughters. The family moved to
town about one year ago from the farm
a few miles south where they settled
many years age.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
| completed for the seventh annual con-
vention Of the Day County Sunday
School association, which will be held
in the Methodist church on Sunday
September 3. Every Sunday school in
the county is expected to send two OF
more delegates.
| .CENTERVILLE-Se auto loads
| of Cepteiyilles business men will make
! a booster trip to some neighboring
towns Thursday to advertise the biz
labor day celebration to be pulled off
here next Monday. This town has not
4 celebrated independence day for several
years. and propose TO make this coming
event hummer.
CENTERVILLE- - John Helgeland
the young man nearly crushed to death
recently at the Reedy elevator, by the
bursting OF a bin of corn, is surprising
his physician and friends by rapidly
recovering from his Injuries. Hedge
!, land remained Unconscious for nearly
two days after the accident, and death
was hourly expected.
SIOUX FALLS Charging that the
Milwaukee railroad violated the United
States time service law, United States
Attorney K. z. Wagner, for South Da-
kota, has started action for $1,000 dam
ages. The complaint alleges that the
road worked a crew Of Ave men EN-
ployed on the division west OF Aber-
deem longer than the time allowed by
the statute. The case will be tried In
the federal court at Aberdeen.
PIERRE-W. o. Schmalin. living
near Midland, was attracted by a com
motion in one room of his house a few
days ago. and on investigation found
that q rattlesnake which had ventured
In at the open door had tangled up with
a sheet of sticky flypaper and was tying
himself into closer and closer knots ir
his effort to get away. The snake could
not break loose. from the hold of the
paper, and was soon put out of the
way by the use of handy club.
CLEAR LAKE-Rev. F. d. Stafford
pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
church of this city, has declined to ac-
cept the position of financial secretary
of the Iowa Children's Home society
at an annual salary OF $4,000. Septem.
Der 20 he will attend the annual con-
! ference at Sioux City and expects to bt
returned to the pastorate here. The
conferences in Iowa are being held un.
usually early this year that the bishop.
may attend the ecumenical conferenc.
which will be held at Toronto, Canada
, October ALI.
LAKE ANDES-Informatio ha.
reached here from Yankton Indiar
agency of the drowning in the Mis-
souri, river of William Kitteau son O
David Kitteau, well known Charlie.
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