The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-11-16
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

been completed 10 the interior Of both thu
! Masonic and Odd Fellows halls at this
! place.
NARROWING new opera house at this
| place Is fast nearing completion and will
soon be ready to be formally opened tG
the public
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the athletic
club which recently was organized here
! have been fitted UP and part OF the outfit
for the club has arrived.
NORTHUMBERLAND Lenna, a pioneer
resident of this portion Of Lincoln county
died at the home of his son, near here
aged 81 years and months.
YANKTON-Torger Thompson, a pic.
neer farmer had his left hand amputated
at the wrist here after getting the mem
Der mashed to pulp In a cornhusker
which Thompson was operating on his
farm near town.
PIERRE--Governor Wesley has granted
q requisition on the governor Of Nebras-
ka for custody of ]. A. Gregory, wanted
In Gregory county on charge Of grand
larceny. Gregory is being held at Omaha
for the Gregory county officers.
ELKTON-At a meeting of the stock.
holders of the cooperative company
which will establish a new creamery here
dent. A. ]. Quinn; secretary, o. w. Mar
shall; treasurer. w. 8. Rosburg.
ST. PAUL-Forty-five ducks, shipped
from Osceola, 8. D., to Chicago, were
confiscated by deputy game warden al
the Great Northern Express office in St
Paul yesterday. The birds were confis-
Gated under authority Of the Lacey fed,
eral law.
HURON-Ten thousand dollars was
raised here Saturday to complete the en-
dowment fund OF $4,000 for Huron col
lege. The amount Is one of the largest
ever raised In this section of the north
west for educational institutions and is
the cause Of great rejoicing.
ABERDEEN-It is now understood that
Eva May Kre.ter, recently convicted OF
killing her husband and sentenced to
serve a four-year term Of Imprisonment
at Sioux Falls will accept her sentence
and not appeal the case. She appeared to
be unchanged In her attitude over the
deed she committed.
PIERRE-Thc supreme court after a
weeks absence from the bench, listened
to the oral argument in the case of
Cooper vs. Henry. Beatty and Juliand; on
an order to show cause. The suit origin
ated In Pennington county.
acres, four miles west OF this city, has
been sold to Henry s. Wager, Of st. Hell
ena, Neb. The price paid was $4,000. or
SIS an acre. This is one of the largest
county real estate deals for some time
past.
ABERDEEN--Albert Boothroyd. ex-
press messenger for the Wells Fargo Ex-
press company on the Chicago, M.lwau-
kee st. Paul railway between Aberdeen
and Sioux City. died very suddenly, fol-
lowing an operation. Mr.. Boothroyd was
taken i'll Sunday while on his run.
PARKSTON, s. D.--A wedding of in
terest took place last Tuesday when
Miss Annie Reimeitz, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Remeitz, of Berlin
township. and Mr.. William Vented
large affair, about 200 guests being
present. Following the ceremony a
dinner was served.
acknowledgements acid was the
route selected by August Groeber to put
an end to his life, when he drank q
quantity of the poison and walked into
the presence of several friends and his
family, having taken 1t in an adjoining
room. He died almost Immediately and
before assistance could be secured. Groe-
Der leaves a wife and several children de-
wEssINGTON-Audito Wilson, of the
Atlas Elevator company, while here stated
that the slump in the price of fax is due
to the poor quality of the seed. He fur.
ther stated that tests have demonstrated
that the green seed has very little Oil In
II, with the probability that It will not do
for seed. Mr.. Wilson expresses the opin-
ion that this class Of fax will not be
worth more than $3.50 per bushel.
ABERDEEN-On November q and q,
20 white clergymen and as many Indian
clergymen Of the Episcopal church In
South Dakota will assemble here for a
two days session of the Ogilvie confer
ence, funds for which are provided by
Mrs. Ogilvie, wealthy New York wom-
an. The conference Is for the purpose Of
enabling the clergymen to meet, without
expense to themselves, to discuss denom-
national needs.
HOWARD-Three horses belonging to
Wallace Hunt and four belonging to Chris
Freeman, farmers living some miles from
Howard. have been shot and killed be-
cause 1t wa sfound they had CHAMBERS.
Alarm exists among other horse owners
and strenuous efforts are being made to
stamp out the disease. The state pays
half the loss for horses killed because of
CHAMBERS. but insists on an appraisal of
not to exceed 800 per head.
ABERDEEN-Division officials OF the
Milwaukee road announce that the new
division office buildings, passenger station
and freight depot and roundhouse which
have been in process of construction ever
since early last spring, will be completed
and ready for occupancy at the time
scheduled In the contracts, December Is.
The buildings are all modern in construc-
ton. exceptionally handsome in appear
ance. and fireproof. and represent an in
vestment Of 100000.
MITCHELL-Offcers at Salem succeed
ed in the arrest of two men, supposed to
be yeggemen, who when searched gave
up quantities of nitroglycern, fuses. and
other stuff used I'm the blowing of safes.
The men had been there for several days,
and were in as Migrants. The suppose
ton is that they were hanging around
Salem with the idea Of going out into some
of the country towns and making raid
on either a bank or postoffice.
GEDDES-Representat of the com,
mercial clubs of Platte, Geddes. Lake An
des and Avon met with the Wagner Com
mercial club at Wagner to take action In
relation to better train service on the
Platte l.ne of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad. Committees were APP
pointed and a united action will be taken
for a more satisfactory train service. A
committee was appointed to interview tho
officials Of the road. rbe present train
service is such that oIr people do not get
the mail the day II arrives and express is
not delivered until taC next day.