Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-01-27

next week.
--Chas. McClintock has moved his
family in the Stankey house on the
the north side.
|. -Zene Cummins departed for
points in Iowa Monday. He is billed
for several wrestling matches in differ
ent places in that state.
james Callahan, son of j. t.
Callahan, went to Parker, this state,
Friday of last week. He was married
to a young lady of that city Tuesday,
the oath. The happy couple will
make their home on a farm south Of
this city.
Louis Thomas, colored, who lived
at the VIM. Kruger home for several
years, died Saturday oflast week and
was buried Monday. 4 Services were
conducted by Rev. Fred R~awlinson
at the home. The deceased was an ex
slave whose real name was Williams.
He took the name of his owner when
given his freedom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rockeyfanlle. of
Sioux Falls, are guests at the Del
Vecchio home, having arrived Mon
day evening for a stay of a week.
MIR. R~ockeyfanlle is a harpist who has
appeared in this city several times
with an orchestra. He is also inter
ested in a twenty acre apple orchard
near Sioux Falls, which he hopes will
prove a profitable venture in the near
future. The trees are now four
years old and it is expected they will
begin bearing in another year.
"A farmers institute will be held
at the opera house in this city on
Monday and Tuesday, February 9th
and 7th. Small grains, soil moisture,
dry farming experiences in the west,
sanitation, hogs. crop rotation,
potatoes, the seed bed and corn are
the subjects to be treated and dis
cussed Prof. j. ID. Towar and DIR.
II. HI. Stoner will be the speakers the
first day, and Mr.. Ellis and Prof. M.
l.. Wilson will be the speakers for
the second day. The meetings for
the first day will be at l:30 in the
afternoon and 7:30 in the evening; for
the second day at 1890 in the fore
noon and 1:30 in the afternoon.
Everything free A special invitation
is extended to the ladies and the
boys.
james Plumb and l.. B Brown,
of Esmond, were De Smet visitors
Wednesday. They informed the
Independent that the report that John
Ward. who died a few DAYS agn. could
not get anyone at Esmond to take
him home and that be started to walk
and fell by the roadside is all wrong
They tell us that Mr. Ward did not
ask anyone to drive him home, and
that he did not make his illness known
to anyone upon his arrivala at Esmond.
How the report started they did no
know, unless it was from the fact that
he walked out to the home of his
neice a short distance from the town
on that day as he had done many
times before shea returning f:e:n his
trips to the stock market and not find
ing any Of bis people to meet him.
Some of the prominent men Of
the Congregational society in this
state have given the De Smet people
to understand this city was entitled
to the annual session of the state
council next May if the people of
De Smet would comply with the usual
requirements. The rule is that the
city where the council is held must
agree to furnish lodging and break
fast for the delegates, the other meals
and expenses are borne by the dele
gates themselves. The usual at
tendance is about one hundred, we
are told, and it would seem that it
would be an easy matter to comply
with the requirements. The ladies of
the local church have taken the matter
up and already have pledges sufficient
to cover part of the requirement. De
Smet might as we'll be alive and go
after something of this kind once In a
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