The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-11-09
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

HIGHMORE-The local commercial club
IS preparing to give a banquet to the citi-
Zens at the West hotel on the night OF
November 10.
ELkTON-Local men have ~inaugurated
a movement to organize a commercial
club, and a meeting soon will be called
for the purpose.
Rec HEIGHTS-A band has been or.
ganized here, with Professor Van Camp as
director. Instruments nave been re-
eeivea and practice has commenced.
REDTIELD-A term OF state circuit
court for Sphinx county will convene here
on Tuesday of next week. The term will
be quite prolonged, as IA crininal and At
civil cases are to be disposed OF.
OLIvET-A commercial club has been
organized here the following officers hav-
ing been elected for the coming six
months: President. Chris LANCER; sec
rotary, M. r. Jenison; treasurer, P. j.
Hofer.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are being
completed for the annual convention OF
the Southeastern South Dakota Epworth
league, which will be held here Saturday
and Sunday, November II and 10. Among
the speakers will be Dean Perisho, of the
state university, and Rev. Mr.. Tibbetts, OF
Yankton.
SPEARFISH-A doe and two fawns have
taken up their residence on the ranch of
r. H. Evans, near here, and appear as
tame as domestic animals, permitting per-
sons to approach them without exhibiting
the slightest alarm. 1t is believed they
will remain on the ranch permanently If
not molested.
LUVERNE, MINN.-Ernest Hamann,
aged SO years. a~,resident of this county
for more than 80 years, died here yes
terday. Mr.. Hamann was born in
Germany. He leave a widow aged
about so years and three grnWn sons.
Mr.. Hamann was one of the most re-
spected residents of this county.
DEADWOOD-Cupid was unusually
busy during October and all records for
that month in the marriage business in
this section were broken when IS marriage
licenses were .ssued. The only other time
in the history of the county when mar
riage was 50 popular was the regular
brida month OF ]unc in the year 190o.
when the same number of licenses were
issued.
LEAD-Securins Il box of matches. q
ycar-cld Viola Junell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. August Junell, sucked so much of
the phosphorus from the heads into her
system that she died 10 hours later. The
baby's act was not discovered until her
agony commenced, and although every
thing possible was done by the physicians
summoned. they were unable to alleviate
her suffering until death eusued.
SIOUX FAILS-R. o. Richards, of
Huron, author of The advanced primary
election law which he seeks to have adopt
ed by the voters of South Dakota at the
general election next year, addressed an
audience in the city auditorium in Sioux
Falls last night in support of the pro-
posed new law, His address was along
much the same lines as those made by him
at other points ii the state during the
past 10 days.
Observation-Disclosures secured when
the T.. b. ffcrshman store at this place
was robbed. took the officers TO a point
u miles north of town, where they found
a man giving his name as Fiji" Darby.
who had been hanging around Wolsey for
some time. He vas brought back to VOL
scy and has been lodged In Jail on the
charge of burglary. This will be one of
the few cases in toe history of the state
in which bloodhound evidence will be used
against a defendant.
MADISON. S. D.-Mrs. Martha
bowling, wife OF :. M. Bowling, OF this
city, died suddenly. being stricken with
paralysis OF the heart while
in her household work. Mrs. Bowling
was a pioneer resident OF this county,
coming here from Randolph, Ia. Mrs.
Bowling was 62 years OF age. a hus-
band. S. NJ. bowling, and -four sons.
w. l.. bowling, Ernest Downing and
Raphael Bowling. of this city. and
Frank bowling. of Vermil1ion. S. D.,
survive.
MADlSoN-C. A.. Randall. Chief Dep
uty Fire Commissioner and Inspector
Fred ]. Buck, held a hearing at the city
hall on complaints that had been filed
against a number of dangerous buildings
In Madison. Inspector Buck made an in
speet:on here in August, and as a result
of that inspection and consequent sug-
gestions conditions have been changed so
that the commissioner found Madison In
excellent condition.
RAPID CITY-It now develops that the
! presence. of r. I. England, of Rochester,
N. Y, with President Macomber, of the
r. c.. B.. H. & w. r. r. in the city may
have a bearing on the purchase of the
line by the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy.
Mr.. England is a representative of the
James j. Hill interests which are more
or less allied with the Burlington system.
He made a careful inspection of the r.. c.,
B. II. & w. properties and it is not i'm
probable that a sale of the road to the
bigger corporation ma be unm
SIOUN FALLS-As the result of an un-
usual accident the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Orval Forest, residents of Iroquois,
met his death. The mother left the child,
who was / months old, sitting in a high
chair, and temporarily stepped out Of the
room to attend to household duties. While
she was absent the little boy slipped down
in the chair, catching his head between
the chair and the leaf in front, thus be-
Ing suspended in the ar. When she re-
turned tothc room Z minute c. two later
the Mortified mother found That the boy
was dead
DEADW0oD-That opposition to Con-
gresham Ehen w. Martin. of this city,
will not materialize strongly for ~re-elec.
ton as a member from the Third dis
trict is now becoming evident. DIR. Her.
maj F.. Rate, of Nisiand, a progressive
is the only announced candidate so far
and he is making no campaign. Hon
Peter j. Tscharner, OF Lennon, also a
progressive, and considered strong, was
urged to make the run, hut word received
from Lemrno announces that Tscharner
who was a member of the last state legis.
lature and one of the progressive leaders
has consented only to run again for the
/ legislature ~