The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Miss Maud Kelly of Garden City
was killed in a runaway, six miles
from Clark
Thirty-four new members were taken
in the Methodist church at Watertown
last Sunday.
A South Dakota Central freight train
ran into bunch of 40 hogs near Dell
Rapids, killing 26 and crippling sew
eral more.
John r. Picket, former sheriff Of
Lyman county, who achieved wide
deputation through his attacks on
horse rustlers, is dead.
The Watertown District Medical so.
ciety closed its regular quarterly ses-
sion and annual business meeting in
Watertown with a banquet at the Ar.
cade hoted. Doctors from nearly
every city in the district were in at
tendance.
John Hofer, a grown up son of ia.
cob Hofer, aged % years, a wealthy
Russian farmer residing near Bridge
water who has been suffering for some
time with a slight mental alteration,
became suddenly worse and has been
placed in sanatorium.
Representatives Burke and Martin
have recommended the appointment
of George J. Hamilton as postmaster
at Mcintosh, to succeed Eldon j. Cook
Other South Dakota pOstmasters ap-
pointed are James Beard at Mt. Ayr
and Fred Huston at Gregory.
The general store of Henkin & Son
at Elk Point was burglarized and silks
to the value Of $1,000 were taken. The
safe was opened by the burglars and
several hundred dollars in cash was
taken. Among the other articles TAX
en- were a number of suit cases.
The money boxes carried by the
solicitors for the Sunshine society of
Watertown, who sold tags on tag
day." were opened and the 40 boxes
found to contain S35945. This money
will be used by the society for the re-
lief of the poor during the winter.
Miss Lizzie Tiernan, a school teach.
er near Parker, was cleaning clothing
with gasoline the other day when the
clothing, soaked with the fluid caught
fire, setting fire to Miss Tiernan's
clothing and hair. She retained her
presence of mind and by wrapping
an apron about her head succeeded in
extinguishing the flames before she
was greatly harmed.
Because of the mistake in selling
her a ticket at Winnipeg, Mrs. Janet
Kennis of that city reached Water
town, S. d., instead of Watertown, ~
Y, where she supposed she was being
taken to visit her brother She did not
discover her mistake until she reach
ed this city, and was without means
TO continue her journey. Her brother
was communicated with, however, and
he telegraphed her money, and she
left on the next train.
Word mas been received by the Col
lege League Of Debating and OratOry
at Yankton that the Hamline univer-
sity will defend the negative of the
question of the Recall of Judges"
which will be debated by that institu-
tion and Yankton college Yankton
Will defend the negative OF the same
question in contest against Huron
college. The Hamline-Yankton debate
will be held in Yankton, and the HUI
ron-Yankton contest in Huron some
time in April
Mrs. Borah, wife Of a homesteader
living some miles from Murdo, per-
formed the rare feat OF capturing
golden eagle alive. When discovered
by Mrs. Borah the eagle was fighting
with dog. She procured 22-caliber
rife and fired at the bird. 1t dropped |
70 the ground, presumably dead, but !
proved to have been only stunned, the |
bullet evidently having grazed its
head, as no marks were found upon
its body. The eagle now is alive and
well in captivity and appears none the
worse for its experience.
Members of the Swedish Lutheran
church society at Dallas and vicinity |
have decided to erect a new church |
building in Dallas. The work OF con. |
structiDn will commence in the spring. |
The townsite company dol "'''~ ~
fine lots as site for the structure.
The new Methodist church at Get |
tysburg will be dedicated on January |
o. Rev. DR.. T. c. IliH Of Salt Lake |
City, will have charge of the exercises |
over million dollars (sl.1S2,926.3D |
are on deposit in the four banks Of |
Watertown. according to the Dscem-
Der statements