Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02

ton was gladly received by hund eds
who expect to take up their residence
on claims this spring, and who have
hoped to be able to wait until the
spring season opened before moving
on to their land.
Mitchell The post office fight in
this city has begun. w A. Branch
editor of the Clarion. a progress
i've republican organ, is cilculat
pg his position to oust James E.
Wells, who was placed there by The
progressive clement three years ago
His term does not expire until early
in 1912, and it is evident that there
viii be warm campaign later in
the year, which might lead eventually
to an election TO secure the name Of
an appointee.
Pierre Two little sons OF Harley
Kephart. who lives a few miles
north OF Fort Pierre, were burnee
to death Thursday afternoon Mr. KEEP
hart was not at home, and Mrs. KEEP
hart had gone to a nearby pasture
to get a horse and left the children,
one and the other years old. alone
in the house, and while away the
building caught fire from some cause,
burning the helpless children before
anything could be done to rescue
them
Miller rural mail carrier nam
ed Paul kietfer, near Washington
Springs, in starting out on his trip
placed the patent foot warmer in
the sled and walked behind to make
it easier for the horses in the deep
snow. Soon the contents of the sled,
including caluable mail, was a mass
of flames shooting high in the air,
which frightened the team into wild
run When they were finally stopped
it was found all was burned but the
sled
Deadwood To Frank Murphy and
Martin Berg belongs the credit for
the capture of the largest trout ever
found in the Black Hills The lucky
pair found it in Sand Creek. a private
preserve and hooked it but it required
an hour and half battle in the icy
water to land the prize. The trout
is OF the speckled variety. measures
26 inches in length and weighs nine
pounds and five ounces 1t is now
on exhibition
Aberdeen A rumor is in circula-
tion in Aberdeen. which appears
to have some Foundation, to the
effect that the North Western road
which now runs its passenger trains
through to the terminus of the line
at Cakes, n. D., will hereafter run
the night trains only as far as Alb
erdeen. putting on local day trains
between Aberdeen and Oakes, and vlr-
tually making this place a passenger
division point
Gov. Vessey has sent a reply to r.
O. Richards as to his reasons for de-
clining to support the Richards pri-
mary bill, giving a number of de-
tailed reasons, one of which is that
the bill seeks to destroy party organ
ization and government by party, and
providing for government by factions,
which in the end will mean a number
of factional followings with minority
nominations and no benefits to be
gained.
Rapid City-Mike Shy, forty years
old, threw kerosene on a fire in a
bunk car on the Rapid Canyon line
to hurry it up The explosion fired
the car, demolishing it. burned the
clothes from Shy, hor 3ly distiguring
his body. The fire was at fl Sum
day afternoon Shy died at two Mon
day morning. His mother lives at
shaynesville, Ohio Shy was employ
ed as derrick man on the railroad last
| year.
Chamberlain-Bridge Surerintend-
ent Drum, of the Milwaukee rail-
road, has assembled large amount
of piling on the river bank at
this place. and the last few days
workmen have been engaged in the
preliminary work of placing piers i'm
the Missouri river several hundred
feet above the railroad bridge. This
piling is calculated to break up the
ice before it reaches the bridge.
! Aberdeen-Desponde because of
an attack of asthma of long stand
I ing, Christian Keppler, farmer
living twelve miles from Aberdeen
committed suicide by sending a re-
volver bullet through his brain. His
wife attempted to prevent the act, but
failed. keppler had been acting
strangely for several days and is be-
lieved to have been mentally derang-
ed
spearfsh Scarlet fever has brok-
en- out in the dormtory of the
State Normal school and several of
the students have been removed to an
| isolated place and the first floor OF
the dormitory is under quarantine
I Springfield = Hilda crosley. the
fourth little girl to pass away as
the result of the Dawes kerosene en-
plosion was buried last Saturday. She
was apparently improving at the
Sioux City hospital but blood poison
ing set in and she yielded up her life
on Thursday.