Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-22
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

Miss Maud Kelly of Garden City
was killed in a runaway, six miller
from Clark.
T~hirty-four new members VIEW takef
in the Methodist church at Watertown
last Sunday.
A South Dakota Central freight train
ran into a bunch of 40 hogs near DeW
Rapids, killing 26 and Gripping sew
eral more.
John R. Picket, a former sheriff Of
Lyman county, who achieved a 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 hotsd. 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 a sanatorium.
Representatives Burke and Martin
have recommended the appointment
of George J. Hamilton as postmaster
at Mcintosh, to succeed Eldon ]. Cook.
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 81, 200 were taken. The
safe was opened by ne 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
WATERFOWL, who sold tags on tag
day." were opened and the 40 boxes
found to contain S359.45. This money
will be used by the society for the re-
lief of the poor during the winter.
Miss Lizzie Herman, a school teach
Ell near Parker, was cleaning clothing
with gasoline the other day when the
clothing, soaked with the fluid, caught
fire, setting fire to Miss Tiernan't
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 WATERFOWL, n
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 has 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-
ton and Yankton college. YanktoD
will defend the negative of the same
question in a 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 a
golden eagle alive. When discovered
by Mrs. Borah the eagle was fighting
with a dog. She procured a 22-caliber
rifle and fired at the bird. 1t dropped
to the ground, presumably dead, but
proved to have been only stunned, the
bullet evidently having grazed its
head, as no marks were found upon
it's body. The eagle now is alive and
we'll in captivity and appears none the
worse for it's 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-
struction will commence in the spring.
The townsite company donated four
line lots as a site for the structure.
The new Methodist church at Get
tysburg will be dedicated on January
Fl. Rev. DR.. T. C. Iliff of Salt Lake
City, will nave charge of the exercises.
Over a million dollars ($1,1S2, 926.31D
are on deposit in the four banks of
Watertown, according to the Deem
Der statements.
Leading farmers in the vicinity of
Watauga have organized what will be
known as the Farmers Cooperative
company. They have purchased the
general merchandise business of Bing-
ham Bros. at Watauga.
The burning Of the store and post
Office at Bonnettie Springs was a total
loss OF several thousand dollars, there
being no insurance. The owners OF
the store lived over it and the house
hold goods and clothing were lost also.