The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-24
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

borer. aged about 35 years, was
brought TO this city by Deputy Sheriff
Mc3ee, from Ortley. s. d., In this
county. and placed In the county jan
70 await trial at the December term Of
der. He was found Saturday night
standing over the PROSTATE body OF
Albert Mnckay near the depot, at the
town Of Ortley, with q heavy hardwood
club In his hand. The skull OF Mac
kay was beaten and crushed and he
passed away Monday morning.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES men of Luff-
man and Veblen and w~ell-to-do farm-
ers In the vicinity Of tho former towIf,
have organized the First State bank
of Huffman, which will open for BUSH
ness November 1 with a capital OF
$4,000. The officers of the institute
ton will be: President. George r.
Anderson: vice president, E. A. Mo-
ant cashier. Elmer Kaas.
SISSEToN-Halvor Hantho. an aged
and respected farmer, residing In this
county, north OF this city, was found
dead by the side Of the highway q
shor distance from his farm. The
c~oroner's inquest determined that
death resulted from natural causes
no foul play is suspected, as a
person when the body was recovered.
BROOKINGS-Prof. N. e. Hansen OF
the state college OF agriculture, has
been exhibiting samples OF q new plum
which he originated this season at the
college. The new fruit Is q cross be-
tween the large Japanese apple plum
and the Terry plum, a native, and 1t hss
the size, aroma and velvety flesh OF its
Japanese ancestor and the hardness
and fine flavor OF the native.
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Sioux Indians on this reservation. ii
was decided by them to hold an Indian
fair here on October rs. In connec-
ton with the fair there will be an ex-
hibit OF farm products from lands Gull
tivated by Indians, and various races
and other sports. Several Thousand In
dams viii be In attendance.
MARvIN-wiliam Smith, q iaborer
working for John Wickhem, a con-
tractor at work on. the Milwaukee grad
Ing between here and Miibank, shot
himself after threatening to kill Wick
ern, causing q general terror riot for q
few days over $50 which Smith claimed
was due him for work performed and
not yet paid for. Smith wal de-
mented.
PIERRE-State Veterinarian Hicks
says the horse disease. which secured
- AoobAboAdar III DOIIlG Hh Oh the '. HOuInGTn
counties OF h state, has been stopped
by the colder weather and frost. No
new cases are being reported and some
horses affected have recovered. DIR.
Hicks has all along commended that the
trouble wa bacterial and would end
with frost, which would destroy the
pasture germs. ga, T.,
CHAMBERLAIN. r. scott. or this
city, one OF the most successful drug
H14ta IN South nnlANn 49,
tract for the erection Of q $4,000 build
ing on one OF the finest sites In the
business center. The structure win con-
tain two large business rooms on the
first floor and viii be equipped with
modern conveniences on all floors.
SIOUX FALLS-Byron BraIey, a
carpenter, 40 years old, was crushed TO
death here by a switch engine In the
Omaha yards. Braley, who had been
drinking, was crossing the tracks near
the depot when an engine, switching
some cars, backed up on him n he
was crushed beneath the fender, He
leaves a wife and three children.
KENNEBEc-One Of the best artes-
Ian wells In Lyman county has been
completed on the Freelove farm neal
here. The well Is 1,001 feet deep. II
Is three inches in diameter and has q
flow OF about 500 gallons per minute.
AhAN AAh|SS oAhpES No~AAAA6obO a hdIBS
area of land. @'."-...
HOT sPRINGS-EyerythinR indi.
Gates that there with be a good attend
ance at the second annual convention
Of the Fall River County Sunday School
association. to be held here Saturday
and Sunday, October 10 and 20. An
Interesting program has been pre-
pared.
EGAN-William Schrader, living on
n farm near here, was the victim OF o.
serious accident. A dog ran out and
frightened his team. During the run.
away Schrader was thrown from the
wagon, which passed oyer him, badly
braising him and inficting internal In
Juries. = IN
SCOTLAND-Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
M~agstadt, living near here, were thrown
from their buggy in q runway. Mag.
stadt escaped without serious injury
but HIS wife had three ribs broken anc
both OF one arm were broker
Just above the wrist
MLBANK-Alfred Nord, an Is.
year-old Grant county resident, caugh
his right arm In a silage cutter on hi.
fathers farm and before he could ge
IL loose the arm was drawn into tht
cutter to the elbow and terribly
mangled. @s#
MILLER-Soren jacobson, a pron1i
mi farmer, was blinded, most likely
permanently by an explosion of hint.
that he was shaking, the report beink
as loud as from a gun. His nose ane
mouth were filled with the stun, and hi
Is In a very bad condition. .
LEoLA-One of the heavy shipments
of cattle from northern South Dakota
took. place this week, when Turner
Bell q Co., OF Leola, sold $40 head OF
prime steers to a firm at Tabor, s. d.
which will fatten them. The steers
averaged hoo. s-.
SISSETON-Mrs. M. A. Knappen
who resumed publication Of the Sis
seton Standard two weeks ago, after
II had been In charge OF III. p. KNAPP
pen for several years. last week again
sold the paper, this time to J.. w.
Featherstone. formerly or Sank Cen
ter, Mimi.
MOBRIDGE--This town Is suffering
from a famine I'm plumbers. There are
a number OF good sized buildings UNI
der construction, and the plumbing
contractors cannot get enough men TO
do the work
GAYVILLE-Six stacks OF winter
wheat were destroyed here by q fire
started by g spark from an engine et-
tacned to q threshjng machine which
was about to begin threshing them.
The stacks were the property OF Thorn