The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-25
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES

nave peeu ChanSed from tnree 10 NN6
districts.
Rev. A. t. PioetZ has assumed the
task OF organizing boy scouts patrol
in Scotland, and already has quite
membership enrolled.
Frank Breitkrentz 4 well known
farmer of GrotoD. was badly hurt
when his wagon load Of implements
turned turtle and buried him under it.
The shortage OF carpenters is SER
iously delaying Colome building opera
tions. A number OF buildings are IN
course OF construction or contem-
plated.
Rev. H. ]. Hack. who for eight years
has been pastor OF the Madison Ger
man Baptist church. has departed with
his family for Newark, n J.. where
he has accepted n pastorate.
Three deep tilling machines have
been delivered at White Owl. George
Tivis has disposed Of about go OF
these machines this fall to residents
in that section OF Meade county.
Fire OF mysterious origin destroyed
the Brown elevator at Beemis, togeth.
or with large amount of grain. The
insurance covers only the loss Of the
grain, SO the elevator was total loss.
The annual convention Of the Nc
pkerson County Sunday sch ool asso
sociation was held at Lelola last Sun.
day and was very successful affair,
the attendance being al that could be
desired.
The Spencer brotherhood, religious
society, has elected the following Of
Gcers for the coming six months:
President. J. &. Plank, vice president
J. Goats worth scCretary.treasurer
W. J. Lolcks.
r. J.. Daugh"rty. state mine inspec
tor, is in the southern hills where he
is inspecting the mines now in opera
ton at Keystone and Ilill City. The
district is reported as booming and
very prosperous.
Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Magstadt. living
near Scotland. were thrown from their
buggy during Il runaway Mr.. Mag
stadJ escaped without serious injury
but his Wife had three ribs broken
and both bones Of one arm were brok-
on just above the wrist.
Il. +. Scott of Chamberlain, one OF
the most successful druggists in South
Dakota, has let a contract for the erec-
ton OF $25 900 building on one of the
finest sites in the business center. The
structure will contain two large bust.
ness rooms on the first floor and will
be equipped with modern conven.
fences on all floors
The careless dropping OF lighted
match on the Hoimberg farm near
Rockham, started q prairie fire which
caused a great deal of damage. A ter.
ritory one-half mile wide and two
miles long was burned over before
the flames We're extinguished and
IL stacks OF grain and a large amount
OF hay was consumed
Byron Braley. carpenter, 40 years
old, Of Sioux Falls. was crushed TO
death by a switch engine in the Oma-
ha yards. Braley, who had been drink
ing, was crossing the tracks near the
depot when an engine, switching some
cars, backed up on him and he was
crushed beneath the fender He
leaves a wife and three children.
NGhi1n O.. -
his farm in Brantford township. Ham
liz county. Jukius Rider aged 60
years, was caught in the gearing by
his coat and thrown violently to the
ground, striking with great force on
his head His head was crushed by
the force OF contact with the ground,
and he died the day following tho ac-
cident
William Smith, laborer working
for John Wickhem, IA contractor at
work on the Milwaukee grading be
tween Marion and Milbank. shot him
self after threatening to kill Wick
hem, causing a general terrc.- riot for
a few days ove.. 500 which Smith
claimed was due him Tor work per
formed and not yet paid for Smith
was deu.ented
A United States grand jury. within
n few hours after convening. returned
an indictment containing four counts
against Hortense Rich, charging her
with violating the white slave law by
inducing two girls TO come TO her
Sioux Falls resort from ST Paul The
government will make strong effort
to have the case tried at tho present
term Of federal court
The dog towns Of the west river
country appear TO be getting their an
nUai fall influx OF rattle snakes, and
one man near Midland reports ten rat
tiers as the result OF a half day skir-
mish through one OF the dog towns in
that vicinity. These reptiles are not
often met with east OF the river, as
so years of settlement has done a
great deal toward their determination.
But at places west Of the river they
are yet numerous.