The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-22
SOUTH DAY MA AT A GLANCE.

The Cheyenne river is out Of its
banks and doing small amount OF
damage at various points along its
course.
Mrs. Ellen Clifford, aged 76, an in.
sane woman, held the officers away
from her home near Highmore for
two weeks with two loaded shotguns.
She was captured through the deliv.
cry OF fake telegram.
At special meeting OF the citi.
zens OF Watertown special com.
mittee which had been previously ap-
pointed reported comprehensive en-
dorsement OF the commission plan Of
government A vote may be taken on
the question this year.
The annual state convention of the
Y. NJ. c. A. is in session at Huron.
Many prominent men from various
parts of the state are in ATTENDANCE.
What is believed to be the head of
the last buffalo known to have exist
ed in South Dakota is on exhibition
at Rapid City. 1t belongs to an In.
dian.
G. c. Clausen of Armour was ar
rested and fined $50 on a charge of
conducting a pharmacy without the
proper state pharmacy license.
Fire of unkonwn origin completely
destroyed the home of John Smith of
Yankton. Mr.. Smith VS. at Fordyce
Neb., on business at the time.
A bill has been introduced in con.
gress to increase the pension of l.. s.
Hyde of Gettysburg to $72 per month
He is blind and helpless.
C. w. Rohrer, chief of police at
Pierre, has gone to San Francisco in
charge Of Lyle Wardell, a deserter
from the United States navy.
The commissioners of Sully county
have authorized the purchase by the
county of $4,000 bushels of seed grain
to be distributed to the farmers.
A number of townships in Stanley
| and Lyman counties built dams or
section lines across ravines where
found and as result an enormous
| reserve supply of water for stock and
irrigation has been stored up.
One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings ever held in Mitchell attended q
good roads convention called by the
Mitchell Commercial club.
The Aberdeen Industrial league is
planning to hold home products show
some time next month. A good list OF
exhibits is already promised
A fight against tuberculosis among
the pupils of the government Indian
school at the Cheyenne agency has be
gun. Those affected will be given sep
arate quarters.
A scientific experiment farm may be
established in Brown county. Business
men of Aberdeen and other towns are
backing the move and it is expected
that work will begin this season.
The Milwaukee railway will carry
the case of c. B. Kennedy of Canton
who recovered double damages for the
destruction of his hay crop by fire, to
the supreme court to test the validity
of the law permitting double dam
ages
The militia companies of the state
are being put through rigid inspec.
their being sent to the Mexican Dor
der.
Permission has been granted to the
Rapid river irrigation and reservoir
committee of Rapid City to use the
waters of Castle creek for the irriga-
ton of $4,000 acres of land.
Michael Moffit of Centerville, plead
rr,,t1 10 cI1 4
ing Night Marshal Soren Johnson, and
was sentenced to an indeterminate sen.
tence with limit of five years.
The Watertown Herald has been
sold to c. H. Gunhus, by the East
wood brothers.
A booster club at Sisseton has
raised $4,000 toward the building of
an interstate highway through that
town.
The Hartford Life Insurance COM
pany of Hartford, Conn, has finally
been granted permission to do bust
ness in South Dakota
Firebugs set fire to the lumber mill
and sheds at Sturgis, causing dam.
age of $4,000.
Inc Meade County bank at SturgiS
closed last fall by the state bank ex-
aminer, is again doing business
After search for one year, Charles
Gordon, wanted in Sioux Falls for
forgery, was arrested at Peoria, Ill.
Gov. Wesley has reappointed F. H.
Steward of Buffalo Gap, a member of
the state live stock sanitary board.
Gov. Wesley heads the list of La Fol-
lette-Roosevelt progressive delegates
to the republican national convention.
Lem Winter, barber of Alpena,
died at Mitchell hospital from in
juries sustained when he jumped from
a moving train.
Fire nearly destroyed the town of
Buffalo. near Belle Fourche, in the
midst Of storm. Damage of $4,000
was incurred.
Miss Lillian Putnam, employed in
the Martin factory at Aberdeen, at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
carbolic acid. She had formerly serv-
ed a term in the Plankinton reforma-
tory
Many irrigation projects are being
started in the western part of the