The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-10-04
SOUlh UAKUIA NeMo NUieS

ffermOSa, is DEAD.
A baby boy born at Garretson has
two well-developed teeth.
Yankton college won its first victory
of the season from Dakota Wesleyan
university, II to 0.
Congressman Burke has Just passed
through successful operation in Chi.
cago for gall stones.
Joseph Narcelle, an 1S-year-old half
breed, is dead at Dupree as the result
Of a mysterious shooting.
Aberdeen will send five delegates to
the twentieth annual irrigation con
gress at Salt Lake City, Utah.
AS the result of his bed clothing TAX.
ing fire from a cigar, Joseph Anderson
Of Elkton was badly burned.
The contract has been awarded to
, Minneapolis man to construct the
| basement of new Catholic church
building at Hoven. The contract
price for the basement alone was
s8,935.
Leon De Scheuquette, mixed blood
Sioux Indian, won first prize in the
corn exhibit He is gaining renown
as a successful farmer, and is making
better record than many white
farmers.
The people Of Mellette have peti-
toned the state railroad commission
for a connecting track between the
lines of the Minneapolis and st. Louis
railway, and the Milwaukee road at
that place.
The canning factory at Parkston Is
| proving great success and has be.
come an important factor in the pros
perity of the farmers of this vicinity.
The seasons poduct of the factory
v i'll lie about 100000 cans.
An important event at Canton was
| the laying of the cornerstone Of new
Masonic temple, now in course of con.
struction. Leading Masons Of the
state were present and the ceremonies
we're of an elaborate character.
The postoffice at Isabel in Dewey
county, has added a new assortment of
lock boxes TO it's equipment, making
341 altogether, and illustrating the
growth of that flourishing new town in
the homestead section of the state.
II. F. Patterson, superintendent of
the South Dakota Better Farming as.
sCciation, estimates the total value OF
the poultry in Brown county at SS5,-
600. He estimates there are 126,000
chickens, 29,35O turkeys, 22,630 ducks
and geese and 6,270 other fowls in the
county.
A committee of the Black Hills Pho
neer association has selected a point
on the new Deadwood-S high.
way as the site for monument to the
memory Of Rev. Henry Smith, the first
Sky pilot" to take up his residence in
the Black Hills, who was killed by
Indians in July, 1876.
The Methodidts Of Sherman, small
town in Minnehaha county, have just
dedicated their new church building, a
small but neat edifice. The Rev. r. f.
Hunt, pastor of the Methodist church
at Canton preached the Gedicatory ser.
mon, and about $50 was pledged to
clear off the remaining Indebtedness Of
the church.
After partaEng freely of a cake
baked At a Brookings home, several
people became violently i'll. Medical
assistance was summoned, and after
treatment the sick people were re-
lieved Afterward it was discovered
that a large quantity of tartar emetic,
an active poison had been placed in
the cake instead of cream of tartar,
as the cake baker intended.
Thieves pried open window In the
store of Florence Mercantile com.
pany's establishment at Florence and
broke open the cash register, getting
SIS in cash. They also helped them.
selves to dry goods, clothing, shoes,
tobacco and other articles, and es.
capped by the back door. The rob
bers are believed to be amateurs, but
there is no clue to their identity.
VIM. Lightfoot, a farmer living near
Newark, went to the expense OF a
journey to Britton for the purpose of
securing farm hands. He secured two
and paid their expenses from Britton
to his farm, the party being compelled
to remain at hotel here over night.
The two men worked half cay and
then disappeared. Other farmers re-
port somewhat similar experiences.
The citizens generally are contrib
uting literally to fund for the ex-
tensive Improvement of the Methodist
church building at Langford.
While the Panama canal will be
opened to traffic in about year. it
may not be completed entirely until
year later according to Clarence Lang
ley, civil engineer in the employ of
the government at Panama, who is
visiting his brother in Clark The
government allows its employees on