The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-11
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

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ings department will be added to the
Bonesteel postoffce on January 1G.
PIERRE-Sunday the large residence on
the ranch of w. II. Skinner, at Manila,
was destroyed by fire, with a loss OF
several thousand dollars. partly covered
by $1,000 insurance.. The fire started from
the stove.
PIERRE-This city wants canneries. The
local commercial club is e~ndeavoring to
secure the location Of such at Pierre the
coming season, offering as an inducement
any acreage desired and natural gas for
heat and power.
BRITTON-The January term OF state
circuit court for Marshall county will
convene here on Tuesday Of next week,
with Judge Frank McNuity presiding.
Quite a number of important cases are to
be disposed of and the term promises to
be quite prolonged.
PIERRE-The management Of the state
conservation congress has received notice
from the agricultural department that
Chas. HI. Hoyt. of the bureau OF good
roads, accompanied by stereoptican views.
will be at Sioux Falls on January 10 to
address the congress-.
STURGIS-Following the closing Of the
doors of the Meade County bank, at Stur-
gis, articles Of Incorporation have been
filed for the American Exchange bank, OF
Sutrgis, with a capital Of $5, coo. The in
corporators are: Joseph Meyer, Henry
s. Burch and James McNenny.
BIG STONE-C. w. Allender has To-
Gated the hulk Of the old steamboat, Big
Stone City, which was burned on Big
Stone lake about 20 years ago, and will
salvage 1t. The boat was one Of the
largest ever on the lake and at the time
II h1Irna1 uyaa thn NrnnArk ~ m Ct Da,l
man.
ABERDEEN-Over 100 travelling sales
men out Of Aberdeen sat down to q ban
quet at the Aberdeen Commercial club
last evening, rendered them by Aberdeen
jobbers. A fine menu, music by a good
orchestra, and q number of toasts helped
make the evening q delightful one to
hosts and guests.
CLEARFIELD-While husking corn, l.
l.. Hornick, a well known homesteader of
this portion OF Trip county, espied a
lynx, which he shot and killed. The ami
NAL was % inches high and 40 inches In
length and weighed over 40 pounds. being
one of the largest animals Of the kind
ever seen IN this vicinity.
PRESHO-Wolves are becoming very
numerous on the lower section Of the
Lower Brule reservation. north Of here,
otN hO" h&Nc pCCoIIo . ucTCe anu DOIQ
that they attack grown steers, several Of
which they have killed. Local sportsmen
are talking Of engaging in a wolf round
up for the purpose of Kidding the reserva-
ton Of the fierce animals.
LEAD, s. D.-After a lingering ILL
ness, Mrs. Margaret A. Grace, a widow
aged 55 years, passed away at her
home here. Mrs. Grace, with her fam
lily, has resided in the Hills more than
20 years. She was a daughter Of Gen.
M. A. Hagan, Of union army fame, and
her husband was a cousin Of Archbish-
op Grace. Mrs. Grace is survived by a
son and daughter here.
DEADWOOD-Slippery rails caused the
Bald Mountain ore train on the Burling-
ton to run away down grade in Nevada
gulch, near the Mogul workings. The
crew stuck until forced to jump 60 safety,
and the train jumped the track, the engine
remaining upright and blowing through
the snow, while the cars piled up and
scattered ore down the hillsides. No one
was hurt.
PIERRE-New n~otaries are w. B. Frye,
Wolsey; A. f. Labrie, Redfeld: G. E.
Todd, Bridgewater: E. p. DeMouln, Hot
Springs; A. G. Potter, Frederick: c. B.
Dickinson, Huron; J. c.. Gilbert, Hurley;
j. r. Wilson, Kaylor; John Wiltmayer,
Scotland; Reuben Reals, Hot Springs;
Wallace Purdy, ~Brookings: c. /. Prouty.
Pollock: VIM. Issenhuth. Redield: Clara
d. Cole, Deadwood, and ID. A. Rietz, Sioux
Falls.
RAPID CITY-Announcement Is made
here OF the appointment by United States
District Judge James d. Elliott, Of James
X. Hull. OF this city as referee In bank
ruptcy for the western half of South Da-
kota, vice Judge Frank Exline. Judge
Exline. who was a democrat and was ap-
pointed by Judge Garland, who Is now on
the commerce court bench, has served
two years. His successor is a republican
and Is a well known real estate dealer In
this section.
MIDLAND-A coyote hunting a break
fast near Midland thought he had found
h he wanted In a litter of young Pig
In a pen, and jumped into the enclosure
to gather the meal. But he failed to con-
slider the mother Of the pigs in his calcu-
lations. and when he landed in the pen
she landed on him. and crowded him into
q corner and soon disposed OF the in
truder. When the owner Of the pigs got
to the place the sow was beginning to
tear the remains Of the coyote to shreds.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have been
made by citizens of Mobridge, Timber
Lake. Isabel, Dupree, Faith and other
towns In South Dakota against delays and
interruptions OF the mall service IN that
section Of the state. The matter was
brought to the attention of the postal au-
thorities today by Representative Mar
tin. Orders were at once given to the off,
Gals in the field looking to the expedi-
tious dispatch Of the mails in the section
of South Dakota affected.
Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 3.-A telegram
received by j. s. Minard today conveyed
information Of the death In California
Of Mrs. John Proud. a pioneer Aber-
deem woman. With her husband, Mrs.
Proud operated the first hotel in Aber-
deem. the old Park Place hotel. She
and Mr.. Proud went to California last
fall to spend III winter. and relatives
received letters from her a day or two
ago.. in which she spoke of feeling un-
usually well. Her death Is assumed TO
have been due to a stroke Of paralysis
or a similar ailment. She was SIS years
Of age
SIOUX FALLS-Good fortune has come
to q former South Dakota girl. whose
maiden name was Blanche Scofleld, and
who was born and reared In Moody coun-
ty, north Of Sioux Falls. She moved to
Oklahoma a few years age, and at Law
ton, that state, met and married w. Jo-
seph Eldredge. Information has reached
South Dakota relatives of Mrs. Eldredge
that her husband has fallen heir to q title
and an estate In Scotland. BY the death
Of a distant relative he will inherit a
| castle near Glasgow, Scotland, and the
title Of the Earl of Mar.
DEADwOoD-In furtherance Of the ma
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