The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-03-07

or ne, dJlcIhpLtu Sui'Auc At the HOInt
.nf a brother in Bon Homme count,
and is alive today owing to some m.
explained chance. When found, Smi.h
had shot three bullets into his head
through the frontal bone and RICH,
temple. lie had shot himself Will
In the barn. Later he walked T.
The house and washed off the blood.
li, says he fired the shots at con.
siderable intervals Of time, and find
ina he did not die had given up the at
tempt % end his life. Two bui.
.o.s have been extracted. Physicians
SAY he will recover.
80, the slightest trace has yet been
found of III" bodies Of Charles Dur
sam and his wife, who recently were
drowned while driving across the Mis-
souri, river 10 their home on Peas
island, four miles down the river from
the town of Wheeler.
The Baptist church of Mitchell is
making arrangements to enlarge their
church building by building a large
addition and brick ~yeneering the en-.
tire structure, and work will com
mence on the same in the spring. Il
is expected about $4,000 will be eN-
pended on Improvements.
NEn-1- -, til. NO., ga nnn ,-:.-
hall of Dakota Wesleyn university
is being carried on through the winter
season. and in the course Of another
month most of the finishing will be
completed. The installation of the
equipment Will follow, and a portion
Of the building will be utilized for
work by April J.. The building will
be ready + dedication during the
commencement week of the univer-
5ity, June , to 6, and Bishop Hughes,
If the Methodist general conference.
will deliver the address.
The city council of Mitchell has
iecided to pave the main thorough
are of the city. The paving will com
hence at the Milwaukee depot and
re continued to the Omaha depot, a
distance of nine blocks. The side
treets, up to and including the corn
'alace street, will be paved to the
lleys. The council decided to use
ement, and, owing to the large sand
its near the city, it is believed that
he work a be done at a lower figure
han at other points in this section.
t is estimated that the improve
lent will cost the property owners
nd the city in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Bids will be opened early
April, with the idea of starting the
'aving about May /, and have the
york all completed by August /. It
S the intention to install cluster
lights on Main street at the
the paving is done.
Mont Vickere, who is a candidate
or the nomination to the office of
sheriff in Harding county, in the ex-
rene northwestern part Of the state,
s referred to by his friends as "the
argest specimen of physical manhood
n captivity" This is because of his
enormous size. He stands six feet
md seven inches in his stocking feet.
and weighs $50 pounds. At one time
ne was the training partner of Yous-
the famous Turkish wrestler, who
later was drowned while on his re-
turn to Europe. Vickere keeps in
physical condition and is I'M
usually powerful, even for one of his
great size. If elected sheriff his deal
ings will be largely with horse and
cattle rustlers."
Mrs. VIM. Rowe has sued the city
Watertown and the owners of the
Idle Hour Theatre for the sum of $780,
900 dollars on account of the death of
her husband which is alleged to
lave resulted from injuries received by
the front of the building falling on
him while it was being built. The ac-
cident took place in July, 1907, and
Mr.. Rowe died this winter.
Burned to death in his own home
was the terrible fate of Joseph Wag-
ner, an old pioneer Of L~esterville,
whose remains were found in the
house by his daughter, who dropped
in" to say good by to her father. The
old man had been living alone, al
he had a large family Of grown
children who would have welcomed
him under their roofs. When the
daughter entered the house she found
her father lying on the floor in his
night clothes, a broken lamp and badly
stovepipe indicating that
there had been an explosion Of the
stove. Only a hole was burned through