The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-12-25
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

day." which was observed Monday in Sas
City by the directors OF the library asso'
ciation, a fund of over $500 was secures
for the purchase of new books. Foui
business men gave the money for q set o.
Baily's agricultural encyclopedias, which 8
is expected will become the nucleus for az
agricultural department In the library
Numerous donations of books were re-
ceived In addition to the cash subscrtp
tons.
ABERDEEN-Andrew Marsh, OF Van,
derbilt, n pioneer of Dakota territory dat.
Ing back to the time of the civil war, died
here from the complications resulting
from several years sickness. Marsh came
to Dakota driving {. herd of cattle for the
use of the soldiers at Fort Lincoln. He
was then variously engaged at wood cut
ting. stock raising and prospecting along
| the Missouri river and In the Black Hills
until he retired eight years ago.
MEADOW-Perkins county nimrods
matched skill recently with the hunters
Of Corson county, in a rabbit hunting con-
test. When the count was made at the
close of a day Of heroic ~endeavor there was
found to be a grand total of GOO Jackrab-
bits, making two double wagon box loads.
The average kill per man from Corson
county exceeded that of the Perkins coun-
ty sportsmen and the latter paid for an
oyster supper and a dance.
MITCHELL-Rev. B. f. Tflley, for the
| past three years pastor of the First Bap-
list church of Mitchell, has offered his
| resignation, to take effect March /, 1914.
In the time that Rev. Mr.. Tlley has oc-
cupied the Mitchell pulpit he has doubled
the membership of the church and built q
new stone structure. Completion of his
mission in Mitchell is given as the rea-
son for the resignation.
l yTE-Dp7 Jrn5o, a,,t,+I-~ cSo+,,to. n~x,
party organization which fails to make 81
showing at the state proposal meetings at
this city January 8, will have no party
standing on the November ballot. The So
cialists In several counties selected ma
jority committeeman but so far as can
be learned the prohibitionists made no
move and are likely to be outside the
party list next fall.
HURON-On Friday evening Of this
week a debating team from the academy
of Huron college and one from the same
department of Yankton college will meet
at the college auditorium in this city to
discuss the question: RESOLVED, That in
the United States capital and labor dis
putes shall be settled in regularly estab-
Eshed courts ct arbitration"
HURON-The first of next week Immi-
grafton Commissioner Charles McCaffree
WILL start on q boosting trip through Iowa
-AIl d special car advertising the lnOuS-
tries of the state Of South Dakota. The
car. which Is to be furnished by the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway, is now in
tbs company's yards here being decorated
and QUILTED for the trip.
PIERRE-The state library has received
as q gift, the files of the Clay County
Register, from 1872 to 1878. The gift is
from Gen. e. L. Owens, who now resides
In Louisville, KY. Gen. Owens was, dur
ing those days, a prominent South Da-
kotan. and the pages of the paper relate
many interesting and humorous events OF
those days.
YANKTON-Arthur Binder, Is years OF
age. was brought here from Scotland to
be operated on for an injured kidney. The
patient failed to recover from the effects
of the operation and died at the Sacred
Heart hospital. The injury was oc-
casioned by q fall from a hayrack early
in November.
LANE-Rev. Harry Bennett, for some
time pastor of the local Congregational
church, has rendered his resignation, and
will accept the office of special missionary
Of the American Sunday School union for
tie counties Of Jerauld, Buffalo and
Brule. He will continue to make his
headquarters In Lane.
YANKTON-F. D. Wyman, steward OF
the state hospital for many years, veteran
of the civil war, former state senator and
ex-sherlff OF this county, died suddenly
Saturday. He leaves a wife, one daugh-
ter, Mrs. F.. A. Hopping, and two sons.
Lutte and Lee, the latter present states
attorney of this county.
GAYVILLE-While engaged in washing
dishes Mrs. Geo. Buchanan met with an
accident which nearly cost her life. A
dinner plate broke in her hands and a
Jagged edge severed an artery in her
wrist. She phoned to her husband and
ne arrived in time to prevent her bleed
ing to death.
COTTONWOOD-Rev G. M. Peacock.
Tor some time pastor of the local Con-
gregational church, has accepted a call to
the pastorate of the Congregational
church at Cass Lake and W.ymore, MINI.
he expects to assume his new duties there
the first Sunday In January.
ABERDEFN-o f. Waller, division
freight agent for the Milwaukee road
here for a number of years, has been
transferred to the special service depart
ment and assigned to the Rapid CITY d.
vision of the road work between Cham
berlain and Rapid City.
PIERRE-The right Of the state to tax
the personal property of Indians holding
lands under allotment is to be raised by
Walter Swift Bird, an Indian resident of
De"Sy county, ana IL Is expected that the
case will go to the United States supreme
court before it Is settled.
W1NNER-The arrival here Of a num-
Der of officials Of the Northwestern Rail
road company, and their inspection of tbe
region west of Winner, has given rise to
the runior that the company
an early extension to Carter and points in
Mellette county.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hofer, q
well known resident Of Hutchinson conn
ty, died suddenly of heart disease, at the
home q. her son here. BY a strange CO.
incidence she was 66 years of age and
leaves exactly &c direct descendants.
LoGAN-Winiam McLatchey. who ha.
been in Jail charged With violation of the
liquor law since July 8, was taken b,
United States Marshal Groneweg to Coun.
Gil Bluffs TO an5wer to a similar charge
against him by the government.
SIOUX FALLS-One of the finest exbtb.
Its of fowls ever made In the state Is
one of the features of the annual exhihi,
and show of the Sioux Valley Poultry as.
w.