The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-22
STATE NEWS

Sisseton-Lewis Cole is in Jail here
charged with swindling George Schind-
Ter. a Roberts county farmer. out of
a $12. 900 farm, SCHNEIDER being de-
clared to be mentally incompetent.
Cole traded SCHNEIDER twelve head of
old horses. $500 in cash and gave
SCHNEIDER a life long lease on Eve
acres of land for the SCHNEIDER farm,
on which there was a SO, 900 mort
gage. Cole was arrested in Mime
apolis, and when brought back here
was placed ia Jail in default of a
$40, 600 appearance bond. He will he
tried at the next term of court.
Milbank-The Blue Front restaur-
ant, which has been in operation here
for a few months, has closed and the
proprietor, b. HI. Blow, has "blown "
1t is alleged he left a number of
creditors among Milbank business
men. His youngest daughter holds a
mortgage on the restaurant furniture
and titxnres, and there was nothing
left for the creditors to levy upon.
Blows Indebtedness to individual
firms is all comparatively small.
Harrisburg-Alfred Koeppe, aged s,
was the victim of a peculiar acct
dent. He fell on a coal shovel in
such a manner as to cut his throat.
A small artery was severed and the
jugular vein was missed by only a
fraction uf an inch. Although great
ly weakened by loss of blood before a
physician could reach the scene, he
viii recover.
Yankton-On Sunday. a very cold
stormy day. a large and highly inter
ested audience witnessed a baptism, by
complete immersion. in the Missouri
river here. 1t was the first instance of
the kind in the history Of the city.
A male adult, member of the newly
organized African Baptist church,
was the subject. The officiating
minister, CARRIED in flowing vestments,
was the local pastor of this faith.
fire with kerosene, 4. B. Nucomb, pro-
prietor of the Morristown hotel here,
was severely burned by the resulting
explosion, his burns being SO deep that
portions of the flesh dropped from the
bones. The accident might have
proved fatal had it not been for the
presence of mind Of his wife who
wrapped a blanket about him. He
was taken to Aberdeen. where he is
making a good fight for recovery.
Mitchell-An action has been brought
against the Milbank city council re-
straining that body from letting a con
tract to build a IS, 900 sewage disposal
plant to H. o. Hassinbiller. The &C.
tion was brought by Gus Swanson,
whose bid was $525 lower than Has
sinbilleT's on the contract. The
council. it is stated, granted the O q
tract to the highest bidder on the
grounds that he vas more competent
to do the work.
Murdo-In a recent controversy be-
tween two ranchmen near Murdo
George Kaltenbach bit off the nose oil
Leroy Millay, and Kalten bach was
bound over on the charge of manning
Recently il has developed that the
injured nose would have to be re-
moved after it has been pasted back
on. and that Millay will henceforth
be minus his nose. Through his at
tolney, q. O. Va1 Meter he has entered
suit against his assailant Kaltenbach,
and asks ten thousand dollars damage.
Veblen-There is some talk in
Roberts county, since the advent of the
Fairmont q Veblen railroad. in favor
OF dividing the county. Roberts county
IL one of the largest counties ia South