The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-15
STATE NEWS

Deadwood-For the 25th time in its
history, the Society Of Black Hills
Pioneers. which each year is smaller.
held it's annual meeting here. The
membership now numbers 1l3, five
having passed to their reward during
the last year. The society decided to
erect next spring a monument to the
pioneer preacher, Rev. Henry W.
smith, who was killed by Indians near
Deadwood, May z, 1875, and who is
buried in Deadwood.
Council Bluffs, Ia.-William Cakes.
aged 2s who WAS travelling from
Faulkton, S. D., to Adair, Ia, with
a carload of horses and farm imple-
ments. was killed late this Afternoon
about Eve miles east of Council
Bluffs. The freight train had side
tracked for a passenger train. Cakes
~slighted from the caboose, it is pre-.
sumed, to go ahead and take a look mt
his stock. when he stepped in front of
a fast passenger train on the Rock Is.
land railroad. Cakes father resides
at Adair.
Vermillion- Representative of the
Maxwell colony of Mennonites. of Free.
man. ale negotiating with j. d. Stat
ford. of Sioux City. for the purchase
OF the s,100 acre Lee and Prentiss
ranch, two miles north of here. Two
hundred and ninety thousand dollars is
asked for the ranch
Der lain-A crowd OF 28 men
and women crossed the Missouri river
from the Chamberlain side of the west
eide OF the Missouri river to attend a
dancing party at Crow Greek agency.
The ice was 80 thin that the buggies
broke to the hubs and had to be absn-
doned. The party started to walk
across, but with the wind blowing so
hard. one of the women was blown
into the water. She was rescued with
a rope which one of the men took
along for az emergency of this kind.
Pierre After a somewhat strenuous
administration of affairs at Cheyenne
agency, Maj. Thomas j. King has re-
signed the position of agent aud left
for his home in Washington. He has
been succeeded by Maj. +. G. Camp
bell, who comes FROM Fort Shaw, Mont.
The new officer has been in the allot-
ting department OF the Indian service
for some years. and will at once take
up his new duties at the cheyenne
agency.
Webster-Wh lille sitting quietly in
their farm home near Webster, s. D..
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Aspen were the
victims of an at, ack by four men.
After knocking at the door the men
were admitted on the supposition that
they were friendly. Two of the men
are named johnson, and the other
two wore masks. The johnson bows
became offensive. in their language
aud when requested to leave the
house, he four made an attack on
Mr.. Aspen, and he was cut severely
about the head. The four men were
arrested the day following, and they
were bound over to the term of cir.
cult court.
Mitchell-A new town has been es-
tablished ON the Milwaukee road be
tween Springfield and Tyndall, s. D..
which has boon given the name Of
Brow nsvill1. Lots have been sold ~
private fale and the public auction of
lots just held brought quite a large
number OF buyers. Several business
houses have been established ana ar
engagements are being made to open a
bank there shortly. The new town has
some splendid country surrounding it
and will have a good territory to draw
from. Both Springfield and Tyndall
will lose trade territory by reason of
Brownsville starting up.
Pierre-An anxious young lady has
written the department Of public in
struction asking them to give her a life
certificate. She says she has been en-
gaEed since 1911. has worn a ring ali
NAT time. and has been putting Oh