The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-12-25
NEWS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Western Newspspev Union News Service

sor the vicinity OF Dell Rapids The
Jack rabbits and cottontails are plen-
Aful. One hunting party bagged "a
| -abbitS in one afternoon.
Turner county will send a carload
| OF corn to the BelgianS The abund.
ance OF the corn crop this year has
| made the farmers feel generous and
lhe responses TO the appeal OF the
| committee are prompt and fulsome.
| The Custer Masons have elected the
| following officers for the ensuing
| year: Master, T. w. Delicate: sen.
'or warden, w. w. Olds; junior war
den, c. +. Perrin; secretary w. A.
| Cimonton; treasurer Robert Nc
| Adam
The new Masonic temple at Howard
| rapidly is nearing completion and soon
Will be ready for dedication The tenn
| pie is one of the finest of its kind in
eastern South Dakota MaSons from
wide scope of country will assemble
to aid in its dedication
Miss Amanda Clement OF Huron
| widely known throughout the north
| west as a girl baseball umpire who
| spent some months at the home of her
mother at Huron. has departed for La
| Crosse, Wis, where she has accepted
/ position as inspector Of factories
| and other places employing girls and
women.
Something new In the W Of Christ
! mas celebrations was held in Philip
| Ihis year. 1t was municipal Christ.
mas celebration. All arrangements
Tor the general observance of Christ
mas were made by direction Of the city
souncil and an elaborate program for
! he proper observance of the day was
! prepared
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Thompson, well
! Known residents OF Wagner and
| Charles Mix county, have just cele.
! br&ted their golden wedding anniver
! sary They have resided in that part
! If the state since early days Mr..
! Thompson is a veteran of the War of
! lHt htDtllloU anu lOi years Ids Dttll
prominent in Grand Army circles.
| A slight cut with a iackknife in one
| Of his forefngers caused the death
! Of Roy WoolCOt, we'll known young
man Of Wnired. aged 10. Blood poi.
son developed from the slight injury
| and its progress could not be stayed
! oy the physicians summoned in the
! case A curious feature in connection
with the case is that typhoid fever de.
veloped while the blood poisoning was
spreading through his system.
Thomas r. Rood. a Canton business
man, who disappeared recently. and
for whose safety there were grave
| fears on the part of his relatives and
| friends, who asked aid Of the newspa.
pers in finding the missing man, has
been found alive and well in Chicago.
It appears that he suddenly decided to
! visit a daughter in the Windy city,
and left for that city without advising
ais family or friends Of his contem-
plated absence from Canton.
Loss of life and an explosion were
narrowly averted when Lorne Cass.
| proprietor Of a dry cleaning establish.
! nent in Mitchell found himself sud.
! lenly envel0ped in flames as he was
washing garment in gasoline. He
| managed to escape injury. but the
ire spread rapidly and threatened q
! .ank of gasoline containing 100 gal.
.ons. The arrival Of the city chemi-
| al wagon was timely. The loss to
,lothes and apparatus was 5000.
At the family home north Of Spear.
! fsh occurred the death Of John w.
| "rist, a pioneer settler Of the Black
! Hills and for many years one Of the
best known men Of that vicinity. He
was a veteran Of the Civil War. hav.
! ng served in Company II. Twelfth
! Iowa inafntry, participating in mum.
! Der OF the most important battles OF
! the war. He came to the Black Hills
in 1877 He was prominent in Grand
! Army circles. and also was a leading
Mason and United Workman.
| The old rule that three inches OF ice
! will hold up team and wagon does
| not apply to heavy automobiles. as
! four young men Of Madison learned
when they tried to drive car across
! Lake Herman, west OF town. They
! had proceeded but few yards from
| shore when the ice gave way and car
and occupants went 10 the bottom OF
! the lake Fortunately the water was
/ not deep at that point and by breaking
! the ice to the shore they were able
| finally to drag the car back to land.
An intoxicated stranger, armed with
| a huge knife and razor, gave the
authorities and some Of the other resi-.
| dents Of IroquOis an anxious and
| strenuous hour. The stranger appear
! ed at the Chicago and Northwestern
| railway depot and attempted to take
| possession Of the building. He threat.
aned to carve to minCemeat anyone
! who interfered with his attempt TO cap
| ture the depot. City Marshal Crippen
! finally captured the bandit at the
! point of a .44-calber revolver. In de
! fault of the payment OF a heavy fine
| e. occapoda ba hos boap lndpo6