Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-07-30
DAKOTA STATE NEWS

Ny1AiA AODO WdS kiChcQ up
In the depot yards here about 10 O'Clock
Wednesday evening. Clashes on the face
and a fracture Of the skull suggested thai
the man either Eel, from 9 car or had
been attacked with a club. He was
breathing laboredH when picked up and
medical attendance summoned. He died
at $50 a. m. Thursday. There was moth
Ing on the body to identify the victim, but
1t Is believed that he came in with the
harvest hands from Kansas, who nave
been arriving here at the rate of 100 to
l6O daily. The stranger Is above medium
size, of sandy complexion and probably
about IS years of age.
FAULKTON-Curiosity cost Reynold
Warner, of this place, the loss of his eye
brows and eyelashes and brought him In
tense suffering from burns when he got
possession Of a match while playing in
the backyard of his home. Wondering
what effect the dropping of a lighted
match down tie sewer pipe would have,
the boy perched above the opening and
tried the experiment. The explosion of
the sewer gas took away the hair on his
face and badly burned his forehead, MISS
ing injury to his eyes by a narrow mar
gin.
LEOLA-Falling into a pail of scalding
water while playing about the house.
Frederick Schoenfelder, the 20-month-old
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Schoenfelder
was literally boiled alive, receiving in
Juries from which he afterward died. The
entire body of the little fellow was Bills
tered to such an extent that physicians,
called Immediately in an attempt to save
him, were unable to do much to relieve
his agony.
DALLAs-Struck by lightning while
driving toward his home at Wewela,
John Remus' first knowledge of the acci-
dent was when he regained conscious
ness and found himself in the middle of
the road still holding the lines. He finally
made his way to a nearby farm house and
telephoned to friends who came to his as
sistance. He was severely but not fatally
burned by the electric current that had
thrown him from his seat in the buggy.
Observation-Disclosures capital for the
complete development of the properties
Of the Deadwood Zinc and Lead company,
better known as the Aaron Dunn prop
erty in the Lexington Hill district, has
been assured by negotiations just closed
here. According to terms of a contract
signed recently, $1,000 a month is to be
expended for development work during
the next u months.
OACOMA-F. K. Hoverson, Of Dixon,
met with an accident that nearly cost
him his life and badly wrecked his auto
mobile when he lost control of the ma
chine on a bridge just east of town, crash
ing through the guard rail into the creek
Is feet below. The car turned over. but
lns natIo"less u tne c[sch oottoH en-
~ oos nue. e'e
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DEADWOOD-The concrete base for the
monument to be erected. to Rev. Henry W.
Smith, the pioneer preacher who was
killed by the Indians insthe Hills August
| 20. 1875. has heeO Comn1eted A hinge
saa.l. Aae ~ "ma = 80 IN ~ !. .ns uase. y
on.L - ,.oatn ~ - 80 - aa ~
49, - ~ .ha Ha.araas =. = ~ 49,
IT, 49, ~ 80
SPRINGFIELDJ. w. Wallace, former
county surveyor, his son, Joe, and w. G.
Parsons, have filed on 600 acres of Mis-
souri, bottom land a few miles east Of this
place, which they will seek to claim as
As INC Govt daeisians On tbess neints ara
so~,oau,ba+ oon,rlinatad n &c eynaotad +hat
~ s,tnm MI, ~ ,aast ros,,lt ~ l;tiaot;an
-.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN the FARMERS
Elevator company at a meeting here di-
vided up more than $4,000 representing pro
rata returns on the operation for the past
year. Two cents per bushel on all grain
a. +S So stl os,, PEI y - nc o W. hes
- ~ 49, y e7snon ala,a+or aa,,,nnad
,,,th tha mos+ n,odarn machinery,
VIZ - MS
LEMMON-A train load Of Mexican
cattle reached Lennon Wednesday direct
from Mexico. They had been confscated
by Villa and were sold direct to American
buyers by him, the money going to pur-
haa a. a, ~ af so,na thro,,ab =
80 ~ III, snan .aa,nona3a - n,,tr,
I. t ia prsssas ~ par,,ins nn,ntv
Ao1S e-asse7 $500
. FORT F1ERRE-The whereabouts o.
Donald Gaunt. better known as 'Scotty,'
Is surrounded with mystery. He left here
: June IL. but left no word as to his des
: tination. That he had gone any distance
othar tbtn ~ ssna ,aft . i,s ~ ,has ha,
taan ~ 49, $50 hn,,sa =,
q staa = maT has aa,1aau,a+ad &C. :
,,,,tha,,t I. : ,,.n.a nos, - az - suhasa =
$500 .sna W." ~ sao' 80 ~. = ~ AZ =
= AH0 Pc =
DEADWOoD-The first teaching plan
for the treatment OF copper bearing ore
~ h,,,,t ~ tha nrnnartv 81 +ba INV J,,na .
3 esn.aa aonnnans Il ~ tha S,,star paane a.
!, .raa4 * n,,ias so,,th nf THIS ei+v - nj,
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