The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-26
STATE NEWS

Custer-Some Custer men, while
hunting near Elk Mountain. shot a
huge wolf which had skin which was
almost clear white. The wolf meas
ured six feet from tip of nose TO end
of tail, and for months had been
committing depredations in that part
of the Black Hills. As pure white
wolves are very rare, the skin is re-
garded as very valuable.
Timber Lake-Walter Mcdonald,
an old-tlme cattleman of the section
of South Dakota neal Timber Lake,
having been employed for many
years with the Matador outfit, has
been taken to the state insane asy-
lum at Yankton, having lately de-
yeloped symptoms of insanity.
Stickney-Freak reward records
of the state are broken by the publ
cation of a reward of a Stickney man
who offers a reward of $40 for evil
dence which will lead to the arrest
and conviction of some unknown
rascal who "maliciously and willfully
shot n of his ROSTERS in the leg"
Pierre-Invitations have been re-
ceived to the wedding of Miss Ruth
Elizabeth Hyde. Oldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Hyde, of
Pierre, to Rev. Hanford Livingston
Russell, of the Trinity Episcopal
church, of Pierre. The wedding will
occur at high loon at the Trinity
church on April Is. Rev. Mr.. Rus
sell has been minister in this church
for the past ten years, coming here
from New York. Rev. Mr.. Hyslop of
the Episcopal church of Aberdeen,
a close friend of Rev. Mr.. Russell's,
will perform the ceremony.
Belle Fourehe-O. o. Baker, of
Edgemont, is in this section clos
ing leases with the. Mason creek and
Black flats farmers for the oil and
coal rights of their lands, and we
understand is meeting with fair sue
cess. Up to this time he has leased
about 1900 acres of land for a
period of five years, and the lease
in nearly every instance is drawn up
on a royalty basis. He claims to be
representing In oil magnate of
Pennsylvania, and to the farmers he
states that they have three complete
up to date oil rigs which they hope
to have in operation prospecting the
territory mentioned early In June,
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undertake with oil or coal.
Lead-Grief caused by her hus-
band being killed by a train in the
Northwestern railway yards here
some time & has resulted in Mrs.
James Harris, the widow of the dead
man, losing her mind and being or
dered placed in charge of a guardian.
Since the tragic death of her hus-
band she has grieved constantly dur
ing her waking hours, with the re-
suit that she gradually lost her mind
until now her condition has become
SO serious that it was necessary to
take steps to have her looked after
by others in future. Recently she
had neglected to properly provide
for herself. although possessed of
some property, and had gone with
out sufficient food or fuel.
Platte-The baseball fans of
Platte. Lake Andes, Tyndall, Geddes
and other towns in this part of the
state have inaugurated a movement
to organize a baseball league and
have a series of games in each of the
towns having a team in the league.
1t is believed a strong league can be
organized and that the teams to be
placed in the field by it will be much
above the average amateur teams.
1t is expected that a meeting of rep
resentatives of the different towns
soon will be held for the purpose of
organizing the proposed league.
Some of the best ball players in the
state reside in the towns along the
Platte line of the Milwaukee rail-
road, and all of them will be enlisted
in the new league.