The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-24
STATE NEWS.

Brookings-The formal opening Of
the new Carnegie library OF Brook
ings took place yesterday. There
was an address by DR.. George A. Pet
tigrew of Sioux Falls and a recep-
ton. A silver Offering was taken for
the purchase of additional books.
The building is centrally located, be
ing just across the street from the
high school. 1t was erected at a
cost of $4,000, and will meet the
needs of the city for many years.
Platte-While trying to arrest
Mrs. Farr on a charge of disorderly
conduct. City Marshal Fred Stoefen
shot her, infiicting a flesh wound in
the side. Mrs. Farr, Ii is claimed,
was armed with a poker and started
for the official when he fired. She
came here from Montana. 1t is be-
lieved that the wound, while serious
will not prove fatal.
Belle Fourche-The Newell public
schools were closed Friday on ac-
count of an epidemic OF measles that
has been going the rounds among the
children. Church services nave also
been forbidden until further notice.
We notice by our exchanges that sew
eral other localities are also having
troubles of their own IL is expected
about a week of ten days, as the dis
ease is in a very mild form.
Pukwana-Claiming that heavy
damages will be caused by the filling
of Red lake, owners OF land adjoin-
ing the body of water are preparing
TO carry the ease to the state supreme
court, following the refusal of Judge
Frank b. Smith in circuit court to
sustain an injunction against the
county drilling wells around its Dor
ders. The lake was at one time a
sportman's paradise, but the water
dried up. In the past few months
water from artesian wells have com.
menced to fill up the lake.
Sioux Falls-Sentenced February
! to serve a year In the state peni'
Tertiary, following his conviction or
a charge Of assault with a dangerous
weapon, +. II. Morse of Tyndall has
been placed in the prison here. HI
was brought here by Sheriff l.. l.
WdkncI Vi Dun I1OIlHlG tOunty. MOt ~
assaulted Gustave e. Halberg in De
cember. 1913, at Tyndall. He was
found guilty at his trial in January
1914, and the verdict was upheld In
an appeal to the supreme court In 9
decision recently handed down
Morse spent much of the early fall
and winter In Sioux Falls. where hs
became known to many through his
work as a portrait artist.
Misunderstanding to the storie,
told by several women of this city
there Is a sort of Jack the Hugger'
abroad. He cannot be said to have
really succeeded in hugging anybody
having got only as far as to squeeze
their arms gently, but they all fell
sure he would have in a minute Il
they had not run away. 1t was nj
joking for two Huron women, how
ever, the hugger chasing them tive
blocks before they were able to TAX,
refuge In a friends house. There II
a great mystery as to who the man Is
Bonesteel-Albert LeFave lost hi'
saddle horse, saddle and a supply O
groceries in the Missouri and cam,
near losing his life. He had been Il
Wheeler to do some trading ant
when crossing the river on his return
the horse broke through the ice. Mr.
LeFave had one foot caught in tn,
stirrup and by ~clinging to the ic'
managed to hold himself from beint
taken under until he got his foot out
The water had cut the ice very thin
in places and made crossing danger
Gus. The ice was so thin at the plac,
where the horse went down tina
after Mr.. LeFave was free from tn,
saddle, the horn Of the saddle cam,
up through the ice.