The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-27
STATE NEWS.


Pukwana-Six weeks ago John
Harry. a farmer living near here.
stored about four tons of baled hay
in his barn. Yesterday he liberated
from under the pile one of his hens,
which had been imprisoned there
during the six weeks. This long
period of Imprisonment appeared to
have little effect on the hen.
White Lake-Mrs. Allen Fraser, a
well known resident of this vicinity,
was seriously injured as the result of
being attacked by one of the sheep on
her husbands farm. The animal,
which appeared to have become
crazed, attacked her with such force
as TO break three of her ribs. infiict
numerous bruises and injure her in
%ternally.
Sprool-On complaint of Alfred
Schar, a homesteader living in this
vicinity, Frank Duffy, a neighboring
homesteader. was arrested on the
charge OF threatening to kill Schar.
The difficulty between the two set
tiers was due to the trespassing of
cattle belonging TO Schar. After fur
nishing a bond to keep the peace
Duffy was released.
Faith - Deranged from several
months i'll health, Mrs. Robert Will
helm. wife of a homesteader lei
Zeal, suddenly thrust a butcher knife
into the head of their 4-year-old son.
killing him instantly and hen stab
bed herself so severely That she is ex-
pected to die. The tragedy occurred
at the family home not far from here.
Wilhelm brought his injured wife
and the body of their child to Faith.
The baby was buried here and the
mother is being given medical atten-
ton. but with little hope OF saving
her.
Lead-Because he resented his
sisters face being slapped, J.. C. Huff
of Englewood was stabbed by George
Ward, his brother-in-law, while the
latter was in a drunken frenzy. The
ARRAY occurred after a dance at En-
glewood. According to Huff, Ward
came home from the dance and COM
menced to ELL up from a whisky bot
tie and hen abused his wife. HUFF
interfered and Ward stabbed him
eight times with a knife. Ward was
arrested. and Huff Is in the hospital
here, where he is expected to re-
cover.
Lemmon-Winter wheat promises
to be a big crop in tins section this
year owing to the ideal conditions
existing. Large areas were sown to
this crop last fall when the price of
wheat began to soar around S1.O0.
Nearly every farmer in this section
put in from thirty to sixty acres of
this grain. The heavy SHOWS of the
last month are proving an ideal pro-
lection to the grain and promise a
good deal of moisture to start the
grain growing good the first thing In
the spring.
Mitchell-For smuggling bottles
county Jail. with the intent of mix
ing the two chemicals and making a
dangerous explosive. Miles Odle was
sentenced by Judge +. b. Smith to
one year and six months in the state
~penitentiary. Odle confessed that he
had struggled the chemicals into the
jail upon the solicitation Of F. III. Bell
serving a sentence for obtaining
goods under false ~pretenses. At the
time of the crime, Odle lacked only
one day of completing a short sem
tence for forgery and had been given
privileges which allowed him to work
around outside the Jail.
Aberdeen-The arrival of a lusty
baby girl yesterday at the home of
Mrs. Christof Meier was specifically
a &c., 600 event. She has been
named Marie Minnie Meier. Little
Minnie's father committed suicide
last August, following a quarrel with
his young wife, and the baby's arrival
keeps $4,000 of his property from
going to his family relatives. Meters
estate, at the time of his death,
amounted to about $4,000, and the
wife. being childless, could claim
only one-half of the property. The
expected arrival OF the stork, how
ever. delayed settlement of the prop
erty and now Mr.. Meier's relatives
are barred from any legal claims
against the estate.