The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-18
STATE NEWS.

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Hayti-As the result OF a peculiar
accident the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r.. Il. Trumm of this place had
the middle finger of his left hand sew
cred. AT the time of the accident he
was playing with a bottle under an
open window. The window fell,
breaking the glass and a piece of the
glass cut off his finger as neatly as
though II had been done with a heavy
knife.
Carthage-Quite a little excite
ment was created here this morning
by the discovery that during the
night thieves had entered the stores
of VIM. Recknagle and l.. M. Means,
also A.. Il. Young's barber shop.
B~loodhounds from Mitchell have
beer sent for. and II is hoped the
thieves may be apprehended.
Pierre-At a meeting of the execu-
tive board of the State Historical So
ciety. held in the rooms of the de-
partment of history, President b. A.
Cummins presiding. the reorganiza-
ton OF the board was effected by the
election OF Col. Pattison +. Mcclure,
president: Col. II. p. Farr. vice pres
ident, for the next two years.
Waubay-An attempt was made
TO remove the lid to the manhole of
the gasoline tank of the Standard
Oil wagon at Waubay, in order TO
clean the tank. The top had become
rusted and could not be taken off
and accordingly some cotton waste
was placed on the lid and lighted in
order to loosen up the rust. A ter
rife explosion followed. which blew
the tank into two parts.
yankton-The 4-year-old son OF
Charles Wick fell into a cistern here
when the top broke and fell eighteen
feet into the water. The mother
heard the child cream. ran out doors
and noted the broken top of the els
tern. She grasped the situation
quickly and plunged into the cistern
after her child, which vas still alive.
Neighbors saw the mother as she
rushed to the cistern, and soon had
mother and little son safe. with the
aid OF ropes.
Highmore-At a mass meeting
held by the citizens of Highmore il
was decided to grant a franchise to
o. v. Armstrong of Appleton. Mimi,
for operating an electric light and
power plant In this city. Forty street
lights will be installed and there will
be t~wenty-four hours service. The
plant will be in operation within
ninety days. About eight inches of
snow fell here during the past few
days. Indications are excellent for a
good crop season this year.
Scotland-Dyipg In his sleigh
while driving home alone was the
fate of Valentine Janas. a pioneer
farmer of Bon Homme county. Death
is supposed to have resulted from a
sudden attack of heart disease. He
had been to town to do trading and
in the course of this remarked that
he was not feeling very well. He de-
parted for home soon afterward.
After his sudden death his horses
continued their homeward journey
and drove up to the Janas home with
the body in the sleigh. Janas was
about so years OF age.
Rapid City-After hearing the evil
dence against Arthur Brown. charged
with arson, Judge Mintener decided
that ii was insufficient to bind Brown
over to the circuit court and he was
released. Brown was arrested at the
instance of the state insurance COM
missioner and a charge of arson lodg-
ed against him in connection with a
fire, which destroyed the Pioneer
store and other buildings at Wasta
last summer. Brown occupied a por-
ton of one OF the buildings as a pool
hall and barber shop.
Belle Fourche-Luther j. Har-
rington, the young man who recent
ly forged an endorsement on the
back of a check made payable to
John Witenen, and who waived pre-
liminary examination, was taken be-
fore Judge MCGEE, at Deadwood
where he entered a plea of guilty to
the charge. When asked by the
court IL he had anything to say be-
fore passing sentence, Harrington
merely remarked that they caught
me with the goods" Judge MCGEE
then gave the prisoner the minimum
sentence of five years in the peniten-
tiary at Sioux Falls.