The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-16

uoioOos os"ScH uH1Oie 10 swim, saved
the life Of Floreace Giibaugh, eight
een-m0nths-old. at vermillien, By
clinging to cracks in the wall while he
held the child's head above water un
til help came.
While walking along the street neal
the railroad tracks at nighfeWill Lich.
ton Of Parkston was slugged on the
head and . cash cut across the ches,
by some unknown assailant, presum
ably hobo. He was knocked uncon.
scious and when he came to his pock
cts had been rifed Of $435.
Z. c. Townsend, whose home is said
to have been In Detroit, Mich, was
killed on q farm near Pierre when his
clothing caught in the machinery of .
mower.
In the death of James Howardson,
ST., of Pierre another OF the pioneer
settlers of Sully county is gone. He
was one of the first to enter the coun.
ty when II was opened for settlement.
While reaching in the woodbox in
the kitchen of her home for some
wood Mrs. Leola Craven of Interior
had the startling experience Of almost
setzing rattlesnake which was coiled
ready to strike.
o. w. Scott OF Conde is in an Aber.
deem hospital with bullet wounds in
his head and shoulders as the result of
an alteration with the town marshal
Of Conde, while the marshal is under
arrest pending the outcome Of Scott 3
wounds.
james w. Fowler, one Of the most
widely known attorneys in South Da.
kota, died at his home at Deadwood at
the age Of seventy-one years He was
. member of the first territorial con.
vention In South Dakota and later q
member OF the legislature
A unique will was left by the late
Judge NJ. A. Butterfield of Montrose
and was admitted to probate recently.
lndisposing Of his earthly goo Is and
possessions the testator used nine
pages Of legal cap paper. signing a,
the end Of each page as well as at the
end OF the will II disposes OF even
the old keepsakes which haveAno in.
trinsic value.
Perkins county will have hundred.
Of thousands Of tons of hay go to
waste this season. The crop Is heav.
Ter than that of any year since 1907
and 1908. Farmers are cutting enough
to supply their immediate and future
needs and the amount cut will not
make much Of showing. Those who
have alfalfa are now putting up their
second cutting and have not had time
to cut the Wild hay
The news has reached Yankton OF
the death recently at Brawley, Cal. -
Gottfried Burg, an old pioneer Of
Yankton, who for forty three yeare
followed the trade of carpentering il
that city. The deceased, who was sew.
enty-two years of age. was born In
Switzerland and came to America hf
y years ago. settling first at Monroe
Wis. He then moved to Yankton and
until recently resided there, where he
was widely known.
Trips over the central part Of the
state show that the crop conditions
are better thus far in the section west
Of the Missouri than east of the river
In the west section the wheat was
generally harvested before any black
rust appeared and the loss from that
cause will be minimum. Local show.
havn alan bn rivnV
corn fields q better showing than il
many sections east Of the river, where
. lack OF rainfall is beginning to show
effects.
No trace has yet been found OF four
prisoners who recently escaped from
the Marshall county jail in Britton II
is believed they scattered and Joined
some Of the large bodies Of harvest
hands which recently have arrived in
Northern South Dakota and II this Is
the case II is probable they never will
be captured. a. to IDENTIFY them
among thousands Of other strangers
would be difficult The four men, who
were charged with minor ofHenses,
made their escape by cutting a hole
in . partition between the jafl and
the sheriff's ONCE.
Word from Myrna Hall Of Groton h
to the effect that she recently figured
n N auto accident In. which an auto
truck en- route to Sunday school pic.
mic weat over bridge over the Platte
river. precipitating al occupants into
the bed Of the stream, which. how.
ever. = dry at this season. Miss Hall
was, fortunately. not badly injured,
with the exception Of the fact that she
was somewhat bruised. She states
that every member OF the party, with
the exceptioa Of four members, had
broken bones os some other injury Of
more or less serious nature. Miss
Hall is = sister OF Mrs. H. W. Jones
and Randall Han and has visited IN
Groton o. many occasions.