The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-08-11
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS NOTES
Newspaper Union News Service.

q small arteSlan Well pond, John klaln-
man, a harvest hand, was drowned
near Stafford.
The town Of Philip reports the ship
meut Of 176 cans Of milk in one day,
which is estimated to be worth $500
to the shippers.
An unidentified negro was shot at
Aberdeen following a disagreement
with a fellow %wanderer, Lee Griest,
over a game Of craps.
An effort is being made to organ.
lie two companies for the new Fifth
regiment. South Dakota National
guard, from Sioux Falls.
David McCurdy, living zeal Rayinia.
lost 60 acres Of shocked wheat as the
result Of a fire which started from
sparks from a thresher engine.
Aberdeen people are pleased to learn
that that city will not be chosen for
the convention Of the I. w. w. In
stead Minneapolis is named and the
probable date put at November 20.
The 15-month-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Cross. Of Howard, is
suffering from water on the brain"
The head Of the child is now about
one-third larger than Its normal size.
A double elopement occurred on the
Pine Ridge reservation. The inter-
ested couples were Herbert Holy Elk
n Julia Crazy Horse, and Felix
Standing Soldier and Mary Eagle
Hawk.
Frances Cole, aged 4 years, of
Madison. fell Off a porch and dropped
eighteen feet. She struck in a large
pail Of water which broke the force
Of the fall sufficiently to prevent seri.
! injury.
lver y. Eitreim, living near Garrett
son, purchased a farm less than four
years ago for ST. an acre and has just
sold it for 1925 an acre, which the
land is o claimed to be worth with
out question.
Morris Gregory, a farmer living
near Canistota. will share in a re-
ward of 800 offered for the capture
Of a fugitive from justice. The man
was wanted in Sanborn county, and
was recognized by Gregory. who had
just been reading a description Of him.
George Phillips, who vas travelling
with his wife, was arrested at Wolsey
on the charge of stealing an automo-
bile belonging to F. G. Snyder, of
Jewel. Iowa, who with his wife was
visiting near Wolsey at the time the
car was stolen. The machine was
returned to the owner.
Garry Freeman. cashier Of the First
National bank at Canton, dropped
dead in his home while reading
lerddeeaad in his home while reading
a newspaper. Heart trouble is be-
lieved to have been the cause of his
death. Mr.. Freeman was So years Of
age and apparently in the best of
health. He is survived by his widow
and three children.
Deliberately laying his head on the
rail in front Of an oncoming train, a
stranger, 80 years old and dressed as
q common laborer, ended his life at
Beresford. He had a ticket in his
pocket from Canistota to Webster
City, la. The remains have been sent
to the State University at Vermillion,
where they will be used in the medi-
cal school if not claimed by relatives.
August Paschke, city marshal of
Hartford. has been held to the state
circuit court on the charge of as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
Paschke attempted to make an arrest
at Hartford when a brother of the
v~;ro,o~ ;{1cfo~-1I -& .-.u-l
to take the prisoner away from the
marshal, who drew a gun and fired,
the bullet taking effect In the neck
of one of the brothers.
P. C. Miller, a farmer living near
Ravinia, had a narrow escape from
death when a team OF horses ran
away while they were attached to a
binder which he was operating. Mill
er was kicked in the side by one Of
the horses and knocked down. The
sickle guards caught his clothing and
he was dragged about twenty rods,
breaking his nose, and badly cutting
him in numerous places on the sickle.
Miller was about to be drawn into
the machine and killed when a chain
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gearing, bringing the team to a stand.
still.
Thirty cents for a 20-mile night
walk is what a passenger on a North
western railway train thought was rea-
sonable in the claim he put in to the
road. The passenger, who came from
the eastern part of the state on a tick
ct to Pierre. did not wake up there, and
was carried past Fort Pierre before
the error was discovered. The first
stop at which there was a hotel was
Wednt, 90 miles out. The man got
OF at that place ut 3 o'clock in the
morning. and instead Of waiting for
an east bound train started to walk
back to Pierre. He got along all right
until he reached the bridge across the
Missouri, and the Waterman would not
allow him to walk across the struc.
ture, which forced him to pay a train
fare of 80 cents to get across on the
ferry train. This was too much for
his good nature, and he made a de-
mand upon the company for a return