The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-19
STATE NEWS.


a confectionery store on Dakota ave
nue., was bitten by tarantula in a
bunch of bananas from which he
was cutting some of the fruit TO sell.
Pierre-A heavy rain storm in the
vicinity of Wall was accompanied by
severe hail and a wind storm which
wrecked a number of buildings and
badly beat down the crops in that
section.
Saleh-The harvest is beginning
a number of farmers cutting their
barley and rye. Wheat is reported
as injured by the rust which has
made an appearance during the past
week Corn is making a wonderful
growth, but the extremely hot wealth
er makes a number of people wish
for cooling rain.
Parkston-Frank Wilson, a stran-
ger who has been working in this vi
cinity for about month. was drown
ed near Milltown. in the James river,
while swimming Saturday evening
He and three friends were together
He soon sank to the bottom. He
was buried Sunday morning. Moth
ing Is known of his relatives and
where they are located.
Plankinton-Andrew Scott, con
stable at Storla, got into difficulties
when he opened case of beer found
in an automobile belonging to a
party of young men passing through
town. Scott broke the bottles and
claimed he had right TO under the
law. The parties brought suit and
the constable was forced to settle for
the beer and pay the costs of court.
Sioux William d Sites.
since 1872 a resident of Sioux Falls.
coming here from Sioux City. is dead.
He was one of the best known pio-
neer business men OF Sioux Falls.
He was 70 years of age. During the
rebellion he served i'm the Eighth IL
linois cavalry. He was prominent
for years in the Grand Army circles
of the city and state.
Pierre-Ten feet of figures repre-
senting cream checks for the month
of June. is an exhibit in the window
OF one bank in Midland When the
months business was checked up,
the cream checks were kept separate
and the figures took ten feet of add
ing machine paper, showing a total
OF 1,0S4 such checks amounting TO
S7,996.05 for the June cream pay
ments through that one bank.
Deadwood- advertising pays
is being demonstrated to the Black
Hills this summer, for more tourists
are visiting the Hills this year than
the number that arrived for several
years past put together. Trains ar
irving are well filled and autos from
every section of the country are com
ing over the various trails and
through the Hills. Advertising last
spring and winter was more extern
sive and thorough than ever before.
and it is bringing big results to the
communities that went into it Jointly
instead of Individually. as heretofore.
eresford-Raymond Thorson, the
3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Thorson, living on a farm near here,
lost his life as the result of falling
into cistern. The top of the els
tern, the cover of the opening, had
become loosened and while playing
about the yard the little fellow evil
IDENTIFY lost his balance and fell into
the cistern, which had been nearly
filled by recent rains. The child was
soon missed, but it was believed he
had gone to a nearby field, and it
was some time before his fate was
discovered.
Deadwood-Major John II. Bren-
nan, for sixteen years past superin-
tendent of the Pine Ridge Indian
agency, has sent his resignation 10
Washington to take effect July 81,
or as soon as a successor can be ap-
pointed. He desires to retire from
active work and will reside at Rapid
City. Major Brennan is one of the
oldest settlers of the Hills, coming in
1875, and is widely known in the
northwest. He took hold of the Pine
Ridge agency just after the last In
dian uprising when it needed a
strong man.