The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-15
IN automobile driven BY r. J. Kiley.
The hearse vas wrecked.

IN automobile driven By e. J. Kiley.
The hearse vas wrecked.
Chris Claussen was killed and Wal.
lace Smith and Albert Hassen Of lro-
quois were Injured when their auto
mobile turned over near Huron.
4 prisoner who made his escape by
crawling through the chimney Of the
Woonsockst jail. was recaptured BY
Sheriff Hopkins near the Jim river.
Heavy losses Of cattle BY the corn
stalk disease are reported BY farm
ers In the vicinity Of Violin Gerrit
, vandsrpool. farmer. lost four cows in
one day.
Andrew Paulssn of lreae IL in Z
hospital at Yankten with . badly
laceratsd shoulder. the result Of
drawing loaded gun out of wagon
while hunting.
James Gourisy. Jr.. was kicked on
one side by one horse and on the
other BY . second stsed when he
stepped between the two animals at
Hudson. He will recover.
People Of Blunt turned out in .
body one day last week to fight =
prairie Are that threatened the town.
and succeeded in checking It ut the
edge Of the residence section.
d company Of the new South Da-
kota Firth regiment has bssn mus
tered into service. Glen 8. Wiley b
captain. The Firth regiment hand OF
Sioux Falls also has been mustered
In.
A vital statistical report filed at
Pierre with the state department for
July and August shows that there
were nfteen deaths from whooping
cough and oaly ave from infantile
paralysis.
A petition 10 being circulated among
the business men and other residents
Of Leterville asking that the town
council take steps to have the town
provided with 4 municipal electric
light system.
For the second time within a few
weeks Worthing was the scene of q
store robbery. Burglars entered the
Corner store and escaped with a
small amount of cash and q quantity
Of wearing apparel.
Albert Ommsn. son a prominent
farmer near Chamberlain, wrote let.
ter to his sweetheart, telling of finan
cial worries and then killed himself
MI
sister were suicides.
Bullheads In Lake Alice, near Alta
mont, became so numerous that many
Of them starved and the game depart
ment was Obliged to place q part of
them in ponds throughout the state
to preserve the stock.
Thomas jackson Laughlin, ninety
Ave years old. who cast his presiden.
tial ballot for Henry Clay when Polk
was elected, 10 dead at Huron. In
1862 Mr. Laughlin walked from Ohio
to California to seek gold.
A new record In the price Of farm
land was made recently when Peter
Edelman purchased 140 acres Of the
Peter Wahl farm near Menno. includ-
Ing the buildings. for an aggregate OF
$2O, 200. or IN average Of about 31366O
per acre.
Biersdorf brothers, operating q big
farm near Tyndall. we're the victims
recently Of . disastrous fire. which Is
believed to have been OF incendiary
origin. The brothers lost 100 tons
of alfalfa. thirty tons of corn fodder.
about 100 bushels Of corn aad two
corn cribs.
While duck hunting near Ottumwa
John Iidde. was instantly killed by
the accidental discharge Of the gum he
carried. Lidder stumbled and the
weapon was discharged. the full
charge striking him in the head. He
was dead when companions reached
him . moment later.
Albert Kayro, Q Lead man, became
obsessed with the idea that . man
was after him with . gun to kill him
and solicited the aid Of the police.
The latter were siven . merry time
in trying to flnd the guAman and nnal.
~ were chagrined to discover that
II Vas but delusion Of Kayro. The
authorities have him confined In the
tail at Lead.
Two holdup men we're caught 1t
the depot at Trip while engaged in
the act Of robbing . third men. Thor.
oughness being their motto they
were cutting the mans clothes from
him In an effort to find any hidden
cash he might have. The men were
taken to Mitchell and sentenced to
the state penitentiary.
While digging cistern on his farm
one mile north of Mitchell. c. p
Sayles discovered . freak Indian
grave containing Q skeleton. The
grave had been dug seven feet deer
and the remains placed in q side
pocket in q sitting position. Such
q method OF burial was accorded tc