The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-02-01

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Frank Churchill, of Brentford, mar
keted a hog recently that weighed 500
pounds, largest yer sold on the local
market and brought about $40.
p. Edward Peerson died at Philip
after suffering from a broken back for
over three years. While working for
the railway company he was knocked
from a handcar, and a railway speeder
which was following ran over him,
breaking his back.
Jacob Miller, a farmer living near
Bowdle, is in a serious condition as
the result of an unusual accident.
While hosting hay to the loft of his
barn a clevis broke, throwing Miller
down. In the fall he struck a projec-
ton, inficting a dangerous wound in
his head. Physicians are very doubt
full of his recovery.
DR.. G.. C. Redfeld, the new warden
of the Sioux Falls penitentiary, an
nounces that the farm department Of
the ~penitentiary will next spring ex-
pertinent in the production Of sisal on
the prison farm, which is conducted
with convict labor. The experiment
in sisal production will be conducted
under the supervision of the govern
ment bureau of plant industry.
The farmers of neal Onida are send
ing large numbers of cattle and other
stock to eastern markets. and are re-
ceiving many thousands of dollars in
payment therefor. In one day eleven
carloads of stock left Onida and that
part of Sully county. This was but
the commencement of the shipments,
which will continue for several weeks.
Fire starting in the downtown Sec
tion of Keystone completely wiped
Out the business district, causing a
loss of about $4,000. Keystone is a
! small town twenty-four miles south
west of Rapid City, famous as the
home of the Holy Terror" mine, and
one of the first places settled in the
Black Hills.
Two of the best alfalfa sellers haul
ing to Faith last week were Sid Tyre
with SAT- fb off of 20 acres for which
he received a check for $737.38, and
j. f. Shipel with 4,033 ID off of 10
acres for which he received $444.10.
Both are from the White Owl neigh
borhood.
Sheriff r. c. Wyckoff, of Brown
county, has left for Watertown, N. Y,
after James Larson, who has been ar
rested there on notice from the Aber,
deem authorities. Larson is wanted
there OF a charge of having cashed
worthless checks for amounts aggre-
eating $3.50. He abandoned his wife
and a small baby, the authorities
claim, and is believed to have b cen or
his way to his former home in Norway
when arrested.
The report of State Game Warden
Hedrick shows that PIT deer were kill
ed in the Hills during the month OF
November. This is the largest mum
Der that has been killed since the thir
ty day season went into effect. Prac'
t;cally all the deer were killed by resi-
dents of the state, as only two non
resident licenses were issued.
When Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Davis
awoke one morning last week they
found their little 4-months-old baby
had smothered during the night. They
had been up two hours before and the
baby was all right at that time, but
when Mrs. Davis went to see how the
little one was at 6 o'clock she found il
dead. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis reside a
Murdo, and had been at Wessingtcr
Springs a few days visiting their par
ents, who live west Of that city.
Information has reached Virgil t
the effect that Scott Taylor. a we'll
known locomotive engineer on thu
Northwestern railroad, who recentl,
was stricken totally blind, who now /!
in a hospital at Rochester, Mimi. will
recover his sight, which for a tim,
was believed to be permanently de
stroyed. He already has regained tn
sight of one eye and can see fairl!
well with the other. although from
this eye objects may appear double
II Is thought this condition can be. re
moved so the sight will be normal.