Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-11
The penitentiary at Bismarck viii be
ready for occupancy in q fsw days.

ready for occupancy IN 8 law days.
The Seventh Day Adventists havelo-
sasea d depository" al Villas, Miner
county. Buildings viii be put up at
(acA
Charles ~ White, az elderly man OF
respectable appearances and praPossess-
ING has been arrested az
Mitchell for larceny, He would gather
in anything he c0ald find. whether II
had any particular valae ca Sot. and the
court WAS puzzled 30 krsow whether the
man was n klep.omAaie or M accom-
plished professional theft. He was
held 10 answer
John Murphy Of Waterbury, aged
twenty-five, was saiTocated by damp
while digging a well. His was the
first death that ever occurred IN Mater
bury.
Mrs. Frank E.nnings OF Sioux Falls,
poured kerosene on her Kitchen fire no.
Gently. The can exploded, the bottom
Of tho can flying and the burning OIL
saturated her clothing. She rushed
out Of the house, and whom the noigh-
bors tried to tear her clothes off she
rushed back into the house and caught
up her baby and carrying it out at
armslcDgth, handed it TO a peighbor
saving Take my baby" Having done
this she fell down, REQ by the
flames. The fire was put out by throw
ing pals of water upon her. Her hesh
was literally baked and she lived but a
few hours.
Lightning struck the house Of ]. G.
Eldridge, about six miles northwest OF
Grand Forks. Mr.. and Mrs. Eldridge
were thrown down o flight of stairs and
their clothes torn from their bodies.
An old lady lying on q bed in the lower
story was slightly injured and her
clothing and the bed-clothes badly de-
nloralized. Two children sleeping ii
the upper story were not injured.
The commissioner of the worlds fair,
Alexander Mckenzie Of Bismark, is
making great exertions to secure a
creditable representation of the terri
tory az the New Orleans exposition this
winter. He will visit every county in
South Dakota. Great interest is heiug
taken, and some counties are appropri-
ating money TO pay expenses.
Grand Folks, Telegram.-Knud Moe
himself vas the murderer Of his en-.
ciente wife, who was found murdered
last week. He cut her throat with q
razor found on big person. He ex-
planned to the officers that his wife asked
him to do the deed. After his arrest
he was brought in as far as Cranes
farm, near Aryilla, and while the sheriff
was getting out Of the wagon Moe
snatched the officers revolver from his
hip pocket and shot himself in thefore-
bead, dying instantly.
The Yankton Press says: Colonel
Strait, a coal expert from Iowa, has
been spending several days examining
the coal on the Jencks farm, making
chemical tests and measuring the thick.
ness of the veins. He SAYS the first
four thin veins are not valuable, being
composed of Ignite and carboniferous
shale. The fifth vein, which is four and
one-quarter feet thick and 246 feet
down, and the sixth vein, which is SIX
and one-quarter feet thick and 262 feet
down, he pronounces a good quality oil
solid bituminous coal, which he rates al
81, and says it is better than any Iowa
coal and almost equal to the average
Illinois coal. Iowa coal averages 45 and
runs a. low as 81, and Illinois coal av.
erages 81.
NJ. III. Kenzie of Pierre, killed a rat
tlesnake on the door step just after
dark. A little girl, in going out of the
house, almost stepped on it, and in coil
ing up, its tail struck on the ankle,
terribly frightening her,
In sinking a we'll for Fred G. Hoff.
man, at Mitchell, the worknen passed
through q s~even-inch vein of coal, at a
depth of sixty feet. When placed in
the fire it burned to white ash.
The supreme court will meet at Yank.
ton ON tine Goth Of September to pro.
mulgate written opinions of the cases
decided to the last term.
The corner stone OF the new Episco
pal college at Sioux Falls will be lait
Sept, III.
A distillery is to be built ne GranG
Forks to 5 wheat and potatoes.
Eighteen miles Of trees have beer
planted in Watertown streets.
William Russell, aged sixty wears
living on Rock creek, near Howard
Oak, met with what may prove a fsta
accident. He was thrown out of hi
wagon, and o loaded shotgun he was Of
the time carrying was discharged, bad.
ly SCATTERING his lett arm above th,
elbow causing tho team to run way
The other occupants OF the vehicle, Mrs
Leffert, a married daughter Of M. Rus
sell, IN a visit from neal Dubuque
Iowa, and her eigEt-year- old daughter
were thrown violently to the GROUND
and the little girl had a leg broken
Mr.. Russell formely lived in Minneso
Ia.
Inhabitants Of Big Stone City, VIII,
were scandalized at the course Of /,
young man who was i~llicitly intimat,
with a married woman, in spite of hei
husbands efforts, prepared Cor a tarr
ing and feathering. which was only
prevented by the fight of the guilt
party.
Unknown parties drilled four holes il
the safe in the lumber office of M. Il
Alum of BEookings, but did not sue.
coed in opening it. From appearances i
was che work Of amateurs.
The house OF G. nj. Harrison, at HUI
ron, was entered by thieves the other
night, who got away with $3.50 in casl
and q watch and chain valued al $50
Miss Samuels has a claim near Kato.
and had built a shanty thereon to make
good her title. Monday night the
storm came, struck the shanty, carried
it out of sight, and left her sitting il
the rain for the rest of tho night.