Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-07

ted a log for AT. y. il LtWooG on tnS
Goth inst. for gangrene above the ankle.
The leg was removed quickly 2 care
fully under ether, but, singuiariy, the
doctors found no arteries TO secure, on
the day following-though there hao
been an artesisi eeziHG il the tissues
AMI the limb WAS warm, the doctors
think obstruction OF the main artery
near the knee may have caused the
death of the foot.
Jeraula county has at last been fully
organized aud the officers will at once
enter upon their duties. The officials
will be as follows: j. M. Spears of FL
mer. sheriff; e.. G. Stevens, deputy sher-
if; Il. G.. Wilson of Parsons, assessor; "a.
M. Rice of Waterbury, probate Judge;
w. J.. Williams of Elmer, probate judge
j. A. Mcfarland OF Stetson, surveyor,
Or. ID. r. Rover of Alpena, coroner: ~.
Y Hazard ofCrowI Lake, superintendent
of schools: r. M. Magee of Elmer. prose-
cutting attorney: A. b. Swart OF Elmer,
Is p. H.Mocher of Crow Lake, and Ii.
ID. Fisher Of Elmer. county commission
ers: ]. G. Gray of Alpena, f. Totfmeier
Of Elmer. and M. w. Young OF Parsons,
justices: James Paddock OF Waterbury,
q. G. Solberg of Parsons, G. w. L. Us
GOOD of Elmer, and l.. w. Castleman Gf
| Alpena. constables. The county seat is
not yet permanently located.
An aged Scandinavian lady named An
ME Grimsend fell down stairs at the
| Victoria hotel Fargo. She died a short
time after. She was about eighty years
old.
j. B. Mershon, clerk of the Bradley
| at Mitchell, has been arrested on q charge
| of embezzlement of funds of the hotel.
DIR. Ellis of Sioux Falls reports the
value of new Baptist churches built in
| Dakota last year t $22 .954. Churches
now completed and being completed:
| Mitchell church, $1,000 nearly; Dell
| Rapids, $4,000: Columbia, 81 500; Hurley,
| 81. 0UO: Brookings Scandinavian, $l 900;
| Lodi Danish, 5000; Centerville, to cost
| $1,000; Frederick. $l,20O; EstalIne, 81
900; Fusion So 10; and for improvements
there was expended by the church at
Brookings, 1000; Huron, $500, and
! NeTmiiiian, $400.
Mr.. Reid of St. Paul has declined the
presidency of the First National bank of
Mandan to which he was recently elec-
ted.
Timothy Long has disappeared from
| Fargo, leaving CREDITORS to the amount
of $500.
Mitchell, had trouble in arresting a
belligerent gin seller.
DR.. Parmalee of Mitchell wa married
recently to Miss Rose Gardner of Berla,
Ohio.
Rev. r. w. Kennedy, Presbyterian
minister ct Gary, has been deberred
from the pulpit, in which position his
term has not yet expired, and without
being ordered to resign by the presby-
terry or being paid.
Henry Lovejoy, who was sent from
Bon Homme county in 1882. to serve q
| thirty years sentence in the ~penitentiary
for rape, died at that institution, of pull
monar consumption.
The Central Dakota Editorial associa-
ltion has been permanently formed,
/ John III. Drake of Aberdeen being made
permanent president. The secretary
wall issue circular letters to all the pub-
fishers Of Central Dakota, prior to the
next adjourned meeting. on first Tuesday
in March. The object ofthe association is
primarily to raise the fee heretofore
| charged for the publication OF final proof
and contest notices.
Proprietors of two Valley City gam
bling rooms have been arrested and
fined.
Maj. Howard White, from Pine Ridge
agency, says that the winter so far has
been favorable for range stock, and cattle
are looking well. There is not much snow
though more than IN some parts. There
have been no bad blowing storms.
a. party OF roughs fred some random
shots at Engineer Haines, who vas at
the time managing his engine on the
train between Menno and the crossing
OF the James River, while the train was
at full speed. One bullet passed through
the middle of the cab of the engine, but
failed to hit the engineer. 1t is not
known who they were.
Four Niobrara vigilants arrived at
Yankton recently, having in custody
Kid Vale, the captain OF the NiobIara
gang of horse thieves, captured by them
at Le Mars, Iowa. Vigiiants have been
ON his track since last fall and will pro-
coed to Niobrara as soon as reinforce
ments arrive.