Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
watertown, is suffering the horrors

a brass band tournament.
Northern Dakota farmers viii let
sheir wheat rot before they will sell at
so cents per bushel.
The comptroller OF the currency has
appointed James b. Sturtevant receiver
Of the First National Bank of James
town. ~
Brule county has a population of6,OOO
people, a gain of 100 per cent the past
year. .r... wrst
The treasure coach which left Dead
wood bore away gold bricks to the val
of a little more than $150,000.
A tr. sel,r is said to have been robbed
a Manitoba train, IA Sahpoton,
Of $40 .sh and various articles worth
sl6O.
The run of the De Smet mines for
the first half of August amounted to l.
ltz ouhcesu OF BOiu-
John McGee of Devils Lake, and
Miss Libbie Ryan of Wapella, Ill. we're
lnited In marriage at the residence of
the brides parents in Clinton, Ill,
At Holabird, Adolph Werner Weller
was killed by q stone falling into a we'll
where he was at work. s
f. Bolly of Morton county has Sc
cured a cross between the Rec and
Dent corn, which natures sixty-fo four
lays after planting, twelve to sixteen
rows to the ear.
Threshing is progressing OF the
Cooper farm, Cooperstown, 10000
bushels being the result so far, with
100, 600 more to thresh.
The Huron Thespians, evidently with
oat fear of the req eyed law or Louis
Aldrich threaten to produce my
Pertnerp at WATERFOWL.
An Illinois man offers to give Sioux
Falls a sash and door factory and plan
ing mill If the citizens will donate him
$500 in cash and a five year lease of nee
essary grounds.
An attempt was made to blow up the
powder house at Split Tail Cullen by
firing into it. The house contained 80.
900 pounds Of stout powder, and an ex-
plosion would have done immense dam
age.
The new roller Touring mill at How
ard, has started Up. II is owned by L.
G. Gould and l.. G. Gould, the former
of Morris and the latter of New Win
sor, III, and has a capacity Of 100 bar
rels per day.
Rev. Alden b. Case, for the last two
years pastor ofthe Union Congregation
al church Of Howard, has resigned to
enter the field of missionary labor in
Mexico.
The Prohibition alliance is about to
establish a paper at Huron, to be the
special champion Of that organization.
The first number will appear Oct. /.
W. Ii. Headly, general agent of the nj
lance, and Asher f.. Pay, win be pub
fishers.
Lightning struck the farm house OF
Jacob Zimmerman, situated about a
quarter Of q mile from Durbin, instant
tly killing Ole Swanson, a young Swede
in Zimmerman's employ, knocking the
insonsible, and severly shocking
his wife and children.
Mrs. W. b. Douglass of Fargo, while
en- route from that city to Chicago, two
weeks ago, lost a package containing
$4,000 worth of diamonds, which is
thought to have been stolen somewhere
between st. Paul and Milwaukee. The
matter has been kept quiet till now,
The Fargo Republican has abandoned
its morning edition and become an even
ing paper. The reason given is that the
business for Fargo is not sufficient to
warrant the publication of two morning
papers in that city.
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Judge Smith held court at Redheld.
SPHINX county. j. b. Thomas the ell
legged murderer of William Cuttings was
not indicted and the Judge ordered his
release from custody. Cases against
liquor dealers for alleged violation of
inc law are now before the petit Jury.
Burglars entered the Star grocery at
Fargo and drilled a hole ia the safe
door, but were unable to break the COM
bination lock, and thus secured no
booty. The job is said TO have been
done by professionals, and il is Thought
that the gang that have been working
Duiuth and Brainerd have reached Far
go.
General Freight Agent Hannaford.
Of the Northern Pacific, announces that
tho following agencies hare been opened
Tor freight business: Tappan, on the
Dakota division, AIS miles west Of ST
Paul, William Bartholomew, agent,
Sterling on the Dakota division, AT
miles west of st. Paul, j. III. Smith,
agent.
NJ, M. Wood, arrested on complaint
u the Northern Pacific railway compa-
charged with the robbery Of the
'ompany's Office at oriska, broke jail at
valley City, saving the bars Of
his window. Wood also telegraphed a
forged order from the Security bank Of
Minneapolis to the First National bank