Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-01-31

"a. ~. Missions for Dakota, goes east ia a.
care inore funds to assist In bnildine
number OF churches OF that denomination
N Dakota < spr ng.
Two clerks, named Olson and Nessett,
~ the employ, respectively, of G.. X.
Jewett and r. A. Henderson, Fargo,
were before Judge Guptiil charged with
purlolnl1g goods from their EMPLOYERS.
In defaoit OF $500 bonds, the accused
were remanded to the county Jail 10
await the action Of the grand jury.
The annual meeting Of the Wool Grow
ers' y Sheep Breeders association at
Whitewater, elected the following otfi-
GERS: Al. Parker, Beaver Dam, presi,
dent; >. y. Cellane, GAINESVILLE, vice
president; y. ii. Wilkinson, Whitewater,
secretary; w. II. Hardy, Genesee, treas.
urer.
Fire at Waupacca destroyed two frame
buildings on Main street. One building
was owned by Lars Peterson. aud was
used by hum az a grocery and dwelling.
The other was owne! Dy Nels Jensen.
and occupied by Jens Peterson as a 50.
loon.
A large number of settlers about seven
miles up the cut from Chamberlain have
moved onthe reservation. About twenty
houses have been built and more will be.
There is a report that q secret organic
alton composed of over 500 men has been
organized to 60 upon the reservation and
stay there.
Mr.. Hauge of Aberdeen abandons the
boot aud shoe trade with $3.50 liabili-
ties.
A new bank has been incorporated in
Groton with a capital Of 10000.
There were 2O4 deaths in Lawrence
county last year.
Mark Welstein, the Fargo merehans
arrested for securing $4,000 WORTH Of
goods from Milwaukee on alleged false
pretenses, has been held 10 trial in the
SUI Of 81 900 in Milwaukee.
The Mennonities' COLONY who have
been Lying about seven miles south Of
Dakota City, have sold their farm and
81 ects 10 YanktoH parties for $25 600,
and will return to Pennsylvania.
The First National bank of Deadwood
reports loans and discounts for 1888 of
$2l 1904, ISL.
The price or liquor licenses in Huron
has been fixed al 1925.
The wife oil RUFUS Earl OF Mount
Vernon, committed suicide. No eanse in
known Tor the deed. She leaves a fami-
Iy OF small children.
The experiments OF the Northern
Pacific in tree-planting are satisfactory
10 the company and very encouraging to
the settler. Reports from this depart
ment show that cotton wood sips plant-
ed last year are now eight feet : n height,
and box elders have grown three feet
from the seed during the n season.
The Barpes couuty commissioners
have decided TO regard the law exempt
ing railroad proSS7ty from taxation as
Unconstitutional and levy the same taxes
on railroad land as are assessed upon
other property.
The Dakota Territorial tax commission
has appointed 7. nj. Hit secretary and
stenographer. Judge EdgertoD con-
cluded Mr.. Hit could not hold that Of
fee and be clerk of the district o for
Bon Homme county, and appointed G.
II. Stillwil clerk Of court.
The first marriage in Campbell. county
was that of E. G. Chilcott and Miss Alice
M. Bushley. As no minister or civil Of
Il :er authorized to perform the ceremony
could be fonnd, q marriage contract,
wherein 1t was naturally agreed TO ac-
cept and acknowledge each other as man
and wife was signed by the contracting
parties, and acknowledged before q no.
tary public.
Search is being made for Nels Larson
of Coopertown, who disappear, d or the
night of Dec. %.
Joseph w. Fogarty, formerly of Roch-
ester, Mimi, died suddenly at James |
town.
A. q. Leach & Brother of Lake BEN
ton. have made an assignment to A. c.
Matthews.
De Smet has no liquor saloons.
Jerry Warner, the man charged with
abducting the girl from Eden, appeared
before Justice Still ut Parker, and on
preliminary examination was bound
over to the district court and bail fixed
at $500. Parker has telepraphed to
Eden TO friends for help TO raise the re-
quired bail, but with little prospect of
success.
G. Hauge, boots and shoes at Aber-
deem, has just made an ASSIGNMENT for
the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities.
81, 800; assets the same, not including
exemption. He can probably pay GO
cents on the dollar.
Mrs. Sager of La Grace, committed
suicide by drowning herself in barrel
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and is supposed to have been temporarily
saconn