Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-28

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been urged to make a canvass, but will
not enter the list until Gov. Ordway has
published an authoritative ~declination.
It is a fact that the Dakota governor
ship is discussed exclusively among the
candidates and their friends, and the
subject has not received q moments
serious consideration by the president.
The result of all the ~canvassing will be
to compel him to select some man who
is not a candidate.
Ignatius Donnelly will deliver an ora
ton at Grand Forks on st. Patrick's
day.
Old settlers of Douglas county will
organize a grand army post.
A man named Conrad Kruse, on his
way to Chamberlain for a load of lum-
Der, was thrown from his wagon by a
runaway team and killed.
The city council of Ashton has passed
an ordinance rebating one-half the city
taxes, as the amout levied will not be
needed.
Mrs. Fosnaugh, a Huron milliner, has
been arrested for larceny from the
American express company.
Anthony Woselek of Webster was
found frozen to death near Wauhay
lake. He leaves a wife and three chill
dren.
Land Agent Psrkhurst on the east
ern shore of the Red river, has been
under arrest for various sorts of libin-
BUSINESS, all of which he denies, and has
retained able counsel to defend him.
Indictments have been found against
Mayor Yerxa and Chief of Police Wood
of Fargo, for conduct unbecoming their
positions as public functionaries. The
victims of these proceedings deny the
truth of the charges, and say they are
the result of personal Ill feeling, In
5nc mayor, gx least, was not q
party.
Miss Jenny Hasty of Wolsey town
ship, near Huron, her school being
situated about . mile and a half from a
boarding place, has had built a parti-
ton In the school house for a bed rcsoTn
and tie vestibule Of the building re-
modelled into a kitchen, and there the
young lady keeps house, lives and
teaches school, and gives excellent sat
isfaction.
The attachment upon the house and
lot of "Cols" Flemming, in Bismarck,
has been dissolved.
Flaurau saloons have been closed on
account of the increased price Of Ii
cense.
Francis Beamer was arrested at
Grand Forks on the charge Of stealing
wheat from q farmer named Angus Me
Leod, near Norton. The alleged
amount stolen IS seyenty-fve bushels.
The Huron Southwestern has APP
pointed a committee of five to visit Al
pena, Woonsocket, Elmer, Plankinton,
Yorktown and Chamberlain to see what
inducements. will be given to build q
line there. The committee viii go al
once, and the survey will be made as
suitable weather sets in
A sensational rumor comes from lis
bon of the arrest of several wheat
thieves near that town. 1t is stated
that the sheriff pretended to sleep an6
a party of ~yigilantees seized the prison
er, but, after pulling him haavenware
several times, they remanded him to tn,
custody of the sheriff, being unable t,
obtain any confession from him. Sub
~sequently, when in jail, he confessed t,
the sheriff that he had taken part il
several expeditions for stealing grain
Arrangements have just been perfect
ed for a temperance jubilee in Mitchell
for three days, commencing April Is.
The case OF Justice Stack, charge.
with embezzlement, was concluded il
the district court at Fargo, and d YER
dict rendered completely acquitting th
defendant.
The next fair of the Southeastern
Dakota Industrial association will b
held at Yankton Sep. % to rs inclusive
The association will also hold a sprin,
meeting.
The suit of I'll. G.. Harrison & Co. TO
81, 500 against y. G. Clark Of Mandal
has been withdrawn, the plaintiffs pay
ing costs.