Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-16
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS
John Keifer OF Larirnore, wasrobbed

John Keifer OF Larimore, was robbed
q !. gold watch. chain, and pocket
book full OF money, in Michigan CITY
Ind
Rock hss been found on Two bit' ID
the Hills. which carries 40 to % PEI
cent OF first-class saltpeter.
Erick Olson, Scandinavian, com
mitted suicide in Bismarck by taxing
poison,
A young man named Conrad, former
ly of Wmona, Mimi, committed suicide
at Casselton.
Rev. William NJ. Blackburn, ID. D.,
late president OF the University o.
North Dakota, at Grand Forks, has
accented the presidency OF Pierre un'
iyersitv, and will at once remove ms
family to East Pierre and enter onthe
duties OF his Office.
IF. Osborne, a horse thief attemp-
ID TO break Jail at Bismarck and was
shot through the lungs by Jailer Ciofs
while trying to escape,
In Aurora county a young manruin-
"a respectable young lady, and her
friends gave him coat OF tar ana
feathers.
At the Dakota Teachers assocla'
lion 5 second annual meeting at Huron,
IS teachers were present,
The clothing store of W. A. White d
Co, at Wahpeton, was entered by
burglars cutting through rear door,
! About 500 worth of clothing and
some watches were taken.
The camp meeting at Big Stone City
was largely attended. Thirty tents
surrounded large pavilion seating
| 900 people. Many clergymen were
present, also Thomas McClary OF Min
neapolis and Rev. j. p. Dunnett, ID. ID,
and party from Dixon, Ill. Ira n.
Pardee, superintendent OF the Nj. T.
| Church Dakota mission, etc.
The Bank OF Mitchell has paid of all
its creditors 100 cents on the dollar.
The house OF George Sperry at lps-
wich was entered by burglars in search
of several hundred dollars he had that
day, but Mr.. Sperry discovered the
thieves and put them to flight.
Miss Lena A, Dix OF Mitchell has been
given a certificate by the state board
OF dental examiners, allowing her TO
practice in the territory.
The boy Conderman, who shot and
killed his sister near Mitchell, has been
discharged on preliminary examina'
ton.
4 vigilance committee, with lOO
members, has been formedin Larimort
county to look out for horse thieves.
Mrs. J. Barnett, living near Water
own, gave birth to four lively babies
weighing twenty eight pounds, and
nearly alike in weight and appearance
The quartet is well divided, two being
boys and two girls. The mother and
babies are reported ms doing well.
Mrs. Harold Lunde died in Fargo
from the effects of an overdose o.
opium.
James lie Moire was killed by the
kick of n horse, on the Belle Fourche
The population of Beadle county is
l0,3S0, and of Huron $500,
The county assessor has just com
| pleted his returns for Sphinx county
and it shows total valuation OF 80,
| gT6, 1873. The assessed valuation oi
| Ashton is 1911 OBS, OF Redtield $500,
1oG and OF Frankfort S233,S7S.
Col. Lounsbeiry recalls the fact that
IN the early days of Bismarck, a doz
en- years ago, Vice President Colfax
Secretary Window and party OF la,
dies visited that city with their fami
lies TO remain some time. but were driv,
an away by the mosquitoes and som,
Of the ladies made sick. Then smudges
sent up their fumes in front OF every
door and everyone wore mosquito
nets. These pests reiterated before civ
ilization somewhat, but are worse this
season than for several years on &C
count OF the frequent rains and hot
weather.
| G. III. Moore lately sold his 32t
acres in Ransom county for $l2, 800
He entered the land less than iiv,
years ago and it had cost him but ,
lew hundred dollars.
| William i, Goheen, formerly a law
yer from Springfield, H., for the pas
few years a farmer in Dakota an,
postmaster at .Maybury, about TWEEN
Il ty miles west OF Aberdeen, was strucl
with lightning on his way home. ahou
| two and half miles west, with a loa,
Of grain and feed, and instantly killed
| The census shows the crop acreag
| of Ransom county this year to be o.,
200 acres. Somewhere about three
ifths OF this vast field is seeded Il
| wheat, the remainder being principall,
| lax and barley. The crops are re
ported magnificent. The total popu
lation OF the county is 5,673, Lisbol
counting up about 1903.
| George Harlan, agel sixteen years
was drowned at Sioux Falls recently
| while bathing.
| Hugh McConville's residence in Cas-
SETON was burned by tramps. Los