Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-25
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS


kiled his sister but subsequently own
ed ND that he did it himself accidp ~
ally
William Higgins, young hunter,
committed suicide at Dickinson.
For the week ending June IL the
total number OF acres entered at the
DEVILS Lake land office was 22,oSo;
collections, 81, 63o.25.
At the recent special election at NH
bank to bond the city for an arteslan
well. a majority of eight votes were
found against the well.
Az Elk Point, OAK, a number OF
Buildings were blown down, the rail-
road coal house and wind mill de
molished. No one hurt.
Sioux Falls real and personal prop
erty has Just been officially valued ag
81 '265, $50. an increase OF sos, lol
over the assessment of last year
The artesian well at the Casselton
roller mills is a success. At a depth OF
3l5 feet a two inch flow ofremarkably
soft nalatable water now flows with
such force as to elevate it above the
top OF the mill---a height OF fifty feet,
and the capacity, by measurement, IL
two barrels per minute.
At La Moure, Yerxa & Co, OF Min
neapolis. have purchased ground from
the Northern Pacific Railroad com.
panv and will build an elevator be
tween now and Sept. /. The company
have similar enterprises IN various
North Dakota towns and wlllcompete
with the Northern Pacific Elevator
company in a vigorous fashion.
Huron acknowledgements oil
the past few days indicate that the
Democrats in that part of Dakota will
take no part in Unconstitutional con-
vention, but keep aloof from tho
primaries and county conventions.
Charles Phillips ofCooperstownpaid
500 fine for beating his wife.
The grand commandery of Knights
Templar closed its session at Gankton
by the installation Of the following
newly elected officers: l.. b. French,
Yankton, right eminent grand com.
mander; d. $. GIydden, Sioux Falls,
viceeminent deputy grand commander;
NJ. 4. Brewer, Fargo, eminent grand
Ceneralissimo; j. A. Calcord, HGron,
eminent grand captain general; Z. b.
Little, Bismarck, eminent grand pre-
late; f. j. Washabaugh, neadwood,
eminent grand senior warden; M. f
Grain, Fargo. eminent grand junior
warden; C.. S. Weaver, Bismarck, emf
nent grand treasurer; Bruce NJ. Row
ley, Huron, eminent grand Recorder
The Dakota Metitodlsts have ar
ranged for their summer camp meet.
ings at Simpson Park, Big Stone City,
which has been deliberately fitted up,
and it being on the beautiful shores oil
the Big Stone lake, possesses unusual
attractions The week OF camp meet
ing, beginning July 7, is to be followed
by two full weeks devoted to Sunday
school institute and a grand temper,
ance inbilee. At all of the meetings
noted men from various parts OF the
land are to be present.
A youngman, a German, whose name
is thought to be Jacob Kocher, was
drowned in the James river recently
while bathing, four miles from Yank
ton.
p. X. Smith, of Bismarck, sentenced
to one year and four months in the
penitentiary for assulting L. IL. Col
Inns, has beed pardoned.
Thomas w. Jaycox, special agent o
the general land Office at Washington
has been removed. Several weeks agc
the people about Aberdeen became Sc
indignant at the methods he was usin,
to obtain testimony against certain
claims that various petitions were pu
in circulation, praying for his imme
date removal, and said petitions ar
being universally signed by all classes
Republicans as well as Democrats
Jaycox, however, thought it advisa
Die to take time by the fOreloCk, ant
accordingly sent in his resignation.
Bismarck Special.-Two alleged hors
thieves were held for the grand jury
and another was delivered to Montana
officers to be arraigned at Miles City
The Montana man was arrested her
recently, having in possession severa
horses stolen from the Fort Keogl
reservation. The others begun opera
tions in Mclean county, worked
through Burleigh and Steele counties
and were caught in Suutsman county
with sixteen head OF stolen horses.
The stockholders of the Fargo South
ern held their annual meeting in tn,
company's Office in Fargo. 1t was de
cided, to reduce the number of direct
orsfrom twelve TO seven. The directors
chosen were: II. f. Sargent, T. w
Wadsworth and Philip Wadsworth
of Chicago, and John w. Cary. ID. G
Green, b. l.. Lomax and p. NJ Meyers
of Milwaukee. At 4 O'Clock this after
noon the directors elected the follow
ing officersfo for the ensuing year. Prev
dent, II. E.Sargeut; secretary and treas
urer, T. w. Wadsworth. 1t is saidthat
arrangements will be l~ale for the inn
mediate completion of thegap between
Ortonville and Flandreau.
A boy eleven gears of age named
Condemonn, son of J. +. Condemonn
who lives eleven miles northwest o.
Mitchell rode hurriedly into town and
alarmed the citizens by reporting that
his sister, aged sixteen years, had been
shot by a tramp. His story was that
the tramp rode up to the house, took
a shotgun from the wall and shot the
girl When closely questioned the boy
contradicted himself in several points
and when pressed hard he finally ad
mitted that he did the shooting him
self, but that it was accidental. The
boy was arrested and is now in Jail al
Mitchell. The neighbors state that the
boy and girl frequently quarreled, and
as he was subject to violent outbursts
of passion, it is thought that he shot
her in his rage.
Representatives from various agri
cultural counties met at MITCHELL the