Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-02

iuo 10 the harm, one a the 1sxtses, ioS
which be had BEEN offered 500 stepped
into hole and broke its neck
Edward whalsn, editor of the Mad
ison Sentinel, has begun suit against
j. n. Stahl, of the Leader, TO recover
50 600 damages for libel.
C. H.. King, publisher of the Trail
County Times, has unaecountably dis.
appeared.
The man known ms athe duke OF
Argyle, Special Land Agent Jaycox $
chief witness, in certain cancellation
cases. was, at Aberdeen, bound over
TO the district court IN $500 on the
charge of msnslaughter.
Sc. Johns day was observed by the
Masonic fraternity of Huron and visit
ing members from various parts OF tine
county. DR.. j RI. Moore OF Lake
Byron d@livered an address.
I'M. Tuohy, night editor ofthe Far
go Argus, has been appointed clerk OF
the court for Pembina county.
An indictment for libel has been
found by the grand jury Of kinesbury
county against J. c. Stowe, formerly
editor of the Howard Farm
er, but now managing editor Of the
Winfred Ledger, on complaint
OF Rev. j. G. Shetland, a Meth
odist minister of De smet, TIE form
er last March published an article con
corning Rev. Shetland and a young
woman living in the latter,s family,
upon which the charge OF libel IL based.
Rev Shetland il under Indictment in
this county for holding UP at the point
OF pistol an Alexandria doctor at a
hotel at Villas in March last, at the
time the article above referred to was
Published, and compelling him TO sign
papers and give up what spare change
he possessed The affair was shroud-
ed in mystery, but enough came to
light to show woman was at the bot
tom of il.
Mayor z. NJ. Fuller OF Bismarck,
TOOK the remains of John W Edwards
TO kuipersviile, Pa Edwards was
drowned from SIbley island last Nov
einber, and his body WIS found IN May
last on sandbar opposite Fort Yates.
The body being identified as that ofan
Odd Fellow. ss NT.#g
There was a slight touch OF frost in
many places on the night OF the 2lst.
John A. Wilson, one ofthe wealthiest
pioneers Of Noorly county, was found
dead in his bed.
Ore has been discovered ia the Poca-
hantas mine that runs 100000 to
the ton,
Three inches of rain fell at Huron
the first fifteen days OF June,
Two physicians OF Aberdeen recent
ly charged DIR. Bergoff OF Westport
with malpractice, in consequence OF
which said doctor brings a 10000
libel suit against the complaining doc
tors.
Henry Spencer, a young man about
twenty years of age, living in Hand
county, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with a shotgun.
The next meeting OF the territorial
board of agriculture takes place at
Huron July g. @#F
Ia one of the newest counties OF the
extremenorth the assessorstates that
he found fully 200 vacant shacks, per-
haps fourth of all the claims taken.
Young men, without families in most
cases, had invested SIS or $50 in a
shack, plowed the few acres required,
and perhaps occasionally spent "A
night on the claim during the six
months, and proved up and gone, hold.
ing the land for speculation.
The school census at Bismarck
shows more females OF rnarriagsable
age than males-239 TO 2l0. Several
OF the Dakotatowils afford similar fig.
ures, which do not bear out the inn
preston that the young men are all
frantic to marry IL i claimed at
Bismarck that the big count is OF those
under 8 years OF age In most of the
towns there will be found an astonish.
ing number less than ( years old.
Forest CITY, Potter county. suffered
from cyclone lately.
At the fireman,s tournament at
Sioux Falls, in the hose-coupline con-
test Sioux Falls takes first prize.
Time, o 4-5 seconds. Aberdeen was
second. In the novelty hook and lad
der race, Mitchell took first prize: time,
413-10seconds. inthethree bundled
yard hose race, Sioux Falls took first
prize; time, 1915 seconds; Chamber.
lain second, Deadwood third, Huron
fourth W
AT Highmore, in Hyde county,
justice OF the peace who could not find
anyone in his section up To his ideal,
corresponded with "a young, educated
and loving orphangirl, as She described
herself, IN the East, and marriage
engagement resulted an the y rs::..:s::hs, 81
letters and photographs, and ne COM
piled with her request TO send her 5000
for an outfit This rs the last the
fieeced justice has heard OF her or his
money.
Z The more the candidates and their
friends in Dakota find out about the
purposes at Washington in regard 10
the filling of the Offices in the territory
the less they seem to know. Prophets
and the men with confidential infor-
nation are at DISCOUNT, Nothing
less than the actual appointments OF
governor, marshal, postmasters and
land agents win be accepted as genu,
inc.
Slow Of Speech.