Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-15
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS
Hog cholera prevails near Yankton.

Ex. Delegate Raymond doubts
press will divide Dakota, but looksior
admission OF the whole territory TINS
winter.
Huron will have a big musical iesti.
vail Out. 26.
Clarence Bennett appeared at Wooh.
socket in the rink as a professional
boxer and gave one or two exhibitions.
Alter his last appearance he proceeded
to get on a royal good drunk and
made himself quite conspicuous, he
wound up by attempting to outrage q
laundry woman named Hathaway.
He was arrested and lodged IN
iail but Was taken out and
tarred and feathered The tar was
hot and was applied with brooms'
Bennett being held upon the ground,
When he was completely covered he
was rolled in the pileof feathers, and
the lob was completed. He was gwen
notice that il he ever returns TO
Woonsocket he will be lynched, after
which he was left to shift for himself.
Some Nebraska parties talk of put
ting up a barbed wire factory IN Sioux
Falls, a..E. RtErEEr. ...EI
The average of wheat in Missouri
valley is about twenty bushels to the
acre.
The Buxton Mining company are
shipping large quantities of ore to the
Omaha reduction works that net them
81 900 to the ton.
Mrs. J. +. Brown and her sister,
Mrs. Richardson, fought bravely and
saved Mr.. Browns grain stacks, gran
airy, barn and dwelling on his farm
near Jamestown, while Mr.. b. was IN
town. "s
The Democrats OF Beadle county
have issued callfor a mass convention
of Democrats o fSouth Dakotato meet
in Huron Oct. 81, thee day ofthe Repub-
lican convention, to take party ac-
/ ton on the constitution as adopted
! by the Sioux Falls convention.
A prairie fire started above Wander
bilt, Campbell county, burned most
OF the country between there and
Spring river. Mrs. Chilcott lost her
barn, grain and hay, Mathew Baker
lost his barn and about 400 bushels
OF oats and several other small
amounts,
Hon, j, II, Teller, territorial secre-
rotary states that he knows nothing
of the reported filing OF charges in
Washington against Gov. Pierce.
The presbytery OF the Northern Pa
cifc has just concluded its session az
Casselton. 1t was decided to change
the name to the Presbytery OF Fargo.
The sermon was by Rev. L. W. Day oil
Lisbon, and the moderator was Rev.
L. p. FOrseman of Hillsboro.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs,
Smart, Of Washington Springs, was
accidentally killed by being crushed by
the o~verturning OF Il buggy /
Sully county, nearly three years old,
with $500 population, has never had
a legalized saloon, a pauper nor a
criminal imprisoned,
r. II, Lula, a prominent farmer
living ten miles from Pierre, was found
dead.
Miss Belle Franklin of McHenry
county saw a prairie fire sweeping to-
ward the buildings Of neighbor who
was away from home, harnessed his
team and plowed n fire break, thus
saving his buildings and grain.
Bishop Marty OF Yankton, who has
been in Europe for the past six
months, is expected home soon, and
will be given a grand reception.
A new bank has been organized at
Rapid City with S200,0 900 paid up
capital.
Footpads siugged and robbed Henry
Burton III Grand Forks
At the tax sale the Queen Bee mill
at Sioux Falls, was oldford delinquent
taxes to local parties. The amount
Oftaxes due was SO, 771.97. The sale OF
. AsNAAAAD " N"ANo va Y bAIittklEg anu
the tracts were largely taken by the
buyers at tho smallest amounts OF
land.
Charles Greve's Dakota farm OF 500
acres, nea Hillsboro, yielded 9,766
bushels OF wheat, 1900 bushels OF
oats and III bushels of barley, beside
vegetables. ......
Washington Special: The Dakota
Democrats, not content with the slow
process OF changingt the Offices, havehit
upon a plan of ousting Gov. Pierce
andputting in his place +. NJ. Ziebach,
the editor OF the Scotland Oak Citi.
zen. 1t is said that Ziebach's petit.
tions are signed by ten thousand PEG.
pie, his endorsements being more
numerous than any applicant before
this administration. Volumnous
charges We're filed against Gov. Pierce,
charging malfeasance in Office, audit is
thought he will have to go.
The Congregational convention at
Fargo devoted a great deal OF TING ia
the consideration Of the location and
organization OF a college in North Da.
kota. A committee consisting OF Rev.
DIR. Strong and Rev. William Mont.
gomery, was appointed to report on
the location of a college, and recon.
mended the following resolution, which
was adopted by the conference:
Resolved, That a committee oil
nine be appointed and empowered to
select bids for the location OF a Con
gregational college in North Dakota
A unanimous vote shall decide the 10.
cation; otherwise the committe shall
make a full report to the association
In case a location Is determined by
the cammittee, they are authorized tc
secure the incorporation ofthe institu
ton associate with themselves, as q
board OF trustees, other gentleman &c
that the board OF control shall con
tain not less than fifteen nor NOR,
than twenty members. Two-thirds
OF the members Of the board
OF trustees shall be members q
a Congregational church and wher
legally organized this board shall
have authority IN organize, eauir
and control the institution, to hold
and convey property and to dischares
all the functions OF similar bodies
The following We're informally racor,