Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11


IF Mrs. William McCart near La Moure,
pieces of coal apparently Ignite, were
found at depth of ten feet, and at .
iepth Of twenty four feet piece OF wood
two and oue-half feet long.
The grand lodge, A. F. and A NJ.
Will meet in Fargo June 5, 3 and 10.
About two hundred Of the most promi-
nent members of the order are expected
10 be present. Preparations are max
ing TO extend hearty welcome.
A Young man named Otto Bartram
took dinner with James Downs, who
lives twenty miles north Of De Smet,
and borrowing revolver, retired to a
barn and shot himself twice, both balls
entering his brain. He died almost IN
stantly.
Government Surveyor G.. G.. Boards
lev, says the Turtle Mountain Times,
has the contract for surveying several
towns in the Fort Totteu Indian reser-
vatiou this summer. In all probability
the Indians will be allotted lands IN
severalty.
Mr.. Frank Hansen of Dunseith had
lust flushed his dinner when he saw a
streak Of lightning almost at his elbow,
and he was forced down to the floor,
dazed for a few minutes and his arm
twisted. The next night the house was
struck again while Mr.. Hansen was
away,
A Cheyenne company prospecting
near Buffalo, at the foot of the Big
! Horn mountains, recently received an
! offer Of $3.50, 900 for its property CON
tingenE upon tapping twenty five
| barrel well. Work was vigorously
pushed, and At depth of eighty feet o
/ flow of fifty barrels day was secured.
/ L. eastman of Sioux Falls hss in
/ vented 2 eontrIraiee for planting God
corn. 1t is attached to the handles Of
the breaker, and drops from three 10
F, five kernels every three feet. IL is al
80 SC constructed as to drop the Kernels
/ close ND against the sod side of the fur
row, so as to place the corn Immediately
I under the seam Of the sod.
Pyue's large four story grist mill al
Corning fell with a crash recently, de.
molishing the entire structure. The up,
per story was occupied az o residence by
/ the majors family, but fortunately NJ
one was in the building at the time anC
the only person injured was the major
oldest boy who was standing near tn,
building at She time, and who receive,
only slight bruises.
The eastern papers contain the fol
lowing: "A Dakota paper mas shs fol
lowing funeral notice: At the conelu
sion Of the services at the church, thu
procession will at once proceed 70 tht
grave, where all that remains of the la
meuted deceased will b. laid at rest
The hearse will be drawn by Fastboy
the wsll-kRown hve-year-old Handle
tOuian, who has but recently reduced
his record to :32t.'
Washington, Special. A Dakot,
delegation arrived here recently inten
on seeing the president and securing
suspension OF his order that the set
tiers on the Winnebago reservation
must vacate by June II. Among then
was Gen. Lawier and John d. LawIer
Jr., NJ. II. Rawley and John w. Car,
of Milwaukee, who comes as the at
torney Of the Milwaukee < st. Pau
railroad. Rev. s. d. Hinman is ais,
here on he same errand.
The removal Of DIR. Black burn from
the presidency of the Grand Forks uni
versity by a majority Of the regents is
matter Of general discussion in tn
press north, and provokes some bitter
ness. The friends Of the board claim
that its course was d>sated by the fac
that the doctor wa . earning the 81
500 he received and that more eff
cient manager could be had for tn
money, but they are not generally givei
credit for unselfish motives alone.
A man named Daniel Quigley, EN-
ployed as a section hand at Worthing
some nine miles west of Canton, entere,
upon protracted spree. He was ar
rested by the marshal and lodged in tn
calaboose. He was taken before the cit
Justice, and not having any money TO pa
his fine, was allowed TO go, after prornis
ing TO send the money as soon as he go
home. Instead OF going home he re
NAMED and continued his spree. Re
Gently he was seen by the proprietor o
the Burrell house, staggering along IN
track and his mangled remains wer
found on the rail way track, having bee
run over by train.
A dispatch from Canton, says: On
OF the heaviest thunder storms that Ina
visited this section for years ragged FEY
days ago. The summer house of WIN
Butler, market gardener, was strucl
by the electric auid and torn 10 pieces
About twenty miles north and west from
here, Frank Elliott, who was corrsllin.
has stock, was struck BY lightning an
instantly killed. When found a fe,
moments later he vas lying upon hi
face, which was burned by the bolt, an
ms clothes were torn 10 shreds. an
were on fro. Mr.. Elliott was unmar
ried. In the same neighborhood bar
was struck, and Mr.. Erickson, VIII
was attending a sick horse, rendered in
sensible. The horse was killed, an
the barn set on fire and DESTROYED, "a
gether with several harnesses and som
machinery. Mr.. Erickson Was dragQe
from the burning barn aud will recove,
A little farther away a horse belonQin
to George Skinner was killed by
stroke of lightning while in the pastur,