Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-09

.-,,, ,,nd the cool weather Of the past ten
laws has helned the growth 81 the plant
getv much The lew reports OF uni,'Nora.
Dle weather are scattering, ami on Vps
whole the crop may be said 20 ne ~ as 5000
condition AZ Il was lat year &C tins Time
Aside nom the slightly decreased aerea1
~. eror yoala turn out az lineh s:aH
,,aar Harvest will begin ten day earlier
n the northern portion Of the territory m
less the weather from this time shouhe
Grove backward.
Two good horses were stolen from
Rev Mr.. Cook OF Dickinson a ewtSlys
ago
Miner county viii issue ten bonds o
81 900 each,
The new quarters for the Fifteenth
Infantry band at Fort Buford have
been completed.
A man named Jacob Jordon was
drowned in Day Creek, near Rapid
City, recently. A cloud burst sudden
", sweiled thecreek, and he wascanght.
w. l.. Shrigley, a we'll known farmer
residing short distance west Of How
ard, was aeriously, If not fatally gored
by AN enraged bull.
sheldon was visited by bail storm.
Among the fields damaged are James
Hawley. 900 acres; ] B Folsom, 800
acres; A. j. Ayers. 300 acres. Most
all of it was insured in various com
panies. The haa covered a strip four
miles wide by six long, hitting section
and skipping perhaps two or three be-
lore damaging another.
George Burns, while driving a bunch
of cattle along Fix creek, near Rapid
City, was struck by lightning and
killed.
The Grant County Agricultural as
sociation has secured 81 600 inter-
est in the driving park association OF
Mlbans, and il viii use the grounds
for its fairs
The Sioux City d Pacific railroad
viii be built to point iiity-aix miles
from Rapid City, thts season.
Judge Mcdonnell at Fargo, practical
" denied the mandamus in the Trail
county case which had been asked for,
to prevent the building of new court
house at Caledonia. He advised the
coutending parties 80 get together and
agFee TO improvements affording more
safety for the county records instead
of putting up anew building. Theease
result OF the conference will be given
to the court,
A large number OF energetic settlers
have taken claims in thesouthwestern
part OF Rolette county Two town
ships have been occupied.
Thefallure t. L. smith, the Omaha
merchant, made lively work for Sioux
Falls attorneys. It was learned that
Mr. smith was the owner OF about
twenty acres OF land i'm Sioux Falls,
the value of which " perhaps SIS an
acre. John v. Farwells ATTORNEYS
were the first to swear out attach
ment papers, and his claim being for
SIS, 900 viii OF course absorb the en-
tire property Later the attorneys al
A. = Gage X Co.. for 81, 400 Wilson
Brothers for 81, I65, and the Mer-
char National Bank OF On4aha for
$1,000, each levied upon the same
property. OF course the latter attach
ments can hope TO get nothing, except
ia the event thas some error may have
been committed in the papers OF Far.
well 4 Co
W Fl Day, Dakota's member of the
national Democratic committee, was
at Grand Forks, and was besieged on
all sides by applicants for office. In
reply 10 Inquiries he stated He
thought there would be some changes
in federal offices in Dakota during July
and August, both in the postoffiees and
land Offices; but no sweeping changes
IN either There were legions OK appll-
cants for all the offices Ia the territory.
but IL was impossible TO say who the
lucky aspirants would be
subscriptions OF stock are beina
taken by prominent citizens OF Sioux
Fails in connection with the New Eng.
Land Loan and Trust Company OF
Des MONIES, Iowa, for a Fourth Ma
tIonal bank, to be opened in SIOUX
Falls. Nearly all the stock is already
taken. A new business block viii be
erected, part of which will be for the
use OF the bank,
The postoffices in Dakota number
over nine hundred, which IL more than
many important states have. The
fact furnishes abundant proof Of in.
creisIng population
d. c. Shepard & Co., the St. Paul
railway contractors, have just closed
a contract with the Manitoba & North
western to build fifty miles OF road
northwest OF Mlnnedosa by Oct Is.
1855, and to grade fifty miles more
and have it ready for the track next
season.
The proposed Dakota 4 Great
Southern has been sold 10 Eastern
parties and the company reorganized
MesSrs. Haupt. Ellsbury, and one or
two Others retired from the directory.
"ts't t4t ib1A iAttS Dtrfi SOEu 10 Eastern
capitalists, among whom are J. VI.
Childs OF Utica and J. w. Stoddard OF
Dayton. The new officers OF the road
areJ. NJ. Childs, president; NJ. b. Davis.
vice president, and j. 5. Wheeler. see
rotary and treasurer.
Miss Jennie MeCauley has taken two
claims about four miles from Dun.
seith She has thirty acres OF break
ing already.
Sheriff Smith of Kidder county tele-
graphs the Fargo Argus that he has
found and arrested the tramp who. II
- supposed, murdered Mrs. Uneer
near Dawson several days ago. and
the crime was only discovered lately
The man was found two and a hal
miles from Medina at work for Ahern,
Bros. His name il said to be Wolf
He beat his victims brains out with
an IRON wedge.
A man, his wife and three children
reached ispwich from the State of New