Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-06-03

E. w. Miller is renominated receiver
OF public moneys at Huron.
The Duluth, Watertown & Pacific
will build into Huron, by June, 1887.
A state league was formed at De
Smet. Speeches were made by Judge
Campbell, Gov. Mellette and Others.
The Eureka Petroleum company
has been organized, and located 1000
acres of land near Sundance.
The product of Iron Hill for thus far
in May aggregates 10, $50 ounces bull
lion.
DIR. McGillycuddy will engage in bus
mess at Rapid City.
The suit of Riley c. Chamberlain VS..
William Bulge, wherein the plaintiff
sought TO recover $4,000 civil dam
ages for the alienation of his wife's al
fections, has been withdrawn. The
case was a groundless one against one
OF the most prominent and highly re-
spected citizens of North Dakota.
The corner stone of the Catholic
school building at Mitchell was laid
by Fathers LAWYER OF Alexandria,
Lerche of Bridgewater and Sheehan OF
that city.
At Fargo, Miss Jessie Wilson, a
daughter OF Gen. George Wilson and a
student of Bennett seminary, was
thrown from horse while out riding
and had her shoulder dislocated. She
also sustained other injuries, which,
however, are not dangerous.
A. E. Hitchcock's house, with con-
tents, on his farm near Mitchell was
burned. The family was absent and
the hired man was getting breakfast
on gasoline stove, when the stuff
caught fire. In the house was a new
piano. Total loss, 81, 500; insurance,
$500.
The Duluth, Watertown & Pacific
offered to build its road into Huron
and have it in operation by June 1,
1887, for $4,000 in cash, twenty
acres OF depot ground in the city, and
right-of-way through the county. At
a public meeting the offer was unani-
mously accepted and committees ap-
pointed to take all the necessary steps
for carrying the agreement into effect.
A sad affair took place at Colman,
twelve miles west of Flandrau. The
daughter OF the Methodist minister,
Elder Mcmahon, at that place, had
been forbidden to keep company with
a certain young man, but failed to
obey. While discussing the matter
her mother became enraged and struck
the young lady with a potato masher.
She has been unconscious since, and
the attending physicians say she can
not live.
Sheriff Cogley at Flandrau ar
rested a German who had in his
possession three horses and one mule,
all stolen property, taken from differ
emit parties in Iowa. He is being held
for the Iowa officers.
At the annual meeting of the Dako-
to Medical Association at Yankton,
the election of officers for the ensuing
year resulted: President, DR.. Morgan,
Sioux Falls; first vice president, DR..
Pine, Aberdeen; second vice president,
Miss DR.. Tracy, Mitchell; secretary,
DR.. NJ. C. Mutt, Ashton; treasurer, DIR.
Etter, Yankton; trustees, Drs. Van
Elsor, Yankton; Anders, Mitchell;
Ware, Salem; committee of arrange
ments, Drs. Sevey, Moody and Spoon
er; finance, Drs. Van Velsor, Potter
and Duncan; legislation, Drs. Dix,
Ware, Stafford and Cummings; dele
gates to the international convention
at Washington, Drs. Turkoff, Anders,
Van Velsor, Pine and Etter; to the
American convention, Drs. Spooner,
Moore, Turkoff, Stafford, Van Vel
sor and Moody. The convention ad-
journed to meet at Huron on the
third Tuesday in May, 1887.