Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-25

ing Tor q respite OF six. tweiya and eightees
months Their assets are $15S, 600, anC
heir liabilities 500. zoe. -
Mrs. Hendricks. Of indianapolis, has beer
annoyed by s~piritualists, who send her let
tiers purporting to have been addressed Il
her from the spirit land by her husband
ppepersoninAeaH xsste AfEelsstrgr
terrier nom Up; HenIffcEs, claiming that I
was genuine ani wfitten in his own pecul
tar style. There was an ~undoubted resem
blance, but Mrs. Hendricks characterized
marking b a she could easily detect tn:
difference. ~ e1sn essg1UzSsHfr
At Salt Lake City, Thonsas BiTmingkau
and James Bowen. convicted. Of unlawful
eohabitation. were sentensed m the district
court to siS montlas' Impeachment and &c
pay fines Of $500 each. Abfam II. Can,
took the witness stand when his case
was ealleA Upon beingassed whether two
women we're his wives and whether be had
lived Nth them he replied, They are,
thank God. | have iyei with them rs
charged He was convicted. Henry Din
moody pleaded guilty. he promised ODE.
dienee 70 the law and 4senteBes sas sus-
pended.
The governor of Illinois has offered a re
ward of $500 for the arrest of the parties
- HSns A1Ss 1SbtSa euISh a. Nshu'
sor.
h. A. Hopkins absconded from Chaplin &
Cores wholesale liquor establishments.
Chicago, with ss.5oo. Soon alter the ifrm
received q draft for 81, 700 from Hopkins
who is at Montreal. /,
A veil known Minneapolis gentleman re,
ceivedn letter froni a friend who is con
~lueting an exhibit at New Orleans. The
letter states that there are very few yisi.
tors IA attendance. and that all the exhib-
itnrs are heartily sick OF the affair, and
would lie glad to get out OF IL il they could.
The managers Of the institution are cut
ting expenses on every side, and ths enter
prisa is almost a dismal failure.
David Shelly, a wealthy fafmef living
near Shirley, H.. armed with two shot.
guns, secreted himself in the oat bin OF his
barn. The members OF his family dis.
covered his ShereabOuts and attempted to
take him TO the house. He jumped from
his, hidifig place and fired q number of
shots, intlieting probably fatal wounds up
on his brother, Levi Shelly, his wife, lister
in.law. and his son aged seventeen. He
then set fire TO the barn which WAS entirely
consumed.
The action OF the assistant treasurer of
New York in refusing to accept deposits OF
HlRNI 1ihh lHC - tDfF W tUnul IL tsfH sNF1Et
accordance with instructions issued by the
United States treasurer. Similar i~nstrae-
tons have been sent to all the assistant
~treasurers, the object being toinsure great
err protection in the handling OF govern
ment funds.
The president has nominated Lieut.. Col.
Nelson b. Sweetzer. Eighth cavalry, &c be
colonel Second eavRlrsi First Lieut.. Ed
ward T.. Wood, Eighth cavalry, to be cap
tain; Second LIEUT.. John 4. Johnston,
Eighth cavalry, to be first lieutenant;
John Christian Franks, United States
marshal Tor California.
John Bell, aged s~ixty-fye. and a member
OF a well known upholstery firm OF Pitts
burg, was deeoyeti into a buneo room and
became SO pleased with the workings OF
the game he wen to a bank, drew 81 600
and returned. He was knocked down,
and when be recovered he found both
money and thieves gone Z
Detroit, Mich, claims to possess the old
est man in the world IN the person OF An
drew Lucas, an ex-slaye, who is f27 years
OF age and still vigorous.
Samuel Kaneher at Yankton has invent
cd a wheat huller that cleans the grain of
its outside covering, leaving the interior
intact. This is thereyerse ofthe roller mill
process. . tr
Marcus Frazier, Manager of the Globe
Lille Insurance company, has been arrested
in Dies Moines for using the mails for illegal
purposes, his death assessments being
based on imagination. Eu sa ~t :.
George Cabot Ward of New York who
has been suffering for sometime from gener-
al paresis, was adiudged by a sheriff 3 jury
and three commissioners appointed by the
supreme court to be OF unsound mind aud
incapable of taking care of himself or his
property. Mr.. Wards a well known broker.
The wife OF Prof. Waldo o. Yale college
wandered away while insane, and was kill
ed by afallint the presence ola search party.
1t is thought that her insanity dates from
the birth of her last child, three months
ago. She was a native OF Philadelphia and
a niece Of Judge Fullerton OF New York.
Emerson C, White of Cincinnati has
backing for the appointment OF
commissioner of education to- succeed Mr..
Eaton. Edueatorssin Ohio generally iayor
him.
Marshal Campbell has been confirmed by
the senate.
Admiral Jouette has seized a Cuban fill
clustering vessel fitted out at New York.
A delegation representing ex-Uuion SOL
diers who have been prisoners OF war adj
the house committee on invalid
pensions, in advocacy OF bills granting
pensions to all who were imprisoned more
than sixty days. Gen Black, commissions
err of pensions. addressed the committee in
favor of the repeal of the law of 1895,
providing for a pension to widows OF sol
diers who have served in wars prior to
that date.
The United States revenue cutter Richard
Rush, which lett San Francisco Jan. 2 for
Behring sea in search of the missing whaler
Amethyst and crew of forty men, arrived
On the 10th The captain reports
found no trace OF the missing vessel
or the crew. 'f'.
On October 20, 1882. James Mclaughlin
his farm aear Masonyiile, Iowa. There
was q debt OF $4,000 on the farm. and it
IS believed that this preyed upon his mind
until ls became deranged and wandered
away. .Rceentiy his wife heard that in De-
IobeF y mans body had been fouad float
ing at Dubuque. The body was disinterred.
Mrs. McLaughim identified it rs that other
b. a broken eye tooth, the over
and stockings. +
Lately appointed pestmasters in Dako-
ta-Br0sdland, J.. Page, viee LOOMS. re-
moved; Coulsoa. v. T. knappen. III. Math-)
slson, removed; Helmiek, L. J.. Heimiek,
vice. j. Helmiek, declined.
3 There were 2I4 failures in the United
DOR the week ending the goth. a de-
.rease az thirteen as compared with the
preceding week. . ..- Ann
The house committee on public lands re-
in favor OF Judge 6iford's bill
creating new land districts in the BigSioux
in the event of the Dawes bill
becoming a law. Tho committee believe
that part of the reservation lying west of
the l02d meridian can well be attached to
The Deadwood district. As there will be a
rush for the land opened for .houiesteafs,
i is. not regarded as wise to attach that
OF the reservation east OF the 102d
meridian to the present land districts of
south Dakota, and eompelsettlers to travel.
oil miles in order to make their
~sntries- Pierre and Chamberlain are to
nave the Offices in these new districts.
An insane negro in Georgia killed two
negro boys as a sacrifice:
Andrew j. Bebout and Alfred S. Bebout,
of the Northern Ohio Democrat, a
payer published in Toledo. Ohio,
we're arrested recently, charged with send
Ins obscene matter through the mails. The
matter is an article appearing in
the paper.
Representatives from the entire lake re-
gion, from Buffalo TO Duluth, were. before
the house rivers and harbors COMMITTEES,
TO urge liberal appropriations for the i'm
proyements for connecting links between
Lakes Huron and Superior. Col. Graves
Of Duluth, in support OF the proposition to
increase the lock facilities at the Falls of
Ste. Marie, demonstrated that this is the
only outlet for the immense grain products
II the Northwest. which are shipped by.
way OF Duluth, and that the improvement
asked is absolutely necessary to avoid de.
.ays in transportation ofcereais to Buffalo,,
The province Of Ontario, according to
he t~reasurer's report. has a surplus OF
So, 10000.
The amount paid by the Canadian gov
to the Hudson's Bay company
supplies, transports, commissions, etc,
hiring The Northwest rehelIion- arcrerafns