Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-01-07
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Mrs. Dennis ofGrand Forks by mis-
take gave to her little daughter, aged
twelve months, twelve drops OF tinct'
ure o facconite root-an ordinary dose
for a horse. In about ten minutes the
mistake was discovered, and with
much difficulty the child's life was
eaved.
The bill introduced in the senate To-
eating the land Office at Pierre includes
the counties OF Hughes, Potter and
Sully on the east side OF the river, and
Stanley, Pyatt, Sterling and Nowlini
the south hall OF Dewey and Schasse,
and the north half cfPresho and Pratt
on the west.
Rev. Olaf Stub, who has been sick
with typhoid fsver in Sioux Falls, be
came delirious and jumped out OF the
window. He attempted to run down
the street, but was brought back.
A convention is called to meet CT
Fargo, Jan. 81, for the consideration
of several questions ofpresent interest,
The first is the proposed canal giving
the Red River an outlet to the Mis-
sissippi and the gulf; the second the
recent vagaries of Commissioned
Sparks; the third, the Trail county
| decision; and lastly the division and
admission of Dakota. Nine Minneso'
Ia counties are invited to send dele
gates.
Senator elect A. J. Edgerton had a
cordial reception at Mitchell. An ad.
dress by the mayor. an eloquent re
spouse by Judge Edgerton and short
but felicitous speeches by State Sena'
tor Wanchfeld, Col. Price OF Letcher
and J. w. Shannon of Huron, constitu'
ted the programme.
Five handsome bricks. valued at SOL
600, was the result Of arun of Home,
stake mills for the first two weeks in
December.
Sim Mace, the well known Bear
Guleh and Spearfsh express man, died
at Spearfish from injuries received by
falling from his wagon.
IT. B. Walker will build n new boom
on Red Lake river. He anticipates a
large cut, fully coming up to the 49,
100000 feet originally intended.
Aman named schliek, agent for a
st. Paul harvester machinery house,
was knocked down at Pembina and
robbed Of S1,400 by a man named
Woodhouse, of Pembina, and a soldier
from the fort, named Thompson,
A large and most fashionable we'd
ding occurred at Fargo. The parties
in interest were John c. Robinson, the
union ticket agent at Duluth, and for
merly the freight agent OF the North
ern Pacific, and Miss Lillian C~apehart
daughter OF Gen. and Mrs. Capehart.
In the district court at Fargo, in
the case OF Martin Hector ct al. vs.
Sheriff Haggart the plaintiff recovered
a verdict for s. ,341.41. This was on
a chattel mortgage given by n of
Hector's customers to him, and about
q year and a half ago, while in posses.
sion of the stock, certain Chicago
parties levied Oh the same and sold it
to satisfy their own claims. Hector
sued for the difference between his
claim and what he received and recov-
cred.
A lawyer of Huron named Reed at
tempted to induce the daughter OF
Rev. Davis, pastor of the Baptist
church, to elope with him, telling her
he would leave his wife and son here TO
themselves. The barrister raj sent out
Of the house a-kiting.
In one day the Bismarck land Office
recorded more new entries than dur
ing the whole OF the corresponding
week of 1884.
J. w. Cobb has purchased 5000
acres of land in Emmons county, all
OF which will be occupied by settlers
in the spring,
Rev. A. NJ, Beaman, Sioux Rapids,
has accepted a position as secretary
in the church extension board.
w. ]. flaming was arrested at Gen.
terville for attempting to shoot a cit
izen of that place.
Sears hardware store and Mr..
Cases building at Castalia burned.
Loss, 81, 500; Insurance, $1,000.
Fifteen minutes before the mails are
closed at New Rockford, the postmas-
ter sounds a bugle, and all the inhabi-
tants, who have not done so already,
deposit their mail in the Office.
A verdict Of SO, 900 has been render
ed againt ex-Treasurer Mansfield, in
Stutsman county. His bondsmen
must stand about half of it.
New York parties have recently pur-
chased property at Sioux Falls, and
the newspapers think it means the
establishment OF a glove factory.
1t is figured up that the South Da-
kota state machine only cost three
cents for each person.
A lodge of the order of the Grand
Orisat has been instituted at Sioux
Falls, with about forty members.
Over one hundred teachers were in
attendance at the Sphinx county insti-
tute, at Redfeld.
Acharter has been received for the
First National bank at Dell Rapids,
with capital OF $4,000.
Omaha Bee: Lieut.. Chase, aide-de-
camp to Gen. Howard, returned from
q visit to Flandreau, where he visited
the settlement of Santee Sioux, for the
purpose of inspecting the issuing oil
annuity goods. These Indians left the
Santee agency some years ago Of their
own accord, and took up lands III
Eastern Dakota for the purpose oil
farming and stock raising. Some oil
them, it may be remembered were en-
gagged in the terrible Minnesota massa-
ere of 1862. They now number $50,
including men, women and children,
and are q healthy, hardy, stay-at-
home, ~peaceable lot of Indians.
The $15,Oc0 school house at Graf,
ton opened with 150pupils.
Enough Yankton city bonds have
been sold to meet the cost of the new
railroad, $4,000, and the balance Of
the $4,000 viii be destroyed.
-Four hundred head OF cattle belong
ing to Reynold Brothers, White Lake.
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