Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-01
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The Republican central commas.
of Dakota willmeet at Yankton. s.,,
a.
George Manning of Casselton !;
missing from Duluth, whittier rs VA
last winter.
The RicePettigrew libel case ].
FiAndreau. ends by Rice getting a s.,
diet of$l3, 134, 16.
A mill and elevator company 4.
been organized at Teller.
w. J. Jones was commissioned pos2
master at Brandon.
Commissioner Sparks makes 4.
cision in the Winona town ~
case, by which over ] ,0o0, 900 ar,s
Oft indemnity. lands are opened B
settlement.
Mr. HIP. Pettigrew, of Sioux Fan
was married to Miss Jennie Bourne \
st. Paul.
sAlFelles of Arlington committed N;
eide by taking cyanide of potassium
He was a photographer.
Mitchell is to vote on propositio.
to issue $4,000 additional wat.
bonds.
The Northwestern Railroad cor
papy is said to have given assurapo1
that'their line would not be extendr]
beyond Rapid City this year.
Frank Fifer, a farmer near YAM
ton, was thrown from his wagon an
instantly killed.
=. The second annual encampment 3
the Dakota national guard viii Il
held at Aberdeen, July 20 and %.
Yankton's artesian well now spout
200 gallons of water minute d
5000 barrels day.
The case OF Pease, the defaultinI
county treasurer of Barnes COUNT
twill be decided at Valley City men
Smonth. Pease got $50, 900 and is 4
British Columbia. His bondsmeu Vi
come to time.
J.. w. Hays, who founded the Ne,
Rockford Transcript three years aQo
has sold out to Capt. W. G. Dunn
Haysis going into business at Chicago
The Kidder county commissioner
have discontinued the payment d
bounties on gophers.
Alfred Heggerman. near Tappas5
accidentally shot himself while hunt
ing, and may die.
Work has been commenced on "a
railway line north from Wayne, Neb
and thirty-fye miles of the work han
been let. The terminal point OF IN
line as surveyed is in Knox county3|
125 miles trifle west of south fror
Yankton.
Delegate Clifford ofDakota introdu6
ed, by request, bill providing that
patent shall issue to Arthur ]. Ca
rier, for section Is, township 100
range II west. The land lies in Cd
old Winnebago reservation and til;
donation to Carrier is made in reco
nition'of services rendered 70 the
dians and the government on Tho
reservation.
A. C. Pray, at Grand Forks, lost tx|
valuable brood mares and two colt
valued at $1,000, by lightning.
Joseph Smith, near Hamlin, Ricl
land county, was killed by a stroke
lightning.
The treasurer of Yankton count
has called in $4,000 bonds issued
that county.
"old Joe Goydeau," the pioneer
Dakota, died recently at Standi1
Rock.
Considerable excitement prevail
at Grafton, it being reported that I
artesian well after being sunk abo1
one hundred feet deeper, had beg
flowing oil. After the fever had read
ed the average speculative citizen
was analysed and found that the bod
in charge of the works had poured d
on the troubled waters.
Mr.. Edwin J. Kirkham OF st. Pa
and Miss Jennie Tyler of FRAMED
were united in wedlock by Rev. T.
Van Fps at the residence ofthe brido
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Tyler.
At the fourth annual reunion OF sd
diers and sailors residing in Dakoe
held at Mitchell, 700 veterans were
attendance.
The Underwood creek, two miles nort
of Esteline, rose higher than ever y
fore known. 1t washed under Il
railroad track SO that passengers a
the morning train had to be transfs&
red. A large force of men were kep
busy most of the day repairing Il
damage. A heavy wagon bridge Aoae
ed down from ten miles above u
overflow did considerable damage
crops in the valley.
During the firemen's tournament
jamestown an elderly man attracte
attention by strange actions, such
throwing handfu!s of silver to SINS
boys in the street from the hotel bal
cony. He was taken before hecount
board of commissioners for the insaE1
and committed to North Dakota asy
lum to await arrival of friends. II
man turns out to be Charles r. Bur
chard, own cousin to ex Presided
Hayes. When committed he had q
his person 50, 800 and securities. "a
was formerly a phrenologist OF sonS
note. A letter from ex presiden
Hayes among his effects stated thu
the annuity OF 5000 which he receive1
from the ex-President would be pasa
IN advance for 1886 if be would dig
count it 81
Alexander McCrimmon of Galene
committed suicide by taking poisoa
Milton Weston, the Chicago million
aire in jail at Pittsbnrg for melting
riot. helped to build the Dakots
Southern, from Yankton to Sou
City. He is the stepson of Rev. e. W
Freeman, who recently preached 2
Ganaton.
F. l.. Cook, recently of Rochesta;
now principal of the normal school 2
Spearfish, has been commissions
to write the geography of Dakota.
The Dakota Bankers Association
in session at Huron adjourned Y
meet in Watertowu in June. 1851
Among the matters discussed wut
the Dakota exemptionlaws, taxation
usury, collections, rates of interak
negotiations, mortgages, farm loan
and the resources of Dakots
The officers chosen were: r
Anderson. ST. Lawrence. pres
dent; C. E. Judd, Canton, vice prs