Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-06-17
A. Decker will establish newspaper
at Trip to be called the Trip Budg-

The annual meeting OI Tic oouth ~"
kota Teachers association begins at
Pierre June 20.
The wife and baby of Mr.. Dobson
were drowned while crossing a bridge
near Dell Rapids.
The Bankers association ofDakota
will meet at Huron June %, instead
of June 16 as previously announced.
A dispatch TO the Fargo Argus from
Arthur reports that a flowing well oil
excellent water was struck there.
Mrs. Bob Langhorn deserted her
husband and two children and run of
with discharged soldier at Fort Sis
seton.
President Hill, of the Manitoba, has
given $500 to the Grand Forks expo
sition directors, and will send a large
number of his fine stock for exhibition.
Sioux Falls has contracted to fur
nish 1000 car loads of granite blocks
to st. Louis.
Dakota City will be removed to the
new town of XIX, in Hutchinson
county.
The Sully county-seat war has been
decided in favor OF Onida.
Prof. Haynes is just back in Fargo
from the National Park, andin an in
terview with the Argus is enthusiastic
over the prospects for an extensive
business there this season.
The books show that 500, S24.66 OF
the $4,000 appropriated for the ter
ritorial militia has been spent, and a
large amount of armory rent is due.
Another letter received at Huron
from Chairman Hill, of the house com
mittee on territories, expresses the
strongest belief that his bill for the
division of Dakota will be passed at
this session.
p. b. Winston & Co., Of Mitchell,
have been awarded the contract
for grading the extension ofthe Cedar
Rapids, Iowa Falls & Northwestern
from a point in Iowa to Sioux Falls.
The head men of the Sioux nation
have written Judge Plowman at Dead
wood, protesting against the sale Of
any portion of their reservation.
Judge Francis at Bismarck sentenced
Charles Woods to be hanged July 90,
for killing Interpreter Fleury, q half.
breed, at Fort Buford. An effort will
be made to gain u Communication o.
sentence through the department
of justice.
The territorial convention OF coun.
ty auditors and registers OF deeds is
called by President II. G.. Orr to meet
in Hurop June %, 23and "a,
Walter Clearly of Covington, Ky,
arrived at Mitchell with an appoint
ment as special agent for the Mitchell
and Yankton land districts. Heis an
ex-member of the Kentucky legislature,
and friend of Speaker Carlisle, to
whom he owes his appointment.
Cleary was several years with the
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Coal has been discovered in Inkster
township, thirty miles northwest of
Grand Forks, and atwenty-five-pound
specimen is on exhibition. Ii is on the
farm of Dir. S. w. Rutledge of Grand
Forks.
The installation ofRev. w. Cobleigh,
Presbyterian, took place at Grafton.
Rev. j. II. Carroll, d. d., Saltwater,
moderator of the Presbytery of st.
Paul, presided and preached the in.
stallation sermon, and the Rev. J.
Wood, of the Presbytery of Pembina
and synodical missionary of North
Dakota, delivered the charge to the
people.
A telegram from Winnipeg announces
the death of Robert Gray, an old, well
known citizen of jamestown, one OF
the Gray brothers, whose extensive
herd OF cattle in the Mouse river coun-
try is now in litigation. The cause of
death was hernia.
When Clerk of Court p. C. Murphy
went to the court house at Brookings
he found his successor, Huron man,
there with his appointment from Judge
Church.
During a severe thunder storm, a
Mrs. Gray, who is visiting at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Price, few miles from
Ashton, was struck by lightning and
severely injured.
A body OF ore seventy-nine feet deep
has been struck in the Champaign
mine, Carbonate district.
Although it is not certain that the
Sioux reservation bill will pass provis-
ion has been made Tor the creation of
a second land district in what is now
in the reservation. The senate passed
a bill for that purpose. The clause in
the bill making Pierre and Chamberlain
Offices Tor the two districts was strick-
en- out. twill be left to the president
to name the places where the business
of the districts will be transacted
The sheriff's office in IIinnehaha
county is said to be worth $4,000 a.
year.
The railroad is within twenty-eight
miles of Rapid City.
In the last days tournament of the
North Dakota firemen at jamestown
the first prize was taken by the Yerxa
hose OF Fargo, in the hose contest:
second prize to Wahpeton company.
The hook and ladder contest was won
by the Wabpeton company, and the
hose-coupllng prize was won by the
Fargo hose company. The ladder
mans prize went 20 jamestown.
The third annual convention and
tournament of the North Dakota Fire.
mans association was held at James
town. All the volunteer North Da.
kota fire companies were represented.
Resolutions were adopted appointing
a COMMITTEES to draft bill to be pre-,
scented to the next legislature, provid-
ing for setting aside for the benefit of
volunteer fire companies a portion of
the revenues derived from assess
ments upon premiums received by
nonresident insurance companies in
the territory. j. c. McKendey was re-
elected president, c. A. Hall of Grand
Forks secretary, James A. jerks OF
Grand Forks first vice president, b.
c. Rice OF Bismarck second vice presi-
dent, and George Reed of Bismarck
treasurer. The next place for holding
the convention is Wahpeton, with a
gusI antee of $500 in prizes.