Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-04
Ths Record Of Casualties.

AZ Albert Clark, q maellnist In the Murray
MISUNDERSTANDING company y fartefy NJ Wsu
hnn, Nir,. whh putting a belt on a pulley, he
Har caught mud drawn up Ia the top of the
building aud then thrown about thirty foot
sustaining probably fatal injuries,
Tho barn OF DR.. Wilson, IN the town OF
hfekneea, eaven miles north " Moorhead,
Mlnih, has burned. containing pistrsp horses,
E,uOO bushslH OF wheat hay md homo MA
thincry. The property WAS covered by ~,
100 insufantN. Tbs tiro IL Aaid 90 be the
work OF an indcndiary. Dr.. WiiHon hRH been
burned ont four times In seven ysnra.
A balloon ascension aud parachute drop
were advertised at tho exhibition grounds AZ
Ottawa, tanudn, Among tho volunteers %
hold down the balloon WIS Tom Winaley. q
young butcher, who, With others, gruA2ed "A
stout rope running fpand the basa Of the
balloon, When tho order 90 let go was given,
I'll released their hold with tho exception of
Mthsley, who was swiftly borne upwards
The sfonaut was unable 10 help him When
the balloon had aseended ! 900 feei wlnsley
let go and down he cam like n rocket. lie
struck IN % hel1 ono hundred feet nom the
grounds. aud, with the exception Of his itea,
minutes later collapsed aud the wronaut do,
sceuded ~ Hn'ety With his parachute,
The most disastrous IRE which has ever
occurred IN Wabaah0, MINI, took
place at hn early hour the other morn.
ing, whcn IRE WINS discovered IN the U'Dink
building, o small wooden structure ON Main
street The IRE spread rapidly aud before Il
could bc checked more than 500, 900 worth
OF property WIS destroyed. Therp was %
strong Wind blowing from tho Northwest,
which fnnred the flames no that the me0gor
hte nppnrntna was rendered practically use.
iesh aud aid was asked aud promptly rens
dersd by tho Lake City FIRE department. their
timely arrival saving the further destruction
of property, The Rend'e Landing fre do.
rhftment also rendered efficient MD. Theen.
lire blocks from the p~ostofics corner Ia tho
First National bank arr In orbes.
The baby Of a farmer, william Beattie, who
llyes on the cimmaron river north Of thoter.
ntury line, IN kansne, was enfrird of by an
eagle Heatfia went 90 work ~ the morning
leaving Ia hls dpsout his two children, Que :
yearr Old aud % baby nRsd 2 montha. About
noon Beattis returned home aud found his
gill In ienia. She said she had taken the ba.
by into tbs yard and ieft 10 while she went In.
TO the house. Ia n few Minutes she heBri n
cry aud looking out aaw the baby flying
away IA she expressed ". The father knew
NJ once that an eagle had visited Lis home
and summoned HE betghbarH 60 the wooded
banks 81 the river, for which the eagle had
made. In about an hour the sound Of a shot
summoned tho nrarehofr together. One OF
tho meu had found the engie aud was engaged
10 a drndly conflict with u. He had emptied
ais gun az the bird and broken 4 wing and
was nsinR hiH gun ss % club when reinforce
ipenis arrived. The eagle finttered into tho
bash. aud then the father saw his infant
dead, tho body horribly laeerated md ona
part gone.
Lewis Davis, who WIS under indictment
for The murder of his friend aud neighbor,
David Miller, WIS taken rom jail at Steele.
vile, Mo, and lynehed. The tragedy WINS
Of a sensational character. Davis, who has
bren IN ~ Louis Tor snfes keeping for ak
months, was returned TO k.eeleviie, nor trial.
In tho morning, 40 men rode into town, and,
after placing picksts on all tho strvets lend.
ing 90 tho jail, proceeded 90 attack the
structure. ToelH we're ne surrd from % black
smiths shop aud this doors wef. soon bat.
down. While tho attack was Ia pro.
gress II deputy sheriff aud one guard were
rnptnn'd. Duyin fought like n demon. lie
knocked down four 81 the l~ynrhern with %
pieee of bed post. He WINS finally oyer.pow.
srcd, and with n rope around his nesk was
led out Of town md lynehed, Dayia did not
roasesr. The crime for which Davis was
lynched occurred on tho 2d of January.
Davis and Miller started 10 town 10 pay
their tnxer, Mill,r was found with u bullet
~ HE head aud hia pockets rinel. Tho ballet
htted 9nyia's pistol.