Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-08
DAKOTA NEWS ITEas.

Gerald Pierce, secretary ana hi'Aus's'-
Canitai stock. SIS. 600.
Orderly Sergeant Ward Williams, Of
Company H. watsgton. Dakota, Ma,
tjopat Guards. now holds the goid
medal offered By MS company LOT
the best drilled man in she company
he having won the same IN thFee
trials.
AT Pierre Adam Geiser's place was
raids,l by the prohihitioaists on
search warrant The house was taken
in charge. and the whisky seized.
One more victim OF the recent biz
zsrd died at De Smet- II was Guy
Stsarns. the boy whose terrible sufier-
ms were described in the papers, ana
his death was the result OF the ampu-
tation OF his frozen limbs
Charles Gray,s former deputy Unit
ed States marshal, was brought 10
Faro, from Ninot, charged with ac-
cepting a bride from liquor dealer,
for whom he had 8 warrant, and les-
ting the man escape. DE Is an oso cit-
izen OF Fargo.
Three thousand bushels OF barley
stored on the third floor in the Sioux
Falls brewery building was preciDi-
tated tothe ground by thegiving away
OF the top floor. AL the floors IN
that part OF the building were wreck
ed oy the accident, entaiilDg q loss TO
the brewery company OF nearly ST.
600.
T. d. Green, q lumber merchant OF
Fargo, was in a caboose st Wadena
on his way to Brainerd, when s. height
car was switched violently into the
csbooSe, throwing Mr.. Green upon a
red-hot stove. which was upset and
fell upon his leg. He was quite badly
burned.
A company composed of business
men of Aberdeen has been organized
to secure the right o. way for new
road to the southeastern part of the
territory. Many OF the gentlemen IN
tsrsstsd are connected with the Ab-
erdeen & Fergus Falls company,
which secured the Manitoba road for
that city.
Redfeld Special: The saloon test
case, the county against William
O'Conuell, relating to the validity OF
city licenses, was decided in favor OF
the county by Judge Spencer, and q
restraining order served on the de
PENDANT. The saloons here are all
closed and the legal sale OF liquor in
SPHINX county ~ ended.
Fargo Special: Deputy United
States Marshal Sh9ttuck returned re-
Gently from trip to Ransom eoun-
ty, where he went to arrest several
parties for cutting timber on the
school lands Marshal Shattuck ar
rested Andrew Johnson, Chris E.
ward Lirch. They are in jail here
At Gladstone a large meeting OF
farmers and citizens, to consider a
cheese factory plan, was held. A ecm-
mittee was appointed to contract
with q manufacturer, who will build
and equip afactory for 81, 500, to Be
ready for business June /.
The Ashton Gas and Fuel company
has been prospecting for natural gas
A heavy flow was struck at a depth OF
100 feet. The flame burns steadily
from a three-inch hole and rises to a
height OF four feet. Coal has also been
struck IN the same place. but the
thickness Of the vein isnotyet known.
Papers we're filed at Ashton for the
arrest OF a farmer named Page, who
secured 500 OF the 5000 bushels OF
seed wheat loaned by the Mil~auEee
company to farmers Page, though
now IN fair circumstances, refuses TO
return the wheat and is said TO have
given crop mortgage before getting
the wheat. The complaint is made
by the AGENT OF the company, and il
is said that this viii be a test case
A wonderful lunar display was CO
served at Aberdeen between $50 and
7:45 the evening OF the 25th- A halo
surrounded the moon with well de-
fined circle marking its outer rim A
line Of vel defined light, parallel with
the horizon, at a height OF about As
deg. enci-cled the heavens, Intsrsect-
ing the rim OF the ring OF halo at its
diameter, and ending there in two
brilliant rainbow spots or dogs"
It's period of greatest brilliancy was
reached about tbs after which it
gradually faded, disappearing wholly
at T:45. The phenomenon excited
great interest here, and old Dskotiaas
say that a similar display isunknown
to the region
The Dakota Mutual Insurance COM
psny of Huron has turned up its toes
to The daisies.
White Lake paid the contractors
IS, $50 for its artesian well.
DR.. Elizabeth Orr was before a
Deadwood justice. trying to explain
why she was practieing medicine with
out a license
The latest from the horrid coal
stove comes from Winifred. Maggie
Theopilus. 10 years old. was staying
over night wish some friends and dur.
ing she night was suffocated to death
by the escaping gas from the stove.
A farmer, A. ]. Douglas, living near
Estelline. has been found short of the
disposition expected OF q virtuous
husband. Recently young lady
STOPPED with the family over night,
and being short OF accommodations
she was given bed in a room with
night the wife awoke from her happy
dreams and missing her husband from
her side found him occupying the
same bed with the young lady. She
turned them both out to the mercies
of the cold. cruel world.
C. 4. Denister, school teacher, de
parted very suddenly from Eden.
leaving confiding friends to hold the
sack to the tune of abat 5000. He
was dismissed from his school and the
order OF Good Templars. The Eden
Echo says he has Sons OF Veterans
uniform and badge and warns oil such
sosieties against him, as he is a pro-
tessional deadbeat.
The business men OF Ashton admin.
istered coat of tar and feathers to
DR.. Frank ouIton for slanderiue and
insulting the respectable women OF
that place. He was gwen to under.
stand that il he remained in that To-
csilty he would receive several more
doses, and wisely concluded to emf.
crate.
From the report of the Boston park
commission it appears that the city
has spent upon its new parks between