Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-05

Forks; vice presidents, Mrs. b. s.
Spur, Valley City; DIR. John Ogden,
Mcintosh; secretary, j. Kennedy,
Trail; treasurer, c. ID. Abbey; execu-
tive committee, A. S. Parsons, c. +.
jackson; librarian, William Mitchell.
The next convention will be held at
jamestown, Dec. 81, 1888.
Judge Francis viii hold court at
Minnewaukan Jan. IL.
John d. LAWYER took possession OF
the territorial treasury Jan. /, his
bond having been approved by Gov.
Church on the latter's recent visit to
Sioux Falls.
jamestown Special: The gentleman
who has so successfully managed the
large farming operations of r. Sykes
4 Co., the Manchester, Eng, capital;
lists, Mr.. G.. Z. Legg, has resigned his
position and about the LIST OF Janu.
airy will leave for Australia.
Two weddings OF nor than local
interest occurred at Fargo; Rev. Will
lam spoor, of Tower City, and Miss
Anna Cuyler, of Fargo, and Sheriff
Quinn, of Ransom county, and Miss
Anna Knudson, oil Kenosha, WIS.
An old man named Mitchell, IA
years of age, received at Watertown a
ten years sentence to the penitentia-
ry at Sioux Falls, for raping his step
daughter last July. This sentence
means life for the inhuman guardian
of his thirteen-year-step-child.
Referring to the Yankton insane
asylum quo warranto proceedings At
torney General Templeton said: II
should not be surprised if we were
beaten here. / want the matter de-
cided finally, and the validity OF the
law established. IL defeated in this
court we shall appeal to the supreme
court Of Dakota.
The memorial committee appointed
by the one state convention leave for
Washington Jan. z.
Everything is now moving nicely Ia
favor OF the passage OF Dawes Sioux
reservation bill. Hon. j. j. Kleine.
t~elegraphs that Hon. j. H. King OF
Rapid City has been induced to sup
port the Dawes measure. Harmony
is now effected.
The Homestake Mining Company
at Deadwood has just declared it's
18th regular monthly dividend OF
20 cents per share, OR $25 1000.
Total dividends to date, $3,993, $50.
At Fargo, R. L. McBain in the dis
trict court pleaded guilty to keeping a
gambling resort, and was fin &c $500
which he promptly paid. Griffin &
Hoisington acknowledged tie same of.
Tense and paid $3.50 each.
Fargo people are now enjoying the
P. o. free delivery system.
The recent articles in New York
newspapers intimating that Bishop
Walker and Mrs. Kate Noel, daughter
OF Judge Wakeman of Fargo, were
soon to be married, are pronounced
fabrlcations by the friends OF both
parties. They are much panied at
the extensive circulation OF the story.
Considerable dissatisfaction has
been expressed of late by citizens oil
Aberdeen who evidently do not under
stand the object and the effect OF the
increased valuation placed upon city
property at the last assessment.
Groton expects to have q flax null
to be moved there from Delaware,
Ohio. 1t is proposed to manufacture
linseed oil, rope and binding Irvine.
Dakota leads the record in railroad
building of the northwest for the past
year.
Sioux Falls is deriving many ad-
vantages from the completion of the
Illinois Central tothat point.
number OF business men OF Huron
have raised a fund for the purpose OF
prosecuting persons who engage in il.
legal traffic OF Intoxicating liquors.
The Eddy group of tin mines. nea
Custer City, were sold for $50, 600, to
Englis h parties.
w. H. Ellis, editor Of the Cakes Re.
publican, and Miss Cora DefendorE. OF
Cakes neighborhood, were married.
c. A. Rensonhauser's residence,
near Claremont, was robbed while
part of the family was away OF ST.,
$50 in gold. Rensonhauser, a large
farmer, run two steam threshers and
was making collections to meet his
last payment on them. Ayoung man
who has been employed in one of the
threshing crews is suspected and is
missing.
According to the official report OF
the territorial superintendent of in.
struction pupils are enrolled in the
various cities OF Dakota as follows.
Fargo, 1852; Sioux Falls, 773; Grand
Forks, 10; Yankton, TIT; Water.
town, 45S; Aberdeen, 455; Mitchell.
450; Huron, $50; Bismarck, $50:
Scotland, 2S6; Mandan, 262: Grafton,
25S; Deadwood, $50; Redteld. 226:
Valley City, 224; Bookings, 22O: Lis.
bon, 216; Milbank, 215; Pierre. 2I3.
Lead City, 210; Wahpeton, 200; Yer.
million, 200; Canton, 200.
Brookings Special: A number oil
farmers in this county have had their
eyes opened recently in connection
with the chattel mortgage business.
1t has been customary in buying ma.
chinery to give a crop MORTGAGE for
three years as security, payable in in
stailments. Some of the companies
have their mortgage read so that the
security is a lien on the land until the
debt is fully paid. The farmer. as q
rule, is not aware OF this clause until
he undertakes to make a real estate
loan, when this chattel mortgaget turns
up as a cloud on the title.
When the constitutions convention
adjourned last June it set Jan. o,
1888. as its next day for convenine.
In pursuance of this motion JUDGE
Edgerton issued the following call: To
the Members of the Constitutional Con.
vention Of Dakota: You are hereby
notified that the constitutional con.
vention of Dakota will meet at Huron
at loon on Monday, Jan. 9. 1855.
Important business growing out of the
late eirction will come before the con
yention.
A. J. EDGERroN.
President Of the Convsntion,
JOHN Cam, Secretary.