Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-04-19
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

snnwhank when he found the SOW. AS
o,,;ct as he dug the snow of other she
;umpee up and charged at MN win 80
much vieor that he was glad 10 Dea''
a basty retreat. This seems to in ,.9
cate that hogs can hibernate IKE
hears Perhaps some time IN the iu-
ture it will become the common tnins
to keep hogs over winter by putyhs
them in snowbank.
A gentleman from Ashton statues
tLat the natural gas struck in the new
we'll is increasing in pressure as tne
drilling proceeds. At the 80 teet depCii
or which the flow began IN the experi'
mental well, it registered "a POUNDS
The body OF Egbert Wilkes,a farmer
living near Ludden, who has been
missing since the great storm, was
found near that place. Wilkes was q
SINGLE man about forty years olo, anu
came to Marshall county about Two
wears ago. 1t is the first blizzard
corpse reported found in Centra' Ia
kota. -
There is quite an oil excitement ID
the vicinity OF Lead City, and seVerai
wells are going down.
A Holstein cow at Holsblrd gave
birth to a calf that weighed ia
pounds when hours old.
Black Hills tin, the product OF a
Custer county mine, is now quoted In
yaf
The territorial board OF agriculture
has been in session at Grand FORKS
The committees took into considera-
ton bids from various towns inNortn
Dakota for the fair, with the follow,
inc results: Grand Forks bid S3,ooo
straight for the use OF the GROUNDS
comnlete. which includes water, nay
straw and building; Bismarck made a
hid and offered the fair grounds, straw
and water. HilIsboro made similar
bid: Fargo made little bid which was
subsequently withdrawn. Inc bld Oh
Grand Forks is the best OF thelot.
There is a 5-year-old COW in Clay
county that stands 16 1-2 hands
high and weighs 1,SSS pounds
Circus men are bargaining Tor her.
United States land patents are now
arriving, to the great satisfaction OF
the owners OF land in Day and the
neiahboring counties.
The new council at Mitchell organ
lied and elected r. C. Irvine marshal
and Chris Horton night watch over
the present ipCumbents who were put
in two months ago in place OF officers
SUSPENDED for neglect OF duty. The
council voted not to appropriate Soou
to send a hose team 20 Huron, and
the fire department threaten to dis
band.
Many farmers in the vicinity OF HUI
ron have begun sowing wheat. In
some parts of the county many iarm'
ers have in from so to 100 acres.
Company II, Second regiment d. N
G.. of Watertown, will attend the in
terstate drill at Nashville IN May
Citizens have raised 81, 200 to delray
expenses. Mayor Gestey and the ne"
council were inaugurated.
The jury in the case of Gooding vs,
County Commissioners Neal and John
son, charged with misrepresentation
of public funds, disagreed, and was
discharged at Bismarck. 1t is under
stood that the jury stood eleven Tor
conviction to one tor acquittal. Judge
Francis administered a scathing re-
buke to the commissioners alter dis
charging the jury, and advised them
to resign. They will not, however,
and the case will doubtless be retired
at this term OF court.
Judge Francis, in the celebrated
case of Griffin, saloonkeeper, against
Winchester, an attorney, superin
tendent OF public instruction and
SUPERINTENDENT OF Sabbath schools
for the purchase price OF gallon o.
whisky, alleged to have been purchased
for election purposes last campaign
decided that the defendant can recov'
er nothing and that each party must
pay his own costs.
The board OF trustees OF the insane
hospital IN session at Yankton ad
iourned without making any change
in the officers at the hospital. Ashas
been expected, the matter OF changing
the officers has not been broacned be
fore any meeting OF the board thus far,
and those who want places i'll the in
stitution are feeling glum. The board
at its last meeting awarded con.
tracts for an electric light plant for
the hospital 10 the Edison company
and a contract for an artesian wei
to James III. Capmbell of Yankton
also approved bonds o. contractors
for the new wings.
As proof that cattle can be winter
ed well and at little expense in Stark
county: w. B. Powers, Gladstone
has fed but 10 tons OF hay to 26 head
OF horned stock all winter. They are
sleek and their condition 10 excellent
Mr.. Colwell, six miles east OF Glad
stone, has fed only 40 tons OF hay ia
$50 head of stock so far this win
ter. Both herds were feeding on the
prairie during the last three weeks O
February.
Judge Trip at Yankton granted an
order to Finnegan & Bowyer OF that
city compelling Auditor Ward to pay
them S7l6.36, the amount OF two
vouchers issued to Finnegan & Bow
yer by the old board OF trustees of th,
insane hospital before the removal o
that board. The causes assigned by
the auditor for failure to issue war
rants upon vouchers before this wer,
that the board had not advertised
for bids for tine work nor had tn,
plans for the work been submitted fol-
the govern or's approval. This result
Will cause the payment Of many &C
counts which are now in allegiance.
At DE Smet a coroner's inquest wa
held in the case of the man found deat
north of Arlington. He proved to b,
Hans Christensen, aged twenty-six
He had trouble at home with his par
ents, and his father drove him ava,
with a shotgun. A revolver was founC
by his side and bullet hole in hi,
head. 1t was fired from behind. Ap
pearances are that he shot himself
out how could he do it without SINCE
ing his hair is q query.
The first case of drunkenness which
has come before the police court a
Aberdeen since the saloons were closet
appeared on the 10th inst.
A bet of $3.50 a side was made i,
Rapid City. One party offered to wa
ger that he will name the successiu
candidate for president. A man a
once accepted and the money was pu
up the next morning.
A small frame house, corner OF Tent