Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-16
DAKOTA BREVITIES.

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The Hqaor prosecutions furnish
the main topic Of conversation az
Br1okng
FrwTeight to q dozen is the mum
Der Of tramps that show up every
aay at Columbia. They don't stay
very long. howeysr
1t Is estimated by Nh mehaha COM
ty farmers that wheat via average
v.rv mEch higher than the best wear
during the agricultural history Of
thateounty-
The dignity Of the Sioux Falls
court isnob 70 be monkeyed with,
Ioha Dasnhe WAS reeeHriy fined 5000
tor selling liquors after the serylceo
an Injunction
Mrs. Or. Porter, the vie Of one Of
the heroes Of the Reno stand 10 the
cluster massacre, died at Bismarck
The remains were taken To her oxn
home at Oberiin, Ohio
The camp-meetiugs at Whitewood
and spring valley, under the gaid-
anee Of Elder Leighton, have resulted
IN moe than 100 conversions at the
former place and a large number at
the latter.
Fl shows the shortness ofthe wheat
straw m BeadIe county TO know that
one Huron firm sent out ten headers
m one day. Most of tie wheat
and oats straw il short, althoagh
the grain Is iuirs gnod-
The Indian Spotted crow was ~
rested and lodged in Jail at Pterrs
for holding mp Fred Lapgauut on ths
resetvafiou wfrh-a " nehesser IN.
Spotted Crow il the hardest ease on
thereservation.
Fred Wood, Of Enioa-as assignee Of
che o. b. Chaplin hose team. has
broughF suit for $1,000 against the
A. e Smith team, CT Clinton. to re
rover prize money eiaimed to be IN
lawfully awartledab the late freman's
tournament
Ir IL now Thought To be fact that
the aereage OF fax in Yankton coun-
~ for thus season, whieh has hitherto
been considered very small, Is as
large az the Nefeage OF last year, and
the fax crop viii be az large as the
crops OF other cereals.
The guests Of a Yankton Hotd
have been kept awake NIGHTS for q
week past by peculiar noises In the
walls. Asaarch being made revealed
a family OF infanr king birds in d
chimney. and the noises which have
made strong nlen ervou were
found co issue from the tiny thToas
Of those 1edgiings.
The worst had storm ever seen
cleaned out the grain thorugh tia
center Of Kinmzhury county. %her
IL struck nothiE@ i left. The extent
Of the storm has not bean heard. At
least t~wenfrive farners around
DeSmeE have nothing st The hal
n some places was eompeesd oi
chunks Of ne.
4 conflict Of authority has arisen
betweenJudg spencer and theceunty
commissioners Of Grant county.
There was a vacancy IN the aEeso
district attorney. The Jadge andths
commissioners EotA appointed man
to az The vacancy The SQUIRT re-
0gnizes the man appointed BY Tia
mtIge onIv. and the commissions
pay the sEiary 20 their aPpaiatee.
E LsekhaErt eFsastised the aiifor
of the MsIIhank Review on the street
by kHoekHekiE aawn. and xoaH
probably hare infiicteIsever punish
ment had not the bystandeFz mbr-
aere-l The occasion Of the fraeas
WIS an article IN the Review reject
ing On the ~eharaeter ezAr Loeknarts
Mr. E0ekhart went Immediately 70
the ustire office and paid his tine.
Last Nay John Lasehe was n
oined from rgtaEng liquor m Sioux
Falls. 4u his trial before JndgeCar-
lantl Cor contempt ef coGrs he was
incl s2t0. This is the first eased
the kind unIer the local option law
Since the 18th OF June si@hsy4sx ar
rests have been msae IN Sioux Falk
b8r selling 6guer without 3 hesRss
Some OF the Salsa5nmen have been ar
rpste,i from twelve 90 fourteen times
The executive committee of tae ter
rieorial beard Of agrirulturs helda
meeting at Huron They deraiedte
hold hrmers histItatesea morning
Of the tsrriroriaf tar at the ampl&
theater and have short addresses By
specialists on agricultural TOPICS. 4
hgiidiI.g VII be erected especially fs
press headquarters Baldwin. TIE
halocIDss end paFaehuSsS. vii Hake
ascenslUas dnrlng the fair week
Fwe-thlrls Of the grain cs0p o
Southern Dakota Is N the stack and
. small portion hiss been threshd
Oats, Sax, wheas end barley aserass
q larger yield than ever before IN tbs
part. oftbe lerrIeory- Ina ssr plaes
4 slight trace Of rust Is appareuts
but is searceiy worth menticainz
New wheat was rated NoN l hard
Torn, Is raphAv masuria@. and Sn
splendid eoadi1ianA TIE hay crops
the largest for years, and the visi
lands vii yield nearly swo toEsto
the acre.
Iron an occasion quite resntly =
Yankton alan ran againss a sslh
hid scheme On the part Of hisysuss
st o and smother youth 70 skip
from 1an&ron and GO to Sioux ca,
there to seek their respective of
tuaes. They were 10 90 wshot
their parents consent ard hsa
packed n grip with valuabIes for 2
ture use. The father, EpeR exsmE
Ing the grip. found ID to coneaa7
among other things, seseH rtznf3
a base ball. Sven white shirts a pa
of socks some band pHlsie, a par e
base bah shoes aud some soap
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