Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-02-23
DAKOTA NEWS ITEMS.

sylvanus Whitney, a prominent
and wealthy citizen, dropped dead IN
the p~ostofice of jamestown. ne
teaves a daughter at Newark, !, j.,
and two sons at Farmer Home, Corh-
wallis, n. S. He was seyenty-t"o
years old.
Citizens of Redfeld are making ar
rangements to royalty entertain d
G. A. r. boys during the encampmeot
which will be held there the 2tth' zoth
and goth of March.
A large and enthusiastic board OF
trade is organized at MllbanK.
At De smet, r. L. Dawley died oil
blood poisoning. from an abseess' aSed
sixty two. He was a veteran OF the
Mexican war under Gen. Scott, ana
served through the civil war In the
| Second Minnesota light artillery: de
formerly resided in st. Charles, MINI.
He belonged to the G. A. X. ana Was
a mason.
Barney Handkerchief, Landlord OF
the Commercial house at Alexandria
has mysteriously disappeared. Two
weeks ago he went to Parker to pay
| some taxes and nothing has oeen
| heard OF him since. He has consider
able property at Parker, and at huii'
Iowa.
The Central City bank, at Central
| Civ. three miles from Deadwood,
| closed it's doors. Lack OF business
was the cause. The assets greatly ex-
coed the liabilities and no loss Will re-
suit.
Miss Alice Disbrow, daughter OF n
| of the leading citizens of Akron, Iowa,
was married to A. d. Latter OF Sank-
ton.
Neal Beau, at one time a prominent
Charles CITY lumberman, lies danger
| ousIy i'll at his home north OF Alexan-
| dria.
The value of one OF the great ar
tesian wells in Yankton as a motive
power is soon to be tested in a man
ner which will demonstrate satisfac-
| torily the value of the wells to manu-
facturers. An electric light plant
which will supply 500 ineandescent
and twenty-five heavy arc lights Is 10
be put in and the wells will furnish the
power. The machinery OF the plant
will require 40 horsepower to propel,
and the light company has estimated
that the well will proveto be sufficient
" strong. II so another we'll will be
bored and the capacity OF the light
plant doubled. This will be the first
experience OF this nature ever at
tempted.
Dell Rapids was visited on the 18th
by one of the most disastrous con.
fagrations. 1t was caused by the X
plosion of a lamp in the crockery
store OF NJ. E. Pollard. The flames
quickly spread to the adjoining stores
and entirely consumed Sc ven stores
and their contents, one boarding
house owned by S. H. Burk, the Mer'
chants Hotel, owned by Cooley d
h6Itlthy La" dlIh lod .
sheds and DR.. Parker's dwelling.
Losses were as follows: c. J. John
son, hardware, $1,000; NJ. f. Pollard,
$1,000; T. L. Meredith & Son. $4,000;
J.. E. Irwin, S70O; Cooley & kene.
hick's hotel, $1,000; Law & Maui
$7OO; S. II. Burk, $1,000.
Gerald Pierce, son of the ex-govern,
or. is going to start a creamery at
Bismarck.
The incandecent electric light sys'
tenn is now in operation at James,
town.
Several baffalo were seen by two
farmers neal Eldridge. Buffalo are
quite a rarity OF recent years.
Six business men OF st. Lawrence
subscribed $500 each towards a ST.
600 creamery, the balance being
made up in smaller subscriptions.
At HIckson a fire broke put in
Stenrudder's store, and before it was
discovered had got beyond control,
1t completely destroyed the general
stores OF Haveland & Askegaard and
Stenrudder and the saloon of John
Daley. The loss will exceed $4,000