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

Miss Sarany DOiand = tS8cneF, Wa
/ found dead IN a snow drift within 40
rods Of her school house near Water.
town.
A man named Tisland livlngin Lake
sina township, near Brookings, vent
to the well to water his stock. and
was caught in the storm and perish
ed.
a locomotive boiler explodes at
Egan, killing a fireman. The fireman,
Rob Stewart, Was oiling the machinery
at the point where the explosion oe-
Cured and was killed. Three men
were in the cab, but sustained no IN
j%uries-
Bishop Marty has been notified Of
the selection OF Sioux Falls as the sic
city for the Catholic diocese OF South
Dakota.
Mitchell has secured the location
OF the territorial fair fur 1883. Her
bid was $1,000 and $500 improve
ment on the grounds.
Three arrests were made at Grand
Forks under the local option law.
1t Highmore, the board OF commits
sioners declared the Office OF probate
Judge vacant by reason OF Judge
Beebe being absent in New York state,
ard Judge C. H. Price was unanimous
ly appointed
The snow was so hard on the James
town & Northern, where it was in
many places fifteen feet deep, that it
took three moguI engines to keep the
rotary pillow up TO its work SO it
would iced. Two engines we're tried
| and proved insufficient.
Edward Young was arrested by the
officers OF the central station, Chicago,
and held in 81, 900 by Justice Lyon to
await the coming OF an officer from
Custer City, armed with requisition
papers. Several horses disappeared
from Custer City about the time
Young TOOK his departure for Chiea-
90.
The father Of Neal McEsague, who
was killed at Church's Ferry, by T. A.
Hillerman. died, it is SAID, of brok-
en- heart over his sons conduct dur
ing the time Neal was imprisoned in
Canada. Meals mother and three
brothers are living near Thorold,
Can.
/. Fl. Flag, a prominent merchant
of Darlington and well known all over
North Dakota, died of BrigLt's dis
ease.
d. C. Morris & Sons of ashton and
Faulkton have Jailed. Their iiabiIi-
ties are reported above $1,000, and
the assets are claimed to be $1,000.
Charles Swan was seriously shot in
the head by Thomas Hampton, lore
mar on ]. C. Giees' farm, fourteen
| miles south If Wheatland. Swan and
three Others were in the act OF enter
ing the granary to steal wheat.
TIE store of Carpenter, at Bath,
burned with several other buildings.
CARPENTERS big store and stock is val
ued at 1000; insurance unknown
The coroner's jury m che McKeague
case at Church's Ferry, brought in a
verdict that he was killed by Hitler
man in ~self-defease, and exoneratins
the latter from blame Hillerman IS
now at liberty
jamestown Special. 1t is surpris-
ing to find how many non-residents
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neapolis, Chicago and Phiiadelphia
parties are particularly well repre-
scented. Nearly all of them are
wealthy persons. who have evidently
bougnt land n this rapidly growing
region with a view to keeping it.if not
for a rainy day, at least until isshal
bring them a big profit by appreciate
ing in value.
Walter Munger, a young man of23,
another victim OF the storm, was
found dead II miles northeast OF
Mitchell.
p. NJ. Stromsland committed sui
eide near WiIImar City. through the
disappointment in a love affair. He
vas engaged to a young lady before
coming to Dakota, and she came out
a short time ago with the intention
OF marrying him. but changed her
mind and returned East
There is not a little excitement at
GraReville over a flow OF natural gas
struck al a depth OF 40 feet in an ar
tesian well being put down by the
Manitoba Railroad company at that
place. The gas comes with consider
able force.
Sioux Falls Special: The question
OF the selection OF the see city for the
Catholic diocese OF South Dakota is
al last decided, and one great bone OF
contention between the aspiring cities
of South Dakota is removed. Word
is received here that Pope Leo has
notified Bishop Marty at Yankton Of
his selection ofSioux Falls. While not
unexpected heret the decision is received
/ by the citizens ofSioux Falls withgreat
satisfaction. The amount that viii be
spent by the Catholic societies here in
the way of a cathedral, bishops resi-
dence, school. etc, viii amount to
hundreds sf thousands OF collars.
Stresses academy, recently located
here, is to be made one of the leading
female seminaries of the country.