Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-25

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Charles Peckham, OF Fall River,
Mass, surrendered to the police on
the 18th inst. declaring he killed Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew j. Borden. He said
he did the deed from pure love o
blood. Peckham was locked up
while the police made an investiga-
ton al to the truth of his story. He
is a farmer and sixty-two years old.
The baby born to Elaine Goodale,
the New England poetess, and her
Indian husband is of course a mixture
of red and white. If its abdominal
section should develop the color gen.
orally attributed to its Yankee ances-
try, it might enter the campaign ard
claim the balance of power as
between Baby Ruth and Baby Mckee
The Ohio State Bar association has
appointed a commission to draft
measures embracing the important
points of the TUrrcns system of land
transfers in Australia and Canada.
The association has already Endorsed
the reform and thus advanced the
probability that Ohio will adopt it
and enjoy the benefits of the cheaper
and safer system of transfer.
Six wild steers broke away from a
drove in the streets of New York city
one day last week and for several
hours ran wildly about the lower part
of the city. One animal gored
Edward McGovern, causing fatal
injuries. The Atlantic and Pacific
tea store was wrecked by one of the
animals, which took possession of the
place. Nearly a dozen people were
hurt before the steers were killed.
Another racing record was shattered
at Chicago last Thursday; Hal
Pointer, the PAGER, starting TO beat
2:06t, went a mile, driven by George
Geers, in 2:04i, clipping three-quar-
tiers of a second off the record made
by Direct (2:06l over a kite-shaped
track. Hal Pointer was rated to a
nicely in his race against the record
and made the trip practically without
a pace-maker. Hal Pointer is by Tom
Hal, dam Suowhaven, and is owned
by George Hamlin Of Buffalo.
The Western Brewer has just pub
lished tables showing the total pro-
duction OF beer in the United States
during the special revenue year ended
April 80, 1892. 1t is seen by the OFF,
cial statistics that the total produc-
tion Of beer during the year upon
which evenue was collected amounted
to 81 AIS, $40 barrels-a net increase of
1,453,519 barrels over the production
of the previous year. The average
annual consumption is a little less
than one-half barrel for every man,
woman and child in the United
States.
c. III. Neff, a blacksmith at Dous-
man, Wis, is under arrest for a curl
Gus offence. Neff is a blacksmith
who has a shop opposite the postoffice
in that town. He and Postmaster
Reid got into a difficulty of some sort,
so it is said, and to spite the official,
Neff established a rival postoffice.
This he did by placing a box in his
shop and inviting his friends to
place their letters in there. Twice a
day he carried the letters to the
train. By so doing he cheated the
postmaster out of his cancellation
fees, which constitute a part of his
revenue.
Russell b. Harrison's newspaper,
the Helena Journal, has once more
kicked up a great row in Montana.
The fight for the location of the cap
ital of Montana is being opened with
several cities in it, among them
Helena and Butte. Harrison's paper
attacked Butte most violently, charg-
ing that the disreputable classes
were the a~ristocracy of the city. A
large indignation meeting at Butte
was addressed by the mayor and
others, who denounced the Journals
utterances. Citizens of Helena fear
that the attack will go far toward
losing them the permanent capital.
Nancy Hanks is now the queen of
the turf, having made a record of
2:074 at Chicagolast Wednesday. She
was driven by Bud Doble and the
official time given for the different
quarters is: BIZ, 1903, 1861, 2:07t.
This time was not made on the new
kite shaped tracks. Nancy Hanks is
a bay mare, six years old, 152 hands
high, sired by Happy Medium out of
a Dictator mare and weighs $40
poun6s. She was driven to a 62t
pound, ball bearing, pneumatic tire
sulky and the driver weighed $50
pounds. Doble thinks that a still
better record can be made by the lit
tie mare.
Two bottles were mixed up at
Armenia, N. Y, last Sunday with dis
astrous results to twenty-fiveor thirty
members of the Presbyterian church.
1t was the day for the celebration of
the Lords Supper, and nearly all the
members of the congregation deter
mined to take part in the communion
service. 1t happened that instead of
placing wine in the chalice, a bottle
containing sulphuric and nitric acids
was emptied into the sacred vessel.
The pastor, DR.. Bell first slipped of
the fluid and the elders followed.
Those who partook of the communion
Immediately made their way out of
the church and soon some thirty
members of the congregation were
afflicted with a violent nausea. The
druggists were routed up and the
counter irritants known were brought
into use. In the afternoon it was
announced that nearly all the suffer
ers were out of danger, though some
Of the women were very sick.