Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-29
SOUTH Dakota NEWS.

School teachers are wanted in
Mcpherson county.
Work has begun on the new Catho-
lie church at Carthage.
Yankton's arteSian wells have a
.apacity of 5000 gallons daily
Five handsome new residences are
in course Of erection at Alcester.
The Catholics at Elkton are
securing material for a $1,000 church.
One Thousand dollars was taken in
at the gate on the last day of the
Scotland fair.
The party owning the meteor which
fell near Bath a short time ago has
been offered $3.50 for the same.
a thousand pounds of ammunition
belonging to the state were stolen
from a powder house at Waterfowl.
]. \. Mallory. a prominent local
politician and old settler, was killed
at Miller by his team running away.
Local capitalists of Parker are
working up a project TO furnish
steam heat for every business house
on Main street.
Joe Mahoney and Nick Shire, two
miners in the Mark Twain mine,
near DeadwOod, were killed by the
caying of atuncel blast.
The other day GarretsOn shipped
twelve freight cars loaded with pro-
ducts of its vicinity. which speaks
loud and conyincingly Of the pros
perity of the place.
There are but three counties in the
state that have failed to raise their
quota of the worlds fair fund and
these delinquents are not the most
unimpOrtant counties.
A large section northwest of
Miller was swept by fire last, week.
Hundreds Of tons of hay were burned,
while unyerified reports are TO the
effect that several farmers were
completely cleaned out.
The drug store belonging TO Q. r.
Fonger at Gary was entered and
money amounting to $500 taken,
besides some notes and town orders.
The robbers were evidently experts
and entered the front door by drilling
The combination.
There is a prospect that the Sisse-
ton agency may be discontinued.
| Inas much as it is thouIht that the
Indians will be self-supporting in a
couple of years. a special agent has
been sent out from Washington to
make report on the feasibility of
closing the agency.
A Young mar named Lansing died
from injuries received while hunting
on the shores of Lake COchrane, six
miles south OF Gary. While running
down hill, with a shotgun in his
hand. he stumbled ana fell, striking
the abdomen on a rock. The young
man formerly lived near Minneapolis.
Senator r. L. Pettigrew has begun
a suit against the city of Sioux Falls
to set aside a sale of certain city
property made TO pay a grading
assessment OF Sl,l00. The grading
was done two years ago.. and IN Mr..
Pettigrew's refusal to pay the special
assessment the property was ad-
yertised for sale.
Two more good artcsian wells have
lust been struck a few miles east Of
Miller, at a depth of 1000 feet. They
will be put down deeper for a stronger
pressure. although the flow is now
abundant. This now gives Hand
county three good wells. with more
being sunk, which certainly demon
strates that this section is the great
artesian belt.
a fatal accident occurred last week
on the farm of Nels Sorenson, near
Dell Rapids, where a steam thresher
was being started at work. y log
chain in some way got into the
cylinder when in full motion, causing
a terrible smash UP. a boy by the
name of Peter Thompson was
instantly killed, and a man named
Burdick seriously injured. His left
leg was broken twice and a deep
cash cut in his side. He will
probably recover.
Peter Peterson, a man of sixty
wears. who resided about six miles
east of Bridgewater, committed suicide
by hanging. He ate breakfast as
usual and went TO the barn to his
work. He was discovered about hall
an hour later by his daughter Anna,
who cut him down. Mr.. Peterson
was a hard working citizen and well
Thought of by all his acquaintance.
He was subject to fits of insanitysaad
was at one time an inmate OF the
Yankton asylum.
The Press and Dlkotan says that
J. II. Manning, postmaster at Booge'
N%innehaha county, has in his posses
sion n Harrison medal of an ol0
time badge of that memorable f0g
cabin and hard cider campaign. The
medal is of silver and displays a fine
bust of Gen. Harrison on n side,
with the words: Born February 8,
T772." On the reverse side is the log
cabin. and standing by the door a
barrel of the famous hard cider.
Surrounding this are the words: The
neople's choicC-the hero OF Ilppe-
canoe"
Chief of Police Jones has secured
from a house of i'll fame in Aberdeen,
a youug lady who, until recently, has
lived with her parents, very respect
able people. at Arlington, Mimi,
near Minneapolis. Her father learned
~ her presence in Aberdeen and
forwarded money and the necessary
naners 10 secure her detention ana
TRANSFORMATION home. The girl
claimed that she was engaged TO
work in 4 dining hall and that she
did not thoroughly understand her
Situation for several days, and then
could not leave because indebted TO
the proprietor.
Jack O'Brien, a hack driver, IN
Sioux Falls, is in trouble, deep and
dire. Three years ago he was married
10 a dashing young woman nauleu
frankie Jordan. frankie lived with
her husband a few months and then
fed. going to Groton, and later to
Sioux City. A few days ago she ap-
reared in Sioux Falls, TO secure a
divorce that she might marry a Sioux
City man. on herarrival she learned
that her husband had been married
once more, without having secured q
divorce. She now insists that JACK
sh III put up the money necessary "a
secure the divorce or she VIII
prosecute him for bigamy. OBrlen
has taken the matter under advise
ment.