Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-08-11


heirloom in the family of Ramps Bros,
near Milbank. The clock was mace
in Friseland. a Netherland province
in 1870, and was brought to America
thirty-six years ago. At the age OF
1872 years it still runs and keeps excel
lent time.
John A. Kemp, for several years
cashier of a Huron bank, has been on
trial at Tacoma during the past week
on the charge of embezzling Sl0.0Ut
from the funds of adefunct insurance
company. The jury were out Tor
forty hours and stood eleven for
acquittal and n for conviction from
the first ballot. A new trial was held
the jury bringing in a verdict Oh
acquittal.
A party of railroad surveyors are at
work in Charles Mix county, but
refuse to state for what company
they are working. The negotiations
entered into between the farmers OF
Charles Mix county and a Missouri
river steamboat line for the transpor-
tation of this seasons crop undouDt-
eddy has aroused some of the railroad
companies to action. The Milwaukee
company at present has a line that
reaches zeal the Charles Mix border,
but that county is entirely without a
railroad.
There is located at Ft. Pierre a
wonderful natural freak in the person
of a full blooded Sioux Indian who is
and has been growing white. for the
past year. From his forehead, begin
ing close over his eyes and extending
TO the top of his head and ears, MS
skin is whittier than that found on the
ordinary white man, who Keeps MS
color by wearing a hat. Other parts
of his body is covered here and there
by white spots from two and three
inches to seven and ten inches square.
Old abrasionS of the skin on his hands
that have begun to heal show that
the new skin is white.
The Spencer Populist prints a list
of forty-three farmers within a dis
trict of twelve or fifteen miles square
near the intersection of Lake, Nc
Cook, Hanson and Miner counties,
who have artesian wells to supply
water for their farms. The deepest
is 500 feet, and the shallowest Sc;
the greatest flow is 1900 barrels in
twenty-four hours, and the least 20;
the most expensive cost 500, and h
least $50. The average depth of the
forty-three wells is 100 feet, the aver
age flow is 697 barrels per day. and
the average cost $40. 1t is doubtful
il ANY similar area in the state can
equal this record.
Officers Sheppard and Sanford, of
Carrollton, KY, arrived at Huron and
identified Robert Bartlett as the man
n,4.l 4, Na,ro1ltaa far the natraar
of the wife of DIR. Curtiss on Easter
Sunday. 1891. Bartlett was arrested
in Hitchcock last week and placed in
jail there. He tried to conceal his
identity, but weakened and told
Sheppard he was buldoZed into shoot
ing Mrs. Curtiss and was willing 10
go back and take his medicine. He
has fears of lynching, and asked the
officers to guarantee him protection,
saying he knew he would not hang
if the case comes fairly to trial, as he
was drunk when he did the shooting.
Business transactions at the United
States land Office in Aberdeen for the
month of July were very brisk and Of
an exceedingly encouraging charac-s
ter. There were 30 homestead entries
embracing 5.553.43 acres: 81 final
proofs, embracing s,3l4.57
acres; Is final timber culture proofs,
embracing $500 acres. Thecash sales
amounted to 81, 673.06 and 1,33S.45
acres. The state also selected 8,1I9
acres for the benefit of the state
at Vermillion. The num-
Der of final homestead proofs exceeds 3
that of any previous July in the his
tory of the Office. In homestead
entries this July beats all since July,
1856. The entire business was more
than twice as much as that of July