Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-05

A Few Interesting Land Office Decisions-
A New Fake Scheme-The Clay County
Fair-The Artesian Well at
lain Furnishing Power for o $50 Barrel
FIGURING Mill.
The president has appointed d. NJ
Boyle of South Dakota, register OF the
and Office at Pierre, S. ID.
Lincoln county fair opened last week
with the largest exhibit in all lines OF
agricultural and farm products that
was ever known in the history OF the as
ISOLATION.
A gang OF horsethieyes has been oper-
ating i'm Puffaio county. w. w. Wells
had fourteen head stolen one night last
week. He and his neighbors are looking
Tor the thieves.
The early fall shipment of cattle from
this state is now in progress. Over a
hundred car loads went to Sioux city,
Minneapolis and Chicago yards a few
days ago.
Farmers near Gary are experiencing
great difficulty with their foil blowing.
Rain has not fallen for SO long that the
groundi is so hard it is impossible to keep
plows sharp any great length oil time.
The fall term OF the Pierre university
commenced a few days ago, with an ex-
ira large number OF pupils enrolled from
all parts OF the state. This school is un-
der the management OF the Presbyterian
synod.
Judge John L. Garland, democratic
nominee for circn:t Judge, has addressed
a letter to Chairman Bailey declining the
nomination because of the low salary,
The democratic committee, it is said, will
not supply the vacancy.
A number Of government surveyors
have completed their surveying contracts
on the coded land of the old Sioux reser-
vation, in the western part OF the state,
and the encouragement has sent out an
Inspector to inspe { the work.
The great Northern railway has made
an agreement with the Northwestern
and the Milwaukee & st. Paul with ref
rrence to crossing their tracks at Yank-
ton. The contracts We're signed and
track laying will be resumed immediate
ly.
In a saloon fghta kimball a few Days
ago James Pagan disiured Ceilings face.
Ceilings got out a warrant and the
marshal with the assistance OF three then,
got Pagan in the cooler" During the
night, with the assistance OF friends from
the outside, the ch;l.Iney was taken from
the calaboose, and Pagan crawled ont
and skipped.
Two accidents occurred at the Golden
Reward c%hlorination works near Dead
wood a few days ago, neither OF which,
however, being very severe. One OF the
roller men had one OF his hands caught
in the roller, crushing the fingers, and
one of the men on the cooling floor was
somewhat badly burned by some OF the
hot ore falling upon him.
Prairie fires have been raging west OF
the Missouri river for the past few days
and have done an immense amount Of
damage to the stock ranges. A number
OF stockmen not only lose their ranges
but the hay they have put up as well,
As a result OF these fires many stockmen
will be Obliged to ship to market this fall
who contemplated holding their stock
over winter.
The postoffice at kirkwood, in Charles
Mix county, together with the general
store, blacksmith shop ard buildings OF
J. E. Latham, burned to The ground re-
Gently. The supplies and mail in the
postoffice andmost OF the stock oil goods
in the store were saved. The fire started
in the blacksmith shop and the wind car
ried it to the building in which We're the
store and postoffice. The loss will be
about $1,000.
C.. NJ. Daley OF Huron has returned from
st. Paul where he attended a meeting OF
Sunnay-school missionaries. Mr.. Daley
has been appointed general superintend-
ant OF the work OF the congregational
Sunday-school and publishing society in
South Dakota, TO succeed Rev. w. b. ID.
Gray, who acceptably filed the position
for the past seven years and resigned n
short time since TO become treasurer OF
Yankton college.
Damage to the burned bridges along
the Black Hills and TT. Pierre road is es
timated at $4,000, at Centennia
prairie $40, 900, at Elk Greek $4,000.
at Runkel $4,000. The loss of timber
cannot be estimated, more being burned
than has been used in the Black Hills for
mining and domestic purposes since the
country was first opened to settlement.
The fire is still burning in places, but no
further damage is apprehended.
The ability OF the artesian wells, ac-
cording to the local liars, occupies a
good deal OF statencwspaper space these
days, says the Sioux Falls Press. The
latest is from the Olivet Herald which
knocks Tinan's story out by the state
ment that the Trip well is throwing up
Cinnamon who enter d maelstrom in a
British Columbia Lake and come into
this country that way. Williams seems
to be an import as well as an expert liar
himself.
Peter Stage, aged %, who has been
doing carpenter work in the vicinity OF
Howard for the past eighteen months,
was examined by the board OF insanity
recently and found to be a fit subject for