Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-16


SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Seeding commenced in a number or
localities last week.
II is claimed that the Milwaukee
will build 200 miles ofnew ROAD III The
state this year.
n. Il. Phillips, Of Sioux Fails, has
been appointed warden Of the state
p~enItentiary.
Rev. A. NJ. De 2. Glidden, Of the
Cougsce2stsnal church or Mitchell,
has just fallen heir 10 $4,000.
Sioux Falls is about TO let the CON
tract for thirteen miles of sewerage.
he cost will amount TO $325,OOO or
more.
Geo. A. Stsby, OF Mitchell has re-
'eived his appointment as adJutant
%eneral, his commission dating from
lpril1.
II. J. Brogan. yardmaster Of the
lB 81 III. railroad at Deadwood, diec
rom injuries sustained by being
'aught between two freight cars.
Gov. Sheldon has approved all Of
/ the bills passed by the legislature.
His only veto was one clause in the
appropriation bill allowing mileage
20 the chief clerk.
Seven or eight years since Miss
Fila Stewart uled on a tree claim
and presumption and later a home
stead in Jerauld county and by her
Town individual efforts has complied
with the law and proved up on the
presumption and homestead and in a
few months will have secured title
to the tree claim, giving her $50 acres
of the finest South Dakota land and
insuring her virtual independence.
MesSrs. Bradbury and Clark, well
known stock men of Dawson county,
have bought the Price and Taylor
stock ranches at Letcfer, embracing
| 800 acres, with about LOCO head Of
horses and cattle. The business is to
be transacted by the Interstate stock
exchange, which also operates in
Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas, Montana
and Utah, and in connection with IL
there will be a bank established at
Letcher, operated by Col. M. NJ. Price.
Work at the agricultural college
has opened up in very good shape.
An attendance Of fully POO Is assured.
Quite a number of students are en-
tering for the short course in steam
engineering lately added. Miss Car
RE Moore Barton, lately Of the state
university OF Nebraska, has been Sc
iected to take charge Of the art de-
| partment. She comes very highly
recommended. Mrs. g. T.. West, of
BrOOkings viii have charge Of the
work liz instrumental music.
The Huron Coursjng club has ar
ranged for a state meeting at Huron
on April III and u. The prizes, al
though not yet complete, are numer-
| Gus and very liberal. There will be a
thirty-two dog stake open to all dogs
in South Dakota, So entrance fee and
with $40 added by the club, making
a purse Of $40, Arthur Massey Of
| Great Bend. kas., has been named as
Judge. Full information can be had
by addressing Con. r. Huntley, preSi-
dent, or &. n. McIlvane, secretary, at
Huron.
NJ. Fl, Day, president Of the Rapid
Valley Horse Ranch company and
| Worlds Fair commissioner from
South Dakota, referring 10 his trou-
bleS with the ranch stockholders,
says: '"Ehe difficulty is the outgrowth
of an attempt on the part OF the
larger stockholders TO freeze out the
smaller ones and gObble up the ranch.
The plant is worth. at present prices,
Sl50, 600, but has not cost more titan
about half that sum. lam still preSi-
! dent OF the company, notwithstand-
ing my recent arrest and the taking
| possession of the books, papers, etc,
IN my office by the sheriff"
Mrs. George r. Scougal, wife of the
deceased banker. whose bank at
Yankton suspended six weeks ago,
has turned oVer TO the bank depoS-
itors $4,000 of her husbands life
insurance money. This, together
with the assets. will leave t~hiruy-fiye
per cent. for the creditors. In con-
s%ideration of this gift Of $4,000, il is
understood that the criminal pro-
ceediugs instituted against w. S.
Scougal will be dropped. /.
William j. Best, a New York capi-
talist, and Engineer Willsie, OF Rapid
SILl. dlC II nJItdtIh w oDtA oAlAACS
in the interest OF the Pierre, Black
Hills & Duluth road and To make
some preliminary surveys. They are
working for an outlet from the Hills
to eastern markets, and if encour-
aged will identify themselves per-
manently with the proposed Pierre
line. If net they will make surveys
and seek a right-of-way via Chamber
lain.
The members of the state Worlds
Fair commission have concluded to
appeal TO the citizens OF the state
for $25, 600 more to make the proper
kind Of an exhibit at Chicago. The
S25, 900 to be asked for consists of the
original subscriptions paid when the
fair association was organized last
wear at Huron. When the legislature
nassed the Worlds Fair bill it was
provided that $25, 600 Of the $50, 600
should be paid back to the original
subscribers. |
The large four-story brick hotel
,rected at Huron three years ago by
lie Huron Hotel Company, has been
old at sheriff's sale TO satisfy liens
tggregating something like $4,000.