Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-23

marks the route OF the Great Noltn
IN railway from Sioux Falls TO Ianh,
.Julyl. 1893. is the date hxea
or driving the golden spike IN this
Dad.
7 w. Dry has secured a decree OF
divorce at Sioux Falls from Mary =:
Dry. of Concord, n. c. the pIalnIln
lived happily with his VIE TOT 9mo
when one day he learned that
he had a child before her marriage
10 him. and that her uncle was Tue
father Dry left the house al once
and did not stop until he reacheu
Sioux Falls.
Goddard J. Peterson, who was
manager of the National Union com
nanv:s stores at VermiIlion, when
DESTROYED by fire in November
last. has instituted suit against Il
National Union company TO Con
SO. OU0, which he claims is due ninn,
and has attached the properly OF Unls
at Vermillion and NesslnS-
ton Springs to secure his claim.
Judge Sanborn of the United states
district court, in a South Dakota
case has recently decided thata ha
tel mortgage covering substantially
all of ones property, given 10 one
creditor rs against ether creators Is
Illegal. 1t is equivalent to an assign
ment and the other creditors EaIe d
right to have the property put into
tie hands Of q receiver.
Steve Wright, a colored bellboy at
the Pierce house in Yankton hred SIX
shots from a revolver at jim Redo,
another African, but failed to mt
him, Wright found Redd at his
home resting sercnely in the martial
couch. They compromised the alfalf,
and the woman IN the case could DC
happy with either, with the othef
dear charmer away.
The state board Of regents OF the
Agricultural college met at Bookings
last week and elected Shannon, or
Beadle, permanent chairman, and I'd.
| +. Hewitt, Of Ipswich, secretary OF
| the college. Profs. Foster and Daw-
SON were dismissed and Senator Chill
colt. of La Grace, selected TO take
| charge Of the agricultural depart
ment. Hewitt was given the secre-
taryship by a vote of 5 to 4.
J. B. Coomer, of Huron, who sued
| Alderman Breton for $4,000 damages
claimed to have been sustained by
him because Of his removal as chlet
of police, upon charges preferred by
Mr.. Breton before the city council,
was given a verdict for 81. This
throws the cost Of the suit upon
Coomer, the law providing that
where the fine is less than $50 the
costs assessed against the defendant In
such suits cannot exceed the amount
of the fine imposed.
The circuit court for Beadle county
has given a Judgment for $41O against
W. p. Butler in favor OF II. ID. JessOp
damages incurred by making a triI
from Huron to Minneapolis on &C
count of a letter written by Butler t(
him. Suit is also pending in The
United States court against Butiel
for violating the United States poSta
law. The joke is proving Veryannoy
ing as well as expensive to MIR. But
Ter, who is we'll known over the north
west as a map publisher.
A nice point on the turning in o
warrants has been decided by Judg'
Campbell of the Aberdeen circuit
1t came up in a suit of a town 10
company Of Huron TO force the coun
ty treasurer Of Beadle county to take
in payment of taxes, warrants drawn
on the general fund of the city 0
Huron during the year 1892 and prio
thereto. The Judge decided tina
only warrants drawn or the fund
collected for the year in which TIL
warrants are issued shall be receives
for taxes.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: TIL
Burlington railroad is kept quit
busy these days bringing cars Of in
migrants into South Dakota an,
northwestern Iowa. Several carload
arrive in this city daily. The tele
graph operator for the Burlingto'
road at Rock Rapids was in the cit
, yesterday. He stated that alread
this month thirty cars Of immigran
moyables have been unloaded at tn
Rapids. He also says that as man
Z more have passed through the tow
l on their way to South Dakota.
I A flfty-year-old Nebraska farme,
| while visiting Yankton recently, wa
provoked into a tistic discussion b
one Morris KountZe, who was lookin
/, for trouble. The farmer just lande
, a jab on Morris nose with his lef
and then while Morris was in the a
landed him another with his rigf
, and for ten seconds the atmosphel
, was alive with blood, boots and bicep
Then the farmer held Morris dow
with one knee and jammed his nos
out Of sight with one fist, and whe
3 Morris yelled enough the farmer q
up, brushed the specks off his overall
and walked away.
In accordance with a law passed /
the last legislature creating the offit
of state geologist and vesting his a
pointment with the state board
regents, the regents have appointe
e Prof. James Z. Todd, OF the chair
e geology and mineralogy in the sta
t university, to fill the office. The d
ties of this office are to collect ar
|. preserve all specimens and repor
pertaining to the geological form
: tion of the state. The regents al.
e passed a resolution authorizing IL
school Of mines at Rapid City to a,
in conjunction with the sta
e geologist in collecting such specimen
and reports.