Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-21

Immense timber fires have been recent
iy raging in the black Hills country.
Great damage has been done.
Fire at Fort Pierre a few days ago de-
stroyed a livery stable and burned three
horses. Loss $1,000, with no insurance.
The republican convention OF the
Fourth judicial circuit held at Mitchell
q few DAYS ago rvnominated Dick Haney
by acclamalion.
Prairie fires have been raging in Sul'y
county for the past twodays. doing con-
siderable damage to farmers. The fires
were started by threshiHg engines.
The ne3 farmers elevator at Carthage
is well nigh finished. 1t is strongly built
and has 1000 bushels capacity. They
will be buying in about two weeks.
Daniel Thomas, afarmernear Mitchell,
was recently bound over for shooting a
boy with a shotgun in his melon patch.
The boy was seriously injured IN the
head.
The application OF W. s. 'andervoort,
of Castlewood for a druggist permit was
denied by Judge Cass on the grounds
that ten of the lady signers to the petit
ton withdrew their names.
Disappointed over her late husbands
will, Mrs. Iechmeir, who lives in the
country near Sioux Falls, recently cut
her throat fir IN ear TO ear and died just
as her sons entered the house.
Representative Picker has been invited
to take part in thecampaign in Ohio this
iall, but owing to the important work
he has on the indian affairs committee,
he will be compelled to decline.
The big book ON display at the South
Dakota building at the worlds fair has
been filled with the names OF 40, 900 yisi-
tors, and another book OF equal size has
been made and shipped to Chicago.
At the close OF the first months school
at Sioux Falls there were enrolled 1,400
pupils as against 1898 at the close OF
the first month in 1892. The high school
has ia pupils against SO for the first
month last year.
Representative Picker has introduced
a bill providing for holding sessions OF
the United States court in South Dakota,
Pickler's bill provides for holding court
at Aberdeen rs well as at Sioux Falls,
Pierre and Deadwool.
Artesian wells at Rosebud and other
agencies that Representative Picker OBJ
have been OF SO much benefit that Pick
Ter has introduced a bill for another one
at Forest City Agency.
Representative Lucas has introduced
in h ehouse a similar bill to one intro
duced in the senate last week by Senator
Pettigrew providing that so per cent OF
the sales OF arid lands in South Dakota
be set aside to establish a school OF
mines.
j. F. Watson, late states attorney OF
Kingsbury county, was recently arrested
on the charge OF obtaining money under
false pretenses. He was taken before
Justice Waters and allowed O rOntinu-
ance. Bail was fixed at 5000 which his
wife furnished.
A man named Meeker, so years old, at
tempted to rape a 4-year-old girl named
Josie Coha in Yankton a few days ago.
Meeker was arrested and lodged in the
city jail just in time to escape lynching at
the hands OF q mob that was assembling.
'Thara n ha tvnphla 1f thnt naf,n,
later.
Tramps robbed Lohr & Lohr's drug
store at Estelline a few nights ago, gett-
ing $500 in cash. 5000 in iewelry and
5000 in notes. The notes were found I'M
der the car where'the tramps We're in hid
ing. There is no clue to the robbers. A
large reward is offered for the return OF
the property.
Insanity as often strikes a newspaper
nal as any one else, and when it does it
is the worst kind of jim jams. These
thoughts present themselves upon seeing
an item stating that Chris Miller, a Chi
cago newspaper man, is walking around
the world, having already Travelled
about $500 miles.
Thursday OF last week John Knight,
threshing a few miles west OF Milbank,
got into difficulty with two OF his hands
when they jumped on him and one with
a club pounded him SO he was unable to
be present at the preliminary examina-
ton. 1t is doubtful if he RECEIVERS. The
two men are in jail.
The corners jury returned a verdict
that Edward Tucker, found dead at Mil.
Ter, a few days ago, died from taking
s~trychniDe. Tucker had attempted to
whip his daughter, Is years old, chasing
her on horseback over the prairie, she
finally escaped to the neighbors. He
returned home and killed himself.
F. y. Treat, the Plankinton attorney
appointed to prosecute violaters OF the
prohibition law, has come to grief for his
queer practices. The grand jury return
ed two indictments against him for ex.
tortiop and he was placed under heavy
bonds. There hoes not seem to be any
sympathy for him among the citizens Of
P~lankinton.
w. L. Dow, OF Sioux Falls, supervising
architect OF the South Dakota building
at the fair, has left for Yankton, where
he has gone to collect a carload OF grain
aud varofo hlaS 20 ha sL.cr~