Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-26
AROUND THE STATE.
THENEws OF THE STATE ARRANGED
FOR RAPID READING.
The NJ. r. Conference and appointment
Ladies with Guns-A Disastrous fire-
Other Interesting South Dakota news
Cleaned From Associated Press DIS
patches.

Mrs. John Houghton, who was terri
| bly, burned with gasoline few days ago,
died two days after.
Sioux Falls and Yankton and inter
vening towns celebrated in great style
the completion of the Sioux Falls x
Yankton road OIL the 18th inst.
John. ii. Drake OF Aberdeen, S. D., now
consul at Kehl, Germany, has written to
his friends at Washington saying he ex-
poets to be hack about Nov. 10. He viii
return to Aberdeen.
Adolph Taylor of Huron was recently
bound over in the sum OF $500 by JUS
tice Grant for his appearance at the next
term OF the circuit court to answer Il
| charge OF selling liquor to minors.
There will be an Interest ting Methodist
convention at Hot Springs, Nov. Z andS,
to embrace the Northwestern, Nebraska
Wyoming and Black Hills conference.
The convention will take hold OF educa-
tioual and revival work.
A. Freeland and W. j. Esley, ofOnawa
Iowa, were the lucky bidders for con
structing 10 additional buildings at the
new location OF Lower Brufa agency, at
$23, 900. This makes contracts aggre-
eating $3.50 600 that hasn been iettor
buildings at the new agency.
c. W. Dean. who lost several cattle a
few days since by the carlessness OF a
telegraph lineman at Gettysburg. is TAX
ing steps TO get pay for them. He has
sent the stomach OF one Of the animals to
Chicago for analysis. 1t weighed 361
pounds and filed u vinegar barrel.
The Alliance Aid Association, n life in
surance organization with headquarters
at Huron, will be shortly removed to To-
peka, Kansas. This step will necessltate
the removal to Topeka OF Alonzo War
dali and :. ID. Cooley, both of whom
have been connected with the associa-
ton since an early day.
Henry Bower, a man sent to Clare
mont by an employment agent to work
on a section for the Great Northern rail-
way. committed suicide n few days ago
hy jumping into the well at the Cargi!
elevator. \. note was found in his room
saying his head and throat We're SO sore
he couldn't stand it any longer.
In sending out the list oil official NOM
nations for circuit Judges an error was
made in the secretary's Office in giving
the names. In the Fourth circuit the
name OF IL. Martin as an independent
candidate should appear in the list. The
only other candidate i'll this district is
Dick llunry, the republican nominee.
4. +. Dean, secretary and manager OF
the Mitchell Printing Company was
united III marriage "a few days ago to
Miss Jamie Haynes. at the residence OF
her parents in Mt. Vernon. and went to
the worlds fair on his wedding trip. The
groom is known as n OF the most sue
cessful newspaper managers in the
Northwest.
An associated press telegram says
Watertown is overrun with toughs at
present who keep the police busy taking
care OF them. 4 few days ago one OF
them knocked alarm hand named Charles
Cook on the head with Il coupling pin
and robbed him OF $50 in money and a
| itN SUN " Y Nooh WE rtNtIIlN
injured, having been struck twice on the
head with the pin. The same day two
tramps went TO the residence OF Pete
Schaumberger, a farmer living west OF
town, during his absence, and insulted
and frightened the women As soon as
Mr.. S~chaumberger returned he set out in
pursuit OF them and overlook them, Civ
ing them both IA good thrashing and
bringing one to town, where he is now in
Jail.
Another case OF C.. G.. Crandall's pecu-
liar methods OF doing business at Sioux
Falls has come to light. In May, the
American Tobacco Company, OF New
York, drew on Wreist Bros, a wholesale
cigar firm OF Sioux Falls for 1910. The
draft was made through Cryndalrs
bank. He made the collection, RENTED
800, but did not the balance. The to-
bacco company suddenly, on August ),
attached Wriest Bros. accounts at Lu-
verne. MINI. The attachment was made
just at the time the financial panic was
on and caused the Sioux Falls firm much
embarrassment. In q case tried in st.
Paul the attachment was vacated on the
ground that the debt had been paid. 1t
is now reported that Wreist Bros. will
sue the New York firm for $15. 600 dam
ages for injury done to their credit.