Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-22
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
NEWS OF THE STATE TOLD IN TERsE
LANGUAGE.
Many Items OF Interest Gathered From
Reliable Sources-An Era of General
Prosperity Is the Universal Verdict.

Reliable SourceS-An Era OF GenerhA
Prosperity Is the Universal Verdict.
The city council OF Madison refuses to
pay extortionate rates for street lights.
The Brule county bank recently closed
It's doors owing to the failurs OF the
Union Stock Yards bank at Sioux City.
Willie Hammer, OF Herman, s. d., aged
10, and Miss Gay Pye, aged Is, students
in the state normal school at Madison,
were drowned in Lake Madison, q few
days ago. Both bodies We're found.
Fears are entertained that a farmer
boy named Newell Bakerliving near Gary,
s. d., is drowned. He went fishing two
miles from home, and at last accounts
had not been heard from, although two
days had elapsed.
Washington Springs is now a full fiedg-
ed incorporated town. The board OF
trustees consists of j. I'll. Woodburn,
chairman; +. w. Whitney and III. J. Wal
lace. j. X Freeland is clerk and III. Z.
Stephens is marshall.
L. Karr, of Yankton, s. D., who was
severely injured in Kansas some two
months ago by falling sixty feet in a
mining shaft. has so far recovered that
his physician has decided he can be
brought home with safety.
All of the Indians on the Sisseton
reservation viii celebrate the Fourth OF
July at Sisseton, S. ID. Thecitizens have
purchased 20 beef for the great Indian
feast. A large number OF Chippewasfrom
White Earth, MIMI, viii be present.
A few days ago the supreme court
denied the writ of error asked iii the
Thompson murder case from Kingsbury
county and affirmed the finding OF
the circuit court, which found the prison
er guilty and imposed the death penalty.
DonaldE Higbee, astudent OF Yankton
College, was drowned about six miles
from Yankton in the James river a few
days ago. He was one of a surveying
party and started to swim theriver with
a chain when he was taken with cramps
and went down.
j. A. Perley, a prominent Fix Point,
s. d., horse raiser recently received prob
ably fatal injuries from a maddened
oroncho that he was trying to rope in
his corral. The horse reared and jumped
full upon him. tearing the ribs from the
spine and inficting other serious wounds.
A~2-year-old child OF a German family
named Fay, living northeast OF Redfeld
has been missing several days. When
last seen the child was playing with a
dog heal the river. The river has keen
dragged and search made ever since, but
the child had not been found ut last ac-
counts.
The Governor has issued a reouisition
for DR.. Fisher, of Canton, who was
captured at DoniphaI, Mo. He is want
ed for murder, as the result OF a criminal
operation practiced upon Miss Minnie
Oleson, OF Canton. The crime was COM
mitted about a month z and the
doctor has been a fugitive since that
time.
Commencement exercises ut the South
Dakota university at Vermillion were
held a few days ago, in accordance with
the programme recently published. The
bachelor degree was conferred anon ten
students by j. W. Shannon of Huron,
president OF the state board, on behalf OF
the state. There are no higher degrees
in this institution.
new board OF trustees for Redfeld
college has been elected as follows: Rev.
Burt OF Huron, Stevens OF Faulkton,
Wood OF Aberdeen, Robbins OF Ashton,
Loomis of Columbia. g. A.. Wood OF
Milbank, w. w. Taylor, Charles ii. Kut-
newsky. c. W. Gregory. Thomas Sterling
and r. b. Hassel OF Redfeld. There are
four new members.
Clark boasts OF having more bicycles
and cyclists than any other city OF it's
size in the state, there being nearly 100.
Everybody rides, both young and old.
Many pleasant trips awheel are con-
templated during the summer. Some of
the Young gentlemen have cultivated
tohriucidbt Sptcu anu are open TO
challenges from amateurs from any
point in the state.
The executive committee oil the Inter.
national Coursing Association has Motif
ed the Huron local committee that the
next meeting Of the association will be
held in that city in October. For this
event great preparations will be made.
Representatives, of coursing clubs from
all parts OF Europe andthe United States
will be here. Arrangements will be made
to accommodate 1 800 to 1000 people
The safe in the postoffice at Springfield
8. d., was blown open a few nights ago
but the party did a bungling job and did
not secure any booty. The postofice
had just been turned over to the new
postmaster. George Mead, who had re-.
moved all OF the money, thinking mt
the building and safe weretoo insecure 70
leave it there. There was about 5000
worth OF postage stamps in the safe. but
nothing was disturbed. No clue to the
1 burglars.