Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-30

Fire recently Quilted the East Pierre
ward school house, causing n loss OF sew
eral thousand dollars, covered by insur-
ance.
Judge Campbell, OF the district courtof
the Aberdeen district has just ruled that
the warehouse site bill passed by the re-
cent legislature is unconstitutional.
Fred Helping, afarmer southeast
OF Watertown, had q W bic team OF
draft horses stolen fr barn a lew
nights ago The also ooh n
lumber wagon.
Two Indian agencies in this state have
recently passed into the control oil new
agents. Hon. Peter Couchman is now in
charge at Cheyenne River agency and j.
4. Smith ut Yankton agency.
Basil Deercross, an old soldier whohas
for years resided on Goddard Island,
near Pierre, was found dead in his boat
on the bar a few days ago, He had re-
ceived his back pension and had been
celebrating"
l.. III. Dewey, representing the agricul-
tural department, has been through the
state studying the Russian thistle situa-
ton and to devise further plans for its
determination. He found thistles as fur
east as Madison, Wis, and st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
The Minnesota and Dakota board OF
underwriters has classed Aberdeen as
first-class in the way OF handling fires.
The rates of insurance on business prop
erty have been increased somewhat, but
on residences the rate has been cut down
10 per cent.
President J. W. Shannon OF the state
board of regents OF education recently
went to Plankinton on business connect
ed with the board, presumably to ex-
anime more closely into the affairs of eX-
Treasurer Freudenfeld and the deIunct
Plankinton bank.
The Argus Leader has official returns
from A. counties in the state, which are
all but the unorganized counties. The
total vote is 80, O6O, of which Corson
| NTtp.J EtCtINtu IJ,ctZ, tueIu.I -
$50, and Fair5ank (ind.) II ,S19. The
total vote is a little more than half the
vote cast for governor last year.
The following South Dakota post
masters We're appointed on the 23dinst.:
Ramsey, McCook county, F. c. Fitz-
gerald, Jr. vice 4. l.. Butler, resign
ed; Spokane, Custer county, j. W.
Boiler, vice P. F. Mcmahon, resigned;
Winired, Lake county, David Theo-
| philus. vice Thus. Ii. Condot, resigned.
At the last meeting OF the city council
OF Madison it was unanimously decided
to call a special election on December 5
to elect a city treasurer to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Treasurer A. NJ. McCallister. A commit
tee was also appointed to negotiate the
sale OF the 100000 water works bonds.
Isaac S. Williams, an old and well
known citizen Of Yankton, was found
dead in his bed at the farm OF Judge b.
s. Williams, nine miles northwest OF
Yankton, a few mornings ago. He died
some time during the day of heart dis
ease and was found lying on his right
side, with his face to the wall, the lips
parted and the eyes closed.
The second golden wedding at Canton
within the year Yves celebrated a few
evenings ago. The aged but happy
bride and groom, Mr.. and Mrs. /. N.
Martin, were given a surprise party in
honor OF the occasion by their daughter,
/ Mrs. Z. q. Bray, and d merry gathering
it proved to be. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Were among the earliest settlers OF the
country, coming to Dakota in 1869.
Arthur G. Nickerson, who is employed
in Archer 4 Howe's grain elevator at
Centerville met with a very painful acct
dent a few days ago. He was feeding
corn into the shelter and in some way
| his hand was drawn into the cogs and
the third finger on the right hand 80
| badly mashed that it had to b. ampu.
tated. DIR. Flynn, assisted by Drs. Fin
lay and Lindahl performed the operation.
The acting secretary of the interior has
decided the case of Hugh H. Jones VS..
Jack W. Duvall, involving the title to
| part of section IL, in the Rapid City Is.
d. district. The local land officers were
unable to agree in this case, the receiver
deciding for Duvall and the register for
Jones. The general land Office decided
with the receiver. and now ON appeal by
Jones the secretary also declared for
that side OF the case.
A very distressing accident occurred
near Hot Springs afew days ago. Alice,
the 7-year-old daughter OF Stephen Nc
Hoes, was alone in the house working
about the stove and attempted to lift o
lid with her hand protected by her dress.
which took fire. Shethen ran out OF the
house toward her father, who was work
some distance away, but got only hall
the distance and fell down and died in a
short time from her severe burning.
j. 6. Keith recently sent twelve men to
the Crystal cave neal Dead wood TO take
out crystals to be shipped to New York.
He now has forty men at work in the
cave and hopes to get out all the crystal
he needs by the latter part OF the month.
Mr.. Keith has received q telegram from
the manager OF the California laid winter
fair which stated that his proposition
Tor the transfer Of the Chicago CRYSTAL
1 IN va IN fha mid wintar sa;n u,a.rl "