Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-28

The Yankton land Office was abolished
on the Odd inst, and the books were
turned over to the Mitchell land office.
Louis Ephriam Brown, a negro, has
been found guilty OF bu~rgiarizing Whites
hardware store at Aberdeen in last July.
Ritschlag & Schaller OF Huron, taxider-
mists, have just completed mounting a
huge reptile. 1t is over ten feet in length
and was sent by n show company from
the north part OF the state.
"a. D. Wood, local agents at HotSprings
Of the Elkhorn railroad, got up out OF
bed a few nights ago to take some medi-
cine and took poisons by mistake. he
will recover, but was for a timein a criti-
col condition.
J. E. Purdy, who went to Park Rapids,
Mimi, Recently from Watertown, 5. d.,
on a visit died on the 14th inst, He
took horse liniment containing corrosive
sublimate, through mistake, causing his
death, in spite OF medical aid.
The Corn Belt Association has just
closed a profitable session in Mitchell.
The meetings were addressed by promin-
ent real estate men of the state and al1o
by Douglas II. Lamb, secretary OF the
worlds fair real estate congress. The
Torrens system OF land transfers was
discussed.
The University OF South Dakota Stu
dents association has elected officers as
follows: President, Don A. Crawford;
vice-president, 7. Mack Vinson; secretary,
j. w. Merrill, teasurer, Carl s. Yeager.
A committee of one from each college
class and one prep. was appointed to fix
upon a college badge.
A few days ago at Salem about 8
o'clock a travelling man stepped into the
post office and ordered the deputy,
George Gallant, to throw up his hands,
which George quickly did, but informed
the gentleman that he had no money on
hand. Callent was tryingto think where
he kept his revolver, when the gentleman
called for his mail, but George was too
excited to give it to him. Hereafter
George says he will carry his revolver in
his hip pocket and the next man who
makes such a break will get it right in
the neck.
l.. B. Keech, an old invalid soldier at
Hot Springs, who has a crippled daug-
ter depending upon him for support, re-
Gently received $500 back pension money,
which he intrusted to the cook of the
soldiers home for safe keeping. The
cook left town afterwards in company
with a dissolute woman, but was ar
rested on the train at Long Pine and
taken back. The woman, who, it has
since been discovered, had most OF the
money sewed in her clothes, was allow
ed to proceed on her journey.
The annual report OF State Mine In
spector O'Brien has just been issued. The
report is not a very lengthy one but is
very compact and gives a complete ac-
count of the occurrences of the past year.
The total number OF miners employed in
the Hills, independent OF mill and reduc-
ton plants is 1,402, a very big majority
OF whom are under the employ OF the
company. There were
seven fatal accidents during the
year, OF which the Highland is credited
with two, Homestake one, Deadwood
Terra one, Ross Hannibal and Bedrock
Flume one.
Indian Agent 1reon, Chief Clerk Hayes
and several other gentlemen, ~ going
Crow Creek agency to the new
Lower BruIe agency, had quite a serious
accident the other day. Ashley were 60
ing up from the Missouri river on he
west side OF the stream the sleigh turned
over spilling the occupants out. They
fell quite a distance, Mr.. Hayes sustain
ing a dislocated arm, and all the party
being quite shaken up. The party went
to the new agency for the purpose OF pay
ing the Indians for cattle which they
have turned into the government for is
sue purposes, $4,000 being disbursed on
this account.
The messenger who carries the mails
from the depot to the ~postofice in Man.
chester was a little shy" one night re-
The pouches that were thrown
onto the platformfrom the mail car We're
around back of a building neal
the depot and torn open. Every letter
was torn open or muti'atsd and the
pouches thoroughly ransacked. The
messenger, when he camefor the pouches,
supposed the rain had passed without
throwing them off, and the fact that they
had been stolen from the depot platform
and their cotents riled was not discover
ed until next morning. The extent i the
loss has NOT been reuOrted
Andrew Scott, who lived about four
miles southeast OF Artesian died very
suddenly few days ago. 1t appears
that Mr.. Scott fixed up a dose OF poison
in the house, ~ostensibly for a horse; after
getting it ready he swallowed it in the
presence OF his family. The immediate
cause OF the act was thought to have
been trouble over a well on which ne has
expended considerable money and he had
just learned that a new well would have
to be drilled; but he suffered more or less
from IN injury to his head, caused by an
accident which happened several years
ago which had occasionally caused
spells OF mental dsrangemet.
The failure OF the First National and
Minnekahta State Banks at Hot Springs
recently were due solely to the unbusi-