Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-03-09

A bill which is Of general interest
TO trotting horse breeders and race
track n OF South Dakota has
Just been Signed by the governor. Ii
was introduced by Senator Sol Star
of Deadwood and provides that any
person entering a horse under an as
sumed name in any race for money,
shall be liable to imprisonment III
the penitentiary from n TO three
years. or in the county jail not less
than six months and fined not less
than $1,000.
In the case Of Bertha Curtis VS..
The Independent School District OF
Centerville, tried at Parker, an inter-
esting point was decided. The ques-
ton involved the wages Of the plain
tiff, who was employed as a teacher
under a contract with M school
board, and the succeeding board re-
pudiated the contract. The court
held that the school board was a con-
tinuous body and that the contracts
were bindingduring life. Other suits
of a similar nature will follow.
A peculiar freak of nature appeared
at the farm of A. Chlshom, near
I1OCld, IDioNu IOuiily INV DSoN' 80 .
1t is a winged calf. The calf Is a
bright, frolicing one, perfect in every
respect save that IL has a wing grow
ing from its body just back or the
shoulder blade. The wing is perfect
ly natural, being jointed to the body,
then extending backward In a natur-
al position about six inches, at which
point there is a joint allowing the
outer extremity of the wing to drop
downward and foreward, forming an
acute angle. A natural coat
of hair cover the entire
wing. Mr.. Chisholm cannot ac-
count for this wonderful freak Of ma
ture, but says that during the early
part Of the season last summer his
cattle were nearly driven from their
pasture, which bordered the river, by
the incessant coming and going OF
large fiocks Of wild geese.
+. S. McAllister of Hartford is
about the smoothest swindler South
Dakota has seen for some time. He
not only did up his creditors and his
friends, but it is said succeeded IN
securing $500 from the White Lead
and Oil company of St. Paul, and
$500 from Mcdonald Bros, of Min
neapolis, on bogus drafts he drew on
the Merchants Bank of Sioux Falls.
Wuest Bros, of Sioux Falls, filed the
second attachment on the stock for a
bill OF 800, and Immediately after
wards five other attachments were
filed, ag%gregating 81 900. 1t is said
the entire Indebtedness of the firm
amounts to 81, 800 with about S400 OF
merchandise with which to liquidate.
Mr.. McAllister has skipped.
Gov. Sheldon nominated and the
senate confirmed Frank Conklin, of
Clark; III. G. Warner, of Sanborn,
and John Brennan, Of Pennington,
railroad commissioners. John krause,
recently appointed public examiner,
resigned his appointment on the
ground that owing to the action OF
the legislature in relation to result
mission he can not act with the
republicans during the next two years.
He wishes it distinctly understood
that he does not renounce republi-
canism, but as editor of the Freie
Presse wishes TO be in a position TO
criticise party action on the subject.
The governor %thereupon appointed
and the senate confirmed G. H.Myers,
OF Watertown, to be public examiner.
III. j.. Wallace, Of Jerauld county,
was 9DDGinted state surveyor.