Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-05

| claims TO have found some IN y q
nacket of diamonds worth several thou
sand dollars, left a Jew days ago Tor Chi
| ca0o to meet n man from Boston whose
name she would not disclose, who mas
wired her that the diamonds belonged 10
him. The Boston party has agreed, she
says, to pay all her expenses anu 10 sl.o
| her q big reward in case the property
| she has found proves to be his missing
| diamonds. The Ease has excited mnch
speculation.
A few nights ago four young Boys
| about Is to 20 years old broke into >.
| B. Laws store at Crandon and took
| about $40 worth OF goods. The boys
| were in Sioux Falls three DAYS apd saio
| they came from Sioux City and Omaha;
| They were captured at Hitchcock ana
taken to Sioux Falls and will be proper
ly punished. Their names are clarence
| Dinston, OF Anderson, Ind, Harry oio
| OF Sioux City, where he claims ms iather
lives, Charlie Thompson, oil Topeka, ana
| Charlie Meyers OF Pittsburg.
A brakeman named Kelly, who was
breaking on the Milwaukee freight train
between Sioux Falls and Egan, met his
death a few days ago at Trent while
passing from one side to the other In
| order to make a coupling handler, IN
was caught and the Ink pin pushed clear
through his body. 1t struck him Just
below the breast bone and he was Killed
instantly. He had only made a few
trips and was from South Omaha where
he had been employed as a switchnan.
Senator Pettigrew was recently at the
pension office trying to get an increase
for Gen. Elias T. Campbell of Scotland,
8. ID. Campbell was colonel of a Penn.
sylvania regiment and brigadler general
OF volunteers. He was shot twice
through the body, through one arm fonr
times, through one foot and n leg and
through the head. He has not long to
live, being in very feeble health, and
needs the constant attendance oil a ply
stefan. He is pensioned at $50 and Petit.
grew says he must have the full amount
OF ST2.
The proprietor Of the Chamberlain
Touring mill at last got the large nrte-
sian well under control, and OF the 25th
commenced running his mill with water
power. His Touring mill has n capacity
OF $50 barrels per day and it does notre-
quire the full power from the well to
run the mill. This is a bonanza for
the milling firm. being a saving of $24
per day for power expenses when run by
steam. The electric light company are
one third owners in the well, and the
power will be used six hours OF the
twenty.fo four in running their plant.
The Clay County fair opened last week
with every prospect for a good session.
The first day was used principally in
placing and arranging the exhibits,
which in ONE respects are above the
average in quality. Clay county has not
been mnch damaged by the drouth prev
alent this year, and the yield OF corn is
seldom even equaled. Ears weighing
from twenty-eight to thirty-two ounces
are not uncommon, and melons are
found whose weight is in the forties.
Many OF the farmers are beginning in
fancy stock breeding and are anxious TO
compare their products.
A new scheme for taking has been
played at Vermillion recently with some
success. Some women came to town and
offered to give less ons in q new style Of
painting, the price varying from 81 to
$3.50. Then they went to the principal
fancy goods dealer OF the place and asked
him to order boxes OF paints for the
pupils. which he did, aguarantee of sales
being given him. These boxes were de-
livered to him by the women. who first
destroyed all the stamps and labels on
them, with instructions TO sell them at
$3.50. The artists were to stay four
weeks, but carefully collected their money
when they gave the first lesson and took
the first train Tor q greener field. They
managed to rake in some $40 or $50.
The prisoners in the county Jail at
Sioux Falls do not make as much noise
now as they did during the time they
were trying to saw out, but Deputy
Sheriff Hoffman says they are enjoying
themselves. DR.. A. VI. Fisher, SAYS the
Sioux Falls Press, who is held on n
charge OF numbering Minnie Oleson. is
not IN as good standing with the deputy
sheriff as he was some time ago. Ii is
thought that Fisher has had n whole
lot to do with the attempt to break iail
and also with the escape of Williams,
the young school teacher. Fisher an
pears to think criminals are the worst
abused people on earth, and that they
should receive more liberties than they
do. He does not appear to be able to
secure bail and the chances are he will
remain in jail until his ease is called mn.
According ~ the Chicago Tribune.
says the Sioux Falls Press, the stocks OF
grain in Chicago elevators last Saturday
evening We're 49, GJ, 900 bushels of
wheat, 2,S62, 900 bushels OF corn, ST.
COG bushels OF oats. $1,000 bushels al
rye, and AZ, 900 bushels OF barley. To-
tai q ,9lO,0OO bushels OF all kinds al
grain, against 14,521, 900 bushels a wear
ago. For the same date the secretary nj
the Chicago board OF trade states the
visible supply OF grain in the United
States and Canada at 80. Goa. 600 bushels
oil wheat. 100000 bushels OF corn. a.
o99,000 bushels OF oats, 3S3, 900 bushels
OF rye, and 52S 900 bushels OF barley
These figures are larger than the CORE.
spending ones n week ago by l,:3G2. OOO
IN wheat and 1.1GS q i'm corn M