Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-08-24

A Law and Order League-Ine SiouA ~"
Carried to Chicago-Must Pay Damages
south Dakota values-A Frontier
Court-Charged With Fraud-Other In
teresting News.
d. e. Robinson, clothing dealer at
kimball, has assigned.
The Milwaukee has finished laying
track into Sisseton and started a daily
train service.
The crops in Roberts county are all
harvested and threshing commenced.
Wheat averages 16 bushels to the acre.
Gov. Sheldon has been called to his
home in Day county by a telegram an
nouncing the serious illness OF Mrs. Shell
don.
About SO, OOO, 900 worth of gold bull
lion, the result OF the clean up for the
first two weeks OF August from Home
stake and Associate mines was sent 10
New York a few days ago.
Foster r. Clement, OF Minneapolis, has
purcha sed q controlling interest in the
WATERFOWL National Bank and was
elected it's president, vice eX-Gov. Mellette,
resigned, and L. G. Church, cashier.
The final arrangements have been
made and work will commence at once
on the Catholic industrial school at Sis
seton. Twenty-Five thousand dollars
will be expended on buildings this TALL.
Joseph Hoan, a farmer living south OF
Mitchell, went hunting in a rickety road
cart with his gun loaded. The gun slip
ped through the bottom OF the cart, the
trigger caught, and Mr.. Hoan has had
to have his left arm a~mputated.
ACanton dispatch says: Halvor Lam
fel emptied the contents OF shotgun in
to the neck and head of Henry Williams
late Saturday evening. Williams lives in
Pleasant township and had started Tor
home and when near the creamery south
of town Lanfel fired at him.
A motion has been made before Judge
Aikens OF Sioux Falls for the bail Of DR..
A. NJ. Fisher in jail for murder. The
court has taken the matter under advise
ment. 1t is believed that the judge will
grant the bail but will name a big figure,
possibly as high as $40, OOO.
James Melvin was brought before
United States Commissioner Grant at
Huron a few days ago, for falling to de-
stroy the stamps from a couple OF empty
cigar boxes. He was bound over in the
sun of $500 for his appearance before
the United States graPS jury at Sioux
Falls.
j. W. Lamb, aged eighty, and Mrs.
Jane Harris, aged seventy-one, was mar
ried at Pierre a few days ago at the
home OF the groom's daughter, After
marriage they left for De Gray, on the
Winnebago reservation, where they have
taken up a homestead and will start in
life anew.
A full quota OF delegates were present
in both the democratic and populist cir
cult conventions at Watertown last
week. The populists nominated Thomas
l.. Bouke, OF Milbank, and the democrats
indorsed the nomination. Bouke is but
80, a graduate OF the Albany Law
School, and has won a fine practice.
An effort has been made to secure aid
for c. c. Crandall, in Jail at Sioux Falls
fo~rforgery, but SO far has not been sue
cessful. Four men agreed to putrp $500
eech, but before the necessary bond could
be drawn two backed out and that plan
was abandoned. Crandalrs friends are
still in hopes OF securing the bail. Gran
dall's health is very poor.
A peculiar bastardy case has developed
near Mitchell. Kate Earl has q cousin,
Nathan Hughes, who made love to her
too well. and, refusing to marry her, she
had him arrested on the day her child
was born. The law OF this state forbids
the marriage OF first cousins and Hughes
cannot right the wrong il he wanted to.
and he would rather than go to Jail.
The Indian base ball club at Crow
Creek agency in South Dakota is endeav-
oring to make arrangements with the
managers OF the fair at Aberdeen to 90
there during the state fair and play a
game OF ball with some OF b ecrack clubs
OF the state. The Crow Creek nine is
composed solely OF Indians, and they
have a reputation in this portion OF the
state for good playing.
William B. Church and Aggie Holberg
were bound over to the circuit court at
Watertown recently in $500 each on the
charge ofcriminal intimacy. Mrs. Church
came from Minneapolis, where she has
been for some time, and found her hus-
band in company with the Holberg girl.
She tracked them to the girls room a 1.-THE
Burlington hotel and about ~ O'Clock
the police entered and arrested them.
Judge Edgerton, OF the United States
district court. has appointed j. L. Rob-
inson receiver OF the Western Land Com
pany, a c%orportion owning townsltes on
the line OF the WATERFOWL division OF the
Great Northern Railway and n large
tract OF land at Wheeler, Charles Mix
county. The receiver was appointed On
the application oil Perry Heath, a Wash
ington newspaper correspondent and a
stakeholder.
VIC. Fawcett, who was pumnleled by
G. III. Winsor on the streets of Stony Falls