Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-05-18
GENERAL DOMESTIC NEWS.

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M~achinists' Association, is a default
er. He has fled with So, 400.
George J. Gould has been elected
president of the Missouri Pacific and
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern roads.
The Kentucky derby was Won at
Louisville by Lookout, Singer second,
Buck McCann third, Plutus fourth,
Boundless fifth, and Mirage last.
At Clinton, north of Terre Haute,
Ind, twins have just been born to
MI. and Mrs. s. f. Wishard, the
father being seventy-seyeD years old
and the mother sixty-two years Of
age. The couple have been married
three years. The twins and father are
doing well.
Rose Coryell, who vas arrested at
Sioux City and held to the grand
jury for lewdness with Arthur Ewall,
committed suicide in the county Jail
by hanging herself to a steam pipe
with a piece of her stocking. She
had a family OF husband and four
children, and remorse over the dis.
covery Of her shame caused her to
commit suicide.
The May returns of the depart
ment of agriculture on the condition
of winter wheat shows a reduction
OF 81 points from the April average,
being 1873 against ia last month
and $40 in May, 1892. The averages
of the principal winter wheat states
are: Ohio, SO; Michigan, II; Indiana,
10; Illinois, 81; Missouri, 70; Kansas,
81. The average OF these six states
is $50 against TAP in April, being
a decline of SO points since the first
of last month.
Mrs. Elise Hagerman Depew, wife
of Chauncy NJ. Depew, died in New
York last week. Although Mrs.
Depew va known to be seriously i'll,
the sudden termination of her illness
was not expected by her family and
those who were most intimately con-
nected with her. Mr.. Depew and
son, Chauncy, jr., Mrs. Depew's
mother, brother and two little nieces
were all present when the end came.
Mr.. Depew was completely pros
trated.
Reports of the crop to the Illinois
department of agriculture for the
first Of May show an even more dis
%couraging condition for winter wheat
than on April /, owing to excessive
rains which prevailed during April.
In the northern division Of this state
the area destroyed by. winter killing
and floods is s per cent. or 80 per cent
of the area seeded-l05, 900 acres
which leaves $4,000 acres for harvest.
The most unfayorable reports come
from central Illinois, where nearly
half the area (H per cent is de-
stroyed, leaving but 1856, 900 for har-
vest out of an area seeded Of zoe, 600
! acres.
The body of Frank w. Rohle, who,
with Thomas Pallister, escaped from
the death house in Sing Sing prison
on April 20, was found in the Hudson
river, directly across the river from
Sing Sing. The body was found by
three fishermen. Fisherman Cronk
says he thinks he saw another body
further down the river, but did not
go after il a. he had the body of
Rohle in tow. Search parties are
trying 10 find the body of Pallister in
the river. When the body had been
washed it was found that Rohle had
been shot in the right side OF the
head, and the surposition is that
Pallister shot him in order to facili-
tate his own escape.
The Columbia National bank of
Chicago has suspended. The bank
had officers In the Insurance Ex-
change. The deposits were 81, 400, 900
and the capital 81, 900, G0e. Rumors
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