Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-05-31

News Items.
C. II. Cummariord, a business man OF
Sioux Falls, was robbed at noon a few
| laws ago, in his store of 500 which was
| m the cash drawer. Two tramps did the
OBJ. One was captured and the other
escaped.
Tourist excursion tickets at reduced
| rates to the principal summer resorts OF
the United States are now ON sale via
The North. Western Line. For particu-
.ars apply TO agents Chicago 4 North
Western R'y.
A cowboy whose name ls said TO be
Olson, and who was employed in the
cattle roundup west OF the Missouri
| ri yer, was recently killed near Hatch City,
S. D., by his horse throwing itself back
ward upon him.
The Missouri river a few days ago car
ried a portion OF the p%ontoon bridge
away, d~isconnecting Chamberlain with
| the coded Sioux lands. The detached
| portion OF the bridge was overhauled
| and fastened to the bank q mile or o
down stream.
A boy named Fred Day, living with F.
| NJ. Gardner on a farm southwest OF
Huron, s. D., while herding cattle with
| u pony a few days ago. tied the bride
| rein about one OF his wrists. The pony
became frightened, ran away and
dragged Day over the ground and stones
for nearly a mile. He was dead when
picked up.
Mr.. Lucas, of South Dakota, recently
secured the passage OF the senate bill
amending the act to authorize the con-
| struction OF q brige across the Missouri
river at Yankton, S. ID. The amendment
provides that the original act shall be
null and void unless the bridge is COM
menced within two and finished i'll four
years from the coming 22d OF June.
August Schell, one OF themost prosper
Gus and respected farmers OF Jerauld
county, while out fishing on the jim
river a few days @ was drowned.
While coming across the stream. which
is at least fifteen feet at or near the ford,
he was seen to throw up his hands and
then his hat loated away, but Mr.. Schell
had gone to an untimely grave.
Charlie Moore, a hali-breeI, who has
been in the lookup at Pierre some time
for horse stealing, recently fled one ofhis
letters off, also two bars OF his window.
He was discovered by a boy, who vas
playing around outside the jail. No
threats or brides kept the boy from tell
ing the TAILOR. Moore is one OF the
toughest thieves that has ever been in
the county.
Burglars entered the postoffice at
Parker a few nights ago, and after
knocking the dial, etc, from the safedoor
they drilled through and got the sale
open. They only got about SO in cash
and q few dollors' worth OF special de-
livery stamps for their labor, the CHIEF
loss being the lock to the safe. This is
the third or fourth time that the post
Office safe has been burglarized in the last
ten years.
At Huron, S. D., three toughs known
as Dick Williams, Dave Travise, a hall
breed Indian. and W. D. Watson were
jailed a few days ago to await the Sep
TENDER term OF court. The first two are
charged with grand larceny and the
other, with Maurice Dinnon. who gave
bail, with keeping a gambling house.
The auartette enticed a Chicago travel
ing man named Downing into a game OF
poker and beat him out OF $1l0. He
then had them arrested.
James R. Carnahan, major general OF
the Uniform Rank Knights OF Pythias OF
the world; Grand Chancellor w. A. Dell
worth and Col. W. l.. Scism, of Nebraska,
Brigadier General F. S. Mcdonald and
Grand Chancellor F. E. Wheaton, OF
Minnesota, arrived in Sioux Falls a few
days ago, and the Knights OF Pythias
lodge OF hat city rendered them a grand
reception. They We're there for the pur-
pose of dividing the lodges OF the state
into two battallions. The First battal-
lion will have headquarters in Sioux
Falls.
The Black Hills Chantauqua program
for 1894, devotes n day TO political
discussion, allowing each OF the three
political parties in the state time for dis.
cussing the merits OF their respective
party. The management have invited
Hon. VIM. b. Sterling OF Huron to rep
resent the republican party in the discus
sion. The independents will be represent
ed by W. r. Sovereign, OF Des Moines, Ia.
The democratic party representative has
not been chosen as yet. The date for
this discussion is July 7th. Mr.. Ster.
ling has accepted the invitation.
Senator Kyle said after his return to
Washington that his work in South Da-
kota had resulted in uuearthing a large
number OF fraudulent claims. He said
he had discovered that men had been
awarded amounts in the court OF claims
when they had never applied for them.
Lawyers had built up cases by manufac-
tured and false testimony, and apparent
ly there was no end Of fraudulent
practices. The court of claims, he said.
had apparently passed many claims on
the fimsi.st OF exparte testimony, and
he should recommend a most searching
investigation before any OF these claims