Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

F, Fort Pierre Fair Play: Flies are re-
,or,ed IN be worse on stock than Tor
many years. 1t seems that a new Dreed
! Of fli.s have infested this country: they
are considerably larger than the CON-
mon house fv with a black body n
white head and have recently been play
ing havoc with range stock. 1t is said
! that stock run for a long distance to get
where there is water, when attacked by
q swarm OF these insects, and lay down
in the wafer and roll like a horse does
on the ground.
A party consisting OF Mr.. c, 1. Hack
eft. OF Chicago, Frank Sharpe, OF LIN
| ,oln. and f. c. Hunt. OF the Omaha Bee
staff, have been spending a day or two
in Rapid City. Mr.. llackett is looking
% a location for a beet sugar manu-
factory and lanI for beet raising. IL ls
/ said ;Lat the s. I and climate e Rapid
! CITY is well adapted to the purpose.
/ Mr.. Hackett states that he would make
| il n mart of the business TO raise cattle
on the beet tons aud would try to dis
nose OF the beef in the Black Hills mar
krts Instead OF shipping east. He prom
| Uses TO return in thirty DAYS, and make
| the city a proposition. Chadron, Neb.,
has voted l 800 acres OF land and $50
900 for u sim ir establish nent.
Deputy Sheriff Donahoe, ofSioux Falls,
had quite an experience in e~ndeavoring
to serve an execution on Mrs. Phmbe A.
! Palmer. of Boston. Mass. Mrs. Palmer
arrived in Sioux Falls q year ago last
December. Her application for a divorce
| from Erastus Palmer, a prominent shoe
| dealer of that city, was refused by Judge
| Athens. Mrs. Palmer at once began an
| other action baior" JudgeJOnes. The at
tornPv for the defendant had an execution
| iSSuad for the costs in the first case and
| Deputy Donaboe tried to serve 1t. Mrs.
| Palmer locked herself in her room and
J re"'ained there without supper or break
| fast. while the deputy occupied a chair
| at The door. Next morning Mrs. Palmer
gave up and her trunk containing all
| her clothes was taken to the office OF
the sheriff. The costs mount to $3.50.
The evidence in the famous Meade
county case has all been taken before
Judge Plowman at Deadwood, and the
Judge gave the attorneys until July 90
to prepare and submit briefs and arGu-
| ments. In this case Lawrence county
brings suit against Meade county to
enforce payment OF interest on bonds
amounting TO SOS, 900. qhe bonds are
s. r. cent. and were issued by Meade
county ia payment OF its portion OF
| Lawrence county's indebtedness Mt the
date OF segregation OF the county.
Meade county two years ago deiaulted
the interest on these bonds, claiming
that the county had exceeded the statu-
| tory limitation. and that the issue OF
! these bonds were illegal, and also that
I the act constituting Meade county wes
unconstitutional and Illegal.
The state prohibition convention met
at Madison on Saturday evening with
a small attendance. The following
ticket was placed in the field. For con-
gress, G. A. Regain, OF Minnehaha, and
A. Jameson, OF Union; for governor, NJ.
d. Alexander, Codington; for lieutenant
governor, knute Lewis, OF kingsbury;
for secretary oI state, j. +. Hanson, OF
Dawson; for auditor, j. r. O'Neil, OF
Beadle; for treasurer, JAS. Harker, OF
Dawson; for attorney general, TO be
filled by committee: for superintendent
OF schools, Prof. r. b. McClenon, OF
Lake; for commissioner OF schools and
and public land, F. J. Carlisle. OF Brook
ings; for commissioner OF labor, A. G..
Hunt, OF Brown; for railway commits
%sioner, T. Sykes Wilson, OF Brown; A.
H. Reed, Beadle; the other place to be
filed.