Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-04-12
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
GATHERED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS TELECRAMS.
South Dakota irrigation-inspectors
Appointed at the Agencies NO
Surveys Contracted-Ran Away
With a Prize Fighter.

The City council OF Dell Rapids is con-
sidering a proposition for an electric
light franchise.
The chief engineer OF the army has sub
mitted a favorable report on Senator
Pettigrew's bill for O bridge over the
Missouri river at Yankton, S. ID.
What il known as the Huron Water
works case has been i cidpd by Judge
Campbell in favor OF the company. The
case will now go to the supreme court
In the trial at Canton OF Helvor Land
fell, who was indicted by the grand jury
for assault with intent 10 kill Henry
Williams last August, the jury, after
being ont six hours, returned a verdict OF
mot guilty"
Chairman Ward, OF the democratic
state committee, has called a meeting of
the committee 70 b. held in Sioux Falls
April 25th TO determine the time and
place for holding the democratic state
convention.
DR.. C. ii, Fulford, q prominent
physician OF Sioux Falls has been arrest
ed for not reporting TO the health officers
the death OF a child from ~diphtheria and
for not q~uaraDtiuing the house while the
child was sick.
Gov. Sheldon has reap2ointed DR.. d.
". Robinson member OF the state board
OF health. There has been q lively con-
test over the appointment, the home
paths wanting recognition on the board
but failing to get it.
During the year just closed the Presby-
terrain church, OF Huron added sixty-two
persons to it's membership and paid
S26S.S6 for church expenses. Excellent
results have attended each branch OF
church work. Rev. A. q. NcGogney con-
tinues as pastor.
Considerable damage was done at
Sioux Fails a few days ago to window
panes, sidewalks and out buildings by a
wind from the Northwest. The felocity
Of the wind was about sixty miles at
noon, but diminished considerably be-
lore evening.
Deadwood Pioneer.-This is going to
be a prosperous year for South Dakota
Fears that the recent storm would en-
tail serious loss upon cattle ranges have
been proven unfounded, and the storm
itself is now looked upon as having been
u positive blessing in disguise.
The authorities of Butte county, have
released under $1,000 bonds Dave
Dueharme, the notorious horse thief and
desperado. For months it has been
charged that certain prominent and in
fuential citizens OF Butte county do not
wish him convicted for fear they will be
implicated in some of his crim-s.
Maj. W. W. Anderson, formerly Indian
agent at Crow Creek and Lower Brule
agencies, expects 70 purchase 800 or40o
head OF cattle this spring TO enlarge his
herd in Jackson county. The major
thinks the coded Sioux lands contain the
fipest grazing grounds in the United
States. He has had a large herd In that
region for the past four years.
County Clerk Thorne, Of Minnehaha
county who has been ordered to settle
the alleged shortage in his accounts ac-
cording to the report to thecounty CON-
m~issioners submitted by the reports, re-
fuses TO do it. A suit will be begun
against Mr. Thorne AVID the latter says
he will waive all the time in order to get
the case into the April term OF court.
At Canton recently in the case OF the
state vs.. Phillip Carol, indicted and
tried at this term of the court on a
charge OF rape upon a little girl last
June, returned q verdict of guilty"
Judge JOINS sentenced the defendant to
ten years Imprisonment in the s%tateprni-
Tertiary at Sioux Falls. This under the
statute VAS the minimum punishment in
this case.
The threats OF Wyoming cattlemen to
drive all focks OF sheep out OF that state
are having their effect, as during thepast
few weeks fully $4,000 sheep have been
driven from the Wyoming ranges TO the
ranges OF Western South Dakota. Re-
ports from the big Laramie section Of
Wyoming say small punches OF sheep
headed eastward may be seen along all
roads leading to South Dakota
Pierre Capital:-Ii the payment OF
taxes is any indication of the money in
circulation in a community or section,
certainly South Dakota can feel it might
be far worse of than it is at present.
State Auditor Nipple reports that his
Last call for state taxes amounts 10
about s225, 000, and of that amount
over s1S7 900 havealready been paid in.
All but eight counties OF the state have
responded.
A cave rivaling in magnitude the ia
mous Wind cave, has been discovered
about six miles northwest from Hot
Springs. Messrs. Aldrich and Hopkins,
two capitalists from Aurora, H., the
former a law partner OF Congressman
Hopkins OF Illinois, haveinterested them
selves in the enterprise of developing il,
and will send teams and tallyho coaches
in the ear future to haul summer guests
to il. The rushing wind is greater than
it il in Wind cave, and shows fully es
large an underground area.
Ludella Clark, known on the vaudeville
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