Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-05-17
DAKOTA NEWS.
GATHERED FROM ASSOCIATED
PRESS TELEGRAMS.
a Soldiers and Sailors Reunion at
Yankton In June-North and South
Dakota a. o. u. W.-Population OF
the State.

Dakota a. o. u. W.-Populatlon OF
the State.
o. W. Bair, late receiver OF the United
States land office at Huron, has succeed
I'd Horace Comfort as attorney for the
Consolidated Land and Irrigation COM
pany.
Contracts have been completed and
work begun on the axle grease factory
and electric light plant in Cnster. 1T
will cost $40, 600 and employ about 20
men. 1t will be III operation III July.
DR.. Charles BeTgdaha committed sui
eide at Deadwood a few days ago by
taking morphine. The man was suffer
ing from remorse for causing the death
by malpractice OF a young countrywo-
man. Bergdahal bad been a resident o.
Deadwood but a month. He was for
some time on the staff OF the county
corps OF physicians.
The latest change in the surveyor gen.
erals office in Huron is the revoval OF
Phil Cumming as transcribing clerk to
make room for ". s. Walker OF Sioux
Falls. Another change that will soon
take place is said TO be that OF Charles
Fl. Cameron, who will be succeeded by
John Rates. formerly employed in the
office under Gen. Maris Taylor.
More than twenty-five hundred head OF
cattle were driven across the pontoon
bridge at Chamberlain last week, and
fully one hundred prairie schoouers also
crossed. The Sioux reservation is rapid
ly filing up this spring with a good
class OF citizens. The land Office at
Chamberlain had twenty-one homestead
entries on Monday and Tuesday.
Lightning struck Bender Bros. ele-
vator at Alexandria a few days ago set
ting fire to che elevator, Wood & Co.'S
coal house and the Hunting Elevator
compsnys fat warehouse which were
burned. Loss on buildings and grain
$4,000. Direction OF the wind and
heavy rain saved the depot, LAWYER
house and business portion OF town.
The Commercial club OF De Smet is
holding weekly meetings TO provide for
all necessary arrangements for the GA.
R. encampment in that city next month.
Col. Gleason is on the road most OF the
time arranging for the 5. O. Y. camp,
which promises to be a fine gathering.
The ". X. {. ladies are making provi-
sions for the comfort OF the ladies who
may visit De Smet during the encamp-
ment.
The government proposes to do con-
siderable work on the Missouri river
above Sioux City during this season.
The snag boat Josephine is now up the
river, and the government steamer Man
dan arrived at Chamberlain recently,
also on it's way up. The Mandan re-
manned near Chamberlain several DAYS
and put in the time removing snags from
the river between Crow Creek agency and
Old Fl. Hale.
The sheriff at Chamberlain a few days
ago arrested three runaway boys who
had left their homes at Oacoma, west Of
the Missouri river, with the intention OF
beating their way to Washington to Join
Coxey's army. The eldest OF the boys is
only thirteen years OF age. They begged
their way across the pontoon bridge and
We're preparing TO take box car passage
on the first outgoing train when discov-
cred and taken in custody.
Probably there are but a few localities
in the state that have been more favor
ed in the past with good crops than has
the eastern part OF Kingsbury and west
ern part OF Brookings counties. There
are many large farmers tbereabouts, one
OF whom is Hon. Thomas Reed. He has
this spring put in 900 acres OF wheat,
$50 OF oats. $50 OF barley, 800 OF fax.
300 OF corn and 80 of millet; and there
are several Others whose acreage is
about the anne.
A gentleman from Hot Springs, in
Huron a few days ago, says the business
men and people OF that place generally
are endeavoring to secure the location
there OF the s%anitarium to be erected this
summer by the Travellers Protective AS
ISOLATION OF America. 4 meeting OF the
association will be held in Milwaukee in.
June, at which time a place for the SAN
VIII De ueClueu upon. III VIII De
an immense structure and Hot Springs
in a fair way to secure the prize.
Circuit court has just closed a weeks
session at Woonsocket and O host OF
blind pigs have had their eyes opened at
last to the fact that we have a prohibi-
tory law in this state. Six different par
ties were indicted by the grand jury and
they will be tried June1S. Just at pres
ent they are hustling to get bonds, and
with some the chances OF going to jail are
pretty good. 1t is a great rafting of
the dry bones in that locality. One in
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