Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-07

There has been over goo immigrant
wagons passed through Chamberlain
This spring. and over 1000 head OF
cattle and horses have crossed the pom
toon bridge all forthe coded Sioux lands.
In the circuit court at Sioux Falls
Judge Jones has overruled the demurrer
to the Indictment against Clerk OF Court
Thorne for embezzling 81 900 OF county
funds during 1892. The DEFENDANTS at
torney demanded an immediate trial.
Considerable interest liz felt in this mat
ter by the citizens OF thecity and county,
some. and perhaps the majority OF them
thinking that it is simply piece OF perse-
cution, as everybody knows that the
money would have been paid to Mr.
Thurn's deputy by the county commits
siouers ii it had not been paid to him by
Mr.. Thorne. Nobody chnrges that he
USED the money on himself, but simply
paid tn. clerk hire with it.
Alarge party OF Congregational min
listers aud Delegates have just come back
from the Cheyenne river, where they
dedicated the Elizabeth Winyan Memo
rial church. This church was built as a
memorial to an Indian III She
was converted by the missionaries in
Minnesota aud rendered great assistance
in the escape Of families during the a
sacre OF 90. In 1876 she came to the
Missouri river to teach under Rev. :. T..
Riggs. She labured among the Sioux
fnurtaap nor at,1 Iaal IN hur Hold
Along with the dedication the ordina-
ton OF her sou und brother took place.
The attendance at the services was large.
Henry Smith, the boy who shot Fred
Foster at a dame at Hartford last New
Years, was convicted recently at Sioux
Falls, OF shooting another person and
recommended by the jury To the ex-
IRENE mercy oil the court, both on &C
count of his & aud because the evidence
showed that to a considerable extent he
acted in self-dpiense. Samuel and Glen
Richardson, the farmers OF Burke town
ship who were indicted for assault with
a dangerous weapon on the son of
Charles Hayward, were allowed the
privilege OF changing their plea OF not
rNAAAf ~ AAN IA oN 1iiN I III III AA-
dictment, to guilty of assault and bat
terry. They were each fined $40 and
costs, which they paid.
The A. B. Melville farm, a short dis.
tance southwest of Huron, has been
chosen as the place for making practical
tests OF irrigation the present season.
The work will be in the charge OF Mr..
Bartholomew, a practical irrigator from
Colorado. assisted by Capt. Fassett,
state engineer OF irrigation. The work
will be under direction OF the state agri-
cultural college and will be paid for by
the government. Instruction OF irriga-
ton will be given free to all desiring it.
On the farm selected is a fine artesian
we'll and n reservoir covering nearly SIX
acres. The ground is being put in shape
for the experiment.
The annual midsummer fair will open
at Clear Lake July 4 and close July 5.
The officers OF the association are spar
ing no pains to makethis agrand success.
There are 81, 700 tied up inpurses. There
will be a match trot for $1,000. The
worlds champion Second Regiment
band OF Brookings has been secured at
a cost OF $500. AS one OF the attrac-
tons for the Fourth the association has
secured forty Sioux Indians. 1t is no ex-
pertinent with the people. having the
celebration OF independence and fair at
the same time. As it is "a holiday sea-
son, the farmers bring put their stock,
for there would be- no one at home to
care for them. The crowd turns out to
celebrate and the fair and celebration
work to a charm as a combination.