Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-02-01

Another artesian well is being put
iown at Miller.
A. Wooksocket a few days ago the
saloon OF Jim Harvey was raidcd by oil
icers ana twenty barrels OF beer found.
The Children's home at Sioux Fails,
ans been in operation II months, has re-
,eived 80 children and placed all but II.
John Stillwell, recently arrested at
Lennox for .liquor selling ran TO avoid ar
rest and was shot in the arm by Sheriff
Waldo.
Dave Powell and Newell Baker, ar
aligned in Clear Lake a few days ago for
stealing salt, were discharged for want
Of evidence.
Mayor Davis, of Watertown, recently
ordered all the gambling places closed,
and that class OF citizens skipped for
greener fields.
The dwelling OF Wm. Cummings, OF
germilHon, burned a few days ago. The
dre was due to a detective chimney.
Loss, $1,000.
Engineer L. c. Chamberlain, for 10
gears with the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, died OF heart failure at Huron a
iew days ago.
At the special term OF court held at
Faulkton recently Andrew Penning was
ined 5000 and 60 days in jail for violat-
ng the prohibitory liquor law.
A few evenings ago a threeround box
ing match took place in Pierre between
ocal boxers named Phillips and Math-
ews. The latter was knocked out.
A cock fight took place at Fort Pierre
a few nights ago. Three different sets
Of birds were pitted against each other
and some exciting fights took place.
Considerable money changed hands.
At the special term OF the circuit court
recently held at Faulkton, A. j. Wake
field was convicted of the crime OF soduc-
ton and sentenced to nine months hard
labor in the Sioux Falls p~enitentiary.
In his written confession, now in the
hands of National Bank Examiner Dia-
mond, Alexander Ross, late cashier of
the First National Bank of Lead City,
says that bis populations date back eight
years.
John Muiholland was shot by Ed kee-
gan at Eikton, a town Is miles east of
Brookings, q few days ago. Keegan is
1 in lall Dt NntnrtnNyn uynit5nr 1 ha oatirp
OF the grand jury. Reagan was a bar
tender.
Mrs. Picker, wife OF the South Dakota
congressman, at the request of Mrs.
John A. Logan has accepted a position
! on the board of lady managers OF the
Garfield Memorial Hospital in Washing
ton, ID. &.
The agent OF the Duluth, Pierre & Black
Hills railroad has been in Faulkton Sc
curing right OF way. Condemnation
proceedings have been before the court.
1t is believed that the road wiz be ironed
the coming ummer.
United States Commissioner Morrow
has bound Herman Hoefer, a resident of
Lyman county, over to the next term OF
United States court at Deadwood on the
charge OF selling liquors to the Indians at
Lower Brule agency.
Officers have learned that q great deal
of liquor is at present being sold to the
Indians at the two adjacent agencies,
Crow Creek and Lower Brule, and yigor-
Gus measures will be employed to stop
the unlawful practice.
At Sioux Falls late Saturday afternoon
the jury in the DR.. Fisher murder trial
was called in by the Judge and discharg-
ed after being out &c hours. The vote
stood five for conviction and seven for
acquittal from the first ballot tothelast.
The 1~4-yesr-old son of William Spen.
Ger, living e Detroit postofice, Brown
county, was accidentally killed a few
days ago by the discharge OF a shotgun,
chin and penetrated to the back OF his
head.
Advices from all over the state seem to
point to the fact that the South Dakota
poultry show, to be held in vermRIior,
February ID, IA, Is and 16, will be an
success. Some Iowa and Ne
braska breeders have signifed their in
tention OF being in attendance.
The shipment OF jack rabbits is quite a
help to South Dakota this winter. over
l 400 having been shipped from Messing
tor alone. Three dollars per dozen X the
average price received. The Chicago &
Northwestern averages three carloads
week between Pierre and Huron.
Word from Laporte. Ind, of recent
date the death OF Rev. W. G.
Dickinson, formerly superintendent OF
congregational missions in Sop.h Da-
kota. He was one of the best known
and most successful clergymen of the
His family resides in Mil
bank.
Judge Haney, OF Woonsocket, has
been asked to issue an Injunction stop
ping the mayor and city council from is
suing any more warrants, also to stop
he city treasurer from paying some OF