Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-05-10

Employees OF the Huron division OF the
Northwestern railway have been order
ed 10 be y~aecinsted-
The United States district court wasin
session three DAYS at ABERDEEN asst week.
There WAS very little business.
Fifty Illinois physicians viii visit Hot
Springs on the 11th inst 10 Inspect the
baths and general surroundings
The hardware store OF Johnson Bros,
at Madison was burglarised a few nights
Ago. Cutlery and reyolves worth $3.50
were taken.
c. ". Hubbard, OF Sioux Falls was
awarded the contract for constructing
the pell Rapid wstsrworks. Hs bill
was ST.. oOo.
4 writ OF habass corpus was served on
the sheriff in the Van Nice adultery case
at Flandreau and the matter viii be
brought before the supreme court.
After a spirited fight in the Sioux
Falls school board Prot. A. NJ. Rowe
was reelected superintendent His
salary was cut from 81. SEQ to Sl,65o.
4 man about 40 years old IA found
dead fourteen miles southwest of Wau-
bay on the prairie. He had span OF
hor-es and a wagon and $40 in gold,
but no papers.
Eagle Louise, who is accused OF shoot
ing Thunder Hawk or the 23d ult., was
committed TO jail at Hot Springs TO
await the coming term OF the United
States Court.
The executive committee OF the South
Dakota Editorial association fixed the
time for the annual meeting OF the asso-
citation on July "a, % and &c, aud Nit
cbell as the place.
Aswindler claiming to be an officer OF
the treasury department and specially
detailed 10 detect counterfeit coins, is
said TO De operating among the farmers
in the southern portion OF the state.
The grand jury refused to indict DR.. NJ.
E. Dittmer, who was arrested at Sioux
Falls last June IN a charge OF murder
and who has been u since under 81
600 bail. He was charged with causing
the DEATH OF Matilda Hargrcn by an
abortion. The girl died at All Saints
school, Sioux Falls.
Mrs. William Dupon, wife Of the mil
lionaire powder manufacturer, OF VIII
mington, Del, has forwarded the plans
for the Episcopal church she will build at
Elk Point for the veteran minister,
Father Hines, and his congregation. The
plans We're drawn by a Philadelphia
architect and the building will Be q
beauty.
At the term OF the circuit court just
concluded in Union county, A. j. Ames,
az, president OF the defunct bank OF Beres-
ford. was discharged from custody on
account OF an error in the impaneling OF
the grand jury. He was Immediately
again bound over to await the action OF
the next grand jury. He is charged with
illegal banking.
j. c. Ryan, formerly treasurer of White
Lake township, and president OF the
White Lake Bank, and who was recently
arrested and placed under bonds TO au-
pear before the grand jury TO answer to
a charge OF embezZlement. il missing. 4
bench warrant was issued by Judge
Hancy, but all attempts to run him IN
have so far proved futile.
Title to a portion of the site Of Water
town is involved in a suit brought by
William c. Pike, an early homesteader
who was ~adiudged insane alter killing
Stephen S. Jones. editor OF the Chicago
Religio-P Philosophical journal, in a fit OF
jealousy. Pixies homestead was sold by
the wife under an order from the probate
court and Pike will contest the proceed
ings.
Early in April a man calling himself d.
ID. Hamilton purchased a draft at tie
National Bank Of Dakota, at Huron, Tor
SIS. 1t is drawn on the Corn Exchange
National Bank at Sioux City. Word
now comes from that city that the
draft has been raised TO s $500. and
bonored by the bank for that sum-,
Efforts are now being made to find
Hamilton, but as yet has proved unsuc-
cessful.
iIoi. "aEu. SOulu DdkOIa Z defOnduC,
has added a new feature to his aerial
trips. Recently at De: Rapids he took
a small dog up with lin, and when
about 200 feet from the earth be set the
canine adriit in mid air, supported BY a
small red parachute. The dog came TO
the ground uBburt. Ward vent I'D sew.
eral hundred feet higher and jumped
from the balloon, and came down safely
with his parachute.
Mary Catill, ofBrookIyn, y. Y. known
in literary circles as Marie Walsh. is
in Sioux Falls for the ostensible purpose
OF writing a novel based on the Sioux
Falls divorce colony. She has visited
the Indian school at Fandreau, and pro-
poses TO weave q little OF the nobl. race
into her tale. She VIII herself try 10 get
a divorce. The defsndant il Michael ].
Cahill, OF Chicago, editor OF the Home
Light aad the Pilot. both Catholic week
lies he viii fight the case.