Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-15

A farmer named l.. S. Mckay, living
a short distance from Watertown. was
convicted in Justice Harding's court a
iew days ago for using obscene language
n the presence OF females and was fined
s20. He called another man an epithet
with reference to ancestry, and the other
elbow not being able to give him a lick
.ng took it out Of him in the courts.
The commissioner OF the general land
office has denied the motion for review Of
the general land office decision in thecase
Of Lewis Growing against James Nc
Laughlin, involving land in the Sisseton
and WahpetOn reservation, South DakO-
la. The former decision dismissed Grew
ng's contest, AID held the entry OF Nc
Laughlin intact.
One OF the civil cases to come before the
present term OF court at Flandreau, and
which will attract much attention is the
:ase OF Arthur Thompson VS.. Henry Van
Nice. This is an action brought by the
plaintiff for the seduction ofhis daughter,
one Martha Thompson, a girl about Is
years OF age. The case will attract more
than usual attention owing to the So
cial standing of the defendant, be having
| been a leading member OF the Presby-
terrain church OF Flandreau, holding the
position of deacon and Sunday-schOol
superintendent in the church at the time
Of the alleged seduction. He has a high
" respectable wife and family, who be-
ieve him to be innocent OF the charge.
The whisky town, known as Asymp-
tote, IN disputed ground between South
Dakota and Nebraska, near Vermillion,
| has passed in its last checks and is no
more forever. Various moves have been
made in a legal way against the keepers
of the joints bnt in every case have been
unsuccessful. A short time ago, proceed
ngs Were brought, making the owner of
The land n party. This had the desired
fleet and the last remaining shanty was
moved off. leaving no vestige OF the late
important city. The land has been rent,
I'd TO parties who will fence it and make
pasture OF it.
The first joint debate OF the state uni
'~ersities OF North and South Dakota,
held at Vermillion q few evenings ago re-
suited in a victory for North Dakota.
Tie question was, is the Government
Ownership OF Railroads Defensible and
Desirable" The South Dakota boys
look the affirmative and the North the
negative. In the decision the home team
established the first point, but failed on
The second. The North Dakota team
consisted OF G. A. Brennan, b. A. Skula-
,oD j. A. Radcliffe; the home team OF ID.
4. Crawford, ]. l.. Payne, L. NJ. Stevens.
The judges were L. G. Smith, OF Yankton.
Dwight g.. Holbrook, OF Sioux Falls, and
-. NJ. kean, OF Sioux City.
Judge Campbell has decided the Treas
tow insurance case, in which the Ameri-
IAN Investment company and the Yank-
ton Fire Insurance company areinterest-
ID, in ia yor OF the latter corporation,
holdiag that the proofs OF the loss OF the
property by fire were insufficient under
.he terms OF the statutes. j. III. Smith,
ihe mortgage, was the plaintiff i'm the
action, and sought to recover on the
ground OF a slip ulation in the policy OF
insurance that no default or act on the
part OF the assured should invalidate the
policy as against the mortgage.