Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-09-26

tendance.
A bicycle corps has been organized
among the members OF the Eighth
cavalry, at Fts Meade.
| The black Hills college, located at
Hot Springs. began its sixth years
work last week, with a large increase
in attendance.
The annual tournament held by the
lCastelia Sporting Club has closed.
IL gave universal satisfaction to the
public and exhibitors.
On recommendation OF the board
of pardons, the governor has issued
IA pardon to Stephen b. Parks, SEN
tened from Marshall county for
grand Larceny.
A. w. Laga, ofHudson, has a record
as a potato raiser. He planted one
Ipotato and from it harvested a crop
of nine pounds, good sound tubes,
early fortune variety.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled with the secretary OF the state, for
the Mofitt Mining and Milling com
pany, with acapital stock or $500, 900.
The company will operation the Hills.
Articles Of incorporation were filed
Tuesday by the Pierre Mercantile
company with a capital stock Of
So, 600. Incorporators: lack L.
Thompson, Stephen s. Coush and
John Switzerland.
The Farmers Elevator Company
of Revillo, Grant county, capital
stock 81, 900, has fled articles OF in.
corporation with the secretary OF the
srate. incorporates, w. o. storlle,
Thomas Street and others.
Quite q number of artesian wells
are being put down in Aurora county.
Most of them are two-innh.
In the eastern part of the county
the first flow is struck a a depth
varying from 400 to 400 feet.
G. r. Kinball, president and cash
Ter OF the Lawrence County Trust and
Savings bank in Deadwood has mys-
teriously disappeared. He has not
been heard from since Saturday Sep
ltamber z, when he left here In the
morning to attend the A. o. U. w.
| picnic at Sturgis.
John r. Brennan, member OF the
board of railroad commissioners OF
this state, whose health has been
dispaired of, and who is at Battle
Greek s&nitarium writes his friends
at Rapid City that he has gained Is
pounds in ten days and begins to feel
as though he was on the road to
recovery.
Wilbur Stafford was arrested at
Alexandria on complaint of Mrs.
Annie Mertz, OF Mitchell charged with
stealing her dresses, waists, cloaks,
etc. He became smitten with the
fair widow, who cody threw him
| over. Stafford would not stand this,
and securing entrance to the Merte
dwelling carried of everything he
claimed TO have given her.
Mitchell will be well represented at
he state fair at Sioux Falls. Ar
arrangements have been made whereby
1.-The South Dakota Juvenile band
will be one OF the attractions. 1t viii
he remembered that this band took
/ e. - - @Aa Arnft.r1 fp,apfu
tournament this spring. The Nit
chell fire company viii also be there.
Judge J. E. Garland has been mott
fed that the circuit court of appeals
has sustained the decision OF the low
err court in the personal damage cas-
brought by VIM. Fullerton. OF Nit
| chel, against the Homestake Mining
company. The original verdict
awarded $3.50 to Fullerton, and
the whole judgment, with costs and
Interest, amounts TO $26,7Oo.
The Scotland district fair, n of
the FIRST to be held in the state, clos
ed a most successful exhibition on
EIll6s tdSS. ihS o-tANuiSuA6a SAhA
bits were of a character hard to ex-
eel. and the program OF sports an ex-
| cellent one. Sioux City commercial
bodies, OF various kinds, attended in
large numbers on the last day and
did a great deal for the success of the
fair.
The State Equal Suffrage Aasocia-
ton has elected officers for the essu.
ing year as follows: President Mrs.
Anna Simmons, Huron; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Eva C. Meyers, Canistota;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Kats
Folger, WATERFOWL; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. M. Il. Sheldon, Sioux
Falls; Treasurer, MIRA Lyman. Pierre;
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, national
lecturer was present and addressed
the convention, which closed q sue
cessful session at Pierre last week
The Golden Reward mill at Dead
wood has just finished . fifteen ds.r
clear-np, the run for ten days being
on ore and five days on dust and dirt