Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-04-18


Yankron a few days ago for highway
robbery and attempted murder of
an Irene man. His pal is still at large.
Arthur Low, an 8 year-old boy,
had bis leg torn of above the knee a
lew days ago at Dell Rapids, by being
caught in the wheel while hanging on
the rear end Of a wagon.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled at Pierre for the Berrestord State
bank. Capital stock, Sl0,0 600; direc-
tors, Boyson Ross, Ii. j. Thorde,
Akron, Iowa, and II. j. Merdel, OF
Berrestord.
Assistant secretary OF State Gel
Iette has rendered his resignation pen
ding inquiry unto the resent charges
made against him. 1t is asserted by
some that the charges are nothing
but spite work of enemies.
Chambers Keller, OF Hot Springs,
has issued a circular letter to the de-
scendants Of the American revolution
in South Dakota. II is MIR. Keller's
purpose to organize a chapter In each
considerable town in the state.
Information was received at Cham
berlain a few days ago that a reward
OF 81, 200 has been offered for the re-
:oyery OF the body OF Phillip Turgeon
aud another man who were drowned
IN the Missouri south OF hamber-
lain a short time ago..
Information has been received by
The Castalia Republican, published
near the Yankton reservation, that
ulars from TT. Omaha will be present
/ o preserve order during the opening
Uf that reservation to settlement.
Attorney General Crawford has
served papers III a suit Tor $1,000
against ex-Commissioner of Lands
Inomas H. Ruth. That amount "a
Iost to the school fund by Taylor's
~uefalcation, and it Is alleged that it
was in Taylor's hands through neg
!ect on the part OF Ruth.
While the interested parties refused
TO talk, says a special telegram to
the Minneapolis journal, it Is known
that tine basis Of charges against
Assistant Secretary OF State Gillette
are alleged false vouchers to the
amount of $50 in the maintenance
account OF the statehouse for 1882.
Other things are limited at, but not b.
ing specific will o be given.
Judge Edgerton heard the argument
made In the application OF Wayman,
Partridge & Co, OF Minneapolis, for a
receiver or the general merchandise
business of c. q. Leyse & Co., OF
Brookings. The applicants also ask
the court to set aside chattle mort
CAGES TO the amount OF $4,000, given
by the Brookinss firm to Ayers,
" eatherwax, Reed & Co., OF Sioux
City, and Others.
A sad and proS@bly fatal accident
occurred a few miles northeast of
Byant a few days ago when the 9 year
old daughter OF Mrs. John Slaw was
horribly burned. She was playing
near a burning straw stack, when her
clothing caught fire, and, frightened,
she ran half a mile to her home with
her clothes in a fame. By this Tins
her right arm was perfectly crisp and
her body in nearly the same condi.
diGion.
A large Russian thistle was found at
O-dway a few days ago in a wire fence
and attached to the center OF the
thistle was this letter: Bismarck, n.
D., Feb. q, IS95.-Here | am set
adrift in q storm. Whoever finds me,
please report me to J. S. Clark, Bis
marck, n. D." This makes a dist
ance Of about 100 miles the weed has
Travelled, scattering its seeds. Prob
ably in it's rambles back and forth
across the prairies, the weed has
travelled several hundred miles more
than the distance from Ordway to
Bismarck.
In the United States court at Sioux
Falls a few days ago indictments were
returned against Ole Anderson and
Arthur Mckee of Eimball, s. ID. The
former was indicted for selling whisky
without a government license, while
the latter was indicted for a much
different offence and one which is
quite novel. His crime lies in his
writing the following ON a postal
card and mailing the same: "Sir:
Thei is a balance due me of $s.75
which | want by next Monday, and
If not paid by that time something
will drop. / have monkeyed with
you as long as l am going to-
The matter of closing saloons at
Huron was not referred to at the re.
cent council meeting, much to the dis.
appointment of a large number OF
antI-saloon people present. Three of
the new aldermen are strong temper
ance men-one q congregational
preacher-but none OF them seem in
clined to declare "a against the
blind pigs, holes in the wall, saloons,
gambling dens and other questionable
places until they have become more
familiar with their fellow aldermen
and the workings of the city govern
ment. 1t is quite certain, says a tele-
gram from that city, that four or five
members OF he council will not have