Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-05-14

- Mckenzie. for the past ten
'cashier of the First National
- Huron. has resigned and goes
ID Ds,oa 90 Ed J. Miller was elected
.in. and Grant Fowler assistant.
y ,ouse Of James Ferris at Sioux
~ hrrned with contents and was a
u ,Oss. The family barely escaped
IN their lives. Loss st,ooo' ihsur-
lee small.
Hruch Heron, whose parents i've In
we has written from Cuba for
~ uith which to come home. He
spnod the insurgent forces some time
and has found that playing war is
What he thought 1t would be.
cato Veterinarian j. w. Elliott re-
.ss several head of cattle having
"a near Hecla of black leg. Every
s,rontion has been taken TO stamp
r the disease.
pou, Behrendt and Charles Kurth,
hsrced with cattle stealing, pleaded
t'ltr AT Hot Springs, and were SEN
Enced TO two years in the penitentiary.
kor Stockdale was sentenced to ff-
pen months in state prison for steal
e a horse.
With the recent transfer of the title
tho toll road between Lead and
A0adwood all Of the old-time toll roads
ave. with one exception, that to Cen
nl CITY. become a thing of the past.
i've years z it was impossible TO
n into the city without going through
tell gate.
Fred Werner, a young and trusted
usiness maj Of Mound City, Camp
Nh county, is a defaulter TO the eX-
pnt OF over $1,000. He secured 5000
| rom Delaney Brothers of Aberdeen
Ind $500 from the German bank OF
Eureka.
Capt. George Gabler has established
ferry between the mouth Of Five
Nile creek and the Gregory county
hide Of the Missouri river. The boat
the largest engaged in the ferry ser
kce between Chamberlain and Run.
ting Water.
A sensation has been created in the
western part Of the state by the de-
bprtiOn of the wife of William Hughes,
prominent member of the Pringle-
Aay theatrical troup, which is visiting
he towns in that region. The de-
serted wife,,s home is in st. Louis.
Matt Sanger, the eighteen-year-old
|by who shot Nick Miller at Oacoma,
is believed to have been drowned
while attempting to escape. The boat
which he seized after the shooting has
been found floating aimlessly in the
Missouri river. II drowned, the body
has been carried down the stream.
Hiram A. Pratt has secured a d.
vOrce from his wife, Alice Pratt, ut
Aberdeen. The young couple were
married at Great Falls. Mont, where
tne wife still resides with her parents.
no appearance was made by the de-
iendant. The plaintiff is a son Of A.
v. Pratt. postmaster of Aberdeen.
The outlook at Highmore for a big
crop is better now than for many
Years. Jacob Meyers, the city sexton,
says the ground has not been wet
Town SO deep for ten years as it is
now. A much greater acreage is al
lady put in than was planted last
fear.
dov. Sheldon has appointed Elmer
n Juckett county judge of Fall River
"unty, IN place Of William q. Fry, re-
signed. On petitions he has pardoned
nun the penitentiary Edward McNab,
snlenced from Lawrence county for
s.ana larceny, and Gustaye Voski,
nun a jail sentence in the same coun-
y on a Charge of assault.
James Woodward. a Fall River
wunty farmer. was on trial recently
a HOT Springs Tor grand larceny of
~.as' he Was prosecuted by the state,
uW,s sd by a representative of the
"es'ern South Dakota Stock Growers
aeoSiation, which Is endeavoring TO
; ;sSssu cattle rustling by severely pun
~. I'M suspected thieves. A verdict Of
NJ guilty was rendered.
Inc Northwest Telephone Exchange
minneapolis has secured right OF
!. !" IRON Sioux Falls through Canton
y SIOUX City. connecting Yankton,
%acnell, Parker and other points west
also cities east I'm Iowa. The
Iova 'ein Electric Company of Britt,
a, Is now making arrangements to
ct with Rock Rapids, Iowa. and
Paul. " "ihneapoiiS anu o.
he supreme court handed down a
lsois slon IN the injunction cases againt
. D In the injunction cases against
ana o. omedley and A. f. Sheldon, re-
appointees on the board Of re-
oi education. The decision re-
10. 70 grant the decision, and holds
.ne expiration of the term of a
~, creates a vacancy within the
lta ing or the constitution, that the
appointments of the governor are
20 being made to fill vacancies.
AN uer the provisions Of the state
companies doing bust
. N south Dakota are required to
4 ! per cent Of the premiums collect
aed su year In towns having organ
nal use companies, for the support of
5r,. nre companies. This gives the
arcss. hre department $185.53. The
ssos amount paid in any one town
Jss oS'SS, which goes to Aberdeen.
S21 Vity gets the smallest amount