Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
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ris Connell at Sioux Falls and stois
$50 No clue has yet been discovered.
The Beloit orphans home and It's
contents have been destroyed py IRE.
Estimated loss S5,0oe. No lives were
lost.
w. w. Hubbard. agent OF the United
States Express company at
had a valuable suit of clothes stoieh
from his room at the Sherman house.
Nebraska farmers are marketing
their grain and hogs in Nermliilons
markets. Crossing on the missouri
river is in excellent condition.
Tie Homestake Mining Company OF
Chamberlain has declared its 10th
regular monthly dividend of $3l,5Oo'
making a total to date OF ~$6.Oo6.2oo,
and since Jan. j of this year $344,oOO.
When Sheriff Strulf went TO arrest
Herbert Carr for criminal assault ne
found he had left for England with
money furnished by his wife. Carr
was also recently held for adultery
and his bondsmen will have TO pay.
Circuit court is in session at Faux
ton with Judge Gaffy on the 9encL
The contest ease of Bailey agninst
Whntton was decided in favor of Whit
ton. The election rcturnS from pre-
cinct thirteen had been tempered with.
NJ. j. Roche. one of the best known
hotel men i'm South Dakota, fell dead
of heart disease. He was formerly
proprietor of the Commercial House at
Sioux Falls, and was later manager OF
the Locke hotel al Pierre.
The Sious Falls city fire department.
at a special meeting presented Il. w.
Caldwell with a gold ring with dia-
nond setting as a token of regard
from it's members. The Joe Hooker q.
A. r. emblem.
w. A. McClaren of Mound City. :.
d., has purchased the drug store Of +.
g. Newell at Aberdeen and will short
ly remove his family to that city. Mr..
Newell expects shortly to go 10 Mex
leo, where he is interested in a coffee
plantation.
The meeting of the governing board
of the soldiers home of South Dakota.
which was in session at Sioux Falls
for a few days, has closed. The an
nual report to be submitted 10 Gov.
Sheldon was considered. Those who
were present e Capt. W. V. Luz
1t has been decided TO construct n
ten-ton slDelter in the state school of
mines. With such an equipment the
school will be furnished with all the
necessary appliances for treating ores,
both free milling and refractory, by all
the various processes.
j. NJ. Burgess Of Spearfish recently
shot and killed the largest deer ever
killed in the Black Hills. 1t measured
ten feet from tip of its nose TO its
heels when stretched out and weighed
40 pounds. 1t was q ten-pronged
buck, and Mr.. Burgess refused $40 for
the head.
Edward PosscA a farmer living
three miles from Mellette, went TO
town with his wife, leaving five small
children at home, the eldest a girl OF
fourteen. The house burned up and
the children while walking to a neigh
boris were so badly frozen that three
of them are in a critical condition.
J.. w. Grange Of Vermilllon had a
hard time to save his dwelling from
being destroyed by fire recently. An
oil stove overlooked while burning in
a bedroom on the second floor. The
room contained several hundred col
lars worth of clothes, all of which
were nearly entirely ruined. The fire
was extinguished before much other
damage was done.
The large grain firm Of Lee & Prem
It's of Vermillion began Smelling their
mammoth cribs of corn recently to
make room for this seasons crop. Last
fall this firm paid as high as II cents
per bushel for the corn, cribbed, and
are now selling at a sacrifice. Corn
can be bought on the Vermillion mar
ket for s cents per bushel.
The grain firm of McCaul, Webster
e. Co. of Aberdeen will emove TO Min
neapolis the first of the year. The
company has lines Of elevators In
South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.
At Canton Tim Parks and George
Lowrie were sen to the penitentiary
for three and a half years for cattle
stealing.
The Dakota National Bank Of Sioux
Falls has closed it's doors on account
of a heavy u which left less than
$1,000 in cash on hand. The bank rs
heavily loaded with real estate of a
d~epreciating nature, but the officers
hope to reOrganize and resume bust
ness. The last statement Of the bank,
printed Oct. s, shows $176,0 900 deposits,
loans and discounts OF $1SJ,0tO.
At Pierre Judge Gaffy granted a
writ Of mandamus requiring the county
board OF. canyassers.t to meet and cou 1t
the returns from Canning precinct on
the state and national ticket. The
board threw out the returns from that
precinct because the certificate was
not filled out. Canning precinct gave
Bryan nine majority. The case was
holly contested and may be appealed
to the supreme court.
The official canvass Of the late cleo
ton In Hamlin comfy gave John Kee-
gan, Populist candidate for sheriff, a
majority Of six over James Meadows,
the Republican candidate. Mr.. Mead
ows mas served notice Of contest on
Mr.. Keegan, claiming that twenty-five
illegal votes were cast for Keegan. ].
w. Honkins, state attorney Of Hamlin
county. and Cheever Hall Of Brookings
are retained by the prosecution.
McCaull, Webster e. Co. have begun
operations on a large elevator at YER
million. IT is the intention of the COM
pany 10 complete the building as soon
as possible and buy all the grain they