Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-03-19
SOUTH DAKOTA.
,,r News Items From al
uiefes'" ever the stnte.

,a'ss Al Huron on Memoir s,
res s. Mead and Miss Sylvia
Raleigh raminent young people, were
' sny,rIsG at St. Lawrence.
,,J yoss of Rec Heights was pIacea
can II Miller for attempting TO shoot
Iel' Mertz of Eureka killed his
~; aas and then himself he was prop
10Y ,..,onory convention of the Nor
4 mls ntheran church was held at
seglau Quite a delegation of min
s ,,s(s and others were IN a.'en
Stec I For the purpose of fixing a
peuns wolf scalps. 1t was voted
leun,s s. for each scalp brought IN.
~ man named Barnhart at
! va snicide ut Aberdeen by cut
tealp'yu ,hroat. lie inflicted sever but
ins W. ~ iniur;es on himself. He was
20 aondept over love affairs.
arer 500 extra cots and beds nave
V'eA oryed for the accommodation OF
eea nd that will be ut Huron mt the
civma on tate convention on the
Republican, o
bon Harris of Frederick, Brown.
leaU enioys the unique distinction of
9aln' no only colored man In South
lens who holds an office. lie was
ln,otly elected constable.
..,n, N the recent heavy fall OF
VN" - the range near Chamberlain
suo" .vand wolf hunt which was to
tae started from Maupin's ranch on
~, ,sth inst. has been postponed.
rhn elevator belonging to A. Il. West
.uroro was burned on the night OF
y ,th about midnight. The building,
le s,nery and 5000 bushels of grain
~, ,oss $4,000; insurance, $500.
tadse +. NJ. Brlsbine, who has had
we Of the state census bureau, and
'asSaent of Dakota for thirty years,
: married at Yankton to Mrs. Annie
pnr,rtt Of Violin. The judge has grand
children who are of age.
" p Alsip of Grand Forks has made
,horough teSs Of ebay found near
,~nor1oen ind has pronounced IL a SUI
as-ior article for brick-makinS. 1t Is
itelv he will open II yard In the
spius.
IN tho declamatory contes; ut the
university at Vermillion. George = :,
van Of the late United States Marshal
prr won first place and Miss Helen
smith second. In all there were nine
PARTICIPANTS.
m q. Clarence Nichols of Mound
Gfr s. D., and Miss Eva Burnett of
river Falls. Wis. met by arrange
pept in Aberdeen and Were married
h Rev. j. s. Akers. They then pro
gedel to their home in Mound City.
Upon information furnished States
Attorney Frederick. the drug stores of
Nathan Johnson aud Iiedmand n Fitz-
gerald. ut Miller. were closed, for yio-
utlng the prvhibitory law. \ large
monnt Of liquor was coniiscated by
he sheriff.
Roy L. Sharpe, who has been city
slitor of the DeadwOod Pioneer for
some months past, has purchased the
interests of +. NJ. Potter in the Spear
aSa Register, and will become identi-
TED with it's management some time
Ibis month.
Judge PlOwman. holding court in
Lawrence county, denied the motion OF
4 new trial in the case of the State VS..
Davidson, found guilty of the murder
II Orlando Giles, a wealthy %cattleman,
md sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The case viii be appealed to the state
supreme court on "A writ of error.
A reunion Of Scottish Rite Masons
will be held in Aberdeen. beginning
May II, at which time all the degrees
sill be conferred from the fourth TO
te thirty-second. The meeting will
b highly important, and viii attract
NsSOns from all over the immediate
Northwestern states.
The Brule county convention held AT
hlntall authorized w. Il. LaEollette
o select delegates to the state conven-
non at Huron on March -. and in
sfueted them to use all honorable
heans TO nominate him To go to the st.
uSais convention as Il national dele
ste.
FROM sill Indications. the wheat acre
ise Oh Brown county will, the coming
@lSoh, faf exceed that of any previous
tet SINCE 1882. Many farmers who
ua'e ieit the state to seek more con
stuai cllmeS are now returning, and
WI put into wheat all the land they
can spare.
ipe jury in the Charles Ayers Grim
-, "a. seuuctlon case, on trial in the cir
~ eouft at Huron, returned n verdict
su'uy, much to the satisfaction of
=, scieral public. The case was re-
enans IN the extreme. the worst
'aO~n IN criminal annals here.
INV Dun bnrnby of Huron has gone TO
@aso 10 take a special course of
win a view to entering the gov
n weather service. He was in
,s once for three or four years. and.
rw Jays since, passed n very rigid
~ a'ioh as meteorological obsery-
be,v siieidon has a pointed. rs mem
SbolAoi me board of regents. +. T.
h wv OF st. Lawrence. Hand oun
n m's y. q. Hale the present treas
oinas "a the board, whose term has eN-
Grsn, ana A, b. Smedley of Milbank.
,p,a, county. who IS appointed to
md onimittee on public buildings
.ressmo unns gave "A hearing to Con-
stipv s,n rlckler on his bill appropri-
1t H. Saoo,oo for the public building