Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-31
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
interesting News Items From all
over the state.

Some of the Gettysburg children are
the victims of measles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Jacobs. near Puk-
wanna. have lost two children from
diphtheria-
1t is reported that the hog cholera
has made its appearance In the SWINE
herds at Memo.
The new well at the Chamberlain
mill has doubled its power since last
fan.
John Hamilton of Medicine Greek is
winteIing LOO head of sheep near
Chamberlain.
Advices from the Hills country fndi-
cate losses to the stockmen or some I'M
portance and others liable TO follow.
A new building is being erected 70
take the place of the n that was
burned last week at the Ellison shaff,
in Deadwood.
Mr.. John st. John vas found in his
office at Brookings unconscious from n
stroke of apop,exy and is still IN a
%precarious state.
Sixteen cars of sheep, Zoo head,
were shipped from west OF Pierre 10
Centervillc TO be fed for the market
They are expected 10 be ready for mar
ket by the first of March.
A young man living near Kimbali, by
the name of August Marty, fell and
broke his ankle while hauling water.
Since the wolves around Redfleh
have been killed OF the rabbits are IN
creasing in numbers rapidly.
The family of John Clemens OF Get
tysburg had a narrow escape from as
phyxiatiOn hast week. Mr.. Clemens be
ing lust able to crawl TO the door saved
the family from nothing worse than a
short sick spell.
Gov. Sheldon has appointed Il. Il.
Sweeney of Vermillion as n member OF
the board of regents of education until
March i, 1893, to take the place OF j.
w. Shannon, who has failed to attend
two successive meetings OF the board
and is considered to have resigned.
Prof. Il. ID. Mckay. professor OF
Greek in the Baptist college at Sioux
Falls. hanged himself in his room to-
day. He is supposed TO have been
temporarily deranged as a result OF
overwork and n slight illness. he
came here from Des Moines, Iowa,
where his father lives.
At a meeting at Huron OF Beadle
county free silver men a committee OF
one from each township and sever
from the city of Huron was named TO
look after the interests of b free s1i-
yer party in his respective locality ).
III. Hysham was chairman OF the meet
ing and William l.. Miner was secre-
tary.
Forefathers' Day was celebrated by
the Congregationalists at Huron, pro-
ylding over 500 people with an old
fashioned New England supper, follow
cd 10y the finest musical and panto-
mime entertainment ever witnessed
there. Large quantities of food were
distributed to the poor.
Quartermaster General Carpenter In
his annual report to the governor, rec
ommends $1,000 for the national guard
for each OF the ext two years. and
81. 800 added il there are to be encamp-
ments. He also urges new companies
at Deadwod and Spearfish lie shows
that the guard now has property val
ued at $52,161.
The accidental discharge of a shot
gun caused the death of William Ties,
a young mar residing with his parents
twelve miles south of Clark. He had
placed the loaded gun In the sleigh In
which he and some other members OF
the family were riding, with the
zle resting OH the seat, and while pull
ing up the robes the gun wcs ~discbarg-
ed, the charge striking him on the side
of the head. He lived about SIX hours.
Van Moore, the luarter-biood Sioux
who attacked his step-father, JakeeDol-
phus, with a knife and left linn for
dead, was brought to Aberdeen In
chains from the Cheyenne agency by
Agent Peter Councilman and Deputy
United States Marshal Powers. Last
spring he completed q four-year term
IN the state penitentiary for making an
assault which nearly had n fatal ter
minatiOn. When drunk, as he was in
his last encounter, he is said to he the
most dangerous man on the rescrva-
ton.
There is much excitement in Dead
wood over the great strike of ore at
Ragged Top In the Dacy shaft mines.
The bed Of ore continues to show evil
dences of fabulous wealth. 1t Is thc
sensation Of the Black Hills, and hun
dreds are fiocking to the scene II
rivals in richness anything in the his
tory OF Western mining. The ore is
running over $50 per tor. The rich
drift was started on the fissure. ana
the wonderful he'd of ore was discov-
cred within ten feet.
Sheriff Neil OF Watertown arrived Mt
Sioux Falls recently with n warrant
for the arrest of DIR. w. y. Germain. n
leading physician of that city. a few
days ago Mrs. w. q. Thayer Of Water
town died as a result of a criminal op-
GRAFTON. In her ante norton s'"te-
ment she charged the crime on her II Is
band, and he. on being arrested. de-
clarde that he had come IL Sioux Falls
and procured from DIR. ormain the
medicine. The affair b c.vai n
great sensation. as DIR. Germain rs one
of the leading physicians ana stands
very high socially.
r. NJ. Iielach of Yankton has hccn
appointed special court commissioner
to administer oatliS I'm homestead eases
to claimants for land In Gregory conn
ty which has been opened for lillns III
Chamberlain. This action is taken fnr
the convenience Of Gregory county SET.
tiers, many Of whom live CONSIDERABLY
more than fifty miles from ri,amicr.
lain. and can thus tr sworn 10 their
filing papers without The ms"ssi,, "f
appearing personally nj the Chamber.