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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
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only one way 10 cure DEAFNESS ansIes
10 by constitutional remedies. DesSsna t
caused by an infamed condition nssss
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an Unnamed condition Of the mucous g Ur'
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m case of Deafness Caused by catsrrSr
that cannot be cured by Hairs Csta.Ipp
Cure. Send for circulars, free. AiIn
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Sold by druggists. 75c. v.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
FEED HARD TO GET.
One of the Difficulties Encountered
by Raucbmcu

One oE inc DlhhCutthCH hhSOuhstHN
by Ranchmcn.
Usually the cattle on the reserva-
ton at this time of the year can find
all the feed necessary" said /. w. Sea-
man to the Mitchell correspondent OF
the Pioneer Press, but * present it
Is nearly impossible for them to secure
feed" Mr.. Seaman said 1t has hardly
been the case in years that cattlemen
have been put to such straits to get
feed for their stock, as the prairies
heretofore have been free from snow
and Ice. This applies to ranges lying
north of Chamberlain, where immense
droves of cattle roam the prairles and
feed on the luxuriant grasses. When
the first snow fell out there II reached
a depth Of eighteen inches, but this did
not bother the cattle from digging
digging down to the grass through the
soft snow. Shortly after the snow
melted and formed a hard crust on the
surface, which prevented further at
tempts at grazing. All the rangers
have driven their cattle down near
Chamberlain, where there Is plenty of
feed ana water. The rangers ND north
have seen their mistake in not putting
up hay for the winter, and they all a
hat they will not be caught again In
a like ~predicament. Many Of the rang
ers have had to sell their cattle on ac-
count of the scarcity of feed, and have
done SO at a loss.
Mr.. Seaman says that his cattle are
safely housed on his ranch In Bon
HemEne county for the winter. He be-
lieves that cattle are going I O be worth
good money next year, and he is buy.
ing all that come his way.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
Accidental Happenings.

The business part OF Leavenworth,
Wash, is almost completely burned.
While passing through Spokane le-
Gently a Great Northern train encoun
tered a flock Of sheep and killed III.
John Coype Of Newark, N. j., was
taken with a fit on a train and jumped
through the window. He was fatally
injured.
George F. vaI of Kokomo, Ind, was
struck by n fast passenger train on the
Wabash in Delphi, Ind, and was ia
tally injured.
John Ten Barge. a~ssessor of Johnson
township, was accidentally killed by
Postmaster Seitz Of Haubadt, Ind,
while out hunting.
Fred Freitag, a young farmer Of st.
Libory, ILL.,, accidentally shot himself
while hunting, sustaining injuries that
caused his death.
Mrs. Charles ID. Cummings was in
stantfy killed by a Michigan Central
passenger train at Hammond, Ind. She
was attempting to Cross the tracks.
Near Rock Island, H., Edward Cox,
aged seventeen, vas instantly killed
by the accidental discharge Of his gun
while hunting.
Harry Seminar, aged twenty-three,
was killed by a buzz saw at Iowa City,
Iowa. The, saw choked on a heavy
stick, few from its bearings and struck
Seminar In the face.
Judge Medley OF Chicago has decided
that the Johnstown flood was an act
Of God and the railroad companies
cannot be made to pay for baggage
lost in the disaster.
Later reports from that part of the
Seminole nation swept by a prairie
fire indicate there were no fatalities.
The loss to property was considerable,
but no estimate Is given
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

and eccentric miser. last JTnS, were
found guilty in Paris.
w. T.. Smock of Decatur. Ill. was
assaulted. robbed Of $40 and left for
dead by some tramps a the Nation
al stockyares in St. Louis.
Suicide is the verdict OF the co-d.
nef's Jury On the body of the Rev.
James Miller of Bloomington. found in
an alley in Decatur, H.. recently.
Mrs. Swearnier. the wife of a ranch
er, living near Tacoma. Wash. cut the
threats of her three little girls, aged
respectively five years, three years
and nine months.
Drs. j. Stoneburner and ]. Gunner.
leading physicians of Berne. Ind, We're
arrested. charged with administering
poison TO Mrs. Adeline Brown, who
died a few days ago.
The Tyler boys. two notorious out
laws. who for a long time were a ter
ror 10 Colbert and Franklin counties.
Alabama, were captured In Colbert
county.
George e. Ross. the trusted money
clerk of the Pacific Express company,
who mysteriously disappeared from
Kansas City five days ago, is believed
10 have gone TO Mexico.
William Foley. the wealthy young
farmer who has been arrested at Lib
erty. Mo-. and formally charged with
the murder OF his aged mother and his
sister. has been taken 70 Kansas CITY
for safe-keeping.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
Another gang Of thieves who have

Another gang Of thieves who have
cen operating with considerable sue
ess In New York, New Jersey and
have been run down after
hard chase. The time when gentle
ben of that description can long elude
ae law has passed. Every modern
lvention, every modern condition, is
gainst them. The telegraph flashes
ne news Of their operations from one
lace to another. The camera places
aeir likcnesses on exhibition in the
5gues' gallery. The telephone acts as
b agent against them, and the rail-
Dads whirl detectives to the scene Of
aelr operations almost as quickly as
he news OF their whereabouts Is borne
long the wires. So that, even when
Eey imagine themselves most secure,
ley r practically In a net which
sy be frightened about their necks
lille they sleep. Crime will 60 Oh as
ng as the human race exists, but Or
nized robbery has had Its day. And
% one, except the robbers themselves,
Eieves over the fact :
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
40,930
WONT SUBMIT.
south Dakota Prohlbs Reject One OF
the Election Results.

south Dakota Prohlbs Reject One OF
the Election Results.
The Non-Partisan Prohibition Union
held n meeting at Mitchell recently.
the former organization was disband-
I'd and a new association formed called
The Anti Saloon League" with the fol-
lowing officers in charge President,
Rev. A. +. Carhart. Elk Point; vic
president, s. A. Ramsey. Woonsockct;
secretary, S. f. Huntley. washington
Springs; treasurer. w. H.. Robertson.
The league will keep up the fight be-
gun by the former organization, and IT
is evident that il does not intend 10
submit to the result Of he election,
even though the amendment was badly
defeated. In conversation with sew
eral members of the newly-formed
league, your correspondent was given
to understand that the legality OF the
election on the constitutional amend
ment will be tested before the supreme
court. The league claims that h
amendment was not submitted in such
q that the people could
intelligently on the proposition, and
that the whole matter was blinded in
this way. 1t seems to hold the opinion
that it can present it's case to the SUI
preme court with such formidable tes-
timony that the election in reference
to the amendment will be declared or.
Failing in this, the league hopes TO
have enough influence in the coming
legislature 10 throw strong safeguards
around the saloon in South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
The sunnewrr ana -. ~.

The sunfiower ie a native 30
a in 1865 1t was introduced -.
rope, and Is now extensively o,,s' ta
there, particularly in Russia waasaIed
has been grown for fifty wears mere il
pally for the oil contained in T. rnlci
The seeds, after the shells seed
moved. contain 80 per cent OF o are Ne
oil Is clear. light-yellow. nearly ibe
less. and of n peculiarly plea sou "cf-
mild taste. 1t is said TO be snnar; aad
both almond and olive oil for %
purposes, and is used In malinc 'aoe
and candles. In Russia the soap
seeds are sold in immense onan.,!sef
to the lower classes Of the peanla ,ues
eat the kernels as we do peannts vino
stalk furnishes a valuable far.,,iine
while the green leaves are dr,oS 1ei
verified and mixed with meal ne put
for cows. The stalk produces nm ood
cellent fiber. 1t is said that rhs.e'
silk goods commonly contain mn.u
less snnfower fiber. The s.Scan,m
Niger-seed oil is made from a snaa'o
Of the sunf,ower family which ,s ! :
tive Of Abyssinia. 1t Furnishes IA =
common lamp oil OF Upper Ins,'
where II is largely cultivated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
washfngton Talk.

Secretary of War Lamont's amman
report is out
The civil service commission has be-
gun an investigation of political as
sessments.
Consul General Lee has proposed
that the independence Of Cuba he OBJ
taiIed by purchase, the United States
guaranteeing the payment of the debt.
The United States monitor Terror
has finished the sea trial of her pneu-
matte gun appliances, and went TO the
navy yard, where a few repairs will
be made.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has issued an order In the matter
OF the position Of the railway compa-
mics doing business between common
points ! n Colorado and terminal points
in California, for a hearing on the 18th
of December next.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
People I'm Print.

The late ex-Speaker Crisp will be
succeeded in congress b. his son.
John e. Redmond, the Irish Nation
alist, visits America.
George Emenheiser. a stable-hand In
Omaha, has inherited a fortune from
a distant relative.
Isaac Tucker, who came TO Jefferson
before Iowa was a state, is dead. He
was ninety-six.
After several months illness. W. A.
Mestayer. the well known actor, died
OF Bright's disease in New York.
Charles NJ. Bowen, generally known
In Methodist circles as "Hallelujah.
Amenr' Bowen, died in Chicago, ageA
ninety.
Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky
says that he is not out OF the senatori
al fight, all reports TO the contrary not
w~ithstanding.
Ruth, the young daughter of Wiiiiafl
Jennings Bryan, Is i'll with diphtheria.
and the family residence has been
placed under quarantine.
Col. Franklin Tenny, for t~hiyty-five
years proprietor of the National hotel
10 retire from the stage. He is eighty
nine.
G. w. Couldock- one of the oldest
English-speaking actors, has decided
TO retire from the stage. Heis eighty
one.
There is said TO be a likelihood Of
Bishop Kean being made cardinal and
head Of the Catholic church in Ameri-
Ca,
Edward Eddy Of Denver. multi-mill-
ionaire and one of the best-known min
ing experts in the world, died of pneu-
monia, aged ffty-seven years.
John e. Redmond, NJ. p. for Water
ford City, Ireland, and leader of the
independent section of the Irish party,
is in New York to lecture.
Rev. J. Cummings Smith, pastor of
the Trinity Presbyterian church of
San Francisco, has accepted a call to
the Tabernacle Presbyterian church,
Indianapolis.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
Crimes ana criminals.

Joseph Martin of Kankakee. Ill, COM
mitted suicide by taking poison.
Hy Sidney Wallace, the bigamist
and burglar, broke Jail at Sandusky,
Ohio, and has not been captured.
Four men are In JILL at Hebron, Neb.,
charged with robbing twenty banks in
Nebraska within the last forty days.
j. w. Straley has been found guilty
of attempting to poison the McDevitt
family, living near Claytonville, Ill.
John Cheselski was sentenced to the
~penitentiary for a term Of fifteen years
for arson at Grown Point, Ind.
John III. Lawrence, a well known.
resident Of Sandusky, Ohio, committed
suicide by taking poison.
Thurman Rutherford Of vigc, Ohio,
drank peppermint as a substitute for
whisky and died in horrible agony.
Citizens of Alexis, ILL.,, attempted to
blow up an illegal whisky plant with
dynamite and shook the whole town.
Miss Gertrude Fisher, alias Foster.
alias Mrs. Irwin Shaw, was lodged In
Jail at Wilmington, Ohio, on a charge
pf horse stealing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
Otherwise.

Nearly a famine exists in portions OF
Louisiana.
Iowa gold Democrats have decided
TO maintain their organization.
A st. Louis firm has received an or
der for ten tons Of dynamite for Cuba.
Hon. William Hamilton Dent of lie
Mars, Iowa, is notified of his appoint
ment as receiver of the First National
bank of DEBORAH, Iowa.
Texas. at the election of Nov. 8, cast
more than $4,000 votes. The plu-
rality Of Bryan over Mckinley is $780,
600.
Andrew f. Burleigh has filed a peti-
ton with the federal court asking his
discharge as receiver Of the Northern
Pacific railway.
A flowing oil well has been discov
cred at the bottom of San Francisco
bay. 1t is located about 500 yards to
the south Of Goat island.
The cruiser Marblehead is lying a.
anchor of Tompkinsville. s. l.. having
arrived in port after q cruise Of nearly
three years.
Two months ago Henry Wescott Of
Forest City, N. Y, was placed under a
spell by a travelling hypnotist and he
cannot be aroused.
DR.. Albert Byrnes Of Galesburg.
Mich, discovered gold bearing quartz
close to the Menominee river, eight
miles west of Stephenson.
There is a big fight on between the
Virgins Ferry company and the Inter
state Sand and Ferry company over
the exclleiye right of business between
st. Louis and East st. Louis.
j. F. j. Archibald. the ethnologist,
tn nSa n balloon to.reach The
top of a mysterious mountain In New
Mexico and investigate the tradition
that a colony of Navajoes died there.
The semi-centennial commission met
at Salt Lake, Utah, last evening to
take steps for the necessary arrange
ments for the celebration next July of
the fftieth anniversary Of the arrival
of the pioneers in Omaha.
The Streator Gll.) street railway
company has ceased operating its plant
and is now In the hands of a receiver.
The road was built in 1890 at a cost of
$250,O00. The plant has not paid ex-
penses the past three years.
To settle a dispute as to the superb
GRITTY OF n keyboard ove another a
match has been arranged between four
typewriters in New York and Brook.
lyn, to take place in a pitch dark room
and continue until 1000 words shall
have been written.
The report of q probable sympa.
thetic strike Of miners in other camps
In aid Of the Leadville strikers is de-
clared to be unfounded. Union officers
declare no such move In contemplated
at present by the Western Federation
OF Miners or any Of its branches.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
Eror, FOREIGN shores.

PHILIPPINE insurgents defeat tho
Spaniar,is In a hard battle.
Thirty persons are killed in a Polish
mine explosion.
Denver will be transferred to the va
cant see of ST. Cloud.
A Washington paper has fixed up q
cabinet with Senator Davis as secre'
tary Of state.
Russia proposes that the great
wheat-growing countries unite and fS
a uniform price for wheat.
Two thousand Spaniards in Cuba are
said TO have been killed in two days
fighting, including 700 by a dynamite
DIine
The president of Nicaragua has
granted amnesty to over o persons
implicated in the revolution Of last
February.
The only particulars obtainable at
present regarding the death of ltalo
Campanini the great tenor. is that he
diel at Hrs w house, near Parma,
several days ago, after a long illness,
The prosecution in the case of the
staff of the Johannesburg Critic, ar
TtSttu uuutI tut HLoN lSlOllS VA Al INV
press law, having failed ( oestablish
the charges made, the prisoners were
discharged.
The first serious frontier incident in
a long time occurred at Munster. when
a German forest guard shot an alleged
French poacher, infiicting n flesh
wound. The government is inquiring
into the case.
Consul German sends word to the
state department from Zurich, Switz-
erland, that there is a chance to intro
duce American cattle in Switzerland
as a result of the decree excluding all
cattle coming from Austria-H Hungary
because of disease.
President Diaz of Mexico has been
royalty welcomed in Puebla. where he
has gone with a large number Of dis
tinguished people. He has laid the
corner stone of the new hospital and
of the statue of independence.
Italian emigration to South America
is increasing. On Saturday and Sun
day 5000 persons started from Genoa.
Italy, for La Plata and $50 for the
United States. Three thousand will
start for Argentine Republic this
week.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

The abandonment by Italy Of It's use
less and ruinous African colony Of Fry
thraea would be a great gain in every
way. 1t would relieve both the fnan-
,es and army Of the kingdom and leave
II freer 10 advance its internal govern
nent. 1t Is also said that In the whole
Pf Germany's East African posses
sions there is not a square mile on
which a white man can live, and Ger
many might very proitably keep CON-
bany with Italy in Withdrawing from
he Dark Continent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
An App..I for A..i.t.,c.

A man who liz charitable 10 himself will
listen TO the mute appeal for assistance
made by his stomach, or his liver. In the
shape OF divers dyspeptic qualms and IN
easy sensations In the region OF the gland
that secretes his bile. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, my dear sir, or madam-as the case
may be-is what you require. Hasten 10
use W you are troubled with heartburn,
wind In the stomach. or note that ycnr ekin
or the whites of your eyes are taking a sal
low hue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
TO LIFE.
An Executed Negro Reported Il
Have Seen R~esuscitated

SSn tG6uHCItaueO
Tiskegee, Ala, Nov. %. Last Fri.
DAY a negro named Henry Dawson
was hanged here for murder. He was
a large 2O0-pounder and almost broke
.he rope. Fifteen minutes after the
Iaii he was cut down and the phy-
siclans pronounced him dead. His
BODY was turned over to his friends
TOT burial. A negro named Reuben
hice now comes forward with the
statement that Dawson is not dead.
put as 0 as the wagon was outside
or town the lid of the coffin was nrie,l
on and ~restoratives applied with the
result that the supposed corpse was
revived, and after an hour or two was
recovered sufficiently to walk. The ey-
ldence as to the truth Of the state
ment Is that the negroes having the
remains In charge have left the neigh
Dorhood and no evidences of n new
made grave can be found about tbe
led. Deen our-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

The Bacchante has been accepted by
Boston, after all, and the shades Of the
Puritan Fathers may be expected to
throw mp both hands. 1t is a sad blow
TO New England conservatism when
the Hub reverses itself, but to the bal
ance of the country it means belated
progress.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

The low, grating sound that can be
teard over near Friedrichsruh is sim
ply the chuckling of the genial Prince
Bismarck as he observes the effects of
stirring up the animals.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

OF course. no one is going to be rude
enough to say anything about IT, but a
plain statement of the case would be
that Lord Salisbury found it advisa-
bic to retire from the perch.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

Aunt Miranda suppose you saw
Mary's girl when you was down to the
city. Has she grown much since they
moved away from Rosewood Corners
Uncle Jedekiah-Grown, Why, shes
CROWN yet. You won't believe il. hun
her newest dress only reaches 10 Der
shoulders.-Brooklyn Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

Harvard is to expel students who
"cr!b" at examinations. The CONVEX
sion of another mans information to
the 8 Of dodgers with a view of TAX
ing in the examiners is not TO be en-
couraged.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

1t would seem that the most danger
Gus feature of fighting in Cuba must
be the strain imposed upon the system
by those prolonged exertions in chas-
ing the enemy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

Some enthusiastic students at Balti-
more took the horses from Joseph JEFF
ferson's carriage the other day and
gave the veteran actor a compliment
airy but somewhat uncomfortable ride.
The incident has an old-time favor
which, in these unromantic days, is
rather fine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
n Glad Laugh.

Dobson-Did old Money Bags take il
good-naturedly when you asked him for
the hand of his daughter?
Overwhelmingly? Oh. yes;
he said "Ha, Ia, ha!'-New York Ad-
yertiser.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

The waiter who robbed a boarder TO
get ever with the landlady must have
curious notions of cause and effect
Perhaps 1t vas on the principle that
the longest way round is the nearest
way home.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
EVENTS JF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most I'm
portant News of the Week, From
aIl Parts Of the Globe. Boiled
Down and Arranged I'm Con-
venient FORM for Rapid Per-
usnl by Busy People.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

England's determination to increase
her naval force in Canadian waters is
n matter Of no concern whatever to the
government. 1t is much more likely a
precautionary measure against the
steady growth Of the annexation scnti-
ment among the Canadians them
selves.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

The death Of C%ampinini, the celebra-
ted romantic tenor, will probably
break no tender young hearts to-day.
But there was a time when the mat
inee girl would have shed real tears
pan sAvu pmoA pup 'ssImep SIN 1914
her bonbon box with black ribbons.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

Miss thinner wants to teach or
phans, and the Turkish government
objects. The Sublime Porte doesn't
want any interference by missionaries
or other persons with those il has
made fatherless.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

Bro. Moody pays an eloquent tribute
to the secular press as his greatest
helpmeet In his religious work. We
commend his example to the attention
Of some Of the less distinguished wear
ers Of his cloth who are fond vi
preaching against the newspapers.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03
Hone md Fenr-

Friend--Your little daughter reci,es
very well for a child of her age.
Papa-I think 50. Sometimes | am
afraid she will grow mp to be an elo-
cutionist; but perhaps she will out.
grow it.-Puck.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-12-03

In spite Of tho odium which is sup
posed to be attached to the Office Of
hangman In Europe, there is a great
rush for the position of high execu-
tioner Of Prussia, now that Henry
Reinden, the present incumbent, Is
about to retire. The post pays S37 "a
head and travelling expenses.