Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-30

A travelling mems reunion and parade
will be q feature Of the fair at Sioux
Falls.
S. Fl. Young. formerly Of Sioux Falls.
now OF Ohio. In a recent visit TO Yer
/ million. decided To locate there for the
! practice of law.
After struggling for years Lower
Brule Indians have obtained permits
! sion from the government TO locate on
Rosebud reservation.
Mrs. Kate r. Folger, secretary Of the
Woman's Mutual Suffrage association
Of South Dakota, died Of heart disease
at WATERFOWL.
$. L. Voorhees, OF Sturgis has been
: notified that he has been awarded the
contract to furnish Fort Meade with
100000 pounds Of soft coal and 5000
pounds of blacksmith coal.
Jack Wallace. who destroyed the Off
cial ballot stamp at the city election
In Alcester. was found guilty and fined
500 and costs. amounting in all TO the
sum Of Sl02.Jo In default he is In Jail.
The city Of Mitchell has sold $4,000
Of its $4,000 refunding twenty-year
6s TO the Colonial United States Mort
gage company Of st. Paul at a premium
of 3 per cent. The remainder will soon
be disposed of.
! The gold excitement at Beaver, Bear,
Potato and Iron creek gulches, Law
renee county. is unabated. The country
for miles around has been located, and
the prospectors are utilizing every mo-
ment of time In seeking the precious
metal.
The first report in regard to the crop
I yield ome from Boa Homme county,
where Henry Dirks threshed a field OF
four acres Of barley, from which he OBJ
tanned 500 bushels. The grain was
badly lodged, and he thinks that fully
ifty bushels We're lost.
The wheat crop of Dawson county
has been overestimated. The yield is
proving a great disappointment. The
average is placed at seven bushels,
which is somewhat lighter than last
year. Probably two-thirds Of the crop
is now in stack.
The petition Of the voters of McPher-
son county, asking the board Of county
commissioners To submit the county
@ question 10 a vote next fall. was
granted and at the next general cleo
ton the voters will be called upon TO
decide whether the county seat is TO re-
main at Leola or whether it shall be
removed TO Eureka.
The quarterly report Of the superin-
tendent OF the insane asylum at Yank-
ton for the quarter ending July / shows
that in that quarter forty-two new in
mates were received, twelve dis
charged and seven died. increasing the
nun Der liz the asylum by twenty-three-
There are now Az inmates. There is
due to the asylum fund from the differ
ent counties the total sum of $19,-
362.03.
The Lake Madison Chautauqua as
sembly closed under favorable circum-
stances. All the expenses of this as
sembly have been met, and the man
ayers were able 10 announce that a set
Element had been effected with the
creditors of the association by which
the entire indebtedness will be cleared
up and the $4,000 property will stand
free from all incumbrance. The Lake
Madison Chautauqua will go on to
greater success In the future.
William Elgey, who was sentenced
for two years in the peniteniiary from
Faux county for grand larceny, has
DCCi PdlootftA ny WV ~ oAih
has been released. David Nickerson,
sentenced for a similar crime from
Codington county for one and one-half
years. also pardoned, was released.
The Indian, Yellow Hawk. who served
thirteen months for participation In
the postoffice robbery at Chamberlain,
was released on the expiration OF his
sentence.
.~- E-f-- H.
miles east OF Mitchell, was probably
fatally injured while covering his
binder after a days work. The team.
which were still hitched to the ma
chine. took fright and ran away. In
attempting TO stop them he vas thrown
under the binder and horribly mlngled.
A guard was found to be wedged be-
tween the bones of his leg below the
knee. Regardless of this he walked
nearly a mile after the accident. His
chances for recovery are doubtful.
Miss Retta Ames. t~wenty-four years
Of age, daughter of Hon. r. III. Ames,
a prominent farmer and politician. was
killed at her home near Bijou Hills, in
the southern part Of Brule county.
Her brother was cutting a field Of oats
near the house and got off the machine
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horses became frightened and ran
away. As they approached the house
the young lady ran out TO intercept
them and was thrown TO the ground
and the large wheel OF the machine
passed directly over her head, killing
her instantly.
The new six-inch government arte-
sian wei at Yankton agency is GER
tainly one OF the best in the state, but
IL is liable TO be ruined in the same
manner as the now famous mill wei
In Chamberlain. The casing has COM
menced to leak. and water is now COM
ing up outside of the pipe. This is
thought to have resulted because no
rock formation was drilled through.
1t Is now feared that considerable diff
Guilty will be experienced in getting it
under control. The flow Of water Is
so strong that the solid six-inch stream
Is forced TO a height of fifteen feet
above the top of the casing when the
well Is running wide open. and the
pressure is 10 pounds to the square
inch.
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