Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
SOUTH DAKOTA
n%tercstinx News Items From ar
over the state.

FRANK lOIll1S, u sun. 'N,os
or, is missing, and foul play Is
ed.
A chapter of the order of Eastern
Star has been instituted at Fredeflch,
). ID.
Miss Flora Weath.rby of Minneapo.
lis instituted and Installed officers OF
Unity Temple Rathbone Sisters AZ
Wi!Inot. The temple is the second III
the state. aud starts out f~asorahiy.
The patronage of the Carthage
| creamery is growing so rapidly thai II
has been found necessary to take mix
four DAYS each week. The February
product netted the farmers l6 cents,
While crossing on the lower lever III
the keystone mine, AT Keystone, u
twepty-foot vein of ore has been en-
countered. 1t runs about 81 III nee
milling ore. and is nigh i'll concentrate.
The government is distributing
! among all the men, women Ii chi
dren of the Sioux nation a cash pay
mcnt nf SO each. as interest ON the
amount derived from the sale OF H.
OOo, 100 acres of their reservation.
!. +. Garland Of Sioux Falls has been
appointed Il special assistant United
States attorney To aid II the proSecu-
ton of the suit against the Hamcstake
Mining company for certain alleged
timber ~trespasses in the Black Hills.
w. II. Knowles. who attempted TO
suicide two weeks ago by shooting
himself through the head, died at
Mitchell. He was conscious To- the last,
but refused to give any reason for the
act.
Sheriff c. w. Hubbard of Sioux
Falls returned from Iowa Falls, Iowa,
with Verne Birum, wanted for adult
cry. Birum was arrested on COM
plant of his wife, who lives at Hart
ford.
Senator Kyle has secured a favora-
BILE report from the senate public lands
committee on his bill granting settlers
in Gregory county the right TO prove
up Immediately after making entry OF
their lands if they can show tive years
residence.
The river at Pierre has risen about
four feet, and is yet slowly rising.
Heavy ice is running SO thickly that all
attempts at crossing are abandoned.
The ice probably from the gorge
which broke above Bismarck several
days ago.
Many well known educators were
present at the annual meeting of South
Dakota'S institute instructors held ut
Huron. Among the resolutions unani-
mously adopted was n commencing
the work OF State Superintendent of
Public instruction Frank Crane.
The state board. of regents injunction
cases were argued before Judge Camp
hell at Huron, but he reserves decision
for Il few days. No meeting of the
board will be held until the quo war
ranto proceedings against J.. G.. Collier,
the newly-appointed member, are dis
posed Of.
The stores Of Williams & Co. and J.
Sargent, at Huron, were entered by
burglars. Money was AIKEN from the
drawers in both places. and considcra-
bic clothing was taken at Sargent's.
This is the second case there recently,
Fo""uson's store being the other. No
clews.
A bill designed to grant settlers the
right to make second homestead en-
tries. which was drawn up by John
u. Rivers. & Chamberlain attorney,
and recently introduced in the lower
house of congress. is, according to in
formation from Washington, practic-
ally certain to become a law.
The Colorado parties holding an OPP
ton on the J.. II. mine at Hill City
have let a contract to sink the devel-
opment shaft 200 feet further. The
owner of this property, while doing
development work, took out $4,000 at
a cost of less than $4,000. thus netting
them q handsome profit In addition to
paving for their development work.
Sheriff John Williams of Grant coun-
~ has secured requisitlon papers fer
George Clark. the Milhank forger. and
will start at once for Washington to
secure eXtradition papers. From there
he will proceed to Mexico, where
Clark is said to be located. but all the
time Swallowed by Il detective. Little
difficulty is expected in securing the
noted criminal.
There seems TO be a fire epidemic in
the vicinity of Aberdeen, and people
have been cautioned-by the authorities
to keep n sharp lookout over their
property. Following the burning OF
the Warner elevator came the destruc-
ton Of a warehouse containing 900
bushels IF wheat. Then came two
fires within the city limits. These fires
are supposed to be of incendiary origin.
Deputies Blanchard and Smith, OF
the land commissioners Office ut Pierre
have returned from making sales of
school lands in the counties of Han
son. McCook. Minnehaha, Lincoln,
ianliton. Moody, Ilamlin, Bon Bonn
Hutchinson and Union, in the lat
Ter county selling all the school lands
but forty acres. The average price re-
ceived by them was n little over Sill
per acre, the highest being SIG, in
Union county.
Rev. Suiek. late in charge OF st. 10
seph's oaenolic church in %,recnviuo
township, Day county, had a prelini- |
mary hearing at Webster. charged with
rape. The alleged crime is claimed tn |
have been committed about three
weeks ago, and upon Agnes Osowsl.y.
a seventeen-year-old Polish girl. a
daughter OF one OF his parishioners,
who was keeping house for him. Rev. |
Dear Mcnsing OF Webster, acting bish- |
op OF South Dakota, has already sus- |
pended the accused from the clergy.
hearing ended In Suiek being |
bound owe to the circuit court.
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