Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-10
In SOUTH DAKOTA.
interesting Ne.Ts Items From All
over the State.

business.
The drug ana hardware store OF
Steinson & Co, at Nolga, was broken
into by burglars and n quantity .!
merchandise carried away.
'The team OF Chris Jensen, Twin:
south OF Gary, becoming frightened IA
the streets of cary, run away. a SINAI!
boy was thrown from the seat ana re-
ceived a severe scalp wound.
The Presbyterian church people have
decided TO build "A new cdiiCe this ialL.
The structure viii be q tine II when
completed and a credit 10 The faculty
and the city.
George III. Perry. proprietor OF the
Occidental hotel al Aberdeen. accident
ally took Il dose OF carbo.ic acid. dying
in about tive minutes. He was about
10 years Of age aud leaves q wife ana
one child. He was q member OF Weed
men and ODD Fellows lodges.
Fire totally destroyed the hoase OF
A. G.. Eberhart At Washington Springs.
The household goods were all saved.
The building belonged 10 DR.. $. III
Melcher and cost 5000 and vas insured
for $500. The fire was the resuit OF an
incendiary's work.
The Baptist college at Sioux Falls
will OPEN Sept. S. There is promise OF
n large attendance. Miss Blair. teach
or in Latin and German. viii be sue
ceeGed By Prof. F. \. Ufford, who has
just returned from a years study in
Germany.
Alfred E ELS. cashier Of the Miller
bank. who was arrested on the charge
OF embezzlemcnt. had his hearing be-
fore Justice Briggs. and was held 10
answer 10 the crime charged before
the circuit court Sept. II. Nj. Eills
secured a bond fer his appearance.
A new town has been started Ga the
Northwestern railroad seven miles
west Of Gary to be called Moritz il
homer Of 4. q Moritz, general ana
ger Of the Winona and Dakota Grain
company. which has built n grain
house there and expects to boom the
town. 4 general store and other i'm
provements are now in sight.
At Redfeld Mrs. Egcaman's horse
became frightened at an e~mhanMlreMt
and ran away Just as Size reached
town. throwing cut herself and baby.
which she had IN Eer arms. The baby
was underneath and was crushed, ana
is not expected TO live. The mother
has q broken shoulder.
Father Maher Of Mitchell, Mcrsig
nor LAWYER Of Alexandria. Very Rev.
Mcusing Of eWbster, Rev. Claud Eb-
ner OF WoonSocket. and Rev. Mr.. FLYNN
held n conference with Bishop O'GoY.
q Monsignor LAWYER was appoint
ed vicar general Of the diocese Of
Sioux Falls and Very Rev. RelmUnd
OF Lead for the Hills district.
Lieut.. James w. Benton, Quartermas-
ter at Fort Robinson. was drowned
while bathing IN the Plunge at Hot
Springs. He was a good swimmer. and
IL is supposed he was seized with
cramps. as he was found lying on the
bottom of the plunge some time after
entering. He, with other army officers.
was at Hot Springs accompanied by
his wife for the purpose Of attending
the grand military ban. which was 10
have been given at the Evans hotel.
A party of Bad river Indians. headed
by Black T~Omahawk. were ia Pierre
recently and wired a kick to lnspec-
tor Mclaughlin II Washington. They
claim that Agent Couchman. ut the
Cheyenne agency. is discriminating
against them with a desire TO force
them TO give up their present allot-
ments and move north Of Cheyenne
river on 10 lie reservation where he
viii have more Girecr control over
them.
Nels johnson. who for six months has
been running q saloon al Garden CITY.
visited Lead and Deadwood and got
drunk. While driving up Blacktail
Guich from Central, some parties who
passed him observed his condition and
warned him about his reckless driving.
and he had hardly gone a hundred
yards further before he pulled his
horse off a 1G0-foot perpendicular
bank. The man fell under the horse
and was almost instantly killed. He
was single, 40 years of age. ara had
lived in the Hills ten years.
j. +. Levers, "A wholesale li0uor
dealer of Aberdeen, has been placed
under arrest for the illegal selling of
intoXicGnting liquors. 1t appears that
when mis- place was ra;ded several
weeks ago a lot Of liquors were found
and c~on.iscated. These liquors. II is
claimed. eventually found their way
back into the hands of Mr.. Levers, al.
though Constable Stickney. who made
the seizure. was instructed by the
judge to destroy them Levers gave
bonds for his appearance al the next
term of court. The complaint against
him was made by Comstock n
blind piggers of this city.
The state convention of the y. F. =
G. f.. closed its session at Brookinps
Two hundred delegates were in attend
ance and much interest was manifest
The convention was ably assisted
in It's work by addresses from Rev. A
Thompson of Medina, Ohio: DR.. Car
los Martyr. Chicago, and William
Of Boston. Mass. Miss Holbrook
OF 81. Paul, state secretary OF the Y
T. $. &. Z. Of Minnesota. and Miss
Esther A. Clark OF Minneapolis were
attendance. The music was in charge
William G. Gamble oe Harvey. nm
The annual convention for 1897 viii 10
held at Yankton. Officers chosen for
the coming year are: President. Rev
t. g. Langdale. Clark: reelected FIRST
president, A. II. Seymour. Car.
second vice president. +. NJ
Cheever, brookings: third vic presi.
dent. A. G. Hunt, Aberdeen: treasurer
Lawrence, Aberdeen: secre.
w. H.. Mullens, Hetland. innior