Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
f~nterestinx News Items From 81
over the State.

/ phone poles between Hurley ana Iar
| ker last week.
TWENTY-FIVE hundred dozen eggs are
| shipped from Alexandria every week
| at this season o ( the year.
The city election at Canton gave
| license 1O6 and against ISIS. A ilght
| vote was polled.
Prof. S. X. CLARK has been reelected
| principal Of the Tyndall schools when
| position be has held for four years
Hiram Humphrey, postal clerk on
the Great Northern, died at his home
In Aberdeen. He leaves a wife n
little son
DIR. Mold of Canton has on exhibition
| in his store a freak in n way OF a
| young chicen with four perfect wings
and four perfectly formed legs
The Western Portland Cement com
| pany of Yankton has shipped LOO
barrels of cement within the past ten
days.
d. j. Avery, living north OF Spring
field, did considerable ~threshing last
| week. He threshed 1,2O0 bushels OF
| oats, and is now at worq on his wheat
]. f. Sophy of Garretson mareted a
carload of stock last week. MI. Sophy
has paid ont on an average $1,000 per
| week for stock during the past two
months.
1t is said that Miss May Butterfield,
daughter Of States Attorney Butter
field of Montrose, is the first and only
lady notary public W appointed in
McCOck county.
Attorney George w. Jenkins n
family Of Aberdeen have removed to
Minneapolis, where he will enter into
the practice of law with an established
firm.
Several new buildings have been Dut
up at Bryant, including a n. of L. hall
over 100 feet long with a store under
meath. Nearly a nile of new sidewalk
has been laid.
Reports have reached Aberdeen that
Charles Gavin formerly of that city,
has been convicted Of embeZZling $3.50
from the National Building and Say
ings union, of which he was secretary.
Rihberg Bros. hardware store at
Summit was burglarized and about 500
worth OF cutlery and silyerware taken.
A party OF tramps are thought TO have
done the stealing.
A number of members of the Free
Methodist denomination of Huron are
preparing 10 attend the annual camp
meeting Of thu Mitchell district, 10 be
held in n fine grove near Letcher, be
ginning June 10 and closing June 20.
John C. Coffey of Madison has
shipped three car loads Of hogs and
two car loads of cattle TO the Sioux
City market this week. He found
sales on the latter class rather slack
and prices fiuctuating badly.
Diphtheria is reported in the family
of Peter Meister, who lives i'm Miner
county, north of Epiphany. One child
has died and two others are down
with the dreaded disease. the house
has been ~quarantined, and no other
cases have developed.
The mystery of the Bryant postottice
robbery last August has been solved
by the confession of two young men.
who acknowledge having taken the
stamps. They have given bonds to APP
pear before the United States court 1t
Sioux Falls next winter.
The annual encampment of the South
Dakota National guards will be held
at Bryant, S. D., from July 3 to 10. in
elusive. 1t is expected fully 100 men
will be in camp. representing Compa-
ny + of Aberdeen; III of Watertown;
X of Huron and Il of DeSmet. and Bat
terry A Of Clark, and possibly others.
A. T. Nation and Chief Engineer
Miller of the Yankton & Norfolk
Bridge and Road company, arrived at
Yankton recently. They assert they
have the money ready and will have
trains running from Yankton to Nor
folk before the new year. They will
not begin construction before the 18th.
The South Dakota Editorial associa-
ton will meet this year in Minneapolis
in July, and after the business meet.
ing its members will spend a week in
the various lake resorts In Northern
Minnesota. President Halliday and
Secretary Roberts will visit Minneapo-
lis con to make arrangements for
those who will attend.
The Brookings Lodge, Degree of
Honor, has received from the grand
lodge n beautiful hand-painted silk
banner. which was offered as q prize
to h lodge adding 10 it's membership
the most beneficiary members during
January. Not only did the Brookings
lodge win this prize. but Is to-day the
largest lodge in the jurisdiction, hay-
ing on its lists fifty-eight beneficiary
members.
A short time ago a dispatch was
printed of the death of II. b. Cham
berlain. in London, England, from a
fall from a bicycle. The dead man
was the founder of the city of Cham
berlain, this state, and at one time cut
n wide swath as president of the
Chamberlain Investment company of
Denver, Col After the concern failed.
~Sl5,0O0.0O0 of its assets were sold at
auction for S315.
w. +. L. Bushnell and his Dakota
Farmer have absorbed the North pa
kota Farmer ana Stockman. The list
OF the North Dakota Farmer n
which is the largest of n
In North Dakota-will be consolidated
with that OF the Dakota Farmer al
Aberdeen, and all win be issued from
the same office under the latter name
This purchase gives Mr.. Bushnell n
pretty clean sweep in his line in tho
two states. His paper had heretofore
by far the largest list I'm South Dakota.
the congregational association.
which held their annual session NJ
Iarmi1inn has a1toa,x,.1 rrE