Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-09
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
f~uterestfnx News Items From NJ
over the state.

w. III. Howdle of Livingston, Wis,
has purchased the j. +. Randall farm,
south of Parker, for $1,000.
Business men are making arrange
ments to put in an Independent gram
buyer on the street at Parker.
George .Jayneth came very near los
ing his life at Ips 4ich by being attack
ed by an Infatuated bull.
Harry Breseton, station agent OF Inc
Northwestern road at Columbia, was
drowned while hunting Oh the James
river. He leaves a young VIE ana
infant child.
Frank Knapp, a resident OF Aber-
deem, was killed while trying to raise
an old Touring mill building. He fell
upon an iron rod, which penetrated
his stomach.
While working in a hay field near
Yarkton, Evan Abrams fell from q
loaded wagon, striking his head so VI
olently as to cause death. he was an
elderly man.
immigration to Walworth county, the
famous Blue Blanket valley region, is
becoming heavy. Another party OF In
diana Dunkards. headed by real estate
men, went through recently.
Frank King, one Of the suspects ar
rested at Aberdeen in connection with
the murder of the unknown man at
Redield. has been held on b prelim-
mary examination.
Articles Of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state for the
Greenleaf Cigar company at Sioux
Falls, with a capital stock of $4,000;
incorporatOrs, S. +. Greenleaf, ID. e..
Kicker and John c. Fox.
A bad accident happened to the lit
tie ~nine-year-old son of i. q. Ferguson
of Hurley. While driving the horses
into the corral n Of them kicked the
little fellow on the head, ~fractuling the
skull.
Halver Thompson, a prominent farm.
er southwest Of Vclga, was going out
stacking grain and took a gun along.
His son. in taking the gun out OF the
wagon, accidentally discharged il, near
~ severing his right arm above the
wrist.
Sheriff Strayer Of Pierce has gone
to Lower Brule az ency after the deaf
and dumb Indian rapist, who was one
If the party that broke Jail here. All
the escaped prisoners have been recap
tured but two, who were in for petty
offeLses.
Andrew Hoffman. a brakeman on the
Elkhorn road. while jumping from a
work train 10 flag a crossing, missed
his footing and fell in front Of the
train. Both his arms were crushed
to the wrists and he was otherwise
injured.
AT the request of the state authori-
ties, the government will survey the
abandoned Fort Sully reservation, on
the Missouri. in Sully county. 1t con-
tains about 10000 acres, and is good
land. The reservation was set apart
in 1876.
The village authorities of Howard
have entered into a contract for the
sinking OF an artesian well. which is
designed TO furnish water for domestic
and fire protection purposes. The well
is 10 be Of sufficient diameter TO re-
ceive a four and one-half inch casting.
Burglars broke into the hardware
store Of w. III. Else d Sons, at Doland,
securing a dozen pocket knives. They
also broke into Culver & Norton's es-
adjustment. where they drilled a hole
into the safe and broke open the mon
ey drawer, but were frightened away
before securing anything. leaving all
their tools behind.
A shooting affair, in which two men
We're severely pounded, took place al
Alcester. A young la by the name
of Jenkins accompanied Mrs. Lew
Harding to her home, carrying some
packages for her, and when they mr.
rived at the house Harding opened fire
on them. the ball lodging in Jenkins
breast, whereupon Jenkins pulled a
gun Ia shot Harding through the
legs. No serious results are feared.
Many of the Eastern papers have le-
Gently published a dispatch from
Washington stating that gold has t,een
discovered in great quantities on tfe
government wood reserve at Fort
Meade, In the Black Hills; that the dis
coveries had been made by officers M d
soldiers Of the fort. The dispatch is
greatly exaggerated. The facts IRE
that the wood reserve is only two
miles wide by six miles long, instead
Of being sixteen miles square. The
district has been repeatedly %prospe.ted
for years. and the best assay yet made
from ore found thereon is only SLIGO
per ton.
The returns Of assessors sent In Ia
the state auditor show several pecu-
liarities in the dog census of the state.
Buffalo county, with n pool list of IS,
makes returns of 1876 dogs; while Jer-
rauld county, adjoining it on the east.
with a poll list of 500. only admits to
Ii ownership Of 10 dogs. Lincoln
county returns show that county 10
lead in the number of people who are
willing 10 pay their dog tax, with a to-
tai of 1,419, while q number of coun-
ties fail TO find any. Campbell and
Meade counties are almost equal to
Buffalo. the former showing SS7 polls
and g dogs. while the latter shows
$50 polls and 537 dogs.
A short time ago the state veterinary
surgeon ordered about $4,000 worth
of horses killed belonging to Rosseau
& Russell. extensive horse rails ers liy-
Ing near Callomer, near the Cheyenne
agency. under the s%upposition that the
animals were affected with glanders,
This company employed DR.. NJ. j. Urea.
cy of Sturgis a fey weeks & to make
a private examination of the horses re-
mninipD Ona fbnucopb beo1