Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-30
SOUTH

individual who gets the appointments.
The snow storm of last week is re-
ported to have done some damage 70
the cattle industry out on the Sioux
reservation.
Miller now has a complete telephone
system. and business men are figuring
on an electric light plant, to be run by
the city artesian well.
Joe Callahan had his leg broken
while herding ows north of
lain. His horse was smoot-shod, OF
course.
Fred Schwab, a German living In
Rates township. near Miller, commit
ted suicide in a cave on his farm by
t9king poison.
The committee having in hand the
selection Of a place for holding the next
Y. l.. $. c. II. convention will be in
vited to name Huron as the place.
G.. Il. Fawkner, the new postoffice
Inspector. is making Il tour of the
state. to become acquainted with his
territory.
4 postofiice has been established at
Allen, in Washabaugh county, out on
the Sioux reservation. Albert a.
Lamb has been appointed postmaster.
Mrs. J.. X. Smiti, af Ramona has just
received word that she is one of the
heirs TO an estate of about So,00O,000.'
soon to be divided. The property was
left by an uncle.
AS an evidence Of the value of South
Dakota farm property. a Mr., Michael
Curry of Elk Point, sold his finely-im-
proved farm for $4,000, or an average
of $40 per acre.
Madison's new electric light plant Is
not working satisfactorily, and the
contractors will be required TO put IT
in better operation before the city will
accept ii.
Max Herring, n young man. was ar
rested at Aberdeen on the charge OF
forging a wheat check for nearly 500
and raising cash ON the anne at the
Golden Rule department store. He
went to jail in default of bail.
C. C. Written of Toledo. Iowa, the
well known representative of the
Western Town Lot company, and a
heavy real estate owner along the line
of the Northwestern railway in this
state, is dead.
The law enacted by the legislature
last winter to compel peddlers TO OBJ
tain n license before plying their voca-
ton, has been declared demonstrations
al by Judge Smith, of the First judicial
circuit.
The legislative and executive appro-
prition bill reported to the house does
not provide for the employees of the as
ua.. ofEnn % n1oJr,11l aal roHr,oay
the amount of clerk hire in the office
of the surveyor general for South Da-
kota, from $1,000 to $1,000.
Fire broke out in the basement of
the Episcopal church in Howard, last
Wednesday. The fierce gale famed it,
AID In ten minutes the church was to-
tally destroyed. 1t cost, including fur
niture. $1,000, and it was insured for
Sl,500.
State Veterinarian j. w. Elliott of
Aberdeen is informed by W. j. Tiffa-
ny, q stOckman of Gregory county, that
30 head of cattle out of a herd of $50,
owned by Tiffany. have recently died.
and others are diseased. DIR. Elliott
diagnosed the disease as anthrax. and
has forwarded rules for treatment to
the unfortunate stockman.
County Treasurer Ames collected for
Brule county $7,74S taxes for the
month of November, and S1.923 re-
demption collections since Jan. /. He
has collected $2,541 of the 1895 seed
notes. 81, 06S of which he got the previ-
IL month. The cattle anu grain crop
OF Brule county has been a wonderful
ia petus toward relieving the people
this year
Judge +. G.. Smith of Yankton re.
Gently handed down a decision i'm the
case OF the county commissioners VS..
the ex-counfy treasurer of Charles Mix
county, which holds that the county
treasurer had no right to employ n
clerk without the consent and authori-
ty of the board, unless he paid hir out
Of his WI pocket.
The land commissioners office Is
sending out estimates Of the appor-
tionTent of the permanent school fund
to the different counties. The amount
Is small for this half of the year. be-
ing about $4,000. A great many OF the
counties refuse to take the apportion-
ment, and 1t generally takes some time
to get it all out among the counties
which do desire to use the money.
Isaac r. Markham of Lincoln county
died at the soldiers home, aged seven
ty-seven years. He came to the home
Oct. IA. and had to be carried from the
train to the home hospital, where he
remained uritser" the watchful care of
a surgeon until the end came. His
Wife is dead, and lie has che son living
in Lincoln county. He was n member
of Company b, Ninth New York cav
airy.
Ed R%utledge. an early settler and in
dustrious farmer, living a few miles
northeast Of Huron. has been advised
that he is soon to come into possession
of a snug little fortune. The amount
to come to Mr.. Rutiedge Is something
like 100000. The estate, which Is
mostly in Pennsylvania. is now bejnp
settled. and IL will not be long until
Mr.. R~utledge comes into possession of
mis- share.
A South Dakota editor hrs revised
the game law of the state by preparing
a few amendments. They include that
book agents may be killed from Oct.
l to Sept. 81; spring poets, from Jan
! to Dec. 81: umbrella borrowers. from
Aug. l to Nov. /, and from Feb. / 70
May i; while every man who accents
newspapers two wears old md urhan