Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
....~astInx News Items From all
over the state

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t,rad II. Goodrich, a hotel man, well
rnown at Wells, MINI, n Des
Moines, Iowa, died at Madison.
M Fred Richards and Rube Rolnds,
trial nj Madison for stealing "A cow,
enc former was found guilty.
Canton public schools reported for
tho month OF February an attendance
. 27b with an average attendance OF
92.5 per cent.
hoxing school for ladies is the lat.
!. society fad In Madison. Hereafter,
- presume, all differences are to be
.ettled with the gloves, u la Corbett.
The Presbyterian society of Huron
hos given a call to Rev. j. X. Jones OF
nmaha to become its pastor. SIR.
ZONES will come at once.
yonng man named Henry, Kear-
nav OF. Gary, fell from the o vt n
barn. thirty feet high, and has been
,,oconscious for four hours.
man about thirty-five years OF age.
,amed lanes Howell, died at a hotel
- Huron. His home is unknown. He
GAS sick when he reached here.
considerable complaint lie being heard
t-nm towns west Of Gary because OF the
Continued blockade. Even though good
,raotber continues, the company makes
no effort TO open the road.
giyon Bros. have recently finlshd a
,.ood well on The Snyder farm north
east of Madison. They bored Z43 feet
ana got 30 feet OF water.
Hauling stone for the g~oyerumant
- S,,+nA nrnnpN - UiUinU nn-
,loyment 10 lots of men and teams this
week at Springfield.
An immense amount of mail accuInu-
lated at Huron during the blockade;
quo buud-ed or more sacks were piled
in the depot, mostly for Pierre and in
termediate points.
The artesian well which is being put
Town by the government on the reSf'r-
vation has not proven u success thus
Far, AT d depth Of 200 feet a rock was
struck.
There Is talk of extending the long
distance telephone system to Spring
field, which will undoubtedly be- done
some time during the coming spring
or summer
An effort is on foot 10 organize a
hand at IroquoiS. \ number OF the
necessary have been secured privately
and the organization will probably be
soon effected.
The sheriff at Canton has arrested
two men answering the description Civ
en- vi burglars wanted at De Smet.
Their attempt TO sell gold watches. led
to their detection.
The state has received patents for
39.61S acres of educational land charit-
able lands, situated in Mcpherson ana
EdmuRdS counties. A number Of other
patents are expected. which win close
up the selections made up to 1875.
AS the result of the preliminary ex
animation mt Belle Fouche of Frank
Gentry for shooting and killing Frank
Garretson ut Camp Crook during a
dispute over a game of poker, he has
been bound over under S4,J00 bonds.
YanktOn has been having a coal var
among her local dealers anu some OF
them were stock buyers also. The wal
got into the stock buying, and as a re-
suit the price of hogs jumped twenty
cents in fifteen minutes,
Several Canton young men are iigur-
ing on going I othe Black Hills as soon
as spring opens. They have read Of
he biz gold fields in the Hills and want
to be on hand TO secure Il portion Of the
valuable metal.
A bin has been introduced in the leg
stature providing for bOnntieS OF n
dollar On coyotes, three dollars on gray
wolves and five dollars on mountain
lions, owners TO have pclts, and the
state 10 pay the bounties through the
counties.
The board NJ directors Of the Abar-
deem Grain Palace association have
elected the following officers for the IN
sting year: President, $. w. Hunting
ton; secretary, Charles A. Fisher; treas
urer, A. l.. Wa-i. 1t was decided to
nave an exposition the coming fail.
August Hanson, his wife and five
children, living six miles west Of Old
YAM, We're found unconscious, probably
from haX straw gas and smoke. The
we ana four children are dead. Han
sou IS In IL critical condition, but one
boy Is recovering.
A Dell Rapids lady recently went to
nL Paul TO be oprated upon for the
- - toALt'i anu Nlit VIINtdbIVA
was perfectly successful. The tumor
winch was removed weighed fifty
pounds and contained five gallons oe
fluid.
Natertown Is Low without her cleo
&c nights. The plant has lately been
SUI down because it has failed TO pay
apeIseS several times on account Of
1e Old machinery breaking down and
ieNessltating Il large outlay for repairs.
Agent III. Il. Wood on the first of the
week gave County Treasurer Fleming
se coInpany's check for S3,57S.45, that
"UlS The amount of taxes the Chicago,
nhWeukee 4 St Paul Railway com
pahy pays this year on it's property in
lake county.
Al Old nam named Mulcahey was
ryuhd lead in his bed ut his house near
ndo lie had been in poor health
M died probably as he was asleep
.r ne was all covered up with the bed
ounes. The coroner decided that an
N4uese Was moi necessary.
20 much stock has been killed on the
.aaroad west Of Highmore that the
la. uoad company fenced a part Of 1t
:. Iall. More fencing seems to be
asueu as thetfreight recently ran over
'au killed something over twenty head