Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-04
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Inferesfinz Ners Hem, Prem sn
ever the state

yerulIliyn reports az ebro'i1.eat -
10 ia her city srtNsolS
THE clerk III Hard ceuny sfoFi.l
thEr1yefgte wagTsEgr Eeel@ SsEel
during TIE past year
charle- ADAMS Of Miller esptgTai 2
Ere yOur- bald eagle tn q trap @gS ID
The Rec Hubs ID day last Tss&
A MAJORITY Of lie losses from rhe re-
cent hard snow s.nYn- seems 10 ansTe
uSulte-l from ths aszshjng in ~ lGHIS
and shelters by the weilhT 81 TIE sIsgN-
The gun ~ a Hard county b0y ~
T3oseE last wreck while be vas oI1
hunting. Iacerztin= Ass left hand ~ q
terrible mznEer
Mitchell has 8 e1e.[eT. cA4- mo
whist club IN q fguysshiug sTna -
They have rented rooms. and wi9i ~ ~
good shape 80 entertain h~e.eaEter-
me state university al gcyIillna
ASKS fer am Appropriation 81 s35rg
for current expenses during lie ue11
J two years.
Fire 1T De2duOcd damaged tAe st0&
% ". T. Lowe 4 Co. wholesale dry
goods. "a the extent ~ S1H9s4. and The
building $500; partly Insured
Fc- sgnse tiu1e Eastern parties have
been booking the country over between
EEz Point and YanstGn. with the idea
II establishing a sugar factory.
Father Collins. who has hoan pastor
Of tie 81 Agnes church IN NcTHlllon
for two rear past. t2s gone - Vie
Z church 1t MOn;rCse. :. ID.
John Winter. . weTl-tC-ds far-acr,
! living sixteen m!les EoYthcZsT - Sank
ton. was frozen 20 death while N h.
way home froGB YanktcD, being uEdFT
The Influence Of liquor
The farmers elevator s. FragEfJ--
rnn by John RhSGhesEe-, has leeTgh-
and sold this year oFcr 10000 hush
eh, and shipped out over 1r as w
10 this date.
A TanktOn boy. while CaaSJs2@ down
Hill on his skates. wac run into By
another on "a hand sied ard had bDrh
bones IN hls right leg hrUk"n below
the knee.
geddeld college has stron. hope al
cbosins IT'S term this year wf1lout debt
and paying It's teachers IN fuh 'tnly
SI.Gsg Is expected TO le raised IN SosTTh
Dakota
A Y. Noble of Springfield recently
sold eighteen head or fat steers Tor 81
even S1.On. Patrick Martin OF The
same place. scEt q carload 70 Chicago
and got about the same nouns
TIE Canton Mutual Insurance c,m
pany has been Incorporated and viii
DO business on much the same pian as
the farmers mufuais, which have
sprung up in many places, Only .~sing
more Tor cities and villages
49, - trE,B.-v Il ~. - zRsU-# +Fs-a
ago. fell from 4 horse, but did not hurt
himself apparently, except that the
glands Of his neck began 20 swell
Now his whole body is swollen and lis
face has nearly closed UP his eyes
The prediction is made by owners Of
and dealers in live stock that the Ium-
Der of hogs which win be marketed in
yankton betweea this date and April
1 viii De the largest OF any perl2d cf
equal length in the history OF the city.
Theodore u. JessUp, one Of the most
eccentric characters in this state. died
at Huron. He was q bachelor, born in
England, the SOB Of a duke and nnce
quite wealthy, but BIS fortune vanished
GONE years ago
John Carlton, alias Patsy Clara. who
waE Indicted at Deadwood By the
United States court for completely in
the robbery Of the Highmors post
office. but who las been at large, was
arrested az Aberdeen. and is now in
jail
A big. healthy kick i going up in the
surrounding country about the farmers
sending out 10 the big houses in outside
states for their groceries, etc. The
practice is becoming general among
the farmers. and they ought 70 know
that this is the quickest way TO kill tire
mercantile interests of oUr state.
During the past year the dairy bUsf-
ness OF South Dakota las assumed
great proportions. The number OF
dairy COWS Is estimated To he 21S-92S,
valued at SG,409,Gpo: the average yield
Of milk per COW is 2,J00 pounds Per
year, and the average price Of milk is
G1 cents per 100 pounds. making a to-
tai valuation Of milk OF x4.2J3.530.
Word has just come in of the accI-
dental death Of . young German
named W~althnuse, living about two
miles South OF Lennox. He laid q
loaded gun by bis chair and climbed
up in the chair to put something away,
and in getting down the gun was dis
charged. the load entering under his
chin. killing him instantly.
The date Of the intercollegiate q n
test OF the universities and colleges of
South Dakota has been set from May
is and 10 at Mitchell Ever since the
contest 1T Yankton last May, in which
the students Of the sta.e university
me. with such -rea- defeat in lie ,th-
leiic sports. there has bsal q feeling
that a greater effort than e. sr should
be made at the nex meet. II is stil
thought that many decisions ut that
tire we're not inst and hat great Iar-
tiality was shown. The stad ms tf
the state university have already he
gun aciise work in preparing for the
r Get. Better ia. .iities have been pro-
rided for daily practice in he ~cullese
gymnasium. AID an eighth mile run-
ming track, base han park and tennis
tprt have beer Constructed on The
CAMPUS there Is s1pa exccllen, tim
Der In the school this year.
About three weeks ago n MAJ
named August Duclose. a teacher in
the government school at Lower BruIe
Agency, left there 10 20 10 Mitchell.
having In his possession about 500.
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