Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-27

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grammar department, Miss Ida =. VIII
hams OF Parker, :. d.: first primary.
Miss G. May Heller Of Indianapolis.
second primary. Miss Lizzie Stevens of
Chamberlain; intern ediate department.
Miss Sophie Picker Of Chamberlain.
Prof. John Jones, Jr.. the retiring prin-
cipal, is one of the best instructors in
the state, and has accepted the position
of superintendent OF the Vermillion city
schools.
Charles Brown. the colored Hend who
50 brutality murdered MIRA J.. T.. Stone
of Deadwood last Saturday morning,
has made a full confession of his crime
to the officers. Mrs. stones watch and
other articles Of icwelry have been re-
covered from their hiding place on
Browns range near Whitewood. He
duplicates one or two others. An extra
guard has been placed about the jail,
but this precaution is considered I'M
necessary, rs the better Judgment Of the
citizens prevails and there will be no
%lynching.
+. III. Fosdick, Of Morris, Mimi, was
arrested and lodged in jail at Aber-
deem, charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon. FoSdick claims he lost
money in n gambling den last night
run by Levers and Bruno, and later
claims 10 have been robbed Of the rest
of his money in Levers saloon. He
went TO Levers place to-day with a
revolver and demanded his money. The.
bartender fed, w%hereupon Fosdick at
tackled a ~bystander, Patsy Mccarthy,
mficting serious wounds OF his head
with a pistol. Fosdick appears crazed
from the effects of drink and the loss
of his money,
The grand lodge ]. o. o. F., in SEES
sion at Aberdeen, elected the following
officers: Grand master, Peter Marc---,-
alt, Madison; department grand master,
l.. l.. Lostuttcr, B~elleforc3le; grand sec
retry, IL. h. Call. Belleforche: grand
secretary, III. j. Rice, Huron; grand
treasurer, ID. w. Campbell, Brookings;
grand representative, III. G.. Nash, Can
ton. The state assembly Of Rcbekahs
elected the following: President, Flor
ence NJ Jones, Britton; vice president,
Helen Baker, Deadwood; grand war
den, Lcnora Ferris. Carthage; secre-
tary, Alkaline Alexander, Eikton; treas
urer, Hanna G. Cripps, IrOquois. Sioux
Falls was selected as the, place OF the
AA1aN NANiohN OfFD0CitAOAts
A number of young people gathered
at the large new barn OF John Isaaks
at Parkston, and were busily engaged
in tripping the light fantastic toe N
the second floor, when it was discov-
cred that n fire had caught beneath
them on the ground floor. They all
rushed for the stairway, but exit here
was cut off by the furious flames, and
all were compelled to jump from doors
to escape being burned alive. The
structure was burned to the ground.
The farm machinery in an adjoining
shed vas saved, but one horse persisted
in the flames. There were 4 lot of
small boys playing where the fire start
ed, but no one knows the origin of the
fire. The loss is fully $500 with no in
slTance.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
freight train, While coming from Trip
to Parkston struck the 2h-year-old
daughter of Leonard Keihlback, which
was playing on the track with q couple
OF dogs belonging to the family. The
child had wandered away from home
v e q half mile and was being search
ed for by its mother at the time the
accident occurred. The child was struck
by the cowcatcher and thrown about
forty feet from the track. The train
men saw the dogs but not the child
until the dogs left the track, and then
1t was too late to stop the train before
reaching the spot where the child was.
The child is in a very critical condition,
and its recovery is very uncertain.
Great preparations are beilg made at
RnsTnnIN for thu ntftpffa fntannt nf tho
G.. A. II. boys at the state encampment,
to be held here June y. 8 and 10. 1t is
anticipated that this will be the largest
encampment ever held In the state, as
Rediield is so located hat visiters from
nearly every point may reach here
without change of ears. The Women's
Relief Corps ard the Sons of Veterans
also will meet here In conjunction with
the G.. A. r., and the Sons OF Veterans
will 20 into field camp. National Com
mander Gen. II. s.. Clarkson will be
present throughout the encampment.
Hotel rates have been secured at from
15 cents TO $50 per day. All railroads
have given rates mt one-half regular
fare. The committee on program Is
at work. but have not yet made their
report. Business houses and private
families have been laying In supplies
of flags and decorations, and the city
will do it's handsomest toward II king
Ii pleasant for the visitors.
The Bouck liquor law is now in full
force In most of the towns in the Black
Hills. The county commissioners have
met in the different Counties, and have
approved a majority OF the bonds OF
those who have signified their desire
to sell liquor under the new law, CIV
ing them a ten porary license until July
I, when those can take out q license for
a year. The bonds of each man is
placed at $1,000. Lead City will have
sixteen licensed saloons and Dcadwood
twenty. A great many Of the places
will be run only as an experiment until
July /. There will be a radical change
In the conduct of the saloons under the
new law. To the Black Hills saloon
men who have been acoustic med to run
things about as they pleased. this law
seems rather obnoxious, and II will re-
quire the greatest amount Of watchful-
ness on the part of the authorities to
have Ii fully observed.
The finding a few days ago Of the
body of William Lewis, the Nowlin
county sheepman, who wandered away
and was frozen to death during the
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