Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
SOUTH DAKOTA.


| Mines at Rapid city.
The meeting Of the silver editors at
Huron last week was the largest ever
| held in the state.
The hardware store OF M. III. Ilea-
| gard at WATERFOWL, was broken INTO
| and $500 worth of cutlery stolen.
Cart. Ludlow organized Il Union Vet
Grams ASSOCIATION In F1andreau last
week.
John Dillon. the popular comedian. IS
makiug Il tour Of the state. lie Is re-
ceiye,l with crow died houses.
Thomae Martin was held ut Miller.
in $500 bail for assault upon a farmer
tanned HiackIey with intent 10 Kill.
Proceedings have been started at
Miller. against John Marsden. charged
with violating a state law in taking
orders for goods for a Chicago house.
Mrs. SaIeme Il. Stearns, mother of
Mrs. George I. Pettigrew of
Flandreau. died at the home of the
latter one day last week.
The Sleepy-Eye elevator at st. Law
renee burned to the ground. Ii contained
$500 bushels of wheat. There was an
Insurance.
George Slick, David Cunningham and
William Stokes Of Deadwood left last
week for Klondike. They will remain
in Seattle until spring.
J. II. Dickerson's store of Sutherland
was entered by burglars and about
$3.50 worth of dry goods taken. No
clew.
On the Redemption group in Rich
mond Hill, Black Hills, 81. plenberg
has drifted into a vein of ore running
$3.50 in gold and 90 per cent lead.
More than 200 settlers on the home
stead lands of South Dakota have made
contributions TO a fund TO maintain
a lobby in Washington TO look after the
free homesteads bill.
Frank Tillman. an old citizen, died
at his home at Pierre. Of pneumonia.
He moved here in 1888 from Water
town, Wis, since which time he was
in his roth year,
A moutain lion has been exciting the
farmers by his presence neal the
mouth of the Jim River near Yaukton,
and hunting parties are searching for
the animal.
High grade ore has been struck in
the Mogul of the Kildonan company in
the Black Hills. 1t is 200 feet wide
and is rich gold. A track is being
built there and ore will be taken out
at onc
Captain j.. l.. Rabcock. for many
years superintendent of the county hos
pital and poor farm. at Aberdeen. has
rendered his resignation. The grand
jury had made an examination and re-
commended his dismissal.
A Redfie'd real estate nan reports
that he has sold seven e0asl farms in
Sphinx county the last yea and that
next spring he expects to sell Il dozen
more. The lands are being bought by
resident farmers.
Aberdeen has been accorded a re-
duction In soft coal rates, which
amounts to fifty cents a ton and now
the various roads are quibbling over
which n of them started in the move
mcnt for reduction. 1t makes little diff
ference however To the people.
Prof. o. G. Harrington of Chicago.
found a skeleton of an elotherlum IN the
bad lands fifty miles east of Rapid
City 1t is thought to be the best speci-
lnent ever found. The bones have been
shipped TO the Field Columbian muse
UNI, Chicago.
Lee IsIninger. a wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Fairview, has mysteriously
disappeared, leaving valuable property.
He is 30 years Of age, and prior 10 his
disappearance made his home with two
of his scDs. No reason Is known for
his departure.
The Springfield Normal Schoo | is
furnishing instruction to fifty pupils
and is running along smoothly, pay
ing its w expenses. Nearly all the
pupils attending at this school are from
this immediate vicinity bat the
promise for mex spring is excellent for
q large attendance.
Deputy Oil Inspector De Woody of
Aberdeen has condemned more than
LOGO barrels Of kerosene oil since
entering upon his duties. He recently
inspected and condemned a large
quantity at Milbank, Webster, Britton
and other places.
Deputy Sheriff Roddle of Brookings.
captured Joseph Mothers, who had tax
en- French leave and forgot to serve out
an eighty-day sentence in Jail. He was
q "trusty' and went for a pail of water
and although he went clear into Mimi
sofa he had not yet fourd the water
when the deputy sheriff overlook him.
Major Clapp, Indian agent at Pine
Ridge agency, has finally arranged for
a complete settlement of the late trou-
bic between the cattleman adjoining
the reservation and the Indians Of the
agency over the question Of stray a
tie on the reserve.
Hon. A. Il. Melville, formerly. of
Huron, now residing in Chicago. IL
said to be scriusiy i'll with Bright dis
ease. MIR Melville stood i'm the front
rank OF Dakota's prominent men AMI
Is well known throughout the north
west.
Fred Schwab, d well known German
and prosperous farmer, residing lust
over the line from Huron, in Hand
county committed suicide by taking
strychia.ne. He vas found by neigh
bors who say he has been dependent
n often desperate of late.
Charles Potter, of Day county. was
brought before Judge Garland nj
Sioux Falls. on information charging
INN with selling liquor to Indians. He
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
four months in the penitentiary and a
fine OF 500.
Tho state ator;por; A.