Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-14
SOUTH DAKOTA
Interestfnx Views Items From aH
over the State.

chicken thieves 1T Scotland.
The courts have decided hat the four
constitutional amendments were al le-
gally carried at the recent election.
Joseph and William yetter are incaT-
ceratei in the Codington county jail,
charged with stealing a bicycle from a
Deuel. county party.
George Y. Scherer was bound over TO
appear before the United States grand
jury for selling liquor to Indians. He
was placed under $500 bonds.
A sneak thief broke into a rear kitcb-
en- at Mitchell and stole n quarter of
beef. The wonder is that he left the
house.
Since the wolves around Redfield
have been killed off the rabbits have
been increasing in numbers very rap.
idly.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Is. Dwelly of Mel
lette were overcome by coal gas Mon
day night and aarrowly escaped as
phyxiation.
Mrs. Z J.. Odeil OF Montrose. by acct
dent. took a spoonful OF tincture OF
arnica, causing her intense suffering.
Her condition is improving now and
CAft ~ 1biA-iAtNtN ~ Vos VA h~AENA
A persistent sneak thief has made his
appearance in Canton, The latest work
got in was the taking of Cashier An
derson's whip and a 32-caliber Win
chester.
George w. Snow was the successful
bidder for the contract for the Santet
Indian agency school. His bid was
$4,000 Sexton. Phillips Il Co. OF Min
neapolis heat it for ST .0O0.
Deputy Marshal Andrew Bray of
Deadwood has in charge August Parsch
charged with opening another mans
letters. Parsch claims the other fei-
lows wife consented
Reports received by Miller stockmeu
show that one hundred head of cattle
and horses and nearly eight hundred
sheep persisted in the recent Storm on
ranges tributary 10 Miller.
Il. A. TuIain, n United States fish
commissioner. is hooking up a location
for a fish hatchery in Speartish. A
suitable location has been found and
negotiations are now on.
Daniel Elliott. postmaster at Buffalo
Gap, has beer arrested at the instance
vi AltC DtytltlGfiltl lVA AiltttL1tSitithNs I
is being held pending the arrival of tie
lostoffice inspector.
Dwight Leach. for years one OF the
best Known machinery dealers at Aber-
deem and ut Groton, died after n pro
longej Illness of lncer OF the stomach
He was well known in many places iii
Minnesota.
Il. ID. Diekey Of Elkton was before
Commissioners Grant OF Huron, charged
with violating the government liquor
laws. He was held in bonds OF $500
for his appearance Mt the ext term OF
the United States court.
The motion in the arrest of judy
ment in the Christensen murder case
at Clark was denied by Judge Camp
bell, and the defendant sentenced to
hard labor for life at the Sioux Falls
~penitentiary.
The three-year-old son of Jacob Iirn-
ing of Sutley, west of Aberdeen, was
accidentally shot and instantly killed
by an older brother, who was endeav-
0Ting to extract shells from a shotgun.
A little sister was badly wounded by
the same charge.
The case of the Yankton Lumber
company against Bishop Hare of
Yankton, for obtaining lumber with
which To erect the Episcopal building
at VermiHion, and which has been be-
fore the circuit court this week. was
set aside by the conrt. owing TO the
company having failed to incorporate
under the laws OF the state.
Jonn Es stman If Fhndreau. together
NTH his hrnfhnr IlP fvha rice Lra -kr,rnn
left for Washington Il. attend the third
house now in sessit OF Washington.
They will try and get another approprf-
ction bill passed fer the Indians, Civ
ing the Indians several hundred dol
lars n head, under an old trt atty. Both
say that they have yreat hopes OF get
ting the bill passed
August r. Duclos, government teach
er at Lower Rruls Agency, has mys'e-
rio0sly disappears. He left Chamber
lain n week ago for Mitchell. but has
now disappeared completely, and no
trace of him can be found. His wife is
almost distracted ever the uncertainty.
Foul play ~ suspected in some qua r
tiers, as the missing man took several
hundred dollars : 18th him for the pnr-
pose OF paying OF a mortgage.
The YanKton weather bureau, through
the personal interest taken by Can
gresham Gamble, has secured the re-
oognition due it by the department at
Washington, and ~ viii be fitted ont as
a first-class station, probably tls
month. The Office is the Oldest In the
two Dakotas, having been established
in 1872, and the records show that for
twenty years 1t has held first rank at
the weather bureau. For the past five
years the station has been lowered to
third rank.
John Dahmen of Norway township
was brought before Justice Hurd Mt
Parker, on h charge of grand larceny.
He waived examination and was bound
over to the grand jury in the sum OF
300 bonds. which he had not procured
at this writing. There are two other
charges ready to be filed against him
as 0 20 as he procures bonds or rs 9TH
erwise released on this charge. IN
seems he has been stealing wheat for
some time, and was caught in the act
OF bringing a load 10 the elevator no
sell. and. on being questioned. he adj
mitted that he had stolen IL. The pros
I poets for his remaining a free man are
not very bright.