Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-07-15

trees ON his claim, by fire started by
| sharks from an engine. Should MI.
Newcembe get judgment in the circuit
conrt II would be final, as under the
provisions of the Hinckley law, no ap-
peal could be taken.
The agricultural college at Brookings
has Just closed a very successIul year.
T%wenty-one graduates left It's haiis
with the degree of Il. ;. rms is the
largest class e graduated from the
institution, and Ii marks an epoch IN
its progress. During the year the totai
enrolment has reached BAT. las term
! there were 217 in actual attendance,
and 225 in the spring term.
News of a terrific cloud-burst, which
occurred in the southwestern portion
of Nowlin county, has been received at
Chamberlain. Little rain has fallen in
that section during The past three sea-
sons but pow the soil is thoroughly
drenched. After the cloud-burSt the
Bad River valley. 10 the forks, was
like n vast lake. Some stock was
drowned a I'd n. ich damage done to the
property OF stockmen.
Thomas II. Flynn, one of Dead
woods old-time settlers, committed SUI
icide by cutting his throat. He had
been out Of work for some time, and
for the past week was very despond-
ert. He had many friends In Dead
wood who, had he made his wants
known, would have relieved and aid
cd him. But his pride was too great,
and he suffered in silence. He was
about fifty years of age.
William Sleep, a ranchman, living
on Grow creek. near Deadwood, was
killed by an explosion of giant powder.
His son-in-law, Joseph Miller, had IN
arm blown off and was otherwise in
jured. They were firing giant powder
at a Fourth of July celebration. Mill
err was preparing to fire a shot when
the stick exploded in his hand. Sleep
stood so near hat the shock exploded
the powder on his person.
TIE large building at Cascade Min
eral Springs, which was built original
ly for a sanitarium, has been pur-
chased by Bishop O'Gorman, and will
be converted into a hospital and pro-
vided with q competent corps of ply
sicians and nurses. The springs are
said to be highly medicinal in quality,
and are situated about ten miles from
Hot Springs. The building originally
cost 100000, but was bought by the
bishop for a small hgure.
The Huron waterworks question has
at last been settled. The final decis-
ion of the courts gave to the company
the artesian well on Fourth street and
all main extensions made by the com
pany, while the original plant reverted
TO the city. BY the agreement just en-
tered into the city leases the well and
the extensions referred TO from the
company at a rental of 500 per month,
the lease to terminate at the option of
the city.
The South Dakota Retail Merchants
convention completed it's labors at
Rediield. The association is now per-
manently organized. Among the nu-
merous merchants associations which
have been formed in this country, this
n is the most comprehensive, and
promises 10 be a model for other states
10 pattern after. Instead Of organiZ-
ing grocers, hardware men, etc, sep
arately, as has been done In other
states, this association takes in all
classes of retail dealers.
NJ. Thompson, the city nursery man
of Rapid City, has begun to harvest
his large crop of strawberries and
cherries. Without irrigation Of any
kind he has the largest orchard In the
state. He will have 100 bushels OF
cherries and several thousand quarts
of berries. His apple crop will be
5000 bushels, aad he will have sever
al hundred bushels of peaches. april
r01S md nnnrS SnyayaJ 1nrna 1r.h vSiC
have been set out this season. The
Hack Hills can raise any kind OF
frui; OF the temperate zone.
The grassl,oDper scare east of the
Missouri river is practically over, but
the region west of the river has now
been invaded. Information has been
received that during the past few
weeks vast swarms of the pests have
put In an appearance In Jackson, Now
lin and Sterling counties. They have
destroyed the gardens # many ranch
men, and are doing some damage to
the range. A few small warns visit
@ dtt'at region last season and deposit
ed that region last season and deposit
hoppers are now coming forth by the
million.
L. Barnes, a farmer living in Lyon
township. neal Chamberlain, has lost a
number Of cows from a mysterious and
peculiar disease. The animals are at
tackled very suddenly, and the first
symptoms of the disease seem to be
craziness. The other day a young son
OF Mr.. Barnes, having Just driven the
cattle home and into the yard. was
iercely attacked by an animal, which
became suddenly afflicted with the I'M
known malady, and it was with diff
Guilty that he escaped with his life.
Another singular feature is that, al
though the disease seems to be one OF
the brain, the heads of the animals
afflicted with the disease are invarIa-
bly, found to be perfectly cold, and II
Is impossible to bleed them from the
neck.
The fourteenth annual catalogue Of
the Madison normal school is Just is
sued, and shows a total enrolment last
year OF 336, of whom 27 graduated.
The school now graduates from % to
80 every year. The roll of graduates
shows 1913 names, of whom the greater
number are teaching In the various
towns and villages Of South Dakota.
while a large army of undergraduates