Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-07-15
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Interesting News Items From ~
over the State.

appointed to push the matter.
S. Haskell, one Of Deuel. countys
Oldest residents, is dead, at the age OF
seventy.
The ~ten-year-old son of Charles Cup
til was drowned in a creek neal DIS
fathers farm at Canton.
Christopher Guliiokson, a single man
aged thirty years, was drowned In the
James river at Aberdeen. The BODY
was recovered a few hours afterward.
The Newcomb boarding house at
Huron, was badly damaged by fire re-
Gently, which is supposed to have orig
mated from a defective ffue.
Attorney William Wallace of Aber-
deem has been appointed United states
court commissioners for a term OF tour
years.
The twelve-year-old daughter or
Anton Gramblhler. living in the
northern part of Aurora county, was
drowned in a water tank.
The big hail storm near Alpena is re-
ported as having partly destroyed the
crops ON a tract one mile wide ana
fifteen miles in length.
Sheriff Vaughn has returned to Yer
million from Norfolk, Neb., with X. A.
Farnsworth, charged with criminal
assault on Minnis Dale. He was
placed in the county jail.
Fire destroyed the home of Thomas
Zones, seven miles west Of Springfield,
together with the entire contents. in
Guiding $50 in money The cause is
supposed TO be fire crackers.
An electric storm passed through
Canistota. Tie barn of Peter Nelson,
three miles south of Canistota was
struck by lightnin. and burned to the
ground.
John T. Mccoy left Aberdeen to join
a geological party at Sheridan, Wye,
which is employed by the government.
Their field of labor is in the Little Big
Horn country.
Henry Scovell lost about 200 head OF
sheep in Nowlin county by a cloud
burst, and n great many calves were
killed by hail in the western part OF
that county.
Friends of Joseph III. Spradling, the
insane man, who has been wandering
about at Huron for the past three
weeks, have been found at Baraboo,
Wis, and he has been sent to that city.
A severe hail storm in the western
part Of Lake county destroyed crops
about Lake Herman. The crops of the
county are looking fine. Wheat is
headed out.
Ranchmen report the wolves as very
troublesome on Spring creek. A hunt
ing party is being formed by a number
of the ranchers to kill off the pests.
One mar reports four colts killed last
week from his herd of horses.
State Veterinary Elliott has just re-
turned to Aberdeen from the Cheyenne
River Indian agency, where he had
killed 200 horses afflicted with gland
ers. Fully as many more will be de-
stroyed.
The bottling works in Pierre was
b~urglariZed of about S10G recently. Pa
pers were found on the floor of the
place belonging to William Barrick, a
barber, and he was arrested and ac-
cnsed OF the crime.
Christopher H,liroe. a stOckman, re-
siding in South Presho county, was
drowned about :hrec miles above Mid
land, while attempting to swim Bad
river on horseback. The body has
been found at a point half a mile
below where the drowning occurred.
The Western Lutheran Choral
union closed its fifth annual meeting
at Lake Preston. There was between
70 and 100 singers In attendance from
abroad. There were some fine singers
among them. Everything passed Off
quietly and everybody had a good
time.
A hail storm three miles in width
crossed the Sioux valley three miles
south Of Estelline recently, destroying
all vegetation in its track. Some grain
fields look as though they had been
recently plowed. Two inches OF water
fell at Estelline in forty minutes. The
wind blew a gale and the lightning
was continuous.
Two car loads of grinding machin-
cry were unloaded at Custer last week
for use in the axle grease factory. A
mineral paint factory will also be run
in connection with the other. The
crude material is obtained from de-
posits near Rapid city. A good de-
mand for the product is reported.
The Northwestern Railway company
has a construction train with a force
of men now at work upon their bridge
crossing the Jim river east of Yank-
toll, repairing the damage done by the
flood early this spring. When they
finish the bridge win be practically as
good as new.
Articles of incorporation have been
fled with the secretary of state for
the HOLSTER Lumber company at
Lead City, with a capital of $4,000.
The mc0rpOrators are Julia II. Hollis
ter, Solomon ID. HOLSTER. Jr., and
George Runkle.
Johnnie Gamble and Enoch Cornell,
both fifteen years old, were seriously
burned and wounded at Yankton by
the explosion Of a small cannon.
They both bent down to inspect a
loaded cannon, when ii exploded, dis
charging the contents in their faces.
II is feared they will lose their eye
sight.
A hail storm in Reondell township,
Brown county. destroyed nearly two
thousand acres of grain of various
kinds. Corn and gardens also suf-
fered severely. The storm travelled
from northwest 10 southeast for eight
or tan nilac I arua ntIao 30 hasI