Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
SOUTH DAKOTA
w..tInx News xtems From all
inU over the state.

ANIMAL meeting of the South Da-
Dairymen's association VIII be
MA - al De Smet March 9th and 18th.
r,rod II. Goodrich, a hotel man, well
To- at Wells, Mimi, and Des
ss0,nes " died at Madison.
W. va Rod Richards and Rube Rounds,
rial at Madison for stealing "A COW,
~ former was found guilty.
canton public schools reported for
~ month of February an attendance
- or with an average attendance OF
92.5 per cent.
hoxi,o school for ladies is the lat.
ootatv lad In Madison. Hereafter,
81 nrasnme. all differences are to be
sat,led with the gloves, a Ia Corbett.
rho Presbyterian society OF Huron
n.s eiyen a call to- Rev. j. X. Jones OF
nmaha to become its pastor. Mr.
zones will come at once.
vonng man named Henry. Kear-
~. Gary. fell from the roof ct "a
Sor rn thirty feet high, and has been
,,acnnsciors for four hours.
, man about thirty-fve years Of age.
,smed James Howell, died at a hotel
~ Huron. His bone is he
.as sick when he reached here,
considerable complaint il being heard
s.nm towns west of Gary because OF IA
,antinued blockade. Even though good
,raotber continues, the company makes
M effort TO open h a
uiyon Bros. have recently finlshd a
.nod well on The Snyder farm north
s'sst Of Madison. They bored 249 feet
ana got 80 feet of water.
Hauling stone for the goyerninant
.chool at Santec agency is giving EN-
q oioyment TO lots of men II teams this
week at Springfield.
An immense amount of mail accumu-
,.,a1 at Huron during the blockade;
.ao bundled or more sacks were piled
IN tho depot. mostly for Pierre and IN
tarmediate points.
Tho a~rtesian we'll which is being put
down by the government on the resFF-
yation has not proven a success thus
tar. At a depth Of 200 feet a rock was
struck.
There is talk OF extending the long
distance telephone system to Spring
deld which will undoubtedly b. done
some time during the coming spring
or summer
An effort is on foot TO organize a
hand at Irouuois. \ number or the
accessory have been secured privately
and the organization viii probably be
soon effected.
The sheriff at Canton has arrested
two men answering the description Civ
On OF burglars wanted at De- Smet,
Their attempt To sell gold watches. led
to their detection.
The state has received patents for
990iS acres OF educational land cnarit-
able lands, situated in Mcpherson and
EdmuRds counties. A number OF other
patents are expected, which will close
up the selections made up to 1893.
Al. the result of the preliminary ex-
animation ut Belle Fouche of Frank
Gentry for shooting and killing Frank
Garretson ut Camp Crook during a
dispute over a game Of poker, he has
been bound owe" under $4,J0o bonds.
Yankton has been having a coal war
among her local dealers and some OF
them were stock buyers also. The wal
got into the stock buying, and as "a re-
suit the price OF hogs jumped twenty
cents in fifteen minutes,
Several Canton young men are iigur-
ing on going I othe Black Hills AS soon
rs spriug opeaS. They have read of
he biz gold fields in the Hills and want
to be on hand 20 secure a portion of the
valuable metal.
A bill has been introduced i'm the leg
stature providing for bountles OF one
dollar on coyotes, three dollars on gray
wolves and five dollars on mountain
lions, owners TO have pclts, and the
state to pay the bounties through the
counties.
The board of directors of the Aber-
deen Grain Palace association have
elected the following officers for the n
sung year: President, =. w. Hunting
ton; secretary, Charles A. Fisher; treas
Wer, A. J.. Ward. 1T was decided to
nave an exposition the coming fall.
August Hanson, his wife and five
children, living six miles west Of Old
yam, We're found Unconscious, probably
RON max straw gas and smoke. The
n WAe anu four Children are dead. Han
81 son IS IN Il critical condition, but one
ooy is recovering.
81 a Dell Rapids lady recently went to
a oI Faul 10 be oprated upon for the
rs .eHoVal OF Il tumor and the operation
vas perfectly successful. The tumor
~hnh was removed weighed fifty
hrid.
naNrtoWn is how without her elec-
~ IshtS. The plant has lately been
auut GOWN because it has failed to pay
hApenses several times on account Of
ae old machinery breaking down and
0esSitating a large outlay for repairs.
Agent II. Z. Wood on the first of the
seeA gave County Treasurer Fleming
a ~ ~coinpany's check for S3,57S.45, that
81 ~ The amount OF taxes the Chicago,
4 st. Paul Railway com
Fainy pays this year on its property in
iake county,
- oia man named Mulcahey was
uI u - dead in his bed ut his house near
! ,nd lie had been In poor health
vi -. had died probably as he was asleep
IL was all covered up with the bed
inonh. The coroner decided that an
Nsuese was not necessary.
all n much stock has been killed on the