Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-05-20
TN SOUTH DAKOTA
r~nterestfux News Items From -"
over the State.

VIII Metzker, S bohemian. suicided
hy jumping down an eishty-locs "en'
north of Tyrdaii.
The Aberdeen board Of education
have re-engaged Prof. y. t. t1tch as
superintendent Of the city schools AT
an Increased salary.
Martin Olson, a blacksmith and dsp-
uty sheriff nj Violin, was recently so
badly mixed IN with a horse when ne
was shooting that he had to te nAed uF
by 4 doctor for "A broken rib.
The Dakota Central telephone system
| will nut on a force Of men shortly ana
extend its line eastward from Grafton.
Ii is expected TO reach OrtonFile ih q
short time.
The board Of control OF the Safe
Firemen's association met at Scotland
and selected Madison as the place Tor
holding the annual Tournament on June
80 Madison guaranteed $1,000 for the
tournament.
Brookincs is 10 have q branch Of the
| Salvation army as soon as the neces-
| sary officers can be obtained, the army
| being very short 90 officers az present.
owing to the opening Of SO many new
posts.
The house of Mr.. Valentine Hartman
of Suliy county caught FIRE and burned
up: the prairie caught fire, but by hard
fighting they stopped it before much
damage was done. Mrs. Hartman was
badly burned.
Edward Fallen OF Scotland has been
awarded the contract from the Scot
land Creamery company to furnish ma
terial and build the skimming station
ten miles southwest Of that place.
A little child of James Moore of Lead,
aged nine years, swallowed a 2Jcent
piece last week. The coin stuck in his
aeSophagus and had TO be pushed down
Into his stomach with an instrument.
Joy Bros. Of Huron have set out 80
600 strawberry plants ON their irrigated
farm south of town. They have also
put out an Immense number OF eur
rant, gooseberry and raspberry bushes
and are preparing to extensively engage
i'm raising small fruit.
Jason Carter Of Elk Point met with
quite q painful accident the other day
while working OF the railroad bridge at
Fairview. A large piece Of timber
slipped off It's bed and struck the cen
ter of his right foot, cutting open the
artery and breaking the bone.
Circuit court convened ar Redfeld,
Judge A. w. Campbell presiding.
There are twenty-five civil cases on the
calendar and seven criminal. The
states attorney has also fled nforma-
lions. The only important criminal
case i that of the State versus Charles
Kyle on a charge of seduction.
James Hargrow. a section hand on
the Chicago, Milwaukee AZ ST. Paul
railway, a man about sixty-ive years
old, had his right leg cut of just below
the ankle at Groton. He was returning
from his days work and attempted 10
pass under a car in his ~eaGerness to
reach home, when the train moved
backwards and caught him.
Andrew Ramsey. a farmer living
north Of Madison q few miles, on re-
turning from his work IN the field re-
Gently. found his wife dead, lying on
the floor, while his two young children
were play Ing around the dead body OF
their mother unconscious that anything
was the matter with her. Heart dis
ease Is supposed TO have been the cause
of her death.
A good strong flow OF water was
struck in the artesian well for the Red
ield Power company. The water rush
eS forth from 81 esght-inch pipe about
fourteen feet above the pipe. The
well is very much like the former one
and 1t Is the parTose of the company
to have the pipe sunk down into the
rock to prevent any recurrence Of the
well.
The ki3gsbury county assessors have
decided on the following basis " valu-
alton: Horses under 3 years and over
9 months, s.; 3 years and over. so:
cattle under years and over q months,
80; COWS = years and over, ST.: al other
cattle over : years, Sill; mules, Sl4;
sheep, S1-.5; hogs. $50; wagons and
carriases, $40; ~rneledions and organs,
$40: pianofortes, s100.
The new school building NJ Madison.
for which 5000 bonds were recently
voted, VIII ie commenceu as soon as
plans can be completed, and the bonds
negotiated, which proceedings will
take about three weeks from date. The
new building viii. be ready for oe,u-
pancr in time for the fall term of
school. The high school grades and the
grammar department will occupy II.
leaving the Central school entirely for
the secondary and primary grades.
Edward Anderson Of Scatterwood
was examined before Commissioner
Wallace at Aberdeen, charged with
opening a letter addressed to Henry
Helgcline, and appropriating a check
contained therein 10 his own use. He
pleaded guilty and was hound over 10
the grand jury ia si.isso bonds. Being
unable TO furnish bonds he was taken
TO Sioux Fails for confinement.
At Ashton Olive Perry. aged fifteen.
was accidentally shot by Nelson Tev-
land, aged thirteen. The boy was hand
ling a hamnerless shotgun when i,
went OF, the charge passing through a
door n the shoulder and face of the
girl, who was as work in an adjacent
room. The charge contained hfty-two
shot. many OF which the surgeon was
unable TO extract. The patient is doing
well and has a fair chance TO recover.
The election Of officers for the Yer.
million fire departments resulted az fol.
lows: Chief. e. II. .I-atke; first assist.
ant chief. Frank Beskett; second as.
sistant chief. w. III. Iawton; secretary,
lG II Naucnn. frea Slrpr y II r,u;rs