Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-06-30
IN SOUTH DAka'

depot at Redfeld and haa,, y
the interior, but was exfin IAN
fore the building was destuisls
fire started in the ticket ofsos
cause is unknown. Out
The long period Of hot. d.,
which has prevailed In tha va
hood of Aberdeen, doing ss,, as'sA
age to small grain, was raean svas
en- by heavy thunder shows.
of all kinds will be greatly bss.sl
The first shipment OF
Pierre for this season was W.
loads. 1t is estimated tbs, Ns
than 100000 pounds will 90 t,aa
station this year. The adv ,Va
prices has encouraged sheer lcs
crease their iocks largely this y
During the fremen's race :, W
four prisoners broke out of tha
jail. Among them is Thomss
who was brought from Linoe,,
about a month ago. HAVING INV
in March with four Others az
were in pursuit within fifteen msa'
but they have not been ~recantn.a1
Four men, apparently of tho !.
order, were arrested at Rro,as
while en- route from Aurora !.
city, and are in Jail. They arc ~.
OF having in their possession coH.
felt coin, and of having passed
OF the same on the farmers ana n
in payment for small purchases
ceiving the change in good monsy
A shooting ARRAY took nls,.
White, S. ID, in which Joe McGr,,
miller employed in the White
mills, was shot through the III
William Conklin, proprietor Of IL
Hoyt. The weapon used was ! /
The wound is serious but is nor 0,s
cred fatal. Conklin Is in custoa,
the sheriff and shows marks a.
usage, having been struck In The \
with a stone.
In circuit court at Aberdeen. IN |
case of Minnie Holtz VS.. Isaac Rfn
sheriff, judgment was given nsr
in the sum of S40o.39. In the cas- !
Noyes Bros. and Ritter VS.. SabIn. M
ment in favor Of plaintiff for sS4
interest. George Wilson, John WI
and Henry Huddlestone were COM
ed of burglary in the fourth degree !
sentenced to sixteen months in The n
itentiary. The sheriff will take
prisoners to Sioux Falls on MOnds|
Probably the largest business trs1
action in the state this year has IN
closed at Chamberlain by the M
Brothers of Madison, Wis, purchss
the Rhodes cattle ranch, situated sd
of Chamberlain, on the Missouri I'D
The consideration was S65,O00, lad
Oh $50 per acre, which price inGd3
land, buildings and stock. Il Is u
TO he the intention of the purchssj
TO Immediately stock up the ranch vi
$4,000 worth of cattle, making I'd
investment of 100000.
Henry Van Roden, the old veeil
who disappeared from his home sd
of Chamberlain, and whose body Y
found some months later in a gj
near by, will soon be avenged, Il 4
state can prove its ase against Ia
bert III. Jones, who is accused Of NJ
dering Van Roden. Jones trial
progress at Walnut Grove. More ~
eighty witnesses will testify in va
promises to be the most notable H]
der case ever tried in South Daka1
The evidence against Jones is guFd
circumstantial, but Is very strong.
The district w. c. T. U. %convent1
IN session at Aberdeen. has closed y
exercises throughout We're very ln]
esting, attracting considerable ana
ton. Prominent workers and ~
gates from many points in the "
We're present. Interesting papers VI
read by Mrs. S. +. BarthOleme8
Minneapolis; Mrs. ingalls,, OF the y
tional w. c.. Il. T.; Mrs. En1
Swartz, state president, and o'ls9
The following officers We're efa1
President. Mrs. Mary G. Gregory y
ton; corresponding secretary, y
Kate Harris, Webster; RECORDING )
rotary, Mrs. ". Il. Kimbal, Apehe'
treasurer, Miss Ollie kieser, OfV''''
Recent advices from the SEQ lle !
tension indicate that work y =.
pushed rapidly. Graders are al y
all along the new line from MUM " \
to Youngstown, twenty-three miiss |.
tant, where they strike the cla ~.
deem and Bismarck grade. u y Y
thought the line will be compieleu I
put in operation this fall up 10 m a. \
twenty miles from Bismarck. lms
veyors have also run a line sou'A''
from Youngstown, toward Winona
the Missouri river, but it is mol NM y
at this time whether any WORK W"
done on that branch TINS sei !.
There are large quantities OF lieS i,
bridge timber, spikes and otnel ss \
ing material piled up at Kuhn, anu :
place is enjoying quite a boom
A contest brought by Theodore ~
against the homestead entry Of sa-
Il. Bailey, made June 20, 1877, i%
west Of the Missouri river IN
Chamberlain land district, mas les'
in unearthing a hideous cril, NJ
cold-blooded murder In lnoidn
tory OF the entryman. Barley VIZ
enty-six years of age. he var
Kansas to visit a son living ., ga. (
and left there for an over'a %Sa
through Indian Territory
man had a team, a covered VIZ i,
about 5000 in money when ~
sons place. In the wagon N aolI
an old trunk, containing letlefs wsl
pers from the Masonic lodge .iors
Rock, Iowa, to which ne asr,
Some time after the disappea ,lss
the old man, A. d. King, WIZ .ss,r
4 TIM yioipf4y ~ tho SpUlln0le "