Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-07
SOUTH DAKOTA.


pioneers of Parkston, is dead, at the
age Of eighty years.
Brookings is putting on a very fat
tering look of prosperity this spring.
Quite a number Of new buildings nave
already been commenced.
The adjutant generals Office wishes
to call the attention of all assessors OF
the state to Section /, Chapter III,
Laws of 1899 which is as follows:
Prof. C. X. Snow has resigned his
position as principal Of the Whitewood
city schools, and will leave for the
Klondike.
AT Wilmot, the jury in the case of c.
+. Saunders for shooting Marshal
braves, brought in a verdict Of guilty.
Sentence will be imposed Wednesday.
The Bradley COOPERATIVE Creamery
company,at Bailey, Clark county has
filed articles of Incorporation with a
capital Of $1,000. Lars Bedson, presi-
dent: J. ID. Mckinney. secretary.
Col. Z. #. Bunch, one Of the oldest
settlers of Pierre, is dead from a para
lytic stroke. He has had his coffin pre-
pared over two years and has made
all preparations for his funeral at any
time his death should occur
All gambling places at Deadwood
' were raided recently and the proprie-
tors arrested. Chief of Police Dono-
van was also arrested for not enforc-
ing the liquor and gambling laws.
Complaint was made by Capt. Dotson,
backed by leading business men.
Mrs. Kate Webster died in Lead of
pneumonia, aged sixty-two years. she
was an old resident of the Black Hills,
being the widow of the late Col. Thorn
as j. Webster, who published the Lead
City Enterprise during the years 1879
and 1880.
| Mr.. L. E. Blanchard, formerly public
examiner, has been in WATERFOWL sell
ing and leasing school lands. Mr..
Blanchard reports quite a large sale of
land and at a good price. This indi-
Gates that real property is in demand,
at least in that part of the state.
Fire DESTROYED the frame building In
the rear of the Ward hotel at Aber-
deem, used as a storage and ice house.
The fremen, by severe exertion, pre-
vented the fire from spreading, al
though windows of the hotel were
broken by the intense heat.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the Detroit and Deadwood
Gold Mining company at Deadwood,
with a capital of 81, 00,00 The in
corporators are Homer Warren, De-
troit, Malcolm McCallum, Chicago; d.
c. Baker, Deadwood.
Victor Barone was brought before
Justice III. n. Cooper at Canton, on a
charge of petit larceny. He was &C,
cused OF stealing a pair of shoes, a
neck scarf and a pocket knife at the
Commercial hotel. He pleaded guilty
and was fined so in default of which
he was placed in jail.
Rev. ]. N. Lucas, a Baptist Sabbath
school missionary who has made his
headquarters at Sioux Falls the past
four years, attempted suicide by TAX
ing six drachms of laudanum. He was
pumped out, and may live. During
the past few months Lucas has been
mentally out of gear.
Fred Brookman, a bright young lad
of sixteen years, was killed at Twin
Lakes, near Redfeld while hunting.
His gun was accidentally discharged
while he was getting into a boat, and
the entire charge entered his abdomen.
LIZ hfto u a LS" ~
boys father died suddenly of pneumo-
MIA about two weeks ago.
Prof. Wark, who obtained a leave OF
absence from the Watertown board of
education last summer. Oh account Of
his health, will assume the superin-
tendency of the public schools on the
LIST Of April. 1t will be a source of
pleasure to the many friends of the
professor to learn Of his restoration to
health. and that he u his place
at the head Of the schools.
Henry C~hristopherson and Albert
Rau of WATERFOWL had quite an ex-
perience, which they are not likely to
forget for some time. They were dig
ging a cistern for Park & Grant, when
the walls caved in on them and they
were buried, but luckily not so deep
but what they were taken out in a
short time, somewhat bruised, but 9TH
erwise none the worse for their ex-
perience.
In the case of the State VS.. Howard
Smith and Peter Carberry, held at
Deadwood for stealing two car loads
of cattle from Col. l.. Fl. Stone, de-
PENDANTS demurred to the information
on the grounds that ii did not allege
facts sufficient to constitute a public
offense or give the court jurisdiction.
The demurrer was not sustained and
the court remanded the defendants to
Jail to await the action of the grand
jury.
A petition is being circulated Mt Alb.
erdeen. asking the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railroad company to put Oh
a day passenger train between that
| city and Minneapolis, TO accommodate
the heavy travel during the summer to
and from Big Stone lake. Some
changes In the limits and rates on ex-
cUrsion tickets are also asked for. Big
Stone lake is a very popular summer
resort. and it is rapidly growing in
popularity.
THAT Section 1918 of the Compiled
Laws of 1887 be amended so as to read
as follows: The several county, town.
ship, city, village and town assessors
shall, when making up the annual
assessment make a list of all the in
habitants Of their respective assess
ment districts liable to perform mill.
tary duty, and file such list In dupli-
cate with the county auditor with the
assessment roll, and one copy of the