Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-04
IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Two men named Featberstone nave
been arrested at Groton on susolcion
of being connected with the afe-DioW
ing at L%angford.
A scrap occurred Mt Hecla over y
dog. In which George Hays stabbed
Harry Laughlin five times in the Dach.
The wounded man will recover.
Horace Glenn of Aberdeen has re-
ceived an appointment TO the United
States geological survey, and has gone
to Rapid City. where he was ortlercii
TO report for duty.
Al Bourne, eighteen years OF age
was thrown from his horse half a mile
from home. near Hot Springs. lie is
suffering from conclusion Of the BRAIN
and is not expected TO recover.
The owners of heavy horses in Sec
lions around Miller find that North Da-
kota offers them a better market thai
elsewhere. Each season a good many
are driven up there and sold to farm
erS.
George Backmaster Of Hecla was ac-
ci~dentally shot, by reason of a loaded
gun slipping from the cart in which De
was riding. The charge entered his
side, inficting serious but not fatal III
juries.
Indians upon the reservation, upon
the pretense of hunting stray horses,
are visiting the lakes and killing the
young ducks by the thousands. There
is much complaint by sportsmen and
farmers.
b. G.. Lamont of Aberdeen has closed
a deal by which he becomes the owner
Of twenty quarter sections Of good
farming land in Brown county. Mr..
Lamont is an old settler. and has great
faith in South Dakota lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. c. Markham. living
near Mellette, recently found a little
babe on their doorstep. They have no
idea who the parents of the little
founding are. but will keep it as their
own. in spite of their being quite an
aged couple themselves.
The cattle shipping season is at hand
Mt Sturgis, and a few shipments have
already been made. TX Is believed that
this fall will mark the beginning OF
the heaviest years business in the
Northwest. Many new people are en-
barking in the cattle business.
a little seven-year-old girl named
Pearl Williams of Hot Springs, was
shot through the body by n 32-caliber
rifle in the hands of Il careless sixteen
year-old boy. Her father shot her
mother dead and then blew his brains
out about four years ago near Chadron,
Neb.
Farmers throughout the Dakotas and
Nebraska have suddenly found them
selves short of help for the harvest
fields. through the loss of men who
have joined the army. The crop of
grain is very heavy, and In some in
stances it is feared that considerable
loss will be sustained.
The house occupied by w. G. Rainey
and family at WATERFOWL was torn TO
pieces by lightning. Several members
of the family We're severely shocked,
and the wonder is that all We're not
killed. j. l.. Sears. living across the
street, was shocked. The storm was
the severest of the season.
Ine board of commissioners of Au-
rora county has assumed for the II
ty the $4,000 necessary for rebuilding
that part Of the state reform school de-
stroyed by fire a year or two The
county authorities simply advance the
money until such time as the state leg
islature meets and reimburses them.
A tramp was run over by an east
bound freight arain and both legs mi
of. The accident occurred mt the cross
ing of the Great Northern three miles
from Sioux Falls. The injured man
and his partner Were riding on the ten
der of the locomotive, and the partner
says the brakeman knocked him under
the wheels with a coupling pin.
Rev. Redmond of st. Patrick's church,
Lead, had an experience Friday that
don't often befal a divine in one day.
The day was begun with the usual
service, followed by three marriages
and the christening of three babies.
The first child vas Irish. the next IL
Austrian. and the last was a little chap
named Philip Alphonso. who is a dis
taDt relative of the youthful king of
Spain.
Burglars broke into the mail room of
the Chicago && Northwestern depot
nj Gary. effecting an entrance by tore
ing a window, and. after cutting up
the pouches. ~ra8sacked the whole of
the Eastern mail which arrived on the
night train. They also went through
the room of the American Express
company in the same building. but
were unsuccessful In their search for
valUables.
\. large cattle sale was made recent
~ i'm Rapid City. in which James Ross.
n cattleman from White River, sold TO
| Corbin Morris his entire stock Of range
cattle. amounting TO LOO head. The
| price paid was between 10000 and
$4,000. The Standard Cattle compa-
ny, which owns one If the largest
| herds OF cattle In Western Wyoming.
| will soon begin TO remove its herd to
parts in Western Nebraska, 10 escape
| the depradations of the wolves.
Kenneth +. Harris. u former editor of
! Hot Springs. but who has been a staff
correspondent OF II Chicago paper with
| Rooscvelt's Rough Riders. from the
time the regiment was organized, and
who returned from Cuba a few davs
ago apropos OF Gen. Shafter's order.
has returned TO the Hills for a short
visit with his family. He was an eye
witness of the Rough Riders famous
iobf nj SihQnpy and also of tba obo ,,uo