Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-09-29

Bartlett Jrlpp lecturer w INC s.o-
dents of Yankton college the other
day.
Parker schools arc crowded, and an
other room will be fitted up In the
schoolhouse.
The McCook county Sunday school
convention was held at Bridgewater
Thursday, Sept. 20.
The fall term OF the state university
opencd with an increased attendance
A large percentage of the old studcnts
came back, bringing with them many
new ones.
Tho new dormitory at the INDUSTRIAL
school at Plankinton is progressing
finely. and when completed II will be
one of the finest buildings OF lis KIND
in the West.
The Women's relief corps of Aber-
deem have sem so TO Company + at
Manila, as an emergency fund to be
used in the relief Of sick soldiers OF
the company.
Rev. Davis of st. Lawrence will soon
remove his publication, the Dakotan
Witness and Reporter, a monthly pa
per published IN the interests OF the
Methodist church, from ST. Lawrence
10 Huron.
Good positions secured by students
OF the Sioux Falls IS. Dak.l Business
College. Catalogue free.
G. Johnson of Ohio has been at Sisse-
ton, on a visit 10 his son, who is agent
there.
Nothing definite has yet been learned
as to the identity of the man who COM
mitted suicide near Erwin last week.
He was probably iif%ty-three years old,
and was clad in dark clothing some
what worn. He was seen in Erwin
early in the day.
A prolonged and quite heavy earth
quake passed through Hurley recently.
Ii seemed To be much longer n nor
distinct than that ofFeb. Is. 1880.
Miss Matte Thomas, who recently
graduated from the Manning School or
Oratory of Minneapolis, has accepted
an offer from the trustees of b Red
field college 10 take charge OF the De
partment of clocution. Miss Thomas
will enter upon her new work next
week.
Corporal Harry Barr has arrived
home at Aberdeen direct from San
tiago on a thirty-day fnrlough. lie Is
still suffering from the effects OF vel
low fever and is very weak. tie hopes
TO recuperate so as TO be able TO re-
join his regiment when his furlougii
expires. Z
A correspondent Of the Rapid Jour-
nal from Custer says that that paper
was off In reporting that eleven inches
of snow fell there recently, and adds
that the last measurement was four
teen inches. The water measurement
was 2.1O inches. which isn't bad fo1
the LIST Of September.
A triple wedding occurred nj the
home OF Mr.. Alderman, about ten
miles north of Revillo. The parties
united were John A. Carskie and Josie
Roberts, Maurice Stanford and Grace
Roberts, Elmer Thomas and Nellie
Alderman. Rev. Fitch, OF Milbank,
performed the ceremony.
burglars entered the store and post
office at Lodi, Clay county. recently,
but secured very little money. The
mail bags Were emptied and their con
tents scattered on the floor of the
store, in which the postotficc is situat-
ed. The store was also ransacked and
articles of clothing taken.
ma recently with n train load of cattle,
which he had summercd In that vicin-
ity. Mr.. Smith Is an extensive dealer
in stock, and summers cattle there ev.
cry year, as he has been able to get the
best results from cattle sunmered
there In comparison with other places.
One of the finest lunches OF cattle
from the coded Sioux land range 10 go
from Chamberlain this fall left recent
ly by a special train of eleven airs for
Sioux City. The entire train load was
obtained for Mallory Sons 4 thinner
mar Co, by their local agent, Nh.
Schilling.
! A horrible accident occurred near
Memo, wherein Il young daughter of
Jacob Mueller, some thirteen years old,
who was cutting bands for a threshing
machine, mel with injuries which
proved fatal. She was caught by the
tumbling rod and literally mapgled be-
fore the machine could be stopped, by
being pounded against the ground.
At Pierpont, Il station seven miles
north of Andover, Parrott's store was
entered and robbed Of gloves. mittels,,
underwear and watches worth about
$500. The thieves gained admission
by taking GU Il light Of glass from the
front. Mr.. Parrott offers n reward OF
$50 fer the arrest and conviction OF
the thieves.
Grand Recorder j. ID. LAWN has
sen 10 the various A. o. u. w. lodges
their proportion Of the $1,000 prize
received from the supreme lodge for
having shown an increase of % per
cent in membership during the ear
Sioux Fails took IN 324 members and
gets $253.92. Aberdeen came next
with 240 new members and gets
S1SS.O9.
Mathew Flynn, chief consul for
South Dakota for the League of Amer
lean Wheelmen. acting under instruc-
tons from Grand Consul Potter, has
ordered a boycott against Hon. g. y.
Palmer. candidate for attorney gen.
eral upon the fusion ticket. This IN
caused by MI. Palmer's having defeat
id a measure 10 compel railroad COM
panies TO accept bicycles as baggage,
while he was chairman OF the senate