Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-10
SOUTH DAKOTA

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the samples.
r-s.7,s were responsible for The
burning OF the ice house Of the han
ford Produce company at sen'erFihe
Meadow larks and house flies are re-
ported from the vicinity OF Champe
lain.
A FRESNO county man recently kllfed
| a large mountain sheep which elehf
| over - 0pounds.
Duncan & KeIlar Of the Woonsockel
| roller mills have just shipped Tour car
loads OF -four 10 Chicago
Lon saeley marketed ninety five hogs
last week. which averaged 80 pounus
and which brought SIS per 100.
The Methodist people II Trip are
discussing a plan for buying the opeia
house and converting il into a cnufch.
A fine water pump costing 500 has
been added 10 the Aberdeen efectric
light plant.
Day county Scandinavians have
raised money for a Norwegian D
10 be held prior 10 the commencement
Of the regular spring term.
Three business houses IN Flandreauss
are lighting their places OF business
with acetylene gas, all from one pr
vate generator.
Salem has appliedJor recognition ID
the state militia. A good-sIZed compa-
ny waits 10 be mustered in, and VIII
probably be called Company Il.
William Stirgood Of Faulk county
has obtained a judgment of $500
against the Milwaukee road for the
killing OF a COW and some sheep.
Robert Hinton, an engine wiDer IN
the Great Northern roundhouse at
YanktOn had his foot badly crushed.
He was removed 20 the hospital.
A Montrose nan has struck what ne
believes is pay dirt. He found a vein
OF gravel which vas filed with a vel
lowish substance that looks like The
South Dakota as a potato state is re
ceiving recognition IN Chicago. ON
the menu cards of a number Of the big
hotels appears the pharse, South Da-
kOta Baked Potatoes
A lodge Of Patriarchs has just been
Instituted at Worthington by a number
OF Canton Patriarchs. headed by -. s.
Waldo. The new lodge starts out with
a membership Of twenty-one.
Nearly every business man in Scot
land has signed a petition asking the
city council 10 purchase the fair
grounds, - thar its use for that pur-
pose may not be lost TO the town.
j. C. Coffee of Madison shipped a car
OF cattle and one of hogs 10 sioux
City recently. For two car loads Of
lambs recently he received the top
market price. $50 per 100.
The application for a ~rehearing in
the case of J.. q. Freeman against the
City OF Huron. involving $4,000 of
expense warrants, has been denied by
the supreme court
A recent investigation into the af-
fairs of the defunct Mutual Insurance
company Of Parker shows that they
viii be unable 10 pay 10 per cent on
their adjusted losses.
The postal business OF Hudson has
greatly increased over that of a year
ago. During the last quarter the post
master has disposed of $4oc worth Of
stamps.
1t is said that Eureka parties have
purchased the Kellar brewery at Yank-
ton, and the machinery and fixtures
VIII 0L itLhOft ~ NudN UIdNt - rDOn
as the new brewery building in Eure-
ka is completed.
w. A. Swan of Frankfort has har
messed lis artesian well TO a feed i:.iIl
by means Of an nndershot water whas 4
OF his Jwn manufacture. ard now Gees
not only all his own, but his neighbors'
grinding.
A crowd Of would-be toughs stared
a row at q dance at Salem last week,
and On being called dewn. one Dire wa
knife and tried 10 paralyze the er1wi
with fertile was promptly knocked
down stairs.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Farmers Elevator COM
pany Of Milbank. with a capital Of
Slo,tEs. incorporatorS, {. w. Martens,
Ben Mosher. l.. NJ. Koerscher. William
Paul and Geo. X. Isham.
William Douthwaite. a resident OF
WATERFOWL. las received news that he
is heir TO a fortune amounting TO $50
600. DoEthwaite. for a number of
years has been living in a sbanty in
the west part Of town. and has made
his living by working on the streets.
1t is said that a large percentage Of
the rabbits in our fields are afflicted
with peculiar lunches caused by
worms encysted il the flesh of the an
imals. These worms poison the flesh.
and those fond OF rabbit pie S should ex-
anime them carefully.
Yankton is unique in having been the
scene Of a hold-up IN which the ,ictim
was only six years old and the plumber
80 cents. The job was done during a
transaction involving the making Of
Change for a sack of pop corn. and the
pcrpetrator was a VACANT cigarmakcr.
Something Of an Anomaly for winter
weather happened in Sanbcrn county
last week. r. w. kruse brought In
eight wagon loads of far hogs rom
his ranch, and had 10 wet them down
on the road TO keep theE from suffer-
ing from the heat. As i. was, he lost
one.
4 fanFton man was found one nigh.
last week with his face horribly
mashed aid bruised, and blood ooziny
from several cuts and gashes. WHEN
he was brought TO he claimed he nah
been Sc: upon by footpads. who. how
ever. were scared away before COM
plotting their job.
j. l.. w. Zeitlow. Of the Dakota Cen
tral telfDlOne lines has made oil M