Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-24
SOUTH DAKOTA.

surrendered its charter as a national
bank, and will open as the First State
Bank Of Clark.
The president has nominated Lee
Slower Tor register and q. v. Case for
receiver of public moneys for the land
office at Watertown, s. ID.
Harry Clarke and his pal. Francis
Marion Davis, were sentenced at Par
ker to two and a half years. respect
lively, in the penitentIary for driving off
another mans cattle.
The enrolment of the Springfield
State Normal school has passed sixty.
and is increasing steadily. 1t already
boasts two brass bands, one of them
composed entirely of ladies.
There has been a large amount OF
thieving going on around Yankton for
a good many months, I'M though the
officers are very sure they a the
right men arrested, it seems impossible
to convict them.
John Warner, the pioneer liveryman
of Canton, has decided TO go out of n
business, and will sell out ut auction on
the Goth. Many patrons will regret
that he has decided to quit the busi-
Less.
A camp of the M. w. of A., consisting
of twenty-one charter members, was
organized at Forest City recently by
Deputy Head Consul Johnston, assist
ed in the work by a delegation of about
twenty-five from Gettysburg camp.
A stock company was recently organ
lied at Gettysburg called the Gettys-
burg Improvement company, with H..
Il. Meacham, president; D. II. Mesick,
secretary; A. G.. Williams, treasurer.
The company will Immediately begin
work on a new town hall and opera
house.
Sunday School Missionary NJ. Rog-
ers has started on q tour of the Sunday
schools he recently established mt Ber-
esford, Elk Point. Vermillion and 9TH
err places. He Is a thorough worker In
his line, and is meeting with iattering
success In his field, the State of South
Dakota.
Intense excitement was created az
Aberdeen by the news of the destruc-
ton of the battleship Maine. An en-
listment office was opened and several
scores of names affixed to the roll In
short order. Brown county would
quickly furnish a regiment In case OF
a war with Spain.
Miss Maggie Shaft Of Canton acct
dentally spilled some gasoline on the
floor while filling a gasoline stove at
the home of A. l.. Jones. The gasoline
caught fire, and but for the prompt as
distance of ~neighbors a serious fire
would have occurred. The hames were
extinguished before much damage was
done.
The Bagley Elevator company has
entered suit at Aberdeen against Ed
| A. Deitz and wife of Groton, to recover
the sum of $3.50, which, ii is alleged.
was company funds and was recently
used by the Deitz in cnncelling a mort
gage upon his residence. Dietz Is the
| defaulting agent of the company, and
is now a fugitive from justice.
Three hundred dollars have been de-
posted in the First National Bank of
Rapid City by the sheriff of Meade
county for the capture of Hank Smith.
or, as he Is sometimes called. James
| Miller, who Is a noted cattle rustler
from the Wyoming cattle country AM
has been wanted by the authorities for
a number of years.
The house on Mike Galyan's place. a
mile north of Canastota, was burned
recently. The origin Of the fire is un-
known. The family Of George Daw-
son were living there, and were all
sound asleep, when they were aroused
| by the cries and choking of their baby.
| They escaped from the house with
what clothing could be had quickly,
| and Just in time to get out aliy
Ex-Congressman Pickler and his
partner, T.. III. O'Neil, have opened up
an extensive stock ranch near Faux
ton, their home. They control several
\ l...J.y uar.n ~ EnA xynly- uya tnraft
| grazing land, and nave over o head
of cattle, 400 sheep and fifty horses.
They are constantly adding to their
herds, and will continue to do so until
spring. Maj. Picker declares he is out
| of politics.
Il. J. Mitchell OF Sioux City, Iowa,
| recently, through local parties, placed
40 head of high-grade Eastern Iowa
| cattle with parties lear Blunt, and on
the same day a train of thirteen cars
| of young cattle came into Pierre for
| the range and the market. Several
| other car loads arrived recently, n
| from all reports there will be thou
sands of head of young cattle placed on
| the range of this part OF the state by
| the time the grass Is green.
An attempt was made recently to
blow up A. A. Mallow and family of
Rapid City, consisting of his wife,
three children and his aged mother.
Mallow found a piece of two-inch gas
| pipe in the back kitchen, a foot long,
| plugged at both ends with wood, a foot
of fuse protruding. IN the stable back
| of the house was also found a key half
filled with excelsior saturated with
kerosene and a candle, half burned.
| Later, a stick of giant powder was
! found in an old building near by.
The United States land officials at
Aberdeen have been notified that the
secretary OF the interior has decided
the famous Vermont City, Edmunds
county, litigation over an ei~ghty-acre
tract of land. in favor Of Capt. B. ".
Bowman Of Ipswich, and against the
| claims Of Wayland Davis. The litiga-
| ton has been pending over ten years.
and was commenced when Vermont
City, now Loyalton, seemed likely to
make quite a place. A portion Of the
| tract was included In the original town
site. The se~cretary's decision Is inal,
ind sustains the findings made by OIL
| Gals at Aberdeen several Years AGO.