Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-08

Chamberlain has had twenfy-Six new
instruments added TO her telephone cx-
change during November.
Lars Rust, a Lincoln county farmer.
was confidenced ont of $40 recently by
a couple OF smooth workers.
Until Feb. 4, 1899. JerauId county
warrants Will be worth 9s cents on the
dollar at the Bank of Alpena.
A new telephone line. known as the
Zeitlow system, is being built between
Milbank and WATERFOWL.
Gorton is TO have an artesian well.
for which she has contracted to pay
z. G. Stacey 81 per o
Mellette viii improve her water
works system by the addition of tour
blocks OF new mains.
The Columbia hotel at Ortonviile
was damaged by fire TO the extent of
$1,000 on the evening of the 18th inst.
A trapper of the Jim river, named
Camp. claims to have caught during
1898, 2,000 muskrats and 400 mink.
Bon Homme county farmers say
that white corn viii yield per acre ten
bushels more than the yellow dent va
riety.
Prof. Alexander Peli OF The state uni
versity was elected a member of the
American Mathematical society at its
recent meeting in New York city.
Ii is rumored tina a new elevator of
10000 bushels capacity viii he one OF
the early spring improvements in
Bridgewater.
The new telephone line between Sa-
1 Ia,,a o,l A4sa.fall e..~ ...fI1xV
/ pushed 10 completion, and expecsG to
be in operation by Dec. i, weather per-
hitting.
G. II. Hackett of Parker, OF the New
Era, has put 4 new two and a half
horse power engine in his office to run
his presses.
The state board of insanity has adj
Judged G.. A. McAllister, an old-timer
of Custer county. sixty years of age,
insane, and he viii be taken TO the
state asylum.
ia. Dillman, a hitherto honest farm
err OF Revillo, claims 10 have raised this
year seventy bushels OF corn TO the
acre.
A Pukwana farmer named Thad
Lowe, got $500 bushels of corn from
" lOTly-INH-dtft efN~-SOHieiHibE Ottk
fifty bushels per acre.
A new fireman on the central divi-
sion, by the name Of stevens, fell from
his train hast week, receiving injuries
from which it is feared ne cannot re
cover.
j. A.. Hand, a Parker hoy, received
honorable mention in the report OF
Capt. Cook. of the flagship Brooklyn.
TO the navy department. anent the ma
val engagement OF July 3 off Santiago.
John Anderson Of Union was thrown
from his horse while refur.ing home
from a neighbours last week, and re-
ceived injuries from which he iay un-
conscious in the road for five hours.
A term Of circuit court was held Mt
B~rookings last week, Judge Bennett
presiding. The session iastesi o u
days and considerable business was
disposed of in that time. Five civil
cases were tried by jury and two Grim
inal cases. Several other matters were
settled before the court Three boys
pleaded guilty TO burglary. committed
at Bushnell, and were sent 10 the re-
foIm school for an indefinite period,
their release before majority depend
ing upon the evidence of reform. One
prisoner was given four months in the
county jail for resisting an officer, n
J. j. F~arnsworth. an old offender, was
sent to the pcniteniiary for one year
for burglary. Two cases OF burglary
were continued until the February
term. Several civil cases we've contjn-
ned. for the reason that the judge goes
10 Castlewood on Monday to try the
case OF Ton Hall, who was indicted
for murder in that county. The pris-
oner has been kept In the county jail
since his arrest, and will be taken to
Castlewood Monday morning.