Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-02-17
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Jack rabbits. which were so nulheI.
Gus last winter. are very cohsiicuo
by their absence this winter
Immense quantities OF ice are oelns
stored al Huron ny the chicago Anu
Northwestern Railway company
uenrv IverSon of worthing a pu,-
-based an interest in Steenslanu : haiu
ware store al Hudson.
The tow mill at Dell Rapids. opera
ed by q. III. Marsh burheu
ground. Cause unknown
The South Dakota Poultry associa-
ton closed a very successful eAnluI
ton an Mitchell All parts OF 'he stas
east Of the river were repre
nex hansins house is 10 be star'eu
=, Woopsocket w. a. l4oyeiand ol
| Sioux City furnishes the capitaL "
will he Incorporated as a state DahA
Two new creameries viii locate near
here this spring. one az ForesluuIs'
nine miles east. and one AT Nessihs'"A
Strings. fifteen miles west.
h farmers institute for Dawson
and Hanson was $50
NU,cberl discussion of cGttle ra's'hs
and the Campbell system Oh
ture occupied the time oil the
Gettysburg is eNecting 10 eNperiehce
a building boom in the spring. \ new
| onera house. n large addition 20 tpe
Dakota house. and several Dusihess
houses are assured
sheriff Eads. who has been on the
trail OF the rabber who bnrglafizeo
! tho nostoffice M Tyndall recently. anu
secured Ssl0. arrested his man az oIha-
ba and brought him back 10 IyhaaI'
Hutchinson county. is about TO suffer
a Loss Of about 40 voters. Andrew
Schatz who is perhaps the most ihnu-
entail Russ0-American in the county
will on March !. lead a colony 10
Wells county. y. ID.
The Catholic society has about clossd
the contract for the erection ol lheI.
new Sl2n00 granite church edince at
salon Srope and sand are on the
ground. and work en- the structure VIII
undoubtedly begin with spring
Huron will soon have telephone con
nection with WATERFOWL. The Dakota
Central Telephone company Is arrahs-
In. its system Il embrace that CITY,
| giving Sioux Falls and other large
towns of the state the beneht OF tele-
phone communication.
sheriff w. s. Davenport OF Wood
| bury county, Ia. and L. j. Jackson
| from Sioux City. were in EdIlunds
| county recently To hook MP the stock
| business. and while at Aberdeen par
| chased n ranch rorth Of Ipswich. upon
which they will make valuable i'm
| movements the coming spring.
The report IN from Pierpont that
| Mr.. Parrot who recently had 8 stolen
from him by a burglar who entered his
| place of business through a cellar win
| dow has recovered nearly all OF the
| sum from the thief and the affair has
| been hushed up. the thief being a wei
known citizen and church member OF
that place.
A farmer named Ed Stevenson went
| 10 the hon5e Of Sever Olson 1T Vermil-
| lion in an intoxicated condition and
| demaIde admiftaEce. Olson's mother
being very sick he was refused adciit-
| lance AZ which he became abusive Id
| thrs atencd 10 break down the ooor. In
| the fight which ensucd Severson was
D. baby fatally stabbed b! Olson Who
is now in Jail.
The bail of William Davidson. hav-
| ing been reduced from 5000 10 $1,000.
! the amount was secured and he was
| released from jail al Deadwood. He
| was brought TO that city from Sioux
| aIls last fall 10 be retired for the muir
| der of Orlando Giles at Belle Fourche
four years ago.. IL is expected that he
| will be acquitted at his new trial at
| Belle Fourcbe mex month.
Thomas King of Waubay was
| brought TO Huron by Deputy United
States Marshal A. r. Labrle. and taken
/ before Commissioner Grant, on the
| charge of selling liquor TO Indians on
the Sisscton reservation. He waived
examination and in default Of $500 bail
| was committed to the county Jail 10
| await the next term OF United States
! court at Sioux Falls.
| Ice men are al work at Pierre At
tempting 4 cur q supply Of ice from
the river for the coming year They
are having a great deal of trouble. both
| on account of the thinneSs of the ice,
and the fact that the thawing weather.
allowed the blowing sand TO accumu-
late on the ice. and the freezes at night,
formed a frozen layer Of sand which
makes desirable ice scarce and hard
| TO secure.
Weather I'm South Dakota Turing jan
nary will compare favorably with that
Of any state in the Union. The average
temperature for the month WAS % deg.
above zero. as shown by the records in
the United States weather bureau.
From 1882 10 1898. inclusive, the aver
age temperature for the month was 9
deg. above zero hence the temperature
for January. 1895. was IL deg. above
the average for a period of seventeen
years.
The last report Of Public Examiner
Taylor IN the condition Of the state
banks. discloses q situation much more
gratifying Than was shown by his pre-
vious statement. The report for Oc-
tober shows an increase of more than a
million dollars owe the preceding six
months in deposits. The loans and dis
counts show a decrease for the same
period. and IL is said that unless the
demand for leans becomes stronger.
many of the banks Will retire from
business.
Ii Is reported that Hon. John Il
Brennan. owner and proprietor of the
Harvey hotel. of Rapid City. one OF the
largest hotels in the Rlaek Hfus win