Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-12-29

Unknown persons gained entrance
to the new Presbyterian church NJ
Sisseton, and, with n can of black
paint, smeared the pews. chairs and
pulpit in a most d~isgraceful manner.
A new set OF hymn books was also
mutilated and almost totally de-
stroyed.
Harry McCready, a young man aged
about twenty-five years. committed su-
lcide at Madison by shooting himself
through the bead with a revolver. He
was conducting a restaurant in part
nership with his father-in-law. and
leaves a wife. No cause is assigned for
the rash deed.
Rev. Edward NJ. Williams. for near.
~ five years the pastor Of the Congre-
gational church AT Yanktcn. greatly
surprised his congregation recently by
reading n letter reSigning his pastor
ate, to take effect Anril ). He is in
ill health, and in justice to himself
feels compelled to retire from the min.
istry.
George /. Salmons of Aberdeen has
~ iANu libli a IMP ilAo NNiltUtkN
and Tennessee, where he went with a
view of locating. He returns fully
satisfied with South Dakota, and says
lie has no desire to locate among in
habitants without ambition or on soil
o poor to raise its first crop without
fertiliZing.
Brittcn has organized and VIII in
a. prNnvn4a ~ prF4Vn. 49,. AL ny.
trio Light company with a capital
stock Of S3,50O for the purpose of ope-
rating an artcsian well. a water works
system and an electric light plant at
that place. The incorporators are
MeSsrs. Hamilton, Stokes, Backler,
Hurd and Cooper.
A few miles northeast of Miller is
nearly 500 acres of land covered with
prairie dogs. \ party named Robin
o last fall caught and saved alive
fifty of them. and neNt spring expects
to catch 500 more. when he will start
on the road. Those he has are stored
away in a large box covered with
Ray, the little fellows sleeping through
the winter in such condition like a
raccoon.
DIR. Buchanan or Yankton has been
notified by the war department that
Chauncey Owens Of Company C, who
was returned here from San Francis
co on asick f~urlough. was ordered 10
report for duty at Fort Niobrara as
soon as able. Owens has been very
sick with typhoid fever. suffering sew
eral relapses. The physician says he
will not be able to report for duty for
at least Il month.
The Black Hills people are very de
sirous of having the state game law
ratified and made stronger. At pres.
ent there are no game wardens "a
look after the enforcement of the
laws, and hunters do about as they
please during all Of the months Of the
year. The Black Hills are the home
Of the deer end antelope. and the next
legislature will be asked to strengthen
the game law and have regular game
wardens appointed.
A letter has been received by the
CHEF of police from G.. II. Weber OF
Mendoza. No., claiming he is the son
of Samuel NJ. Bennett, who died OF
heart disease recently. He states his
father deserted the family at Burling'
ton. Iowa, in 1864, and no race could
be found of him, although a good dcal
of money was spent by the son in try.
lug to locate his father, The family
are all dead except the n son. The
news of the fathers death reached
him through a mysterious old man,
who gave his wife the information and
then disappeared without divulgine
his name or the source of his informa.
tion.