Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-04-13

I.iIH IOHt al a.
an,i dealers have been obliged TO dole
ont a few hundred pounds TO their GUS
toners from time to time. In order 10
make their small stocks 90 as far as
possible.
reminder of the old and bitter
| DAYS Of county seat fights Is the REFER
ence by the editor OF the Parkston
Courier 70 the editor OF his esteemed
,.optemporary' as a poor, little, sawed
Off fat-pated. broad-mouthed, meddle-
some biped and concentration or rot.
This place has 3 .eea chance OF Sc
curing the Augustana College. ms after
careful consideration. the college au-
Ithorities have concluded that the in
ducements offered by Hudson are more
liberal than those offered by any other
town.
There is fear that there will be a Sc
we're overflow of water in n few days
when the snow melts off from the
mountains west of peadwood. People
living on the lower flats of the city and
along the creeks which come down
from the mountains are making prepa-
rations 10 move out suddenly.
Charles Pankow. young son OF Alder
man Pankow of Sioux Falls, who dis
appeared from home a short time ago,
has been heard from at Prairie du
Chen. Wis. He says he decided To
visit his grandfather in the East. and
knowing his parents would object 10
his leaving school now, took this means
of gratifying his taste for travel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeremiah Lobb, who
have created a sensation in Lead. have
gone 10 keeping house. Mrs. Lobb
came from Michigan in response 10 In
formation sent her by a friend. and
found her husband living with a Mrs.
Rogers. The matter has been settled
and Mrs. Rogers has left for her home
in Michigan.
Brule county does not w one dollar
of bonded debt. She paid her war
rants up TO last July and another call
Is 10 be shortly issued 10 take up some
more. With another harvest the
" will be out of debt And she pos
sesses artesian wells and other county
property to the mou of $4,000.
While William Wird and Edward
Crockett OF Meade county We're show
ing some wolf hides to the county au-
l NllOT III the COURTHOUSE III SiuISlS. II
revolver fell out of Crockett's pocket
and one of the cartridges was dis
charged, the ball striking the man be-
low the knee, SCATTERING n bone and
passing through the other.
The remains of a human body were
found while making an excavation for
a cellar nea the Catholic cemetery at
Deadwood. and the oldest residents of
the city have no recollection of n burial
at that place. 1t Is believed that il Is a
body OF one Of the first pioneers who
came 10 Deadwood in the early sew
enties.
John Davis Of Willow Lakes has
been bound over To the next term OF
the circuit court OF Clark county for an
assault upon James Davis. The de-
PENDANT went TO the home OF Davis and
attempted by force TO take away his
oldest child, the mother having left
Davis ~ already taken away two
younger children. The father objected
TO the proceeding and was assaulted.
State Senator George w. snow is n
candidate for the position of depart
ment commander q. A. X. of South
Dakota, TO be elected at the state en-
campment 10 be held In Hot Springs
in June. He is commander of the
Grand Army post AT Springfield. He is
one OF the oldest residents of the state
anu was among the youngest To enlist
in the war of the rebellion.
There is a great shortage of hay all
over this section of the state and ex-
travagant prices are asked for hay by
hos having il for sale. Stock has
suffered 10 some extent and in some
cases there has been considerable loss
On the whole, the loss viii be small.
ana as the ranges are now getting free
from snow cattle will be able TO pick
a good living from this time on.
The locomotive which ran into and
Killed a man named O'Hara and seri-
ously injured a companion named Me-
Canary u mile southeast OF Esmond
a Few days ago, is the same one which
telescoped a passenger coach at Ar
hngton about two years ago. killin.
Conductors -Addington and Hosac and
one passenger. As a slaughterer OF hu
mainly. this engine appears to be max
I ing a record.
Young Mems Christian Association :
connected with educational institutions
! II colleges i'm South Dakota closed n
three days convention at Huron Mon.
day. Delegates to the number of fifty
! or o were present and the gathering
was an interesting and profitable one
) As much OF the work Of the orcanjza.
, ton is done by committees. very few
/ speeches We're made or lengthy pa,,ers
) read: everything was business. from
, start 10 finish.
Miller is -experiencin. a scarcity Of
coal and a decided shortage OF pota.
toes. owing to the unprecedented and
unexpected cold March with the deer
snow. The Sioux City commission
: men. who shipped hundreds of yearlinr
calves here about March LIST. at the end
of what was supposed was ,and usually
Isl a mild winter. placing them with
farmer: :s- meeting with loss. as TN,
hay Is giving out near town.
Mayor Hute OF Aberdeen has received
a letter from the committee in charge
OF the funds for the erection Of a ma.
uonal monument in honor OF the sol.
, uiers II sailors who have los, their
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