Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-16

and shock resulting from a fire in her
dwelling.
A South Dakota miner has been ar
reited, charged with having committed
murders in Canada and Oregon many
years ago.
A premature blast In the Holy Terror
mine at Keystone Instantly killed Joe
Everly and broke q leg and arm for
Charles Whistler.
The United Brethren society of
Clark has completed a new $1,000
church, and a movement is on foot to
build a parsonage az a cost Of 5000.
Miss Florence La Toilette of Cham
berlain, daughter of Railroad Commits
sioner La Toilette, has been elected
matron of the state asylum for the in
sane at Yankton.
ton, found his mother, Mrs. Fahey,
lying dead on the floor when he re-
turned home. She had been seen TO
enter the house shortly before. Cause
Of death, heart disease.
The stage line between Tyndall and
Lesterville, which played an important
Part when that portion Of the state
was considered on the frontier, has
been discontinued by order Of the post
ofhce department.
The jury in the case against Mayor
r. A. Tubbs OF Alcester, after being
out about four hours, returned a YER
dict finding the defendant guilty on all
five counts in the indictment for send
ing obscene literature through the
mails.
J.. j. Salisbury, owner Of a large
stock ranch in Dearborn township, has
leased the same, and will remove with
his family TO Huron to reside. Mr..
Salisbury has purchased the David
Whirple property and a tract Of eighty
acres near by.
President Pyle, of the Black Hills
college at Hot Springs, announces that
the board Of directors has decided to
admit to the institution all discharged
soldiers free of charge, and it is ex-
pected that a number will take adj
vantage of the offer.
Grow Dog, son of Crow Dog, the In
dian who, in the 'T0s killed the famous
Sioux chief Spotted Tail, pleaded guilty
to the charge Of stealing cattle from
another Indian, and was sentenced by
Judge Garland at one years imprison-
ment in the Brule county Jail at Cham
berlain.
David X. Williamson, a farmer living
north of Plankinton, had an encounter
with a ferocious bull, and in the melee
Mr.. Williamson was knocked down
and quite badly bruised. The animal
tried to gore him. but rs he had 10
horns could only push him to the earth
with his head.
j. III. Westover, an old resident Of
Custer county, has been adiudged In
sane and he will be taken to the state
asylum as soc3 as a place can be made
for him there. He has a large family
dependent upon him and for years he
has been active in the upbuilding of
the county.
III. NJ. Adams, one Of the oldest pros
pectors in the Southern Black Hills,
dropped dead on Iron creek, fifteen
miles east of Custer. He was an old
soldier IN the Civil war and claims to
have been in the same regiment with
President Mckinley. He was sixty
! eight years old and was unmarried.
Erick Erickson Of Moody county,
who was brought to Sioux Falls by
Deputy United States Marshal GIBSON.
appeared before Judge Garland ana
pleaded guilty to the charge OF selling
liquor to Indians at Flandreau agency.
HS vas SSIALthNth W SiAlf uHNS III tbs
Moody county Jail ut Fiandreau and
fined 500.
George Washington Leedom, a Ly-
man county settler, was acquitted by a
jury in the United States court at
SIOUX Falls, OF the charge Of selling
liquor to an Indian. A similar verdict
was returned In the case of William
Grosclose, a ranchman living on Chey-
1 pnnn river indicated ON trogro.
charge. This completed the work OF
the United States court at Sioux Falls
for this term.
As Indicating how farmers around
Huron are prospecting, 1t is necessary
only to look over a few pages of the
assessment books as returned by town
ship assessors. Scores of farmers who,
three or four years ago, made no re-
turn Of assessable personal property.
have this year returned from S1,500 to
$4,000, and many of them make no hes
itancy in saying that they have in
vestn ents that are taxable.
The future of Edgemont as a sheep
center Is practically assured now, since
the movement, started some time ago,
to procure the uncompleted wooden
mill at that place for a wool ware
hOuSt, HAS betu COuSulIlIldtSu. lUSEe
were sheared in the vicinity last spring
$4,000 pounds of wool, all of which Is
shipped from Edgemont. All indica-
tons point to a much larger clip next
spring, on account Of new purchases.
Walter Cook fired two shots at
Joseph Jones and one at John Cots.
leben, and, IN consequence, has been
lodged In jail, and may have to answer
to the charge of attempted murder.
The trouble arose over n young lady,
Miss Katie CGiwell, with whom both
were said to De enamored. Cook called
Jones out OF a hotel in the heart OF the
city and opened fire on him. Colts
leben rushed between the men to sep
arate them and was also fired at.
The monthly statement Of the state
treasury shows a bond, interest and
sinking fund on baud amounting to