Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-01-05

OF appenuicltis.
Cavaner county blacksmiths have
formed q trust.
Dickey county wants a farmers In
stitute this winter.
Charles Weigel has been appointed
postmaster at Hebron.
Clinton Hedderich of Williston died
in Evansville, Ind, last week.
Park River has a school enrolment
of 446, Ardock lis and Forest River
III.
Mrs. Tim O'Keefe of Mimic has been
adjudged insane and committed to the
asylum.
Tne Northern Pacific is putting up
about eighteen carloads of ice at VAL
ley City.
A transfer freight line has been es-
tablished connecting Lisbon with An
selm, on the 500.
The Second National Bank of Grand
Forks will pay another dividend OF D
per cent.
The special mail service to Rock
Springs, Stark county, from Tayior,
will be discontinued Jan. 20.
The Congregational church ut Coop
"A iAaS Jh'N B'N' ~
indebtedness amounting to S2l5.
In Stark county this year 10000
acres OF land has been sold TO bona
fide settlers by the railroad company.
Fish in large quantities are being
taken with p%itchforks from the James
river rear Grand Rapids and Dickey.
Collector O'Connor, of the customs
office at Pembina. has received S,OD
in fees and commissions for the year.
The funeral OF DIR. Goulding, who
died mt Grafton from accidental drink
ing Of poison, took place at Winnipeg.
A man alleged to be Albert Weber.
wanted in South Dakota for passing
counterfeit money, has been arrested
in Fargo.
Fargo will have n special counci
meeting to decide on what matters OF
legislation are needed from the coming
session.
Five children of Joseph Basil Of Cav
alier county died In five days Of diph-
iberia. Two other children are i'll OF
the disease.
The men who were arrested for gam
bling at Fargo want II operators OF
slot machines arrested to make the
raid complete.
Walter Lee, who has been issue clerk
at standing Rock for the past eight
years, goes to Fort Berthold to accept
a position there.
Five children OF Joseph Basil OF
Cavalier county died in five days of
diphtheria. Two other children are i'll
Will the disease.
Nels Thompson of Walsh county,
who was reported as murdered, died
from the effects of ~strychnine, taken
VITA suicidal intent.
Arthur Best, the fifteen-year-old son
of Chief Best OF CasseltCn, WAS injured
in a horse race and died from the Ell
fecrs of the injury.
A second dividend has been declared
on the Citizens National Bank OF
Fargo OF 10 per cent, making a total
of 30 per cen up to date.
The 500 has established a freight
line between Braddock, the present
terminus, and Winona, for handling
shipments for Fort Yates.
AT jamestown three prisoners
charged with having sold liquor with
out a government license were held to
the United States court.
Secretary Lindeiie, of the enforce
ment league, says the raid ut Fargo
was one of the greatest scoops ever
made in the state.
Goldson was awarded a verdict Of
one dollar damages for ejectment from
IA Great Northern train, in "A suit just
tried at Grand Forks.
Game Warden Bowers has gone to
Winiston to look up the cases of some
halt, breeds who are reported to be
killing game out of season.
1t is statco the Western Union Tele-
graph company will erect n building
of its wv in Fargo to accommodate
the large force required for its .dsi-
ness there.
The coroner finds that Nels Thomp-
son of Cleveland township, Walsh
co ilty, committed suicide by taking
s~trychnine and was not murdered as
at nrst reported.
The trustees OF the industrial school
at Glendale have rejected all bids for
constructing their proposed building
ana will advertise again. Officers OF
the board were reelected.
Anton Anderson and w. NJ. Hender-
son broke Jail at Langdon. Anderson
was recaptured thirty miles north of
the Manitoba boundary and Hcnder-
son will soon be gathered in.
Twenty-Five members Of the Towner
county bar signed a testimonial to
Watterwort & Fee, the contractors who
built the Towner county court house.
The list is headed by Judge Morgan,
followed by Attorney General Cowan.
The new militia company at Ellen
dale have received their uniforms and
arms will be supplied by the state as
o as possible. Capt. Randall, in
command of the company, is a gradu-
ate of Norwich military institute, Yer
o
The new catalogue of the free public
school library at Grafton just issued
shows a list of more than $50 books.
Grafton and Casselton have secured re-
suits in the way of establishing and
maintaining public libraries that would
be creditable to other towns, even OF
larger population.
Ben Corbin, the wolf expert, has a
bill of SIP against Burleigh county
for wolf bounties. The county retired
from the wolf bounty industry some
time ago, but Corbin claims the re-
fusal of the county commissioners to
pay the bounty Is illegal, and IL they
don't pay-helI find out.
A verdict was reached In the case
of t,ildson ys. the Great Northern Rail-