Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-03-09
SOUTH DAKOTA

Mrs. Hculgate. wife ,f n.
Houlgate, of the Methodist a ass.
Pierre, died suddenly of hemorrnaa
the lnngs, caused by grip.
The dwelling house Of pa,u.
ley, several miles southwest ~
ard, was burned. With tha os @ nv
of neighbors, all the clothing ara
niture was removed. aAa
In the fire hich consumed Il.
OF III. III. Ninton Mt Wakon5a M
Ing a loss of about $4,000 II,
ton lost his war records ana NJ
papers. pS4a
Joseph, the fifteen-yearold =.
City Treasurer John Olson az \
Falls, who fled with over S1no assY
fathers money, and who was can,.s
at Cherokee, Iowa, has been tapea
the state reform school at plansi~s
by Deputy Sheriff Meyer.
The members OF the Blscr =.
troop OF Grlgsby's Rough Riders
expecting TO receive word M anr -
to re-enter the service. Nearly ess
man would re-enter the service
vided he could be assured a tris
the Philippines and active service
William McCarty and an Ina
named Crow Dog broke jail AZ tS,s
berlain and have not since been I
captured. The other prisoners in h
Jail refused TO go, but advised the ~
uty sheriff of the Jail delivery pa
the men were United States prisons
Henry Murray, late quartermss.
Of the South Dakota regiment. arsu1
in Sturgis last Tuesday. His resign,
ton n solely on account of ill-heaes
Il. II. Hull o. Huron has gone I
Washington on business connes.
with suits in which the South Dass,
Railway commission is interesia
pending In the federal courts.
Dennis O'Leary, a driver on
Yankton omnibus line, while driyisI
his bus to n Of the depots, was sM,
denly stricken with paralysis OF M
heart, and died before the manager n
the nne. who was inside the 'bsy
could stop the team ard reach his sg,|
O'Leary came from Sioux City, wharl
he once owned several hacks.
Bids were opened at the Indian n
flee, Washington, for the erection a
new school buildings Mt the Flandra
Indian school, South Dakota, as f|
lows: Owen q lille, Minneapo9|
$21,950; Elan Miller, lie Mars, losl
$19.415; j. j. Keefe, Sioux City, Iowa
2 1880; NJ. IL. Bush, Des Moines, low
$19,95o.
II. l.. Woods. who formerly reside
OF his farm near Wessington, Just /
the edge OF Hand county, and who ID
several years has been In the empt.
of the Adams Express company, wiz
headquarters at Chicago, has deeds
TO return to farm life, and is arrans
ing 10 establish a sheep ranch on b
possessions In Hand county, begi
ming operations about the first
April.
Last spring a large number Of souu
crn quail were brought into DeadwV
by sportsmen from Lead and Dea
wood. They planted down inu
valleys. Reports from the VALE
state that the birds have increased
astonishing numbers. The gun ca
of Belle Fourche last week sent fr
large number Of the birds, and IN
will be planted on the Belle Fourc
and Redwater rivers
1t Is learned upon good author
that n petition has been circuial
among citizens of Speartish ask
that the state school of mines OF Tia
City be closed. the reasons given be
the great cost of educating the
! dents at the school and the grea
Importance of making a large apI
priati0n fer the normal at Spearl
The petition will be sent TO lie
The friends of the school of mines
indignant at the Spearfish moyen
ID. A. Scott, a prominent BUSH
man Of Sioux Falls. was ASSAULTED
washington by w. III. Rogers and D
en- seriously with n %pitchfork han
Pat Mcdonald, the sheriff of the g
ty, was present and rescued Mr.. y
or he would have been seriously
JtANh. IAREtiS was dlItSttu anu ~
ell guilty. but escaped from the SD
before judgment could be- entered
The sheriff is now searching for
ers.
Sheriff Kemplay OF Rock Rapids
returned from Walkerton. Can,
the forger, w. III. King. who pass
forged draft on the First Natl
Bank Of that city last fall for
since which time he has been hidin
Canada. He made a desperate
legally, but had to come. His par
A. j. Canabar. was captured In
Huron, Mich, In January, and
been in Rapid City for abou
month. Their trial will come Of
the April term.
Fifteen years ago two prospet
were employed in the different ca
I'm the Northern Black Hills in dig
for placer gold. They were ma
joe Gimp and Ed Anderson. A J
was received last week by DeadS
parties from the Buffalo Hump
ing district, In Idaho, stating that
prospectors bearing the names Of
men formerly prospecting In the .
Hills, bad sold n claim for over :
600 to capitalists from Spokane
Helena.
A fire in the basement of the I
Day saloon at Armour caused COZ
cradle damage to the building
some to the stock. The fire was
doubtedly set, as there was no III
the basement and nothing which 9
case paoue cnmhusti0n ST