Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-12-21
soUT DAKHoTA.

Extensive improvements are being
made on the interior Of the Presbyteri-
an church at Madison.
August Johnson. a Lincoln county
farmer. the other day received $1,000
for eighteen head of cattle.
Mrs. ]. X. Stowell of Aberdeen has
been appointed a member of the staff
of the national president of the w. X.
c.
Carthage Masons gave q basket so
cial a few nights since for the benefit
of the order. and realized the neat lit
tie sum Of SAG.
The school board of Vermillion has
raised the salaries of all its teachers
s. per month. the same being retroact-
i've and taking effect Sept. i last.
The Moody County Farmers lnsti-
tute. which promises to be n OF the
most interesting ever held In the coun-
ty. will be held at Flandrau, Dec. p
and 22.
Gettysburg has finished the building
for its new fire engine and the town
feels a great deal safer. as it has had
practically no fire protection whatever
heretofore.
The school attendance at Sisseton
has increased TO such an extent that
more room Is necessary, and the base
ment Of the Presbyterian church has
been secured for school purposes.
The telephone line between Alpena
aud Virgil is nearing completion. The
poles are in place, and the wire has
been strung over half the distance.
Tho limo will hn n~tnU1n1 IN Hnrnn
/ DR.. Coggin. who has been at Huron
for the past year. has gone to Seattle,
and will spend the winter on the Paci-
fc coast. He was given a farewell
banquet by X. O.. Richards and wife.
A farmer living near Alpena claims
10 have broken the record for profitable
sheep farming. One Of his flock during
the last twelve months has brought
him in just $7.42 in wool and increase.
The brick work on Mitchelrs new OPP
era house was completed just in time
TO miss the cold weather Of the first Of
the week, and now operations are be-
ing pushed on the interior and the west
front.
Black Hills Is now well represented
with athletic clubs. three having been
organized in the three leading towns,
and contests between them are being
arranged. Indoor base bal. is the test
at present.
IanktOn has awakened TO the adj
vantages Of a desipota factory at Alb
erdeen, and there is some talk Of try
ing TO get a like institution placed
there, inasmuch as that county is such
a prolific potato section.
George H. Read of Huron has pur-
chased the ID. r. Jeffris grocery estab-
lishment, one Of the oldest and largest
business interests in that part of the
state, having been established there
nearly twenty years ago.
A new state bank is to be estab-
lished Jan. l, at Bangor. Walworth
county, with the following officers: l..
W. Moody, president; A. l. Ellis, vice
president: Il. +. Amy. cashier and A.
J.. Kingman, assistant cashier.
Alexandria has rounded up a dog
thief, who has been playing havoc
with the blooded dogs in various parts
Of the state. His theft was that OF
two fine hounds from Mitchell. He
will be tried for the offense at that
place.
Chamberlain is rejoicing in the excel
lence OF her public schools this year.
which ii is generally conceded were
never in Il better condition. Much of
the credit of the situation is said 10 be
due TO the untlring efforts Of Prof. Do
derer.
Two boys at Bookings, the other
day. nearly killed another young fell
low, mauling him around upon the
ground until he was i'm such n condi.
ton as 10 be nearly at the point of
death. 1t Is not known whether he
will recover.
James Sanford Of Chamberlain is
putting material on the ground for n
nnee three-story brick building in that
city, TO be built next spring. The site
chosen is the corner opposite the Luz
cas- house. The building will be mod
ern in every respect.
The bondsmen of ex-Auditor Nelson
or Brown county have asked for n con.
ference with the county commissioners
tor the purpose OF arriving at some sort
Oh a settlement. The county board has
Dfought suit against them, and the set
tlement is undoubtedly the result of it's
prompt action.
Another prisoner was brought tn H,-
ron by Deputy United States Marshal
Collins and placed in Jail, charged with
violating the government liquor law.
Messrs. Abbott, Mitchell. Shelby and
Crandail arrested in Arlington for vi.
olating the state p%rohibitory law, were
acquitted at DeSmet last week.
sisseton now boasts of a new fire.
mems hall and a $1,000 chemical en-.
glhe. The hall is a two-story building
.he hrst floor of which will be used for
the housing of the chemical engine
storage OF hooks. ladders and other
~nre-hghting apparatus. The upper por-
tlon OF the building will be nsed for
pubic gatherings. elections, caucuses
etc. 1t will also be used for n iustice
court room and MS the meeting Mace of
the city council.
a recent decision was made at Pan.
~ oily In a case brought against \
rn,oflnation company, in which II was
seld mat q shipment NJ cola