Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-01
SOUTH DAKOTA

'sN III Ra-.
hold a farmers Institute msae
next month, the exact date han nv
yet been decided upon. %
Rose & Allen, prominent
men OF Brandt. have sold ~ puHas
cultural implement business ~ II
son and Strangeland naas o.
Britton will have q new cro.u
the near future. A separator aN!
other necessary machinery is NV
ing placed in position. IVY
Judge Garland has anno,r
III. McCord United States comn,.'
er ut Pierre, TO fill the vacancr
by the resignation OF Fl. Zinsmas.aJ
The secretary OF state renort.
the receipts Of his departman, :.
month OF January this year are Any
those of the same month last yes,
The state land department ,s
Ing inquiries for land from pas,
men, who desire to engage in sSs
raising in this state, if desirah,s i
tons can be secured.
The Huntington Il Missonr NJ
Railroad company has filed mott
the appointment OF ]. F. Bently ~
wood, as it's resident agent in n
state.
Gov. Lee has appointed delegate.
the antitrust conference in Chicss
IN Feb. II, among them being San,'J
Pettigrew, eX-CongresSmen Free,u,,
Knowles and j. 4. Kelly.
} A special election has been CALLED !,
Oneida for the Both inst, at whis
time the question of voting bonds nj
the purpose OF taking up outstapalaI
school bonds will be disposed Of.
The Catholics Of Clear Lake al
among the latest 10 announce that MAJ
will erect n new church. Over slasn
was raised in q few hours. This M
be doubled, when work on the churA{
viii begin at once.
The South Dakota Business MAr,I
association will meet at Redield. IA,
p, for the purpose OF electing offearl
for the ensuing year and transactlnt5
other important business. Each corr
ty in the state is entitled TO five dd4
gates.
A. c. Gilruth, owner and manager n
Gilruth's department store at Wats,
town, has failed. George Partridge. ii
the Wyman- Partridge company, /,
named as trustee. Gilruth is OWN:
this concern very heavily. Assets, W
known; liabilities, about $4,000.
I James Ryan, an employe in the min
OF the Homestake company, at Lead
was struck in the face with a chars
Of giant powder, destroying the sight
Of one eye. The blast was sent OF by
a man working in one OF the ore
chutes, contrary TO orders Of the CON
pany.
John Melvill, a brakeman on Ii.
Omaha, had a remarkable escape from
instant death at Sioux Falls. He was
blown from the top Of a moyin:
freight car. the roof OF which was alS
torn off. The roof fell upon and i'm
~prisoned him. His injuries are not be
lieved 10 be serious.
Articles Of incorporation have beef
iled for the Hammond Steel and lroi
company, at Pierre. with n capital 9
k3OO,0O0 Incorporators. William ]
Coad. John ID. Briggs and Charle
Kirkham. For the Dearborn frul
company. at Pierre. with a capital Q
100000. Incorporators, f. l.. Squire
NJ. y. Orr and w. G. BottOrf.
The reason for the apparently III
provoked murder OF Milton Nelson,
farmer living near the Gregory counl
bCIder, by County Commissioners NJ. 7
Jacoby. who afterwards committed gu
eide. is a mystery. The men were I'd
warmest OF friends, and the only e.
PLANTATION is that Jacby suddenly D
came insane.
The Hon estake company has prac1
cally finished the great Ellison holsui
works, commenced over two years az
II Is the second largest plat OF u
kind on the American continent.
will not be used very soon, but III
been erected as an emergency hoisl,
be used when any Of the other hois
are out OF order.
Ladies' and girls at Sisseton are pen
terrorized by n Jack the Hugger.
suspicious character was arrested
day or two ago, but as none OF the J
dies or girls who had been the yicua
OF the "hugger's" strange antics car
to appear against him, he was !
leased. Recently quite a number IA
been chased by the hugger. wnen
the ST. Gets after nightfall.
The $500 in gold which disappear
in Sc mysterious . manner from H.
Humphreys bank at Willow Lake
Gently. during business hours, has DC
discovered on the floor beneath a %
case standing near the vault III
which the money was taken. ;.
identity Of the person who o .
money from the vault and hid X wns
1t was discovered is yet a mystery
Active preparations for rebuiidl
the burned district Of Clark IN !
spring are being made. Mr.. Deshoy'
has excavated a large cellar. ana v
erect a building 5Ox70 feet as sooh
spring opens. Others are haullng !,
terial and the prospects are that
entire burned district will be repe
with handsome brick and stone pui
inss.
In the Aberdeen Glendale whist 9
test, the Aberdeen players, Mess
Lincoln, Ball. Hobby and Sheldon,
feated Messrs. Sawyer, Crabtree' W
and Walker. 10 points In 2lS poal
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