Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-04-26
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Aberdeen mas Just carried OH q BABY
show without a riot.
Two new brick blocks are in course
of construction at Fort Pierre.
A party of 100 Russian immigrants
has Just settled OF government land in
the vicinity of Eureka.
Bowdle is building up right along, in
spite of predictions to the contrary on
account of the advent of the new line.
A dog, evidently mad, bit three boys,
two horses. n cow and several dogs at
Arlington. The rabid animal was shot.
=. w. Snyder, one of the pioneer bust
ness men Of Arlington, has sold his
grocery store and stock to David Gran
dali.
Frank H~ollabush, in jail at Huron for
several months on sentence for grand
larceny, has been pardoned by Gov.
Lee.
The residence of John Brown. two
and n half miles east of Arlington. WIS
burned with all its contents. Loss,
$1,000; partially covered by insurance.
The new brewery built at Central,
Lawrence county, in the Black Hills. Is
now completed, and it is expected that
brewing will be started In a few days.
Marvin and John Hillock of Lead are
wanted by the authorities for the III
legged sailing of a mine and trying 70
sell it to innocent parties for a large
consideration.
The number of PATIENTS in the state
insane asylum from Lawrence ounty
ut present is forty-two, and the ex-
penses for the quarter ending March
30. are $1,9150S.
J. G. Hays Of Pierre has secured sew
eral contracts for railroad constructor
work in the northern part of the state,
and will Immediately send up a large
grading outfit.
A petition is being circulated for an
sther rural mail delivery route through
Trenton. to run straight south from
Aurora and thence east four miles, a
twenty-mile route.
A Hecla citizen. A. NJ. Mitchell, an
nounces that he has brought 1.4oo head
Of sheep through the winter with the
loss OF only twelve. lie pronounces this
he ideal sheep state.
The Grand Army post at Clark Is one
IF the first to complete arrangements
for Memorial Day exercises. G. q.
Sherwood and Il. Il. Strawder will Dc
the speakers of the occasion.
The town Of Aurora is now for the
first time in several years, said to be
without anything resembling a pig.
blind or otherwise. and prohibition, ap-
p~arently, prevails there.
The Methodists of Bridgewater, after
untiring efforts, have just succeeded ] II
paying off the last dollar of the heavy
indebtedness which has been hanging
wei the church for some time.
Lawrence Weeks, a young man about
twenty years Of age. mys~teriously dis
appeared from his home, north of VOL
sey, on the 1st inst, since which time
no trace OF him can be found.
The first ground for the new extern
sion Of the Missouri River railroad was
broken at Bowdie. and the graders are
in full swing now. A warehouse has
been erected for the supplies and office
work.
The eleventh annual session of the
A. o. II. w. grand lodge of South Da-
kota. and the sixth annual session OF
the grand lodge Of the Degree of Hon
or. will be held at Hot Springs, May 8.
The railroad ferry boat Jim Leighton,
went on n sandbar at Pierre the first OF
the week while the water was subsid-
ing. and is high and dry above the wa
ter. Considerable trouble is expected
II getting her off into the channel.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lois Struhle. who
pleaded guilty in the United States
court al Sioux Falls. March 10, TO n
charge Of sending obscene literature
through the mails. and who went to jail
in default of payment of a fine of 500,
took the poor debtors oath and Sc
cured her release.
X. N. Anderson. n business man OF
Sioux Falls, while driving, leaned for
ward to grasp the reins, ana the horse
kicked him in the face with both feet.
knocking him out Of the buggy. The
glasses he wore were smashed and por-
tons entered his eyes. His nose was
broken and a number of teeth knocked
on and he was otherwise injured
The city officials of Lead and Of Dead
wood are commencing TO look I'M the
petty thieving business in both places,
and there is liable TO be some close ex-
animation Of the work Of the second
hand stores ard cheaD junk shops. In
both cities there has been n great deal
of stealing of loose things about the
city, and they have invariably been
found in some Of the secondhand
stores.
The airship constructed by Henry
Wulff Of Aurora. under the direction OF
Henry Heintz. the inventor. has been
tested. The test did not result salts
f~actorilv. for 1t proved TO the mechanic
doing the work that 1t required too
heavy power to do the lifting" 1t has
not been decided as vet whether eff
forts will be made TO remedy. If posi-
bic. the defect. SO that further tests
will be made.
J. r. Norvell. Of the South Dakota
Holiness association. states that the
annual camp meeting, which is to be
held at Huron June % to July 3. Is ex-
pected to be the greatest religious gath
erinc ever held i'm the state. Rev. Il.
S. Durham and Il. III. Baker of Ohio.
and Bishop Joyce of the NJ. f. church.
are expected to be present, as we'll as q
great many other prominent ministers
Of different denominations throughout
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