Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-12-19
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ously injured in a runaway.
The state land department has issued
fifty-eight patents to final purchasers
OF state lands.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank
of B~ridgewater 1t will be
converted nj a national bank.
John w. Doherty, United States dep
uty surveyor. has just completed a con-
tract on the Pine Ridge Agency.
Wisconsin men have purchased the
Lighter ranch, near Ipswich, and will
stock it with several thousand sheep.
For the first time in fifteen years IL
cense has been granted for operating a
billiard hall n bowling alley in Ver-
million.
The state treasurer mas received from
the national government a draft for
$2.9S7. &c for national aid to the state
soldiers home.
Brown county commissioners have
decided to let the making of the plans
for the aew court house TO Kinney az
Detweiler OF austin, Mimi.
Rev. John j. Henchey, assistant pas
tor of the Catholic church at Beresford.
died OF typhoid pneumonia He was
ordained at Buffalo last June.
Senator Kittredge states that the
plans for the Aberdeen public building
will be completed and work on the
foundation commenced April 1.
Parties from Minnehaha county are
preparing TO open up o large stock
ranch northwest of Ipswich. They have
acquired over 2,oo0 acres of LAND.
Pensions granted: Henry A. Phil
hps. Alexandria. $50; Paterson Pierce.
Hudson, IS: Alexander ID. Wipf. Free
man, s17; Robert Hill. Starcher. $40.
The laying of the pipe for the Center
vile sewerage system a at last been
completed, but there yet remains some
ten blocks Of water mains to be laid.
III. III. Pike and his son. Morris Pike.
of Yankton. have completed the pur-
chase of a farm of $500 acres In Hutch
inson county, which they will improve.
Ar artesian well has been sunk on
the Ace Webster ranch in the northern
part of Brown county. A fine flow of
water was struck at a depth Of 1850
feet.
Rev. Mr.. Sass of Hoven is proving a
terror to b~ootleggers. Mat Hoven was
arrested ON complaint of the clergy
man. for selling liquor without a IL
cense.
The total number of homestead en-
tries for November at the Huro a
office was 1876, the majority being for
land in the southern part Of Hyde
county.
A special meeting will be held at Mt.
Vernon on the 23d for the purpose OF
voting upon the question Of issuing
bonds for the construction OF a public
building.
w. G.. Milliken, J. M. Johnson n
Frank Baker were selected as a COM
mittee to order instruments, and the
Alpena band will be doing business
in a few weeks.
The big annual hunt of Buffalo Bill
and party has closed. The party hunt
ed in the Big Horn mountains, and Sc
sured four elk. six deer, an antelope. q
lynx and a bear
Rev. Father Nichols OF Mission Fill,
one OF the oldest divines in the state. is
reported quite i'll at his home. He Is
suffering from impaired digestion and
general prostration.
The city coucil OF Deadwood has
granted a franchise to furnish the city
with gas, using the gasoline cold pro-
cess. to Colby & Tenney, OF the Practi-
cal Gas company of Chicago.
The Congregational church fair at
Yankton closed Tuesday evening, after
a most successful season OF two days.
The receipts were in the -neighborhood
Of $500, and the expenses about $50.
The city council of Parker has taken
official action towards raising the sum
OF $40, 00c. which the city agreed TO con-
tribute towards the erection OF q new
ocurt house. to cost not less than $780,
900.
Matthias Marty. a pioneer resident OF
Brule county, a just sold his s00-acre
farm, seven miles south of Kimbali. at
the highest price ever paid for a SINH
lar trs ct OF Ian in the county-slS per
acre.
President Sarling, of the Milwaukee.
has ordered the refund OF 81. 900 to the
citizens of Redfeld. TIE amount was
contributed to assist the company in
moving it's station nearer the center OF
the city.
w. III. Wells OF Lead. who has been
In the hardware business in several
Black Hills towns. has fallen heir TO q
large fortune through the death OF an
uncle. the first draft for $4,000 having
beeh received.
Miss Edna Davis. daughter OF J.. j.
Davis of Tyndall, and Noah Edwards.
ST., of Frankfort. s. D., were married
last week by Rev. Mr.. Stamp. They
will live in Frankfort, where the groom
is in business.
Charles Goblin. in default OF bonds for
his appearance al Deadwood to answer
to the charge OF having m~aliciously
broken plate glass in the door OF a
saloon. has been lodged in the Law
renee county Jail.
The marriage OF Miss Malou Good
rich to Charles A. Grippen. which took
place at the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur M. Stewart in Hot Springs. on
Tuesday evening last. was the social
event Of the season.
c. G.. Skinner, who was arrested at
Hurley a few days ago by officers from
Brule county on a complaint filed by a
Kimball bank, charging him with hay- 4
ing sold mortgaged property. has been
held In bonds OF $500.