Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-03-28
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BereSford.
The annual reunion of the McCook
county Veterans association will he
held in Spencer. in June.
An effort is being made at Alexan-
drla to raise the sun of $1,000 for the
purpose of erecting a public hall.
f. 5. Dunn & Co. have purchased the
hardware, implement and harness bust
ness Of Underwood & Cole at Bryant.
The farm of Clark G. Coats. near
Chamberlain, is to be rafled off. Fiji
teen thousand tickets at 81 a are 10
be sold.
The German Lutherans of Arlington
are making arrangements for the con,
struction OF a new church building at
that place.
The firm Of Langlie & Ostroot of AS.
toria has been dissolved, Mr.. Ostroot
having purchased Mr.. Langlie's inter.
est In the business.
Wentworth is suffering from a hard
coal famine. The dealers have run
out, and refuse to ship in more owing
to the fact that spring is at hand.
A petition has been circulated at
Clear Lake asking the city council to
surmlt TO the voters the proposition of
leVying a 1-mill tax for library pur-
poses.
At the nnual city election at Egan,
Aprli l. the voters will express them
selves upon the proposition of refund
ing outstanding school bunds in the
sum of $1,000.
A term of the United States court
opened at Pierre recently, but it will
probably be a short one, as there are
but two cases for trial and no grand
jury has been called.
Peter Walker, charged with assault
Ing his father, nea Vermillion. was
bound over to the circuit court. He
claims he was protecting his mother
from his fathers abuse.
Four new business blocks are in
course of construction at Wagner, one
of the new towns in Charles Mix coun-
~, and a number OF new dwelling
houses are also being built.
Last week was a prolific one in the
number OF corporations chartered in
this state. T~hirty-five new corpora
N@~Ac AAiNN oA NANANSs lSpiS Srlhlll6 Oil Is
gregate capital OF s25, 295, 900.
John Shogren was found dead near a
hay stack at Vermillion. The %coroner's
jury found that death was caused
by exposure. He was addicted to drink
and had been i%ndulging heavily for
days.
c. p. Sherwood OF DeSmet, recently
appointed by Gov. Herried state dairy
and food commissioner under a law
passed by the last Legislature creating
the office, has appointed J. II. Hub
bard of %Iroquois as mis- stenographer.
Peter Aggergaard, who lives between
Irene and Viborg, enjoys the distinc-
ton Of being the richest farmer in the
state, and probably in the United
States, who has made every dollar OF
his wealth by farming. He is reputed
to be worth $500, 900.
A movement has been started to es-
tablish a cooperative lumber company
at Dell Rapids. 1t is proposed to or
ganize a stock company, with a capital
Of not less than $4,000 divided into
shares of S25 each, and no stakeholder
to b. permitted to own more than four
shares.
Col. A. c. Hornberger and Col. w. }.
Thornby returned to Deadwood from
Pine Ridge Agency, where they went
to secure Indians for the quadro-cen-
tennial, to be held in Deadwood July 3
and 4. About fifty Indians were Sc
cured, including Red Cloud, the famous
old Sioux warrior.
The arrest of Mrs. John Landon and
subsequent decision of the county
board of insanity that she is insane,
has furnished an unlimited amount of
gossip for the people of Logan town
ship, Beadle county. 1t is claimed
that the alleged murderous attack up
on Mr.. Landon by his wife was the re-
suit of a quarrel that had been brew
ing for some days.
Heretofore many stockmen have per-
mitted their herds to Craze on grass
lands belonging to n~eighbors. This
practice promises to be discouraged, as
the result of the arrest of Lambert
Tinnolt. a Campbell county stockman,
on the charge Of permitting his cattle
to Craze on grass land owned by a
neighbor named Jakob Berreth. The
case Was lIltu ny IuiS
was required to pay the sum or $lZS.oo'
The annual report of the state super
intendent Of public instruction has been
sent out. 1t shows that there are 49,.
579 school children in the state, the
seating capacity Of the school, being
11e, 743. There are 3,6i6 school houses,
the total cost of maintaining which
was 81. 1870, 913.3S during the last year
The total Indebtedness of the school
districts of the state, including cities,
is 81. 2S1. 561. 81, and the net decrease OF
the indebtedness durin gthe past year
was s112, 1895
The farmers Of Fairview township
have formed a stock company for the
construction bf a unique telephone
system, by which the home OF each
stakeholder of the COMPANY VIII De
connected, and this will then be eN-
tended to the town Of Alexandra ana
connected with the local exchange
there. Should it prove as successlul
and satisfactory as anticipatea, the
system will be extended to other rural
portions Of the county.
The defunct Bank of Plankinton mat
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