Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-02
South Dakota
Gensra, State News
Photographed.
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committed suicide by hanging. She
was insane.
About 100 persons are attending the
Beadle county teachers institute and
summer school at Huron.
Duncan Mcmillan of sturgis had his
lace and hands badly burned by the
explosion of can of smokeless pow.
der
Bishop O'Gorman laid the corner
stone OF the new Catholic church in
Pierre. The work will be pushed
from this time on.
twenty thousand brook trout were
placed in the Pattee creek at Hudson
recently from the government hatch,
cry at Manchester, Iowa.
Rev, NJ. A Martin, pastor of tie
Episcopal church at Canton, has been
ordered by Bishop Hare to close Ehe
Canton church and so to Springfield.
Dakota university of Mitchell has
conferred the degree of doctor of di-
vinity upon Rev. L. p Hall, presiding
elder Of the Aberdeen district of the
NJ z. church.
Assessor Campbell has footed up
the equalfzed valuation of Aberdeen,
and finds it to be, exclusive of ra5s-
roads, 1,563 ZAP, an increase .over lzsit
year OF $2S5 900.
The executive committee of the
state historical society selected Fesdi-
nand j. Goodfellow of Brookings cura-
tor OF the society, position provided
by the last legislative session.
Violet Rebekah lodge of MeletSe has
elected the following officers: IN. G.,
Mrs. R G. Styles; v. G., Miss Mamie
Haven; secretary, John McCanghey;
treasurer, Mrs. Henry Richardson
A special train Of fifteen cars of cat
tie arrived at Bonesteel over the
Northwestern and the animals viii be
driven to the range on White river.
Two more trains Of cattle aresexpected
this week.
Twenty-three domestic corporations
secured charters fromrthe secretary of
state last week, with a total combined
capital of sS2,30S,O00. One of these
was capitalized at $12,000,0o0 and an
other at s5,000.0oe
r. S. Veasey of washington Springs
received dispatch from the hospital
at Lead, s. D., announcing the death
OF his brother-in-iaw, G. A Alberts.
Mr.. Alberts was one Of the best known
men in South Dakota.
Two constables who attempted Co
arrest Herman Gross twenty-five miles
north of Miller were chased off at the
point Of his revolver. The trouble
started by Gross drawing a gun on
Albert Hern of Orient
At Mayo, small place six miles
southwest of Custer, the annual Sun
day school convention of the Black
Hills will be held About 200 people
from all parts OF the Hills will assem-
BILE and camp liz tents.
Thomas Grace IS In Jail at Dead
wood on a charge of attempted nur--
der of Walter Barker cover dlsEuted
ground In the yellow Greek district.
Both men are>,<Str 'Hn0wn- Grace is
said to h2-~- mt Barker with an axe
o. the sack OF the head.
le recent shipment OF fat cattle to
Chicago markets from T'yndall was
very heavy. consisting oofssixteen. car
loads c. N. McCullum was one Of the
heavy shippers, his cattle representing
$I1,B00. Tyndan is keeping up its
record of being one of the best local
shipping stations in the Northwest
The state board of regents has
been organized by the reelection Of L
w Goodner of Pierre as president and
Irving D. Aldrich of Big Stone as sec
Rotary. The board adopted a motion
BY which the office Of the secretary
was located at the state house at
Pierre
The annual picnic OF the Old Set
tiers association of BrcadIand was
held in the Broadland grore and was
attended by large crowd of people.
The address was delivered by f.. R.
Fairbank of Huron. Games Of base
ball we're played by the Hitchcock
Juniors and the ws,isey tear. result
Ing In victory fof the former. An |
exciting contest was the game be-
tween the Huron team and the Hitch
cock team, the score being to Z In
favor Of Hitchcock.
Frank Smith is dead af Melette as
The result Of having his leg amputated.
The hearing in an interesting case
has just been finished by Referee in
The case is that of Lucy c. Koch of
Emery. whose creditors instituted an
action to have her declared an invol-
intary bankrupt. Notes given by the
to an Emery banker fig.
lred in the adjudication of the case.
4 bill for an aggregate of $3.50 was
PRESENTED by the banker to- Referee
Muller, but this was afterwards -c-
Iuced to $4,795. The referee cut this
lain allowing II at $S,2S2.S5. the bal
nee due on the principal Of loans