Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-11

from Deadwood, was seriously MANNED
| In an encounter at Whitewood with "
man named John Hughes. His In
| juries are not considered dangerous.
although he will be manned for life.
During the past year there has been
an increase OF 371 children or school
age In Sioux Falls. One of the wards
shows decrease Of six over the CEN
sus Of last year, while the remaining
five show an increase ranging from ~
to 121.
The Aberdeen city council has closed
the contract for the construction Of .
large amount of sewer extensions
with James Kennedy of Fargo Th9
job amounts to about $4,000, and Mr3
Kennedy will put 100 men on the work
In ten days.
Discharges in bankruptcy have been
granted by Judge Garland at Sioux
Fails In the cases of the following:t
John c. O'Bryan, Peever; Robert j.
Norris. Sioux Falls; Bolivar A. Rog-
ers, Ipswich; Oli-er A. Bates, Mitch
ell: George Steltz, Genesee.
Ground has been broken for the
new Carnegie library at Redfeld and
1t is expected that the work will BIO
pushed as fast as possible. w. 5. Lit
tie of Duluth is In charge of the work
and he estimates that the building
will be UP in about six weeks.
The Burlington company has set It's
iron poles along the main street Of
Lead for the extension of the electric
railway from the station up Main
street to the head. The terminal win
be near the old Fort Pierre round
house, the road travers'ng the city tn
entire length. 1t is expected the COM
pany will also build from Lead TO
Terry.
Fred Lang of Bixby, while en- route
to Sturgis last Sunday, accompanied
by his twelve-year-old son, met with
an accident while crossing the Belle
Fourche river. The strong current up
set the wagon and Mr.. Lang and his
SON were thrown into the stream.
Both had q narrow escape from
drowning. particularly the little fell
low. The team was carried down the
stream for some distance
Clifford Thur, q bus driver for the
Ward hotel at Aberdeen, has been ar
rested for the theft of $50 In cash from
the porter Of the hotel. After being
arrested no admitted having stolen
furniture from Andy Gerup while
working for hin, and to purloining $o1
from a house while driving an ice
wagon. He was sent to the reform
school when boy for stealing.
The new A. o. u. w. hall at Redtiel0
will soon be commenced. This build
Ing is to cost about $4,000. The new
$4,000 Methodist church will be built
within the next three months. These
buildings, with the new college builds
ing and the state asylum building and
the dwelling houses already started
will give Redfield more building than
any town Of its size in the state, and
In fact more than large percentage
of the larger towns.
The Chamberlain Live Stock ana
Commission company, which was In
corporated last month at Pierre with
capital stock OF $4,000, is composed
Of few prominent and influential bus-
mess men OF Chamberlain. Their
opening monthly sale Of range and na.
tive-bred horses will occur here on
June III, 10 and Is, at which time they
expect to sell from 800 to 500 horses,
and their aim is to make this a pc-ma-
nent market for range horses and
other stock with sale every month. /,
Another hearing Of the now celebva-
ted case of Mrs. Jane e. Waldron vs.
Black Tommahawk, involving the own
ership OF valuable tract Of land adj
Joining the Fort Pierre townsite. Is
being held before Special Master Lit
tie of Pierre. 1t is expected this will
be the final hearing and that the testi-
mony can soon be transmitted TO
Judge Garland for final action. Thus
far 500 pages OF typewriter testimony
have been submitted. and it is thought
there will be about 200 pages more.
Mrs. John Slatengren, living four
miles north OF Langford, met fearful
death from burning. 1t is supposed
She poured oil from a two gallon can
on fire in the kitchen range, and the
can exploded. throwing the burning
oil all about her. She escaped from
the house, which was on fire, and an
artesian we'll crew near at hand was
engaged In putting out her burning
clothing when she broke away and ran
back into the flames under the hailu.
cination that her four children were
inside, when as matter of fact they
were safe In the yard. The house
burned and her remains were almost
entirely consumed.
The Postum Cereal company OF Bat
tie Creek, Mich, purchased valuable
tract Of land adjoining Woonsocket.
paying for 1t $4,000 The president
Of the company, c. w. Post. spent sew
eral days looking over the state, and
finally decided to purchase here. It il