Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-02
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committed suicide by hanging. She
was insane.
About leo persons are attending the
Beadle county teachers institute and
summer school at Huron.
Duncan Mcmillan of Sturgis had his
face and hands badly burned by the
explosion of a 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 the
Episcopal church at Canton, has been
ordered by Bishop Hare to close the
Canton church and go TO Springfield.
Dakota university of Mitchell has
conferred the degree of doctor of di-
vinity upon Rev. e. p. Hall, presiding
elder of the Aberdeen district of the
III. E. church.
Assessor Campbell has footed up
the equaliZed valuation Of Aberdeen,
and finds it to be, exclusive of rail-
roads, $1,563,742, an increase over last
year of s235 900.
The executive committee of the
state historical society selected Ferdi-
nand ]. Goodfellow of Brookings cura-
tor of the society, position provided
by the last legislative session.
Violet Rebekah lodge of Melette has
elected the following officers: n. G.,
Mrs. R c. Styles; V. G., Miss Mamie
Haven; secretary, John McCaughey;
treasurer, Mrs. Henry Richardson.
A special train of fifteen cars of cat
tie arrived at Bonesteel over the
Northwestern and the animals will be
driven to the range on White river.
Two more trains of cattle are expected
this week.
Twenty-three domestic corporations
secured charters from the secretary Of
state last week, with total combined
capital of $4,000, 900. One of these
was capitalized at S12,00O.00o and an
other at 100000.
R. S. Veasey of Washington Springs
received dispatch from the hospital
at Lead S. D., announcing the death
of his brother!in-law, G. A. Alberts.
Mr.. Alberts was one of the best known
men in South Dakota
Two constables who attempted to
arrest Herman Gross twenty-five miles
north of Miller were chased off at the
point of his revolver. The trouble
started by Gross drawing gun on
Albert Hern Of Orient.
At Mayo, a small place six miles
southwest of Custer, the annual Sun
4 day school convention of the Black
Hills will be held. About 200 people
from all parts Of the Hills will assem-
BILE and camp in tents.
Thomas Grace is in jail at Dead
wood on charge of attempted MUIR
der of Walter Barker over disputed
ground in the Yellow Creek district.
Both men are we'll known. Grace is
on the back of the head.
The recent shipment of fat cattle to
Chicago markets from Tyndall was
very heavy, consisting of sixteen car
loads. c. N. McCollum was one of the
heavy shippers, his cattle representing
$1,000. Tyndall 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
bv which the office of the secretary
was located at the state house at
! Pierre.
The annual picnic of the Old Set
tiers association of Broadland was
held in the Broadland grove and was
| attended by large crowd OF people.
The address was delivered by A R.
Fairbank of Huron. Games Of base
ball were played by the Hitchcock
| Juniors and the Wolsey team, result
4 Ing In VlCUUIy lpi hhC All LhSs" <AA
exciting contest was the game be-
tween the Huron team and the Hitch
cock team, the score being 5 TO in
favor of Hitchcock.
Frank Smith is dead at 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-
untary bankrupt. Notes given by the
defendant to an Emery banker fig-
! nred in the adjudication of the case.
A bill for an aggregate OF $5,340 was
presented by the banker to Referee
Muller. but this was afterwards re-
duced tos$4,795. The referee cut tkis
claim allowing It at $S.2S2.s5. the bal
ance due on the principal OF loans
made Mrs. Koch. The claims OF the
other creditors, among them a NUM-
.~.l~toaaya Hrunc wora allnwa1