Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-02-26
South Dakota |
Gerera, State News
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General

eighty-fifth year at the home OF her
only living child, F. d. Moore, at Sa-
Tenn.
The quarantine has been lifted from
\ the last case of smallpox at Salem,
and the doctors are now busy with an
epidemic of la grippe.
Nh George Martin has sold the Red
front grocery at Aberdeen to Alex
NJ McDiarmid and George Slater. o. A.
Grifis, late Of Geddes has bought the
drug business of M. Bennett.
III Fire destroyed the Harry Peek gen
eral store at Lakeside eighteen miles.
north of Huron. The origin of the
sfire is unknown. Loss on building
and stock, $1,000; insured for $500.
81 Potter & Drake are now putting in
the casing and finishing the we'll for
Quart Anderson at Carthage, having
struck a fine flow at d depth Of 7S2
feet. The water is warm, clear and
soft.
IA Preliminary arrangements have
N been made by farmers around Madison
4 for the construction of rural tele-
phone system. One of the proposed
lines will run as far south as Went
N worth.
The board of insanity at Deadwood
has pronounced Mrs Alice Christman
n of Memo insane. She was arrested
Il several days ago for setting fire to the
" coal sheds of the Homestake Mining
company at Memo.
James Hartzell, doc" Middleton
4 and f. B. Jones Of Deadwood and ].
Il w. Boyd and Charles Boyd of Sioux
City are forming a company at Dead
VI wood for the purpose of putting Wild
N West show on the road.
n ]. G. Sheldon has been appointed
N general agent and manager for the
N Mccormick branch of the Information
al Harvester company for the north
N ern part of South Dakota. He has
r had charge Of the collections for the
company for, several years in that ter
ritory. e.. .~"
Fred C.. Seivert's house, three miles
north of Watertown, was burned, the
origin of the fire being unknown. Most
of the household goods were saved.
4 The house was valued at $1,000; insur-
ance Of $500. Mr.. Seivert moved here
from Iowa a year ago and is a wealthy
\ farmer.
Gov. Herried issued a Tequisition to
the governor Of Nebraska for al Tur-
ner, who murdered Ezra Dunlap at
4 Lead few days ago and who was
caught at Alliance, Neb. The requisi-
ton, of course, was issued before the
death of Turner, which occurred at
Alliance the following day.
On May II the A. o. u. w. grand
4 lodge will meet at Lead, and on June
9 the Masonic grand lodge will meet
there Special excursion trains will
be run and tickets will be made good
via Hot Springs. A rate OF SIS from
Sioux City and return has been made,
which will insure large crowds, which
always enjoy visiting the Black Hills,
which Is so vastly different from that
portion of the state.
Barbara Threnson, aged forty-six,
was found dead beside the road eight
miles west of Siseton. She was but
scantily clad and is supposed to have
frozen to death. She was an unmar-
ried sister of Knut Threnson, whose
two girls lost their lives in a blizzard
. a short time ago. The body lay two
DAYS beside the road before being dis
covered. .. .. 49,,
The r. D. Smith building, occupied
by the Deadwoo6 postofice, was dam
aged by fire. The fire started in the
basement near the furnace, and two
floors were badly burned before 1t
could be controlled. The postoffice
effects were moved out and the only
foss the office sustained was in stamps
and stamped envelopes from water.
After the fire was extinguished the
office was moved back. The damage
TO the building was $4,000 and to furni-
ture $4,000, all insured. @#.@.
The officials of the United States
land Office in Watertown have received
the past two or three weeks over 500
INQUIRIES concerning tract OF $40
acres of land in Codington county
which was reported to be vacant. The
report was published in Twin City
paper several weeks ago, but is erro-
neous, as there is not q vacant foot
of land in Codington county. Over
half of the Inquiries are from dis
lance, and one man came 200 miles
for the express purpose OF filing on
the land. Codington county land Is
worth from $40 to $40 an acre.
A new town named Loomis has been
located eight miles northeast OF
Mitchell on the Milwaukee road. About
a dozen buildings have been erected
and business is carried on. grain
company has put up an elevator ana
other additions are to follow April
cation has been made to the postofnce
department for pcstoffice, and there
are half dozen candidates Tor the
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