Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-17

Henry Swanson, near Fairyiew, was
attacked by a vicious bull and serious
ly If not fatally injured.
Indictments were returned at Dead
wood against John Al. Percival for sell
ing liquor without a special license.
and against Severn Nelson, Hiram
Woodbury.. d. A. Painter, Roam Eagle
and Charlie Hawk for selling liquor to
Indians.
Mrs. Anna Hull OF Beadle county
was arrested on complaint of w. p.
Fell, who charged her with with carry
Ing a weapon and threatening him. II
is said the difficulty resulted from i
misunderstanding between two admin
istrators Of an estate.
Mrs, w. d. whitney of Mil,bank
committed suicide by shooting herself
through the head. For some time she
has been in poor health and at times
was melancholy, and it is thought she
was not in her right mind. She was
sixty-six years Of age.
The three men accused Of Illicit dis
tillation OF liquors. George Coy, John
Strickland and William Tufts. were in
dicted by the United States grand jury
at Deadwood and pleaded not guilty.
The trial will take place during the
present term of court.
George King. formerly a railroad
hand at the little town of Fairview.
was convicted I'm the circuit court at
Canfon IF ht1r0to =, ~ tho e.r4 ~.~~
He broke into a car and stole a guam
tity of clothing. He will go to the PEN
itentiary for five years.
The vein of oil struck In the artesian
well being put down at the court house
a, Huron. and which caused q little ex-
element recently. proves to have been
of little consequence. AS the drill went
down the flow of oil diminished and
has now about disappeared.
The tax levy fixed by the board OF
county commissioners for Lawrence
county this year exactly offsets the
SO per cent increase in valuation.
Where the general levy last year was
is mills 1t is 10, thereby decreasing
one-third, which corresponds with the
increase.
b. E. Beers. who has been agent for
the Milwaukee road at Lake Preston
for five years, has resigned and Il. J.
Olson. formerly freight agent at Mad
ison. S. d.. takes his place. Mr.. Beers
is secretary OF the Tenderfoot Gold
Mining and Milling company, and will
devote his whole time to the mining
business.
Several well-kHown residents Of
Spearfish valley were arrested by
Charles Graham, deputy fish and game
warden. charged with failure to com
ply with the law requiring screens to
be put in at the head OF irrigating
bitches. Among those under arrest
are +, II. Evans. Fred Eccles and Har.
ry Gregg.
Merchants and land men have SAM
pies OF corn of yellow and white vari.
cites which show that fully one.haIf
Of the corn in McCook county is beg ond
the reach of frost. Corn is maturing
very rapidly. The ears are plump and
well filled. The yield will be very
large, estimates varying from fifty
bushels All acre up.
The present year is the most avor.
able ever known for fruit around Rap.
i'd City. Wild fruit has ripened In
abundance and there has been q larger
production of cultivated fruit OF all
kinds than in any previous year Chris
Thompson estimates he will have 200
barrels Of apples which grew and rip
ened without irrigation.
Arrangements were made for dedf.
eating the Carnegie library building
at Mitchell on Monday, Oct. s. BY tina
opening day OF the corn palace, Tues.
day, Sept. %, the stone work on the
new city hall building will have pro
crossed far enough so that the corner
stone can be laid, and the city council
has selected that day for the cerc
mony.
Judge Jones signed a decree OF al.
vorce whereby Mrs. Alice Barnette
Webster was freed from the matrimo-
NAL alliance with Lester Theron Web.
ster of Warren county, Iowa. This ia
another of the Sioux Falls divorce col.
ony cases. having been tried in cham.
bers and coming to the public only
with the filing Of papers in the decree
at this time.
Norbeck g. Nicholson company, deep
well d~rillers. with main once In Red.
field has just completed a flowing well
in Campbell county on the H. r. Hunt
er ranch, at a depth of 1000 feet. The
well flows strong and clear, and with
the water m a strong dow Of gas.
This is the deepest well flowing In the
Dakotas. and marks a new era In deep
we'll drilling. The work was done 10
less than thirty days.
The Madison police are kept busy
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