Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-10-08

taken, but the stamp aud money order
funds were carried away.
The village OF Coleman wants q
farmers elevator, but is having trou-
BILE in securing a site from the rail-
way company. 1t is now figuring On
condemning a site.
G. J. Boyer, a farmer living near
Greenfield, Clay county, committed
suicide by hanging. He had been an
invalid for twenty years and was liv-
ing with a brother.
The enrolment at the state normal
school at Aberdeen is much larger
than at this time last year, and will
probably increase as soon as the large
dormitory is completed.
The sum Of $4,000 has been appro-
priated for road work IN the Crow
Creek reservation. The work will be
done by Indians, who will receive $3.50
a day for man and team and $1.25 a
day for man.
The saloon of Nat Miner at Egan
was broken into and the cash register
taken out and smashed. The thieves
secured about So in change, then took
the register and left it in the doorway
Of the city jail.
Rapid City Is to have a new gas
plant and a new city hall. The city
hall Is a ~one-story brick structure with
white stone trimmings, and Is being
built with a view to receiving an adj
ditional story later.
Twenty-Five carloads o. fat cattle
were shipped from Britton recently.
The sides OF the cars were decorated
with canvas upon which was inscribed
Special stock from Britton. s. d., to
Rice Brothers, Chicago"
Mitchell's fifth corn palace was a
greater success than any yet held. The
county agricultural exhibits made the
best display in years. Edmunds, Sam
born, Dawson, Sphinx, Lyman, Buffalo,
Brule and Aurora counties are repre-
scented.
The demurrer entered in the circuit
court at Lead by S. r. Smith to the
complaint in the case Of A. McGill, who
Is suing Mr.. Smith for $40, 900 for
defamation of character, has been sus-
tanned, and the case thrown out Of
court for the present.
A fire which visited the town OF An
then caused a loss of $I5, 900. The
hardware store of G.. w. Jarrett and
the general store Of w. Fl. and H. e.
Miller were burned. The Jarrett store
was valued at $1,000, upon which there
was $4,000 insurance.
o. NJ. Foore, a pioneer settler OF
Montrose, was found dead In his bed
when one of the family went to his
room to see how he was resting. He
was seventy-six years old and had
been failing for some time. He was at
one time county judge.
The Methodist society of Centerville
Is improving it's church building by a
goodssized addition. w. Il. Ega is put
ting $500 worth of improvements ON
his opera house. Ole Anderson is
building the finest residence in town,
to cost $4,000. Work is being pushed
on the new school, and it is thought it
will be finished by Feb. L.
John Cournoyer was arrested at
Bonesteel by the Lyman county sher-
liz, charged with horse stealing, and
taken to Oacoma for preliminary hear
ing. C~ournoyer, 1t is claimed lis the
leader of a band of horse thieves who
have made it a terror for the stock
raisers of western Gregory and adj
joining counties and got his education
under the famous Jack Sully.
The Y. NJ. G. A. OF the state univer-
sity has arranged a fine lecture course
for 1904, perhaps the most expensive
and attractive ever known at yermil-
lion. Six numbers instead of FIVE are
To be given this season. The course
Is as follows: Wesleyan male quar-
tet, Durar company, m~agicians; Eu-
gene v. Debs; Roney Boys Concert
company; Thomas McCleary and SEN
ator Dolliver of Iowa. Season tickets
are on sale at So each. The course
will cost the association over 500.
Certificates of honorary membership
are being sent out by s. w. Russell,
chairman Of the South Dakota commis-
sion for the st. Louis exposition. An
honorary member has been or is to be
appointed In each county. Mr.. Russell
has the appointing o. these members
throughout the western part of the
state and the other two members of
the commission will appoint those east
of the river. Mr.. Russell has so far
named four, Henry e. Perkins, Stur-
els, Meade county; George f. Schnei-
der, Rapid City, Pennington county;
s. Il. Wilson, Hot Springs, Fall River
county, and J. e. Pitcher, Custer, Gus.
ter county. Commissioners from Law
renee and Butte counties are yet to be
appointed.
M. @. Fleming. a former resident OF
McCook county. Is under arrest on two
counts. obtaining money under false
~pretenses, a charge made by George
Miller of Ramsey, and disposing OF
mortgaged property, a charge made by