Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-17

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SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
South Dakota Boy Wins at oxford.
A London telegram says: At tn
Oxford freshmen sports last week, TN
Young, Of South Dakota, a Rhodes
scholarship student, won the long juml
with 20 feet s inches, also the hurdl,
race.
Into the New Abiding.
The city council of Mitchell held 6
meeting Wednesday evening and tran
sacted routine business, passing the
usual number of bills. The city hal
committee was notified to arrange fol
the removal of the offices TO the city
hall building at once.
Just Pierre's Way.
Right along with the election news
comes the report that Peerless Pierre
has seat 1925 to the Children's Home
at Sioux Falls. What other town in
the state, while graphing in a life and
death struggle for self preservation,
would have taken time to notice a
charity, however worthy.
First Governor Still Living.
There are possibly few people within
the state who are acquainted with the
fact that the first territorial governor
of the Dakotas is still alive and a resi-
dent OF Springfield, Illinois. Ex-Gov-
ernor VIM. Jayne, or as he is known by
the citizens of Springfield, DIR. jayne,
is now a man ia his seventy-ninth year,
but still robust in his physical character
and actively engaged IN business pur-
suits.
Gone to Panama.
Senator Kittredge left South Dakota
on Wednesday last, for u three weeks
trip to Panama. He went by way of
New York, where he will join the other
members Of the party. The object Of
the trip is that the committee become
acquainted with the manner in which
the governments money is being spent,
and the progress of the work on the
ditch, that they may report to congress
when it convenes.
Broke Jail.
On Friday of last week two persons
escaped from the county Jail at Sisseton
Sam Ortley, held for horse stealing, and
Thos. Gale held for taking part in the
burglary at Wilmot. They escaped
througl SAe fire escape but just how
they managed to loosen the iron bars is
a mystery unless someone from the out
side assisted them. At this writing
they are still at large and Sheriff Dahl
is using every effort to locate them
Lead Episcopal Church Burns.
Fire destroyed the handsome Episco-
pal church in Lead last week. Only
walls remain standing, the building
being completely Quilted. The loss
reaches 10000, with but little :nsur-
ance. A defective furnace aue was
responsible for the blaze. The elegant
pipe organ is a total loss. Foar years
ago the Episcopalians suffered a similar
loss. The iremen had hard work in
combining the blaze to the one building.
Telephone War Now at an End.
The local telephone war, which has
been carried on at Marion for the pas,
two years, between J. A. Steninger, OF
Parker, ON one side and the Marion
Telephone company on the other. seems
10 have been settled at last, and indica.
tions are that Marion is again to have
but M local system, and that a good
one, instead of two half systems. The
settlement was brought about by the
purchase of the Steninger system by
the local company, the consideration
being about ~, 500, which is said to
carry with it all the splendid rural and
toll line connections heretofore enjoyed
by the patrons of the Steninger system.
3 Well a Death Trap.
Mrs. George Harris, Of Powell, town.
ship, Edmunds county, met a horrible
death while driving home at night from
the home of her sister, who is sick.
There is no living witness to the acct.
dent, but it is surmised that tbs horse
strayed from the road and passed close
enough to an old well to allow the
buggy wheels to strike it, tipping Mrs.
Harris ont. The well is about four feet
wide and nine feet deep aud contains
about five feet of water, and when
searchers found Mrs. Harris the next
day she was sitting in the bottom Of it,
dead. Her husband and children felt
no alarm at her failure to return, as
she frequently remained over night
with her sick sister. When the husband
arose in the morning and discovered
the empty buggy and horse at the
stable door he was alarmed and immed.
lately commenced a search, but it was
some time before the body was dis