Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-04-13

The FIRST State bank of Revillo was
entered by robbers last week and the
safe blown open. A barber heard the
explosion and gave the alarm and the
robbers were frightened away before
getting any thing of value.
Three indictments were found against
Sadie @. Ford. assistant postmistress, of
Hill City, by the United States grand
jury in Sioux Falls. Two for opening
letters and one for sending an objec-
tionable letter through the mails.
In the twelve months just past forty
cars of horses were shipped from Miller
to eastern markets. AT twenty to car
and $50 horse, the receipts foot up
500, 600 AS much as $40 was recently
paid for good sized unbroken gelding.
J Among the patents recently issued
at Washington are three to South
Oak otans Wallace l.. Dow, Sioux
Falls, cement mould ding machine; Emil
Haach, Howard, corn husker; William
Weber, Washington Springs, wagon
spring.
O. 0. James, fireman on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee g. ST. Paul between
Aberdeen and Montevideo tried to COM
NIT suicide at his home in Aberdeen
Friday night over family troubles.
The bullet entered just over the heart.
He will recover.
The Huron Huronite "has it on good
authority that the Northwestern will
at once build bridge over the Missouri
at Pierre, and will push its line into the
Black Hills so rapidly that before
snow falls through trains TO Deadwood
will be running through Huron.
Cyrus B. Cook, who was under indict-
ment in the United States court for
unlawfully introducing liquor on the
Rosebud Indian reservation, jumped
bond of 81, 900 before his case came for
trial in Sioux Falls last week. J. H.
Suttle, of Aberdeen, was his bondsman.
The Hughes county commissioners at
their recent session adopted resolution
charging @. E. Besancon, clerk of
courts, with maladministration of Off
cial duty and habitual drunkenness and
instructed the states attorney to COM
mence proceedings for his removal from
4 office.
Fred Colman, champion wolf hunter
at Miller, has an order from Walter
Davis, of Scranton, Pa, for half pint
of VOLTS blood. The man is supposed
to want the blood for the cure of some
human disease, but he refused to make
known the secret Expense was no
object.
On June "a, 1902. tornado wrecked
the nearly new $4,000 Catholic church
at Beresford Sunday the cornerstone
of new and even more expensive
edifice was laid The service was in
charge of Right Rev. Thomas A. Flynn
vicar general assisted by several local
priests.
A new cattle association, organized
west of the Missouri river, has been
designated the Cheyenne River Agency
association, and has as officers: Presi-
dent, ID. " Webster, of Minneapolis
vice president, P. F Mcclure, of Pierre
secretary treasurer, @. L. Millett, of
Fort Pierre.
w. G. Terrence has been released
from the Deadwood Jail under 81 500
bail, He was being held with K. P.
Farnham for the murder of Richard
Calvin. The complaint against him
was changed from murder in the first
degree to an with assault with danger
Gus weapon.
w. @. Kiser, Jr, Father Macon
ACHE, J. d. Fargo, Fred Meyers, Jr.,
and Chas. Hillard, all of Redfield, went
hunting out in Hand county Tuesday
and bagged twenty-five Canada geese
and three cranes Father Macon
ACHE "top scorer" with fourteen geese
10 his credit.
At the time of the adjournment of
the Beadle county circuit court States
Attorney @. A.Kelley was left with five
indictments against him and his trial
was set for the September term of that
court and Judge Gaffy has been asked
by Judge Whiting to preside at the
trial of the cases.
Alfred Rlngsrud, son of A. o. Rings
rud, formerly secretary of state, fell
from Milwaukee passenger train
which was running at full speed Fri
day. He was taken to Vermillion
where it was found that he had mirac-
ously escaped with but a fractured
forearm and minor bruises.
An agricultural department expert
who visited Brookings county reports
that the farmers of thar county are