Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-07

1oNeTuOr MlChty, Vi Neufhshus uuS
honored the requisition of the South
Dakota authorities for Thomas Gram.
wanted at Huron for the alleged theft
of a gold watch and clothing from Ed.
Ferneau. Cram has been In Washing
ton county, where he was arrested.
BY order of the authorities Of Pierre,
all slot machines in fhe city have been
taken out, and it is announced they
will be kept out in the future but such
moves in the past have % been long
lived, aud it is a question whether the
present ban will remain in force any
longer than those in the past.
Samples of free milling ore of the
richest kind have been shown on the
street of Deadwood taken from a new
strike just made by some Slovenian
employees OF the Homestake company.
The strike was made on the property of
j. T. Gilmore and associates Of Dead
wood, known as the Montezum's mine
located in the city limits. While exca-
waiting the ditch, the Slavonians broke
from the top of a vertical ledge, pieces
of gold sticking out from the rock like
5-cent pieces. 1t is considered a remark
able discovery and IL causing a great
deal of interest there. The vein Is sup
posed to be parallel with the big Home
stake lodges and the find rivals those.
made in the early days at the Father
DeSmett and Caledonia mines. 1t will
be thoroughly developed and the pros
poet is that a big mine will be opened
within a short distance of the post
Office in Deadwood.
The Security Bank of Faulkton, has
begun proceedings in the circuit our
Of Beadle county that will be of more
than passing interest 3 school officers
and township school boards throughout
the state. An action is brought to
enforce the payment OF u bond to the
amount OF $500 issued by the school
officers Of Cavour township in 1884.
The bond was issued before Cavour
township vas organized Oh the town of
Cavour was incorporated. A charter
of incorporation was issued in 1888, aud
a separate school board was formed
within the corporate limits of the town.
The indebtedness of the former school
district was divided and the village Of
Cavour was released from liability ON
the bond here referred TO. Interest was
paid annually till the time the bond fell
due, when the money to redeem the
bond was placed in the bank and
holders of the bond notified to forward
it to the bank for payment. This they
failed to do. and since 1899 until the
time of bringing action holders Of the
bond failed to comply with the request
but nov bring suit to recover not only
the $500 claimed to be due, but COM
pound interest aggregating $418. The
school officers of the township signify
their readiness to pay the face of the
bond, but will not pay the interest
assessed as herein stated, claiming their
notice Of intention to redeem was given
by advertising the money deposited and
that it was no fault of the officers that
the BOND was not redeemed.
Physicians in this part of the state
have been puzzled by a peculiar case.
that OF a man who, after having con-
WILSON'S from some unknown cause,
went into a comatose state, in which he
remained for a period of about ninety
hours, and then regained consciousness
and began life where he left off at the
time he experienced the first convul-
sion. The man who had this strange
experience is George Crooks, OF the
little town Of Crooks, one of the new
towns on the South Dakota Central
railroad. He is the son of w. a.
Crooks, a deputy sheriff, whose home Is
in Sioux Falls. Young Crooks, who is
a leading business man Of the town
bearing his name, spent the evening at
his home and retired about 8 O'Clock in
MS ubuHl HeditH. ADOut an uOuI idttt
he was taken with commissions and
physicians were summoned. His jaws
became rigid and he went from one
CONFUSION into another. The symp-
toms were similar to those of lockjaw,
but there was nothing to have caused
lockiaw. The physicians worked over
the strangely afflicted man until 5
O'Clock ID the morning before master
ing the commissions. He then became
unconscious aud remained in that CON
dition for about ninety hours. The
attending physicians pronounce the Ease
one of the most peculiar ia the ir expert
ence. They state there was every
indication Of strichnia poisoning. but
Mrs. Crooks and other members of the
family were positive he had not eaten
anything which was affected by this :
poison. When least expected Crooks
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