Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-02-16
CONDENSED NEWS OF STATE
Continued from page A.
Editor Nash Of Canton Dead,

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Editor Nash Of Canton Dead.
N. G. Nash, editor of the Sioux
Valley News, at Canton, died at his
home after an illness of several months,
Wednesday, February 8. Deceased was
one of the pioneer editors of Dakota,
one of the best known and highly
esteemed member of the fraternity. He
was the father of state superintendent
Of public instruction, G. w Nash. The
funeral occurred Friday.
Seed Grain.
The interest in better seed grain is
spreading into every part of the OAK
otas and promises to do much for next
years crop. Men who two month ago
had no thought of not sowing the rust
stricken, shrunken seed they had on
hand are now either IN POSSESSION of
good plump seed, or are looking it up
carefully Those who fird it very
difficult getting better seed than they
have are cleaning over a great many
bushels in order to get out the little
plump grain there is in it. All this
means much to us all.
Spanish Actor Lost in Storm.
Exposed to the eliments until his eyes
We're frozen shut, aud bewildered
while ont on the open prairie, with
fierce northwest wind blowing and the
temperature far below zero mark, was
the experience of Spanish actor. who
has been entertaining the people of
some of the smaller towns Of the state,
The actor performed at the Epiphany
opera house, but the proceeds We're not
sufficient TO pay his way on the cars to
the next town, so he set out on foot,
Notwithstanding that the day was one
of the coolest of the winter. The
Spaniard wore SLOUGH hat, had no
overcoat and no covering for his hands
but light pair of mitten, and carried
satchel Some hours after his departure
two farmers, Anton and John Krem-
pge, while driving home along the road
saw at some distance near slough a
man who was running around in a
circle. Attracted by the peculiar act
ions of the stranger they went to the
spot, glance telling them the man was
freezing, and that he was out of his
mind The cold wind made tears run
from the Spaniard,s -eyes and caused
them to freeze shut. AS he could not
see, he lost the road and was wandering
helplessly about when found. The two
farmers bundled him into their wagon
and took him to their home where they
finally succeeded in thawlng him out.
Pomona Mail Sack ROBBERY.
The theft of registered letter con-
81 coo from a mail sack at Ramona
about six weeks ago, still remains a
mystery, The money was sent from
the First National bank of this city to
the Ramona State bank. The mail
sack containing the letter was slit open
with knife and the registered letter
was the only parcel distracted. The
slit in the mail sack was not discovered
by the postmaster until the following
day. The rified letter with $50 of the
81, 900 remaining was found not far
from the depot near grain elevator.
These are briefly the facts, The matter
was properly reported by the post
master and postal inspector have sew
eral times visited Ramona, but so far
as the public is informed no clue has
been located The theory in finding
the rified letter near the depot is that
the theft was committed by some pass
enger on the train while the mail sack
was lying on the depot platform, and
who ran to point near the elevator,
lookd a portion of the money it con-
tanned, afterward hurrying back to his
seat in the train and proceeded on his
journey. Bnt as the theft grows in age
and people of Ramona talk the matter
over more or less, this story seems to
fall TO the ground The owner OF the
elevator near where the letter was
found it is now said, was at the depot |
when the train bringing the letter
arrived, and went to his elevator at
about the time the supposed thief
would have gone there to rifle the
letter, and he saw no one about the
elevator, so that theory is perhaps
untenable. Many other theories have
been suggested by casual talk in the
town, but nothing tangible has been
developed unless the postal inspectors
and detectives have the thread of the |
affair in their keeping and following it
10 an end. OF course in this event the |
public would not be enlightened until
they made "killing." Uncle Sans
sleuths are generally successful in their
undertakings and the end in the case
is not yet. Later, an expressed package !