Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-28
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

DeadwoOd dispatch says that Jerry
Harrington, of that city, has paid $l0,-
600 to Mrs. Alma Tomlinson, of Quincy,
ILL.,, for package of letters which she
threatened to use in breach of promise
suit against him.
A prairie fire accidently started by
section men spread over tract two
miles long and half mile wide, three
miles west of Aberdeen. Much hay
was destroyed but no other damage of
consequence was done.
Anna Nevela, domestic, was found
dead Friday at Lead in an outhou =,
with her throat cut Nothing is known
as TO how she met her death but from
appearances she was murdered. The
officials are investigating.
Q. w. Manning, the pickpoeket who
relieved a man of $40 in broad day light
at Madison one day last week, was
given hearing and bound over to the
circuit court for firand larceny and his
bail was fixed at $500. He went back
to Jail.
VIM. Allen, of Redfield, lost his
thresNing separator by fire Tuesday.
They were threshing near Frankford in
smutty wheat when an explosion took
place. The separator was completely
burned. 1t is supposed match or hor
bearing was the cause.
The state auditors office has COM
pleted the issuance of warrants for vol
bounty claims for last year, having
sent out warrants to the amount of 81
cents on the dollar on all claims filed,
that being the amount due under the
pro rata provision OF the law.
Trains will be running between the
Hills and the Missouri river by the first
of the year, officials of the Northw est
ern railroads say. There is no doubt
but that work will be begun by the first
of October, as was planned. Two
grading outfits have arrived on the
grounds and will be ready for work in a
few days.
An application has been filed before
the board of pardons for recommenda-
ton Of release from life sentence for
murder by Christian Ohristianson. He
was sentenced from Clark county on
the charge of having murdered his
wife. His case will come before the
board of pardons at its meeting the 4th
of next month.
Sixty thousand head of cattle is the
total outshipments expected from Belle
Fourche this season. 1t will take five
millions of outside money to pay for
the stock shipments from that point
this year. 1t is no wonder that the
railroad corporations are hurrying to
get into that rich carrying trade as soon
as possible.
Another fire has ragged northeast of
Miller In the fields and it is supposed TO
have originated from a cigarette in a
hay field. Ii destroyed oats and spells
at Edgar Smith, grain stacks at James
Stevens and would have no doubt con-
sumed new church had not corn
field checked the flames so they could
be subdued before reaching it. The
fire ran three miles.
The great crops in the vicinity of
Langford have made urgent the erection
of large elevator at that place and a
company recently organized by the
the farmers in that vicinity is putting
mp a building with capacity of $1,000
bushels. 1t will be equipped through
out with the latest machinery and
appliances for handling grain, and will
be completed and ready for operation in
about two weeks.
At Bradley the hight watchman was
held mp in the night and told to hand
over his gun. This he did and was
then compelled to keep company with
bic captors while they robbed Stewards
store of several pairs of shoes and other
articles. After the robbery the holdups
took the night Waterman with them az
far as the elevators, then gave him his
gun and told him if he did not keep
still they would come back and "get
him." A reward has been offered for
the return of the goods.
The twentieth annual convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance
union of South Dakota, after being in
session for several days at Sioux Falls
came to an end Friday evening. At a
business session the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Luella A. Ramsey,
Woonsocket; vice president, Mrs. Floy
Cochrane, Brookings; corresponding
secretary, Miss Grace Van vleet, Hart
ford; recording secretary, Miss Ruby
Smart, Washington Springs; treasurer,
Mrs. +. A. Bidwell, Mitchell. Rapid
City was selected as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting of the