Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-06-22
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

nation forest reserves OF Utah and pos
sibly this state.
Robert Whitefoot. arrested at Sum-
NIT for shipping diseased sheep out of
the state, was bound over at Sisseton to
the next term of the federal court.
In severe electrical storm last week
Hermon Rieck, a German farmer living
near Sisseton, was struck and killed by
lightning while on his way home in a
wagon.
John Dwyer, of Beresford, is serving
at thirty-day sentence in Jail for wife
beating. Citizens are talking Of reviv-
ing the whipping post if the offense is
repeated.
The state land department Thursday
made the semi-annual appropriation OF
the interest and income fund to public
schools distributing over $500, 900, max
ing s225 for every school child in the
state.
Bishop Stariha, of Lead. adore ssed
the delegates of the Minnesota Catholic
Order of Foresters at New Ulm, Mimi,
and thanked them for their generosity
in contributing $500 to the diocease
last year.
The state auditor has prepared a
new form of application of wolf bounty,
to comply with the bounty law of last
winter, and all are expected to use this
form in applications after the first Of
next month.
The old settlers of Hughes, Stanley
and Sully counties their annual picnic
on Marion island Thursday. Congress-
man Kinkaid, of O'Neil, Nebraska,
one of the earliest settlers, delivered
the address of the day.
Captain Senechal and Scotty Philip
the buffalo king are making arrange
ments to take part of the buffalo herd
and number of indians down the river
by boat. They will give exhibitions at
various places along the river.
The supreme court Thursday admit
ted to practice: Joseph Janoussek, OF
Lesterville, c. M. Carol, of Miller, and
w. w. Thorp, of Britton. O. A. Davis,
of Fairfax, was admitted on certifi-
cate from the supreme court OF Ohio.
Three covered wagons from Mime
sofa drawn by nine milch cows passed
through Miller last week on their way
to the country west of the river. In
addition to making fifteen miles a day
the cows furnished milk for the movers.
Martin johnson came into Pierre last
week with his wool clip from his ranch
south of White Clay Buttes. His six
big loads brought him over $l,l00
each. This doesn't look much like
starving to death on the"barren waste
west of the river.
WATERFOWL and the Chicago &North-
western railroad company, are having
an interesting scrap over opening q
street across the company's tracks
Guns, box cars derailed, railroad men
in Jail are some of the interesting
features of the case so far.
The 44x366-foot boat for the draw il
the railroad crossing of the Milwaukee
company, was launched in the presence
of about 500 persons. The boat had
been built on bank fully fifteen fee,
above the river, but settled down the
incline smoothly and easily.
J. H. Bockler, of Warner, one Of
Brown county's most progressive
farmers, recently sheared Is sheep, al
of them pure blooded Cotswolds, and
obtained therefrom an average of II
pounds of wool per head He sold the
wool for % cents pound or an average
of o. per head
The preliminary hearing of Sam Carr
| for the murder of Granville Thornton
was held last week at Yankton and
Carr was bound over TO the fall term
without bail. The story of the killing,
as developed by the testimony,is widely
at variance with the story of self
defense told by Carr.
b. A. Barnum, a farmer living near
Broadland, had a narrow escape with
his life last Friday. He was repairing
the fans on his wind mill when a sud-
den turn Of the wheel knocked him off
his feet, and if he had not caught one
of his fingers in the cogs of the wheel
he would have plunged headlong to the
ground. AS resultof his accident he
will lose one or two of his fingers.
Reports of the comptroller of the
currency on the condition of national
banks in, South Dakota on May 18th
show that since the date of the last
report the number of banks has
increased from 60 to II. Loans and
discounts increased from 81 ,2l0,737 to
$1l, 757 ,S5l. Cash reserve decreased
from 81, Ol9, 1872 to 81, OO9, 1872, and total