Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-10-19
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

imam there are married women. we
shall have to send for Philadelphia
lawyer to explain to us how this can be.
1t usually happens that married man
means married woman.
The bridge across the Missouri river
at Pierre will cost one million dollars,
and We'll venture the assertion that
when it is completed the citizens of the
capital city will confess that it is worth
it. The capital citizens have been
looking forward to that bridge for the
past twenty years.
Little Teddy Miller, four years of age
was drowned by falling into barrel of
water mt the rear of the house at Rock
ford. He was son of John Miller, one
of the commissioners of Pennington
county. Mr., Miller was absent from
home at the time, attending the meet
ing of the county board.
The census reports show that South
Dakota has 1882 males and 1856
females over ten years of age who are
ilIiterate. This is 2 per cent of i'll
teracy for the state. The figures show
that we are educating the younger
generation, very large proportion of
the illiterate being over twenty-one
years old
The Bradley creamery was closed
Monday and the business put into the
hands of d. w. Perry as receiver. 1t
is believed that this will only be tenn
porarily as meeting has been called
for Saturday, October 81, at 2 o'clock p,
M, and it is hoped that matters will be
adjusted so as to start the creamery
running i'll short time.
What came near proving a fatal acct
dent, befell ID. c. Campbell, Wolsey
merchant and prominent citizen of the
west side of Beadle county. Returning
with friend from hunting trip one
of the guns was accidently discharged
as the buggy jolted over railway cross
ing, the charge striking Mr.. Campbell's
shoulder inhicting an ugly, though 1T
is thou ght not fatal wound.
Nine cases of diptheria were reported
Tuesday from Milbank, and one death
had occurred. Schools have been
closed and all precautions possible are
being taken to prevent the spread OF
this horrible disease. We believe that
with proper precaution and CO. operation
on the part of the doctors and residents
of that sity, the contagion will soon be
stamped out.
Rev. Dr. VIM. Fielder, we'll known in
South Dakota, has just been elected to
the presidency of Fort Worth univer
sity, Forth Worth, Tex, Rev, DR..
Fielder is former South Dakotan, hav-
ing for several years been pastor of the
M. E. church i'll WATERFOWL, and after
wards was presiding elder of the Aber-
deem district. His election to the
important position which ne is to
occupy is, we presume, in the nature of
promotion, and his many friends in
South Dakota will be pleased at the
news.
At six o'clock Thursday morning the
fire bell sounded, and one look was
sufficient to locate the fire, for Ander-
son & Franks mammoth barn at the
rear of the Grand Central at Groton
was a seething mass of flames which
lighted the town s. NJ Doc stader's
St. All, trotting stallion for which he
had been offered 5000; Gustav Wash
nok's trotter King Bob, team belong
ing to Dan Miller and one Of Anderson
& Franks teams--six horses in all
together with all the harness and other
parphenalia, were burned except the
buggies, which were saved The barn
was valued at about $1,000 and carried
insurance of 81, eco.
Particulars have been received Of a
tragedy with unusual features, which
occurred on the ranch of John Dillon, a
Lyman county cattleman. The Indians
and whites of that locality gathered at
Dillon's for the purpose of having a
celebration, which consisted largely of
horse racing. Among those who were
present was Sioux Indian named
Frank King. One of Kings horses won
one of the races, and this made him
feel so good that he drew his six-shooter
and wildly waved it about. He was
cautioned to be more careful with the
gun lest some one be injured by its
premature discharge, but replied that
the weapon was not loaded. To prove
this he stated that he would point the
weapon at himself and pull the trigger.
Before those near him could interfere
he cooked the shooter placed the
muzzle nearly against his forehead and
pulled the trigger. There was heavy
report, and bullet plowed its way
through the Indians brain. The ball
entered between the eyes and tore a big