Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-06-08
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

opened in Deadwood.
Watertown high school graduated
class of thirty last Thursday.
Paul Rewman, of Deadwood, left for
trip around the world this week.
There were twenty in the graduating
class at the Mitchell high school last
week.
Charles Thompson, of Canning, was
killed by lightning during an electric
storm Monday.
The Bagley elevator at Aberdeen was
recently sold to Freeman Bros, grain
dealers of that city. -
The 1. o. G. t. grand lodg{Rin meet
in Bristol ON June 23rd. TH will be
an interesting meeting. M
Seventeen-seven ladief and ten
gentlemen-graduated frotYthe Huron
high school last Friday.
The committee on the encampm ent
to be held at Madison June l3, IA, ID
and l6 promises a good program.
Sheriff Cole, of Brown county, died
in ST. Luke's hospital at Minneapolis
Tuesday morning An abscess on the
lungs caused his death.
A case of small pox is reported in
Pierre, the victim being man named
Elliott A strict quarantine has been
placed on the premises.
A music teacher by the name Of
Bennett is wanted by the Miller police.
He left with bicycle, baby's saving
bank and other valuables.
The commencement exercises Of the
Pierre high school was held in the hall
of the house of representatives last Fri
day. A class of twelve graduated.
A car started in the yards at Aber-
deem during the storm Monday night
and run as far as Groton where it was
stopped by being run on side track.
The complete score of the track
events which took place Friday after
noon at Madison between the repre-
sentatives of Springfield, Aberdeen and
Madison gives Madison 80 pointsSpring-
field 40 points and Aberdeen points.
Gust Allen, aged % and single, was
run over in the Chicago & Northwest
ern railway yard at Huron Friday.
Both legs were crushed necessitating
the amputation of one above and the
other below the knee. He will prob
ably die.
After being out sixty hours the jury
in the case of the state VS.. George
Ostoff, the Aberdeen druggist, charged
with selling liquor to be used as a
beverage, disagreed and were dis
charged by Judge Mccoy. 1t is said
that they stood to 4 in favor of con-
viction.
Friday morning the Dakota Central
Telephone company filed in the office Of
the register of deeds of Brown county a
mortgage to John @. Bassett for $780,
600. This amount is to be spent by the
company for the purchase of new lines
and for the extension of lines now
owned by the company.
June is to be memorable month in
Aberdeen because of the many attrac-
tons of especial interest which will
visit the city in the short course of it's
thirty days. Grand lodge meetings,
old soldiers reunion, d. o. X. X. cere-
monies, a sheep growers meeting, a
normal school commencement, etc, will
make the month very busy one.
In the annual track meet of the
Black Hills Athletic association held
in Rapid City last week that city won
first place with 43 points; Sturgis second
place with 33 points; Deadwood third
place with Is points; the Indian school
fourth place with points; and Lead
fifth with point. The weather was
disagreeable. A special train from the
northern hills brought about200visitors.
Saturday evening the special train of
three coaches pulled into Pierre con-
tanning Marvin Hughitt, president of
the Northwestern railroad; j. n. Whit
man, vice president; w. A. Gardner,
general manager; 0. III. Mccarthy,
division superintendent, and A. G.
johnson, general agent The gentle-
men spent the day looking over the
city and examining the river front 1t
impossible to state the object of this
visit.
w. ]. Monroe, special agent of the
post Office departments who has been in
Sioux Falls for the past thirty days
re-arranging the rural mail ron ties, has
completed his work and gone to a new
field. Mr.. Monroe has forwarded his
report to the department at Washing
ton together with map of the county
showing every farm house, every rural
routa and the nronosed roufes If those