Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-06-15
NEwSY STATE NOTES.

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The annual w. R. @ will be held at
Watertown June Goth.
| Eureka IS to have a new $4,000
school building this summer
The Norwegian Lutherans will build
So, 900 church at Canton this year.
Yankton has granted twenty-year
franchise 20 an electric light company.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Jones choked TO death on peanut last
week.
The auctioneers of the state will hold
convention at Sioux Falls June 81, IS
and 30.
The Catholics of Bare Butte have
raised So, 900 for the construction of a
brick church.
Highmore has closed contract for
the construction of system of munic-
ipal water works.
Burton Tanner, of Mitchell, won the
interstate oratorical contest at Grand
Forks, N. D., last Friday night
The reports of the Rapid City post
office for April and May show an
increase of twenty-four per cent
All of the Masonic bodies of this
state are holding meetings of their
grand lodges IL Aberdeen this week.
George Evans was struck by the
passenger train on the Omaha road near
Humboldt last week and was killed.
7. ID. Edwards, editor of the Lead
Call, has been appointed by President
Roosevelt as consul at Juarez, Mexico.
Jacob Stoller bought 10000 pounds of
! wool az t SSeiibby this spring paying sSS54
cents per pound. Some profit in sheep.
Mrs. Charles Wolff, of Yankton,
horse whipped the city physician for
putting quarantine card on the house.
Gustav Allen, of Hitchcock, while
intoxicated was run down by train
and had both both legs cut off. He died.
The Episcopal clergymen of South
Dakota held their state meeting at
Sioux Falls the first three days of this
| week.
Judge Rice, of Deadwood, has decid ed
that county commissioners can build a
court house without vote of the
people.
The body of Andrea Malmgren,
| Swede, who came to this country
recently, was found in the Sioux river
Monday.
Granville Thornton was shot and
killed by Samuel Carr in negro bawdy
house in Yankton Sunday night. Both
are colored.
O. NJ. Pier, of Parker, has been
appointed by Commissioner Bach to the
new clerkship created for his office by
the last legislature.
The delegates of the Catholic Order
of Foresters, of South Dakota, held
their state meeting in Aberdeen Tues
day and Wednesday of this week.
Frank d. Wyman has rendered his
resignation as steward of the state
insane hospital and it is understood that
Charles Lawrence is to be appointed as
his successor.
! John Anderson was elected Monday
morning by the board of county COM
missioners of Brown county to the Office
of sheriff to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Howard w. Cole.
"Uncle Jimmy" Ross has found his
grievance against Agent Jackson, of
Sisseton agency, and swore out war
rant for his arrest Saturday. Mr.. Ross
has had trouble with every agent that
has located at Sisseton.
Through the savings bank system
operative in the public schools at Pierre
the school children now have to their
credit in the National Bank Of Com
merce $2,079.l7. The sum represents a
collection of pennies and nickeIs which
have accumulated in few years.
G. Bic Ravndal, United StateS con-
sui at Beirut, Syria, who has been
spending his vacation at his old home
in Sioux Falls and who On Saturday
was advised of his assignment to q
similar position at Dawson City Alaska,
is preparing to depart for his new post.
AT the encampment of the Grand
Army for the northern district of South
Dakota which closed at Summit Satur-
day. the following officers were elected:
Commander, Major jackson, of Sisseton
agency; Junior vice commander, j. Ray,
of Waubay; adjutant, Thomas Fitch,
of Milbank. The encampment will be
held next year at Sisseton agency.
R. X. Halsos, of Canton, the con-
tractor who is to erect the new work
shop for the Northern Normal and