Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-01-04


buffalo herd, and is at present breaking
them for n driving team. They are
handled with harness and bits at present
but he is having a small strong wagon
built for them, aud expects to o give
them n, trial as drivers, and il he .
persuade tn IN TO accept the site alton,
will have a novel team of roadsters, ard
probably the only one OF its kind ia the
world.
Several hundred Indians will be
employed by the different railway
companies at Rapid City for construc-
ton of the roads. They have already
commenced to arrive from the agencies
east of this city The railroad CON-
panies have peel trying TO get Indian
labor for some time. for they are oo1-
sidered much better than any Anstrian
or foreign laborers. One Indian will
do the work of two Austrians in piliug
up ties. They take readily to this sort
of labor and seem to enjoy it,
The United States authorities in
Sioux Falls have been advised of the
arrest of Peter Tucker, a Sioux Indian
belonging on the Rosebud reservation.
on the charge of stealing two horses
which were the property of William
Place, a white stockman, whose range
is in Lyman county. AS the result of
his preliminary hearing the defendant
has been held for appearance before the
next United States grand jury, which
will convene in Sioux Falls next April.
In default Of bonds, Tucker has been
lodged in the Bruel county Jail.
Fire broke out in the cloak depart
ment of the Golden Rule department
store at Aberdeen 1t 2:15 o'clock on
Sunday morning, which, had it not
been discovered in the nick of time
would have been one of great disaster.
The blaze started from a gas jet which
had been left burning in the store aud
which had been left too lei the wall.
The wall caught fire and burned a hole
through the ceiling Of the cloak depart
ment into an unoccupied roo of the
Ward hotel directly overhead. One Of
the bell boys of the hotel happened 70
pass by just as the fire was breaking
through into the hotel. He gave the
alarm and the fire department., which
responded promptly, 500 had the fire
under control. Because the fire was in
such an importont place a second alarm
was turned in. The loss TO the hotel is
elmost nothing, while that of the
Golden rule Is quite slight, being caused
almost entirely by water. There was
little disturbance among the hotel
guests, many of them being unaware OF
the fire until they arose in the morning
A divorce case with unusual trim
mings'' has just been disposed of by
Judge Marquis, of the third judicial
circuit. The suit was instituted in the
state circuitcourt of Brookings county
by Mrs A. Henley, of Volga, but was
heard and decided by Judge Marquis
while he was holding a term of circuit
court in (Deuel) county. Some fifteen
years ago the husband of Mrs. Henley
mysterously disappeared, leaving her
with four small children TO care for.
In addition to raising hen four children
she has accumulated "A comfortable
property. Not the slightest trace Of
her husband has ever been found, and
she does not know whether he is living
or dead, but rather than have trouble
should she wish to dispose of any of
the property she has accumulated, she
decided to secure a divorce so that the
signature of her husband would not he
necessary on the deed. After hearing
the testimony in the case Judge Mar
quis granted Mrs. Henley a divorce
Several weeks ago Sheriff Logan of
Hughs county, was approached by an
individual who said he bad escaped
from costody in Kansas City, aud
desired to return TO face the charge
against him, and wanted the sheriff { q
take him in charge and return him to
fhe Missouri authorities for the reward
The Missouri authorities were notified
aud replied that the man was wanted
all right, and that a reward of $50 was
out for his return. After figuring out
the cost of two tickets to Kansas City
and a return trip for one. Sheriff
Logan decided that he was Dot looking
for any such snap, and told the Mis-
souri, people to come on and he would
show them their They evidently
figured the same way, and after the
man loafed around Pierre several days
in his attempt to break into jail he
vanished as he had come, no one know
ing from where or where. He is sup.
posed to have made his way to soms
point where an officer could figure
within his expenses on . @5c deal beforu
he found any one willing 10 pay N