Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-22

purpose, Albert 1ardley, an Indian
entered a plea of guilty on a charge of
horse stealing. and was given a SEN
tence of one year in the penitentiary.
A new court house for Butte county
is now assured, as the election showed
a good majority in favor of the bond
issue. The first thirteen p~recints gave
a majority of 46S. Bonds to the
amount of $40, 600 will be issued and a
fine building will be erected soon.
DR.. II. f McNutt. health officer for
Brown county, announced that the
small pox epidemic is a thing of the
pest house and the place is closed.
There is one case of diphtheria on the
north side but there is no danger of
further spread of the disease.
The Pierre fire department at a meet
ing last week instructed their treasurer
to deposit about $500 belonging to the
department, in time interest bearing
certificates. The department will not
attempt to send a team to the tourna-
ment at Sioux Falls this year, and as
there is no special use for the fund it
will be put out at interest.
The United States authorities in
Sioux Falls have been advised hat the
case against John Colombo, of Gregory
county, who was charged with run
ming stock off an Indian reservation,
has been dismissed as the result of the
defendants preliminary hearing before
a United States commissioner. The
evidence against him proved INSULT
cient.
That Brookings will have a very fast
baseball aggregation the coming season
is now an assured fact, as sufficient
funds are in hand to warrant all
arrangements being made. The keen
rivalry which existed last year between
Watertown, Brookings and other towns
in the state promises TO be intensified
this year and spirited interest is already
manifest.
Miss Bertha Lewis, of Rapid City,
was injured Saturday, by a fall from
her horse, died of conclusion of the
brain. She did not regain conscious
ness after the injury. She wa "A years
of age and has always made her home
in Rapid City, where she was a mem
Der of the Presbyterian church. She is
a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman
town.
DR.. w. w. Terrence, formerly a
physician of Deadwood. died at his
home in Denver, where he had been
located for two years. He lived in
Deadwood for about twelve years. He
spent a number of years in Persia, where
he was connected with the Presbyterian
Missionary society as medical mission
airy, and also was the chief advising
physician to the shah of Persia. He
was about fifty years of age and leaves
a wife and -four children.
Heinrich Imbrock. a tenant farmer
living in the north part OF Lake county,
was found dead in his home. The indi-
cations are that he had fallen asleep On
the floor and had a~ccidently kicked
over a lighted lantern. The flames
from the lantern burned a hole through
the floor and, igniting some straw and
an old carpet i'll the cellar, had suffo-
Gated the sleeper. He had relatives
living neal Hawarden, Iowa.
Business men of Pierre and Fort
Pierre have been victimized to the
extent of several hundred dollars
through checks drawn on the Bank of
Presho and signed by Ed. O'Keefe,. 1t
has been learned that O'Keefe had no
deposit in that bank. He was arrested
aud given a hearing at Fort Pierre.
falling to furnish a bond of 500, he has
been locked up in Jail i'll Fort Pierre.
He says the checks will be accepted.
Congressman Burke has succeeded
in having inserted in the Indian appro
p~riation bill the following sums for
Indian schools in South Dakota; For
sewer at Chamberlain, $500; and for
fire equipment and water tank at this
school, $1,000: for repairing old build
ings at Flandreau, $4,000 for Office
buildings an Rapid City, $4,000; for
repairs at Pierre, 5000; for artesian
well and irrigation plant at Pierre,
so. 900.
Ferd Goodfellow, who has temporar-
lily been the instructor in shorthand and
typewriting at the Northern Normal
and Industrial school during the illness
of Miss Edith Witzel, the regular
instructor, left Saturday morning for
Los Angeles, CAL, where he will enter
a school of osteopathy. Instruction in
Miss Witzel's department has been pro-
yided for during this week and Miss