Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

congress.
Voters of Carthage have authorized
the issuance of $1,000 bonds for school
house purposes.
Henry Carson, a Rosebud home.
steader, committed suicide by shooting.
He was 80 and a bachelor.
A gasoline launch on the Missouri
river at Pierre was wrecked and its six
passengers thrown into the water.
Seeds have been sent to South Dakota
farmers in the Belle Fourche region for
the purpose Of testing the sugar beet
proposition.
Andrew Rekdahl, en- aged farmer Of
Brule county, is missing from his home
and no trace of his whereabouts is
obtainable. He is so
Fred Petticary, of Codington county,
was sentenced by Judge Marquis to one
year and four months in the peniten-
tiary at Sioux Falls for larceny.
Marvin Hughitt and other North
western officials are touring in the
Black Hills. Orders were given by
them TO rush the work on the Chamber
lain Rapid City extension of the road
The Pierre papers are bringing out
the name of I. W. Goodner of that city
as a candidate for the place of state
senator for that district, composed Of
the counties of Hughes, Hyde and Sully.
The remains of Thomas E Eagle, who
was drowned in Bad river two weeks
ago, were found floating in the stream
short distance below the scene OF the
accident, and taken to his old home at
Madison fer burial.
Nicholas Krebs, Salem man, who
had been missing two years and was
thought by his relatives to have been
murdered, turned up the other day He
had been to South America, is in good
health and prosperous.
Chief of Police Zirbes, of Aberdeen,
has made clever arrest in the person
of Charles Mcdonald. deserter from
company M. Twentieth United States
Infantry, who ran away from Fort
Lincoln, North Dakota four weeks ago.
Rev. G. G.. Ware, archdeacon of the
Episcopal churches of Lead and Dead
wood, who was recently convicted Of
land frauds in the federal court at
Omaha, has resigned from the ministry
and his resignation has been accepted
by Bishop Hare.
A terrible electric hail storm swept
over Pierre and Fort Pierre last week,
doing large amount of damage to
glass exposed on sides of buildings.
The greenhouse and Indian school were
the heaviest sufferers there. Their loss
is several hundred dollars.
The state has disposed of another
quarter section of state building land in
Faux county. This land is going right
along in counties where there was
nothing doing at the time the lands
were offered at auction, the terms being
the same as when the public sale was
had.
1t is reported that the railroad COM
pany will commence installing the
caissons for the new steel bridge ovel
the river at Pierre Ia few days. The
Jim Leighton and w. ID. Walden steam
boats will be kept busy on this work, as
well as the big barge, about ready tc
launch at the boat landing.
John Peterson, of Vermillion, will
lose an eye as result of an acciden
which happened to MIN while he wa,
shelhrg corn yesterday. A flyini
piece of spoke struck him in the eye
decorating it so badly that there wa.
nothing else to do but remove tht
injured member and insert glass one
Several hogs belonging TO N. Nj
Christensen, of Ashton, died recent,
from mysterious disease thought to b.
rabies. Sunday the disease re-appeareC
the victim this time being fine
thoroughbred bull owned by Christian
sen. The animal became violent AND
bit several horses in the pasture before
he was killed
A large number of Congregational
Indians from the different Dakota reset
vations are congregated at Oahe. hold
ing mission meetings this week. Indians
and white missionary preachers art
present from all the agencies along the
Missouri river, from Santee to Stand
ing Rock, and with their families they
are making grand camp meeting holt
day of the occasion.
1t is reported from Blunt that the
Northwestern road has secured posses
sion of fine gravel bed in Sully county
short distance from that place and
will build spur out to the location,
II this is done it will give Sully its first
railroad, even if IT is a short one, and