Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-12-05

aged 8, fell asleep on the floor and the
candle which she had been using to
read picture book toppled over and
set fire to her. The child was burned
to crisp and the family, including six
other children, awakened to find the
house on fire. The home was saved and
all the others escaped.
Information has reached the office of
United States Marshal Seth Bullock
that Deputy Marshal John Petrie made
trip to the Rosebud agency where he
arrested William Robert George, Clar-
ence CALVIN and William Adams, all of
whom are charged with cattle rustling
They were taken before United States
Commissioner Tidrick at Chamberlain
and bound over to the next term of fed.
eral court.
Only few hours after his head brake.
man, Frank Mccarthy, had met death
under locomotive at Hot Springs,
Arthur Eldredge, freight conductor of
the Burlington road, was shot and ser.
ionsly wounded when entering a saloon
at Hill City He crossed the threshold
during gun fight between two men at
the bar and received three bullets in the
right leg. Amputation of the leg may
be necessary.
Through the efforts of the Deadwood
Business club another convention has
been secured for that city, word having
just been received from the Western
Association of Technical Chemists and
Metallurgists that they will meet there
January 2 3 and next, when some
matters of importance to the mining
world will be discussed. About 80 del.
egates are expected to be present at the
animal meeting.
Circuit court has adjourned at
Armour. The damage case started by
L H. Bents, former employee of Wait
g. Dana, for $4,000, was dismissed,
Judge Smith holding that there were no
grounds for such an action. Luther
Ross, the negro charged with attempted
assault, was acquitted At former
trial he received sentence of ten years
in the penitentiary and served six
mouths at Sioux Falls.
The United States land Offices g.
Pierre and Rapid City each broke
records during the month of October.
The Pierre Office received 851 original
homestead entries during that month,
OF which $50 were from the Lower
Brule Indian reservation opening, leav.
ing 657 in the district outside the reser-
walton. AT the Rapid City office LOGO
original homestead entries were
received during October.
The footing of locomotive which
started the horses, caused Louis Lud wig,
the venerable clerk at the International
hotel at Chamberlain, to topple off the
bus where he was loading passengers and
baggage and in the resulting fall he
broke his leg so severely that if he
RECEIVERS he will always be a cripple
Ludwig is one of the old settlers and
went through the civil war withou,
injury. He is now Y years old.
That this is a land Glowing witt
milk and honey" was emphasized by
the find of "Bi" Bolster, a ranchel
near Spearfish. Workmen on the place
cut down an old pine tree and were sur
prised by a colony of bees that attacked
and drove them off. Bolster at once
swarmed the bees into homemade hives
and then proceeded TO take out the
honey from the hollow of the tree. He
secured 300 pounds of bees product.
The Office of the state superintendent
is receiving number or papers from
the November teachers examinations
and force is at work marking them
The returns so far received indicate thai
there are number of applicants foi
certificates, and with the average mum
Der passing the teacher supply for the
state will be pretty well filled and the
shortage which was SO serious in the
fall will have been cut to a minimum.
j Fire Quilted Guild hall at Aberdeen
Thursday morning aoout $50 O'Clock
and the loss will amount to about 81 ,O0(
exclusive of the loss on the new piano
which will be about $500. There II
about 81, 900 insurance on the building
and the piano is insured for the full
amount. st. Marks Episcopal church
to which Guild hall is attached, hal
suffered some smoke damage, but jus
how much, has not yet been ascertained
Presence Of mind on the part Of Lot
Sharpe, a fireman, saved the incomin,
Northwestern passenger train to Dead
wood Friday from Disaster near the
mill Of the Imperial Mining company
below the city. The ore train from
Terry had just come down with it's loat
and was running into the passenge
when Sharpe. detecting tine whistl,
from the freight Office, rushed out ant
tagged the express. The engines
slowed down, and although he coult
not avoid collision which caused
slight damage to the ore train; the pas
sapoer train WAS mt IA mo0od