Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-12-31
NEWsY STATE NOTES.

struction of municipal electric light
plant.
The Elks of Sioux Falls distributed
800 packages to the poor in Sioux Falls
Christmas.
Henry Bigger, of Cotton, had the mis-
fortune to lose an arm in corn shred
der last week
G. IL. Pickney, of Milbank, has been
appointed as deputy by state Treasurer
elect Johnson.
Aberdeen entertains the members of
the coming legislature and friends on
the evening of January l.
A new lodge Daughters of Rebkah
was installed at Scotland with men,
bership of twenty last week
Miss Cathryne Adams, dean of
women, of Huron college has resigned
and will soon leave for England.
There were no church Christmas SER
vices i'll Rapid City because of the pre-
valence of scarlet fever in that city.
Matt Geggey, of Nohant, was chop
ping in the timber last Wednesday and
a tree fell upon him crushing his life
out.
Mrs ID. +. Petty, of Hayes, was badly
burned last Wednesday and her life is
despaired of. She lighted the fire with
kerosene.
Ole Bratsberg, aged 70 whose home
was near Dell Rapids was killed last
Wednesday night by being thrown from
a bobsled.
Albert W. Nolt, of Mitchell, has been
appointed midshipman in the United
States navy through the influence of
Senator Kittredge.
George Maxwell, a recluse residing
near Spearfish, was found dead in his
cabin Wednesday. He was sixty years
old and well to do.
Charles Morgan, Of Stanley county,
reports having raised 5000 bushel of
corn on 100 acre field by adopting the
dry farming method.
There have been over TOO confessions
of faith by attendants at the revival
meetings conducted by Evangelist
johnson at Madison.
What is 50 be known as the Farwell
Methodist Episcopal church, new
structure just erected in Letcher, was
dedicated last Sunday.
At this distance it looks very much
as though M. j. CLANCY would again
be chosen as speaE err of the South
Dakota house of representatives next
week
/ Representatives of the various Elk
lodges of the state are in session at Sioux
Falls today, tDece mber 29) to organize
a grand lodge of the order for South
Dakota.
X. Rusenthal, of Oacoma, brought
suit for $40 600 for alienting his wife's
affections against L Mattson, the jury
decided in favor of defendant at Mitch.
ell last week
The annual meeting of the state bar
association is called at Pierre Jan. 20
and Il. 1903 Dean Pattee of the uni.
versity of Minnesota will make the
principal address.
| William Rasch, of Huron, who was
convicted of criminal assault upon his
step-daughter, has been sentenced TO
seven years and seven months In the
state penitentiary.
A bad wreck occurred upon the Mil
waukee road at Points last week. The
entire train left the track, but for
tunately only four persons were injured
and none of them seriously.
The South Dakota federation of
churches have secured the required
number OF signatures to their petition
for the Submission of the county option
law again at the next general election
In circuit court at Sisseton last week
Judge Mccoy decided the Batterton-
Pearson election contest case in favor
Of Batterton. This was q contest for
the office OF states attorney. Batterton
is a democrat.
The removal of L. l.. Armstrong, one
Of the pioneer residents, from Lyman,
situated on the Missouri river, in the
extreme eastern portion of Lyman
county, wholly depopulates the old
town which thus passes out of exis.
tence.
The Methodists have bid for the pur-
chase of the Pierre Indian school look.
ing 10 making it an academy contribu-
tory to the Mitchell university and the
Adventists hope to secure the Chamber
lain school for the purpose of establish
ing denominational college there.
Marshall b. Weber, of Winona,
MINI filed suit in federal court at
Minneapolis today to recover 81. 500
from Lester II Bently. who he alleges
in mis- complsint, induced him to invest
In mining stock, under which he
alleges to have been false representa-
tions.