Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-10-14
NEWSY STATE NOTES.

by fire. Norvell lost five horses beside
hay, grain and machinery.
A thief or thieves gained entranc
into the dental parlo7s of DIR. F. X
Field at Sioux Falls Saturday night an,
made away with between $3.50 and $50
worth of gold leaf. DR.. Field is com
pletely at sea as to how an entrance Z,
his apartments was secured as the door
were all locked Sunday morning as h,
had left them the night before.
In the n supreme court last weei
opinions were handed down by MCCOY
in the case of the state W. r. w. Kruse
|of sanborn county. In which oonvic
ton on the charge OF adultery was sus
tanned, and Kfuse will have 10 serve hi
sentenoe on that charge. Also in thu
civil case OF J. g. Purkey va T. A
Harding, which came up from Beadls
county and WAS affirmed.
II Lead 10 70 have q new city hal
building II will be up 70 the voters q
the next election The city council ai
it's regular monthly meeting decided tc
ask the voters to authorize q $4,000
bond issue for the erection of o building
on the new lots recently purchased by
the city. II the proposition carries the
city hall will be used exclusively for
city administrative purposes.
While chasing gophers and attempt
ing to drag one from the hole where 1t
had taken refuge Johnny Williams.
aged II. of Trip county, was struck on
the hand by the fangs of rattlesnake
which was concealed in the hole. He
was taken to the town of Lamro as
speedily as possible, but was uncons.
cious when he reached there. 1t
required several hours of the hardest
kind Of work to save his life.
A wreck occurred Monday morning
on the M. 3 s. L. near Randolph, the
first station south Of Stratford, and the
engine, tender and seven cars of q
CIRCUS and show train left the rails,
owing to soft track. The train was
proceeding:slowly at the time the wreck
took place and no one We hurt, though
many of the people wss y shaken mp.
and some of the animsls cages were
damaged.
The section OF South Dakota around
Terry Monday experienced heavy
snowfall. The storm struck the whole
northern Hills, but at Deadwood and
Lead only flurries occurred. At Terry
the fall varied from four inches to over
a foot in some parts of the mountains
and put temporary stop to all surface
mining. The snow was preceded by a
heavy rain.
Congressman Burke, chairman of the
Indian affairs committee of the house,
Friday evening at Pierre held a con-
ference with delegation from Thunder
Butte, who ask that they be allowed to
hold as reserve strip eight miles
wide and twenty miles long along the
Moreau river to be used as a pasture
Most of the land is allotted, and the
will be considered. A gen.
eral conference was then held with all
the Indians in Pierre to discuss matters
generally in which they are interested.
An application was made to the state
pardon board Friday for clemency for
Frank Matejouesky, who was sent feom
Stanley county on horse rustling
charge, which application was opposed
by States Attorney Johnson, of Stanley
county, on the grounds that the effect
upon rustling cases in that county
would be bad one. The board has not
yet acted on the application. They
have fixed December /, as day for
number of applications now
before them.
The gasoline railroad motor car which
was used in making their escape by the
bandits who blew the Peever, b. d.,
state bank on Thursday night, securing
~ 600 in cash, was found Sunday near
the dam about mile north of Milbank.
The bandits threw the car from the
bridge into the water in order to cover
mp their tracks. and, it Is thought,
caught Q west-bound train from Mil
bank. They cut all telegraph and tele-
phone wires leading into Peever and %
got . big start. Il 10 believed there
were three men in the gang.
Glen Grow. oldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. ]. Grow, of Bryant, while engaged
In duck hunting with some companions
was shot In the arm, the injury being
20 tarious that IL has been found neces-
sary to amputate the arm three inches
above the elbow. The accident was o
peculiar one The young man had just
shot duck when in some unknown
the other barrel of his gun was
and the charge passed
through the arm SCATTERING the bone
and tearing portion of the arm In
uhrada Tho shoct IN HE svcta,n follow.