Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-01
Two thousand five hundred dollars
was paid out in single day for wheat,
last week, by Webster buyers.

Mr. Thos. McKennetts little girl was
quite sick last Friday night. We are glad
to learn that the little lady is better.
The genial Ed. Fulton, of Britton,
spent Monday in our city and, of course,
fingered in these pious headquarters.
-Branbury, editor of the b, eezy, sau-
CIV, spicy Britton Daylight, was in the
city, Monday, and paid our office visit.
The celebrated Indian warrlor,-
'Shavepats De Clamchowder" OF the
New Jerseys -threshed and hauled in
his fax Monday.
MIR. w. T. Colawell, a hive farmer of
the Bristol country, was in town last Sat-
uIday, wearing a look of content on his
face that means good crops out there.
&C. II. Prior, Supt Milwaukee and St.
Paul accompanied by his son, was here
the fore part Of the week on hunting
expedition. Webster is getting to be
quite resort Tor hunting parties.
1T is proposed to celebrate the Gen.
tenary of the Constitution of the United
States, April 30th, 1889, by opening an
international exposition at Washington.
An aged Georgia farmer has the
stock of fire" on his hearth that he kin
died on moving into his new house" in
1912. Matches are unknown in bis
household.
The wholesale merchants east conf
IDENTIFY expect huge fall trade. Judg-
ing from the piles of goods received here
every day. that's whats the matter with
Webster merchants.
There is to be State and Congress
ional ticket soon put into the field to be
voted for at the same time the election is
held on the adoption or rejection Of the
Sioux Falls Constitution.
John Peterson has a badger-he
has, as yet, hardly got on speaking terms
with il. A coolnesG and lack Of cordially
exists between,them, wholly at vSrience
with Johns reputation for sociability.
KNIGHT-SrEWART-At the Parson-
age in Webster, Sept. oath, by Rev. w.
Il. Dickinson, Mr.. Julian Knight, of
Homer township, Day county, and
Miss Lilly NJ. Stewart, of GoodInnd,
Indiana.
1t is rumored that one Of our prom
nent citizens will soon go on the road
with dozen Indians from the Sisseton
reservation, and exhibit them in the va
rious wild dances of the tribe.
: The threshing of all kinds Of grain
goes bravely on, and at almost every
farm the machine tells story that al
ways brings broad smile Of conten. to
the bronZed features of the farmer
B. Anushinsky has been under the
weather for some time past, and on Sun
day evening went TO st. Paul for treat
ment. We hope to see him back again
soon in the full flush of restored health.
MFR. Chris. Ecksr's wheat yielded "a
bushels to the acre. He also had very
fine crop of buckwheat. oats, fax and
vegetables, and naturally enough he
feels that Dakota is very good country
to live in.
This is about as the matter appears tc
our pagsssrs:
The dusty days have come again,
The worst of all the year
With red hot days and nary rain,
And housewives on their ear.
j. II. Woodruff, on lake two and one
half miles northeast Of Webster, last
week thrsshed 81 acres of fax which
yielded ITO bushel-over twenty bushels
to the acre. Where is the section of Da
kota, or any other county. that can beat
this showing.
Lewis, editor of the Mlilbank Re
view, and for the past year chairman o
the Republican Central Committee o
Grant county, last week brought his pa
per out fiat footed on the Democratic sid,
of the political fence. Lewis is also Pos
Master at Millbank.
We have one or two communication
received last week--no name signed 4
them. Parties should remember that
communication, to insure insertion II
this paper, should be sent under you
own name, no matter what fictitious on
you have to ii when published.
1T is written that "the Lord loveth
cheerful giver," and the alacrity witt
which one of our young fellows gave ny
job on threshing machine last week
would entitle him to full benefits, wer
il not for the anathamies hurled agains
the "elothful man."
Hot water has been struck at dept
Of 900 feet in the Sierra Valley.-Ex.
That's nothing. A youth near Webste
went to see his girl last Sunday nigh
and her sweet mamma enabled him |
strike il in less than four feet--he neve
told his love.
Every mechanic in the city, thes
Gays. is busy. 1t il impossible to get
little job of carpenter work done, an
whole days search will fail to discovt
q single man who is not engaged
some kind Of work. Webster is a reg,
lar bee hive Of prosperous industry.
st. John is having himself advertise
in the east as late of Kansas, but now
the United States" When mans neigl
bors burn him in eHegy. 1t Is such hin
to get out that even 81. John, with all h
self sufficient gall, could not refuse TO s
What a stencil he is in the nostrils
those who most intimately know him.
Says an eminent writer, ''let n
! make the songs for a nation and ca
not who makes the laws" Let us Ia,
r the right to ysnk the weather lever. ju
for single township. and I'VE can aboli,
: profanity, whoop up Christianity, al
make men and women, children al
dogs, MARBLE like the nightengale in q
: woodland at the gentle eventide. Sels
The Philadelphia times says that Il
r report that Washington territory win
n admitted as State at the next session
Congress has in it 50 many elements
> mere probability that an adjournme
v next June or July viii no boubt still fil
tia territory. 1t has very remote or
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