Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-08
Married.

RUSSELL-HUGGETT-On Sat
urday, July Sd, at Aberdeen, Da
kota, Mr.. Chas. Z. Russell tt
Miss Sarah J. Huggett, all o.
Webster. Rev. Losson, officiat.
ing.
Mr.. Russell and his wife returned
to the city Tuesday. The REPoR.
TER extends its congratulations and
its heartiest wishes fora long life Of
prosperity, happiness and content.
Both the contracting parties arc
highly esteemed by our citizens.
Everybody smoked.
This year is demonstrating the
superiority of the hills in Day coun-
ty as grain producing section.
Specimens of grain pulled near
Bath and few miles west of And
over, show the iields:litterally dried
up, while we still have fair pros
pect for a good crop-the rain of
last night and the present cool
weather making this almost q GER
tainty.
VIM. Lemon, one of our old
Iowa friends, who resides north of
Andoyer, while moving last Friday
was thrown from his seat falling
with both hands on the sickle and
had three fingers on one hand and
two on the other cut off. No better
boy ever walked the earth than
Will and we deeply deplore this sad
accident, that sends him through
life a manned man.
Well, we we're burglarized last
week. A tramp took a notion to
invade our domicile at the witching
hour of night, or morning and help
ed himself to grub. Besides getting
what he wanted 10 eat he also took
s5 from the pocket of L. A. Baker
Of this office. We are aware that
the latter part of this story may APP
pear Incredible, aud many of our
esteemed brethren of the press will
be inclined TO doubt the possession
of so large a sum at one time by a
country newspaper man, but so it is
and it serves to show that wealth in
our hands excites the cupidity of
the rabble and subjects us to con-
siderable annoyance-fguring where
the next cash is to come from TO
pay board and washing. Even be-
ing a bloated bond-holder has its
drawbacks.
A large number of our citizens
took in the celebration at Bristol
on the 5th, and say that the pro-
gram of exercises was most excel
lent. The Grafton delivered by
Julian Bennett, we hear spoken Of
OH all sides in terms of the highest
praise. The base ball game between
our boys and the Bristol nine was
a holly contested one. At the close
of the Sth inning our boys had 16
tallies to their z and had white
washed them ) times; but here their
courtesy got the better of them-of
course, being invited guests it would
have been kind o. mean to have
PLAYED the game out that way, and
the boys were too gentlemanly to
think of it for a minute and at the
close of the game Bristol had % to
IL. We are glad to see that there
'aint anything small about our boys
we should dIspise them if there
was.
While coming home from the
Bristol celebration, Messrs. j. Alley
and G.. l.. Sbarretts met with a ser
ious accident. When they cane to
Ruggles' farm west of town, and
were driving carefully to keep from
running into a wire fence, it being
dark, it is supposed the team got
too close and the barb scratched the
side of one of the horses. This 50
frightened it that it began to rear
and plunge desperately. Mr.. Alley
jumped ont and went to their head;
but in spite Of all he could DO they
broke away from him, got looss
from the buggy and plunged through
the fence. The train came in short.
" after and with the assistance Of
the base ball boys they found the
teams, after a long search, IN the
rear OF Uuntington's barn, theil
breasts and legs cut and mangled il
a shocking manner. They had run
through the fence twice if not thret
times.
The fourth was celebrated a
| the fair grounds last SdrUaaysEis
der the auspices of the Webster Al
lance and was a most pleasant oc
casion some four or FIVE hundred
people werspresent and all seemet
to enjoy ethe occasion immensely
The dinner was one of those oil
fashioned ones where there is al
abundance of good things 20 temp
the appetite and an abundance 70
all who felt ike partaking, aud likl
the Gospel was free to all. Afte
dinner speeches were made b,
Messrs. Adams, Ruggles, Allen, A
Z. Barker, Abbott, Ecker and Ra
and the declaration was read BY Dir
Seth Allen. After the exercises j
the stand, several horse races en-
liyened the occasion, some of then
irresistably funny especially so wa
: the mule race, where one Of tn
: animals stopped and the fellow rid
/, ing it went on. The entire exercis
es Of the day closed abont SIX o'clcci
and all went home, having spent
, fourth of july of solid comfort an
: enjoyment.
Tie Alliance did themselYe
proud on this occasion and we an
glad they commemorated the nats
day of the republic.