Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-07-22

MIR. and Mrs. Knapp are rejoic
ing over the advent of IL pound
: girl at their house on WEDNESDAY
morning. The REPORTER congrat
ulates the happy parents.
"A large number of our citizens
have expressed their satisfaction al
Treasurer's report published in ouI
last issue, and speak in most COM
plimentary terms of Mr.. Doe as an
efficient officer.
M. K. Valsbeck, bought bin
der last week and ON his road home
stopped to oil it, when he caught his
hand in pinion. mangling it in a
horrible manner. DIR. Peabody fix
ed it up for him.
Mr.. A. j. Leetch is building
several neat tenement houses on his
addition to the city. That's bust
ness, it not only increases the value
of his property, but it also is good
thing for the town.
] Capt. VanderHorck stopped
over Sunday in our city on his way
to Minneapolis. The Captain we
understand, is closing mp his husi-
ness with view to spending the
winter with his sons in Germany.
| Last week mortgage was filed
with the Register of Deeds which
described q wagon as call red, in
Guiding the box" This must be
the little red wagon we have some
times alluded to in these columns.
MIR. Griffith, Of Keokuk, Iowa,
an old friend of Prof. Foster, is
here on visit looking over the
country with view to locating in
the law business. Mr.. g., is
young man of enterprise and grad
uate of the Iowa law school.
The territorial alliance recon-
mended that candidates for the leg
islature throughout the territory be
men known to be in sympathy with
the object of the farmers association
and recommends to each alliance to
participate in politics to that extent.
-L0ST-Or the road between
| Webster and ID. w. Paul's on Sun
day last, a brown pointer pup. He
had chain collar on with my name
stamped on the plat, anyone finding
him will be rewarded by leaving
him at this office.
GEO. II. BAKER.
Last Thursday Mrs. Karzebrel- |
kosky, living few miles east of |
Webster, fell off load of hay and
ran the tines of hay fork through |
the 1eshy part of the leg above the
knee making an ugly wound. Dr.,
Peabody was summoned and dress
ed the wound and the lady is now
doing well.
Col. Lewis. after weeks alb
sence east, returned Monday. 1t
was rumored that he had taken unto
himself a rib, but there is no evil
dencn we know of that would indi-
cate that the Colonel has deserted
the grand army of beuedicts, and
we deny the allegation and dispise
the alligator.
by this time next week large
portion of the wheat crop of Day
county viii be in the shock. The
prospect now is that the price will
be good one, but, as all signs fail
in dry weather, we will not hazard
an opinion on the subject. When
the time comes we shall know just
what the price is and keep our rea-
ders posted.
On Monday morning two par
ties, who had been lingering too
long around the ''flowin' bowl" on
Sunday and who had been run in
out of the wet by the city marshall,
were brought before His Honor,
who, after due examination into
the facts and circumstances mildly
requested them to deposit with the
city Treasurer the sum of SO each
with the necessary trimmings. The
interview was short, but pointed, /
and the aforementioned benzine
suckers retired with the admonition ,
to go and sin no more, Boys, We
have withheld your names this ,
time-the next offense we will pub
fish them with all the circumstances ;
Well, as we commenced going
through the Court House at the
Treasurer's Office, we concluded we
would continue our trip, especially
as locals are awful scarce, On Mon
day we took a look through the
Registers Office, which is presided
over by Mr.. Geo. L. Sharretts, and
found everything as neat as pin.
An examination satisfies MS that
Day county has the best and clearest
as well as the most perfect set of
records in the Territqry--this is
putting 1t strong, but we are pre-
pared to back this statement, SUBJ
8tantially, at any time any county
think they can show as good set
of books in every respect. The
methodical and systematic method
of keeping these books enables the
officer to lay his hands on, and fur
nish any document in two minutes
notice or to give any information
you want, and so completely is
everything systematized that the
information you ask for can be fully
relied upon as being absolutely cor
rect. We were pleased to witness
the satisfied expression of number
of persons who called for informa-
ton about lands-in less than a
minute the book was laying before
them open OH the page of the par
ticular record covering the quarter
section about which the informa-
ton was sought. No matter who
comes, Mr.. Sharretts always receives
them with that quiet courtesy and
urbanity, so characteristic of the
man, that puts the visitor at ease
at once, and makes him feel that he
is talking with man who is con-
scientiously and carefully perform
ing the duties of his office,
Our visit was very pleasant one
and we hereby tender Mr.. Sharretts
our thanks for the full privileges
accorded us in this examination, as
well as for the valuable information
obtained.