Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-19
Save your coal orders for F. f.
Baker


Save your coal orders for f. f.
Baker.
-Chas. Denny is learning the
timers trade with 0cllsenreiter 6
Small.
Saturday was lively day in
WebsteE.-the town was fun of
teams.
We hope every teacher in the
county will arrange matters so they
can be present at the Institute. See
Superintendent notice IN another
column.
1t is rumored that cyclone or
tornado struck Newark, a town
twelve miles north of Britton, in
Marshal county, demolishlng ses-
eral houses and killing four persons
Among the buildings reported as
blown down are two saloons, ailotel,
the Newark Times Printing office,
blacksmith shop and feed mill.
Only three buildings left standing
in the town. Mortimore Kennedy,
uncle of DIR. Hood, and tie origin
al to,rnsite proprietor, was killed.
Mrs. Cakes and boy and Mrs. Waite
were killed. Several persons out
side of town were seriously hurt,
grain scattered in all directions, and
a large amount Of property destroy
ed. The Cakes family were buried
yesterday. All accounts agree that
the storm was tornado and not q
cyclone as at first supposed.
Monday was an interesting and
mem ,rable epoch in the history of
our town--we allude to the starting
of our mill. Mr.. G. j. Blandin,
the engineer representing the Pray
Manufacturing Co., had, by anIiag-
ging work and care gotten the ma
chinery in place ready for the start
ing of the engine, and at 2 o'clock
q large number of our citizens, la
dies and gentlemen, assembled to
witness the start. Everything be-
ing in readiness, Miss Florance,
daughter Mr.. I. A. Baker, Of the
Mill Company stoW. beside the
painting engine and at gwen sig
nal, the young lady turned the
throttle, and in an instant the ma
chinery of the entir, mill was in
full operation, without a skip any,
WHARF from the basement to the too
of the building, SO carefully and
nicely had it been adjusted. The
engine worked to II charm, making
no more noise than an ordinary
sewing machine. Evidently the
Pray Go. knew their man when they
sent Mr.. Blandin to adjust and start
this engine--a work that shows him
to be a superior man in his chosen
profession. The occasion was a
happy and suspicious ono and tho
perfect success achieved was highly
gratifying to all.
I'VE have received q circular
headed GA Card" signed by Mrs.
NJ. Ecker, in which the following
statement appears.
sIn the issues of the Herald and
Reporter for the first week in Aug.
we announced a game supper for
Friday evening Aug. aeth. The an
nouncement was to appear also last
week and this week in both papers.
1t did appear last week in the Her
aid, but was omitted in the Report
er and in its place was an annean-
cement of game supper by other
parties, at the same place and hours
but on Tuesday evening Aug I. 2
In the first place We don't believe
Mrs. NJ. Ecker wrote that card, for
in this issue We have a gratuitous
notice postponing the supper of
the Goth. No request was prefer
red to us or any one in the Office to
continue the notice more than one.
week, because il there had been il
would have been SO marked. That
the lady intended to make such
request is doutless true, but that she
failed to do so is equally true. We
have run this paper for almost three
years, and in that time there has
not been month passed without
from two to four notices for the
Congregational Church appearing in
its columns without charge, hence
this eyidenceof appreciation strikes
us as decidedly unique to say the
least of it. We regret that q ladyis
name Is attached to this notice, a.
it prevents our doing that justice to
it that its merits deserve.