Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-14

%. A. Chilson's nobby new res |
idence. on the corner south of the
Court House, is rapidly approach
ing completion and will be an orna-
ment to that part of the city.
The nomination of our old
friend, J. j. Cowen, of Oak Gulch;
for Assessor on the republican tick
ct is recognition of valued, de-
serving and honorable citizen.
Frank Bowen, mine host of the
Prior House, that prince of caterers
will furnish the banquet on the oc-
easion of the dedication of the Ma
sonic Temple, November 18th.
Lieut.. Green's mother, after a
short visit to her son and family,
passed through our city Sunday EN-
route hume. The Lieut., came with
her and remained over till Monday.
The second social of dSt. Mary's
Guild will be given by Mrs. j. A.
Lee, Wednesday evening Oct. goth.
Lunch at nine. All are cordially
invited. |. A. Hash, Sec.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congre-
gational church will meet with Mrs.
| Wright, mile east of Webster, on
| Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, tea
at 6 o'clock. All are cordially in
vited. Mrs. NJ. Ecker, Sec.
| Saturday was big day in Web
ster. Over 5000 bushels of wheat
was taken in at our elevators for
Which was paid out a triile over
| 81, 500. Great scott, suppose that
wheat had all sold at dollar q
busheil
LOST Last Tuesday or We'd
nesday a large red morocco pocket
book containing ten dollar bill
and come papers. The finder will
be suitably rewarded by leaving it
at this office or with j. NJ. Pressnall
Webster.
If the cloth peddler calls at
your house and you have no dog,
take cur advice and set up a NINA
turc lanyard about SIX inches below
the buttons on the back part Of his
coat-and be enterprising about it
too.
WIN. Alley and party returned
from their surveying trip last Fri
day evening. We saw VIII just
after he reached town and he look
cd as if his roaghing it had done
him lots of good. The party had a
most successful trip.
e. r. Ruggles left on Monday
evening for an extended tour tc
Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Hc
; viii be accompanied by his brother
Willis, and expects to be gone about
ten days. We wish the boys pleas
ant snd successful trip.
On Saturday q prairie fire swep
+ over Independence township ant
t burned the residence of MartiI
Leub with all its contents. In th,
8 effort to save his property Martin
was severely burned in the hand
and face. Another warning to PEG
pie to keep big fine breaks aroun'
: their property,
Mr.. and Mrs, Lieut.. Greene, o
Fort Sisseton, are rejoicing in tn
y addition of daughter to thei
i household of the usual weight
Mother and child doing nicely. Th
: REPORTER most heartily congratu
! ! lltes the happy parents and trust
the little stranger may live to adj
its gleesome voice to the chorus a
IS the fireside, and later to bless then
l. with the sweetness of a cultivate
and noble womanhocd.
J. The Republican conventio
IS that assembled in our city last Sat
lprday, endorsed the division, state
HOOD resolutions of the Yankto
,. platform most emphatically. Th
8. convention as q whole was in fave
Of division at or near the 10th parf
!, lell. They could see no good reaso
- why Dakota should not he represent
" ed by four senators especially whe
the same extent of territory cast
or represented by twenty-four-Dak
T. being as large as II states OF tn
g. union. The more our farmers loo
into this question the more do the
e become convinced that there will /
sr no RELIEF from the grevous burden
"a imposed by eastern monopolies N
til tae west can aold something lik
L. an equal hand with them n I'll
IA United States Senate the acknoa
a. od ed fountain Of all political pow.
in this country.
. se----oiwell authorizes us to al
a. nonnce that he unreservedlv viii