Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-05-20

| STOCK OF lumber III LAY county.
Go to Z. W. Smail's yard fol
Cedar Posts.
The road east on first avenue is
being rapidly put in shape.
w. L. Doe and ". NJ. Paul
were Britton visitors Sunday.
E. W. Small keeps the largest
stock of lumber in Day county.
-Four ply linen bosom shirts at
rs cents each at j. NJ. Barker's.
Capt. VanderHorck is expect
ed here some time next week.
J. NJ. Barker has just received
a car load of Crown Prince Flour.
DR.. Harris has a bran splinter
new team that are right up on the
bit.
The next meeting of the board
of supervisors is the first Monday
in June.
Money is the root of all evil
W. W. Severy & Co., have plenty
of it to loan.
C. d. Peterson has broke
ground for an addition to his drug
store 20 foot square.
w. W. Severy & Co., have ten
thousand dollars on hand to loan on
chattel security.
DIR. Case, of Bristol, was down
Monday to attend Squire Lees court
as witness in the Evans case.
-WANTED-Flve decided quar-
tiers of land in Day county, by the
Day County Real Estate Exchange.
-Chattel security will get cash
any time at W. W. Severy 4 Co.'S,
Office, first door south of post office.
Hon. J. o. Thomson, Bristol's
rising young attorney, was in town
Monday, on the case mentioned
elsewhere.
1t seems to be fact pretty
generally conceded that the fourth
of Independence is not to be cele-
brated in Webster.
To-day the base ball clubs OF
Bristol and Webster will meet and
decide who ia entitled to be boss of
the diamond field.
The session of Ladies Aid at
John Norton's was pronounced, by
those present, as being the most en-
joyable of the season.
The photographer for Lcvoy &
Co., is here and parties desiring to
take advantage of the nice weather
should call at the gallary at once.
-Britton expects the road to be
in there by the fourth and will have
IA rousing celebration-just let the
eagle get up on its hind legs and
howl.
"A grand party is to wind up
the festivities at Bristol on Thurs
day, the occasion of the match game
of base ball between the Webster
and Bristol mines.
Our County Supt., is busy these
days visiting schools and doing all
in his power to better our educa-
tional interests. He is a most pains
taking and efficient officer.
Charley Hustis, the enterpris-
ing lumber dealer at Bristol, linger-
ed with us Monday, He, too, was
a witness in the case OF Evans VS..
the Aberdeen Mill Company.
Julian Bennett came down from
amidst the "madning whirl of met
ropolitan life" at Bristol, Monday,
to visit the center of the universe,
to look after law suit as attorney.
"A. d. Chase, Territorial Lee
turer and Organizer of Alliance will
be at Dexter, Monday, May 24th at
6 o'clock p. M; Eseland, May 25th
Bristol, May 26th,; Andoyer, May
27th.
DIR. Huestis, dentist of Aber-
deem, will be at the Commercial
again the last day of May and the
first four days of June. All who
require his services will please call
early.
Farmers, read the article head
ed "not dead but sleepeth," which
appears in this issue. 1t Is from u
prominent member of the alliance
of the territory and gets there with
both feet.
M: E. Evans, the live business
man of Bristol came down Monday,
and with the assistance of Messrs.
Bennett & Thomson, attorneys,
knocked a lung out of the Aberdeen
Mill Company,
MIR. Chase passed through oul
city last week ell route for Marshal
county, where he organized an ALI
anee. On his return he stopped
with Mr.. Ecker and paid us a pleas
ant call. lie resides near Water
town.
| Mr.. A. J. Leetch, of Ypsilanti
| Mich, is here looking after his in
terests in this city. Ills man,
| friends here were glad to meet him
and renew the pleasant aequain
tapce formed in the early history o
| the town.
/ Cedar Posts at Z. w. Smail's.