Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-07

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market. Our farmers have bee
engaged in finishing up their ia
blowing and have not had time t
haul it.
The Ladies' Aid Society of til
NJ. Z. church viii meet at Mrs
| Norton's Friday evening at s O'Clock
All are cordially invited.
Mrs. Siglinger, Sec.
So great has been the deman,
ifoi Webster flour that, though tn
mill has been running % hours il
| "a it has been nip and tuck for then
to keep up with their orlers.
The Baptist church of Webste
presented the u. E. church witt
their chairs and organ on Sunday
which was tie occasion of the quar-
terly meeting of the N. E. churcl
of this place.
Married, at the residence o.
the brides parents in Webster, Oct
Sd, by the Rev. Thos. Hambly, Mr.
Benjamin Franklin Griffith, of Fort
Sisseton, to Miss Josephine Alice
Turner.
There VIII be a Camp Fire giver
by Gen. Crocker Post No. 20, G. A
H., at Masonic Hall the Goth, every.
body is invited 10 attend. The Jack
of Clubs will turn up during the
evening. Committee.
The directors of the ID. G. A.
S., met at Z. r. 9uggles' office, in
Webster, Oct. End, 1886, to settle
expenses of the late fair. 1t was
unanimously voted that the associa-
ton pay all premiums in full.
I'D. G. WARNER, Sec.
The township republican eau
Gus last Saturday resulted in the Sc
lection of the gentlemen for dele
gates to the county convention
DR.. J. L. Harris, Hon. L. A. Bones
Thos. Douglass, G. Ecker and Ed.
Knapp.
AT the recent visit of Bishop
Marty to this county, there were
over a hundred combinations. This
shows that the Catholic church is
growing rapidly in Day county. The
bishop stayed week and wastyery
much pleased with his visit.
The Frank Stewart Concert Co
gave an entertainment in the Con-
gregational church on the 30th that
was simply immense. The concert
was deserving of the most liberal
patronage at the hands of our people
and should they come this way again
no house in town will be able to
hold the people that will turn out
to hear them.
Sometime during this month
will occur the ceremony of dedica.-
ing the new Masonic Temple at this
place. The ceremony will take
place il the afternoon at Masonic
Hall, where an address will be given.
The evening win be devoted to a
grand ball ana banquet. A full
program will be published in due
time. The invitations will be issued
in day or two.
Frank Johnson, conductor on
the freight that reaches Andoyer
about IL o'clock, met with quite a
serious accident OH Tuesday in that
city. While switching he was stand
ing on the side of the car giving
signals when his head came in con-
tact with q telegraph pole, that had
recently been changed to within
about Is inches of the track, cut
ting a severe cash in it and knock
ing him insensible. He was taken
to Milbank on the train in dazed
condition.
On the LIST Mine Host Balzer
and his excellent lady resumed
charge of the Commercial and
changed its name back to the Balzer
The well known reputation of this
house for good beds, good grub and
general cleanliness is too well estab-
lished to need any eulogy from us.
The old Proprietor has retained to
stay aud is refitting and charging
to accommodate his wealth of custo-
mers, and he offers more and bet
ter inducements than ever to the
public to step in at his open doors
and enjoy that cordial hospitality
for which the place is proyerbial.
"A new banking enterprise has
been inaugurated in Webster com-
prising the following named gentle
men as stockholders: A. J. Leetch
S. G. Wallace, L. Huntington, J..
Norton, j. A. Lee, ". W. Se;ery
and Others. As soon as arrange
ments can be perfected, active bust
ness viii commence. The well
known character of the gentlemen
comprising this firm, as well as their
financial standing, is guarantee
that this viii be a bank that will
take high standing from the start.
AS remarked week ago, with two
solid banks in Webster, our city
will soon become the recognized
financial center of Day county.