Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-19

Go to Z. W. Small for your
lumber. lie has more on hand than
was ever shipped into Day county,
and he proposes to give bargains.
While hauling load of wheat
to stack, on Chas. Bender's farm
southeast of town, that gentleman's
team became frightened and ran
away. In the effort to stop them
he braced his feat on the load, when
the bundles COVE way, precipitating
him under the feet of the horses.
The hoof of one of the horses hit
him in the back Of the head, cut
ting an ugly cash about four inches
long and a wheel of the wagon ran
over his arm producing a fracture.
He was otherwise considerably bruis-
ed. DIR. Harris was summoned and
dressed his wounds in his usually
skillful manner and the patient is
now getting along nicely.
The following is from the Mil
bank Index of last week:
1--WE learn from official advices
just received by VIM. NJ. Evans,
chairman of the board of railroad
commissioners that freights on the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul r.
r. will be Immediately reduced in
accordance with the request of the
commissioners. The rate may be a
fiat rate or transit at the option of
the shipper. The new tariff will
take effect Aug. 10th. The new
wheat from Milbank to Mime
apolis will be about ten cents a
bushel. In view Of the low prices
this reduction will be very accepta-
able. Score another for our COM
missioners.
Last Friday, in company with
L. G. 0chsenreiter, we took trip
south to obtain grain specimens for
the Minneapolis Exposition, and
found such uniformly nice crops
that we felt more than ever convin-
ced that Day county and the hill
country is the garden of Dakota.
During our trip we visited the farm
of Mrs. Bloom, situated about IL
miles south, and found it in a high
state of cultivation, well watered,
fine pasturage, and everything on
the place as neat and trim as good
management could make 1T. We
spent an hour most agreeably in the
society of the lady proprietor of the
farm, and after securing fine spe-
cimen of rye grown ON the place,
we returned home, having obtained
a full wagon load of hard and soft
wheat, two or three different kinds
of oats, flax, rye and barley. 1t is
hardly necessary to state that We
enjoyed the trip hugely.
On Tuesday night the Webster
Cornet Band, accompanied by n
number of our citizens, repaired to
the depot for the purpose of sere-
nading the gentlemen belonging to
the C.M. & St.P. Ry. Rod and Gun
Club, who were here in the special
car heretofore described in these
columns. The boys played several
fine pieces, when the gentlemen of
the club made their appearance and
their President, Mr.. Chamberlain,
rendered the thanks of the club in
few we'll turned remarks. He
then introduced DIR. Kilvington,
who, in few appropriate and fell
citious remarks. expressed their
qualification at the kindly reception
they had met with at the hands of
our people. He spoke of how ex-
tensiyely the club had been able to
advertise Webster and TIE country
around it, and mentioned the favor
able notices we had received IN the
London Times and other prominent
European Journals-that they never
lost an opportunity to speak a good
word for the town and it's people,
and in praise ,of the courtesy uni
formly extended them by the farm
ing community, in the vicinity OF
the town. lie concluded by invi-
ting the boys to come inside and in
spect the car. After a few remarks
by the writer hereof, the compony
repaired to the car, where they were
right ROYALTY entertained by the
club for an hour. when all retired
highly pleased with their visit. 1t
was an occasion frought with pleas
ure to all coneerned--an epoch that
will be long remembered by those
who participated therein,