Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-09-09
NOTICE.
WEBSTER, Sept. G. 1886.

them on the comfy tax list. LII
time for which is very limited.
L. BRIGHAM, Auditor.
The Teachers IEstitntei is PROV
ing grand success.
The brick work on the Masoni
Temple has been completed
The fair book is out and ha
been extensively distributed.
The political pot is beginnin.
| to boil III a decided manner.
Mrs. T. W. Ray is visiting pa
rents and friends in Illinois.
Win. ]. Ryse, Marshall county
prominent democrat was in tow
attending court.
Now look out for a grand festi
val occasion when the Masoni
Temple is dedicated.
II. Il. Turner, Britton's liy
lawyer and townsite boomer, was il
attendance at court this week.
Miss Swensrud returned from
her visit to parents and friends il
Pope county, Mimi, last Thursday
The song of the thresher il
heard in the land and the farmer i
happy in the possession of lots o
golden grain.
Bishop Williams lost his dis
charge papers and asks the one whit
found them to leave them at TIN
REPORTER office.
"A jolly good rain is what oul
people generally are praying for
the want of it makes fall plowint
rather tough business.
M. Rexford, of Waubay, one o.
the jolly crowd Of early settlers, wa,
in town yesterday visiting the folks
and eating peaches.
There will be a meeting Of tho
Webster alliance on Friday, Sept.
II, for the purpose of making ont
orders for coal and receiving appli-
eants. g. Ecker, Pres.
We were amused on Tuesday To
sec 4 woman lead a couple of men
into saloon and treat. No doubt
in the country she came from this
was permissible, but in this 1t looks
decidedly odd.
The tax levy of the county as
made BIZ the board at this session is
4 mills general fund, mills sinking
fund, 2! interest on bonds and 2
county sehool-making i'll all a total
of 12l mills.
The japanese entertainment
and supper given by the Ladies' Aid
Society of the Congregational church
last Friday evening was a live sue
cess. The gross receipts of :ne
evening footed up oyer a hunlred
dollars.
MIR. Chas. Bradford. on Mon
day, resigned the office of Treasurer
OF Day county, his business at And
oyer requiring his exclusive atten-
ton. The board appointed w. l..
Doe Treasurer, who filed his bond
and entered at once upon the dis
charge of the duties of the Office.
We hereby return our thanks
to the Webster Mill Company for a
sack of their "Coteaa Queen" flour.
Talk about bread-this brand Of
flour beats any we have ever used
since we came to the territory
makes a beautiful, faky white
bread that is rs sweet as a nut.
Tho Young Peoples Christian
Association meets every Sabbath
and invites all visitors to our city to
pay them a visit. 1t is one of the
valued institutions of our city and
we hope to see our citizens do every
thing in their power to encourage
the young folks to perseyere in the
work.
The Britton boys are down in
force attending court, Among those
here VIC had the pleasure of clamp
ing the nippers of the Printnp
boys, the genial and jolly Pierce
and cid reliable Marshall Vincent.
The boys are OF deck and rejoicing
over the railway into Britton--they
report the town red hot and still
heating.
Nov is the time to thoroughly
protect yourselves against fire. Make |
wide fire breaks around your grain
stacks, houses and barns. 1t will
take some work to do this, but in
view Of the dry weather Of the past
month it is the part of good sense
ard wisdom to do this. Now don't
defer this important matter till mis-
fortune overtakes you-do it NOW. |
The sale department at the
coming fair is a good thing. Here
you can bring your stock and other
things you desire to sell or trade |
and have fullswing in the business.
Parties desiring to exhibit articles
for sale can do so by applying to the
This feature of the fair
is decidedly good thing and viii
add greatly to the usefulness of the
fair to those in attendance.
On yesterday, after Washburn
was sentenced he was in the court
DOM, in charge Of O baliff, the
Judge and jury being out, when the
said baliff laid down on bench and
went to sleep. Washburn called
5hc attention of the court reporter
10 the fact and requested him to in
form. the court that he would do all
in LIS power to prevent the balif
from getting away.
The session of court Cpencd on
Judge Church presiding. /
The members Of the bar present are
Us follows: W. S. Glass and S. b. /
yanBuskerk, of Watertown: NJ. ]. /
Gordon and i I. Taubman, Aber-
deem; B. Abbott and w. |. Agnew,
droton: Geo. ?. Keller, Milbank;
II. Il. Turner, Dist. Atty McDon-
ough aud Plaisted, Britton; Julian
Bennett and J. O. Thomson, Bristol /
and Whitmore, Of 0rtonvillc. They
are all pleasant, genial, social gem
-leman and appear to know their
business.
TAxEN TIP.
BY the subscriber living on Sec. |