Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19
Andrew Sandvig is now work
ing in Heishss implement house.

Andrew Sandvig is now work
ing in Haishss implement house.
Six weeks more and the wild
goose will wake she echoes in these
hills.
Next Wednesday is the 10th
anniversary of the birth of 'Bobbie'
Burns.
Say YOU, who promised us
some hay on subscription, bring it
in now.
Our weather profit says we are
going to have fine weather from
this on.
The knowing ones say a lamp
kept burning in the cellar will keep
frost out.
Yes, we will take chickens,
butter or anything eatable ON sub
scription.
H-The coolest inhabident says"
it was the worst storm he ever saw
III Dakota.
When you are thinking of prov
ing up, call at shis Office and learn
all about it.
Wheat has reached So cents this
week, looks as if things we're going
to improve.
lin about a month we shall open
a new and interesting department
in our paper.
Pull down the blinds and don't
leave your shadow on them after
they r pulled.
Who said that there would be
saloons ran and liquor sold in Day,
in spite Of the law?
Geo. Butler, of Butler, was in
town Tuesday night, helping to
make a Fellowcraft.
Coal is getting scarce in the
east-none Of it being mined on ac-
count of the strikes.
Yesterday a large number of
teams were IL town and things be-
gan to look like business.
Ask Mr.. Haven If he has a tick
ct for Omaha with a lay v c priVil-
egs, for thereby hangs a tale.
Gosh, its awful getting out a
local paper and giving local news,
when there isn't any to give,
Mr.. Look is reported as having
lost four head of cattle-strayed a
way and froze Thursday night.
-The advertising columns Of the
Webster newspapers look like a
cyclone had gone through them.
Great bargains in all depart
ments of my stock.
JOHN NORTON.
"A gentleman living on the Van
derHorcks' farm, Northeast Of this
city, lost a yoke Of steers in the big
blizzard.
The blockade in Dakota was
raised in three days after the storm
bnt in MiAniesota -they are dig /
ging yet.
-Sihb Peterson hai gone on a
tour through Washington, Montana
AMI Utah Territories and Southern
California.
Now il some one would invent
a machine that would burn snow
Dakota would be well fixed for fuel
this winter.
%. 4, Jones, who has been in
the west for some time returned
home just in time to enjoy the beau
ties of our blizzard.
Wonder if the Indians did not
know what was hurting them when
they predicted a hard winter with
''much heap snow"
The Congregational social at
the residence Of L. G. Warner, Tue
sday night is reported as having
been most enjoyable.
Webster has a juvenile militia
company and the lads paraded the
streets yesterday. They are a
nobby lot Of little fellows.
Old Mr.. Shoots, of Bristol,
was caught in last Thursdays storm
and was frozen to death. W. have
been unable to obtain particulars.
1T is surprising the number of
sick animals that have been dicov-
/, Ted in these parts since the Jan. /,
which nothing but alcohol will reli-
e.
We have not noticed any one
putting up ice as yet, when the tor
rid days of summer come, is this
city to be without the ability to
cool.
Next Wednesday night the
good teinplars lodge of this city
will spend an evening with Burns,
the home and heart poet of scot
land.
"A goodlY number of our citi-
zens we're at the school house dur
ing the prevalence of last Thurs
days storm to help the children
home.
Since our last issue wa have
had a comfortable snow storm, the
kind that goes whistling with the
mournful dirge note of bitter
winter.
Gratitude and affection smooth
the lettering steps, and tighten the
infirmities of the merciful man
God and all the good angels are
with You.
The new Northwestern Seed
company that was recently organ
lied in Aberdeen, is composed
entirely Of Marshall and Day coun-
ty talent.
Quite a number of gentlemen
who intended to prove up during
the past week, failed on account of
the severe storm and cold weather
following.
There" said a boarder at one
of our hotels the other day, as he
wrathtully pushed his plate away,
1'that pie amt fit for = pig to eat