Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-12

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we never expected to see again. by
request.
j. c. Bush was appointed city
marshall at the meeting Of the city
fathers Monday night. Cappy says
the dogs have got to be tagged now
or be dispatched 30 the happy hunt
ing ground, on short notice.
Frank Gruby, Will Kading, G.
w. Whitley, Jens Peterson and Geo
Moulton took in the sights at Fort
Sisseton Sunday. They say they
had fine trip and found the soldi-
ers nice gentlemanly lot of boys.
There is a rumor afoat to the
effect that the Pastime base ball
club go to Fort Sisseton Saturday,
to play the Soldiers game, il the
boys go they can depend on having
a good time and being treated like
kings.
-Chas. Knott, the youthful co.
commissioner from Bristol was here
in attendance on the session of the
county board, and is proving him.
self business-in-a-minute and an
able and efficient member of the
board.
10! tile poor Indian fingers,
like Mary's little lamb, patiently
about the city, to corral the dogs
that are cast into outer darkness for
non-payment of taxes-the dogs all
weep and wall and Lo! knashes his
teeth. Selah.
B. II. Egeland presided over
the session of the Board this week
and last, with his usual courteous
urbanity. b. III. is a most useful
member of the county legislature
and is always on deck to faithfully
discharge his duty.
Joe Schachtes' father and moth
er returned to their home in Wis
cousin, last Tuesday morning, after
two weeks visit to the jolly Joe
and his family. The old folks were
much pleased with balmy Dakota.
and especially with Webster.
The Webster second nine will
pay the return game of bali with
Sammy's colts on the Webster dia-
mond, Friday afternoon, an inter-
estIng game is anticipated us tile
colts have been improving their
time, practising with Carr's calves.
The Democratic county conven
tion was held at the school house
last Saturday and resulted in the
nomination of j. A. Lee and Henry
Goebel delegates to the jamestown
convention. The convention is said
to have been very harmonious.
''Just so"
Township blanks, chattel mort
gage foreclosure sales, chattel mort
gage blanks, long and shoit forms;
blank notes; real estate mortgages;
crop clause mortgages; land blanks;
Justices blanks; mechanics liens;
bill of sale, and many other blanks
too numerous to mention, for sale
at this Office.
1t behoves the farmers of Day
county to take interest in the ALI
ance work gong on in the county. |
There is no doubt there is mucn the |
farmer may learn by occasional
meetings, an institute held at regu- |
lar intervals would be good thing, |
get together and talk this matter
up, it will pay.
The latest thing out: A Tri-
cicle Dray, which appeared upon
our streets, one morning this week,
on its trial trip: 1t did not prove
to be success, and at the suggest
of Agent Frank p. Il. drove home |
and put the other wheel on. There
is always mystery connected with
such absent mindedness in marri- |
ed man.
Mrs. Adams returned from her
trip to Eau Claire, on Thursday
morning last-tired and weary with |
long viglls at the bedside of her |
daughter-in-law, Mrs. A. Galloway. |
Her son and daughter lost both |
their children by that dread disease |
diphtheria and it was with difficulty |
the mother was saved. Two of |
Gods little ones, sweet and prec-
ious, are standing close beside the
golden stair, only waiting till the |
shadows have little longer grown
to greet papa and mamma home.
The citizens of Webster are
Justly elated over the acquisition to
their business ranks of Mr., ID. o.
| Anderson, late of Minneapolis. He |
is cigar maker of excellent reputa-
ton, and has opened shop at Web
ster for the manufacture of good |
brands of cigars, in which enter
prise he has been extended the en-
couragement OF the users of these
solacers of ennui. Being a gentle
man bred and an expert at his trade |
it is but fair that success should
crown his enterprise in the begin
ing.--Bristol Independent.
-tFhe Board a. Supervisors did |
a fine thing, during their last ses-
sion, in correcting the assessment |
rolls OF the several townships of |
the county. 1t took two or three
days of hard work to accomplish
this, but it will be great benefit
to the county and its tax payers.
In aearly every list lands belonging
to the government, or TO indlyidu-
ais not proved up, we're assessed,
making trouble. delay and confus-
ion in the collection OF the tax
In lots Of cases lands were assessed
under wrong descriptions that paid |
no taxes at all. The Board procur-
ed corrected plats from the land Of
bee and eorreeted aea1FiRtiang go as
to conform to those laid down in
the several entries where the assess
ment description differed from
them. The benefit this work will
| be to the county can hardly be esti-
mated--lb sages confusion, tronble
aud long winded law suits in the |
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