Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-02

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by Mrs. N. L. Bye, went east on
Saturday night. They will spend
a few days at Sacred Heart, Mimi,
visiting relatives and friends, and
will 90 from there to st. Paul to
-isit with their parents.
Mr.. E. r. Ruggles received no.
tice by letter OF the death of his
brother Willis wife, at Ipswich, last
Saturday. Mr.. Ruggles has been
married little less than year, and
the sudden death of his wife is
terrible blow. The many friends
Of Willis in Webster, join the Re-
porter in deep and heartfelt sympa-
thy in this hour of bitter grief.
Dakota is now maturing crop
which will equal, and probably sur
pass, the record of any previous
crop, both in quantity and quality.
From every locality comes the evil
dence of abundant promise for the
harvest now at hand. Dakota's in
dustries do not halt because this is
presidential year. The soil puts
forth its yield with unfailing prom
ptitude. Dakota will this year in
crease its record of 10000, 900 and
SO, 200, 900 bushels of corn.
I'm advertising, business men
should take a card sufficiently large
to be readily seen, and advertise at
a time Of year when people have
the most leisure, as well as In the
9a5on. Hold out no false induce
ments. Change the matter frequent
ly, that it may look fresh, and if
satisfied that the papers you patron
ize reach the people to whom you
wish to sell, keep your name con-
sanity before them. The REPoR-
TER offers every advantage adyer-
tisers can ask for.
Thursday evening last quite a
number of the Democrats of this
town met in Tracy Bros. store and
organized Democratic club. T.
Lawler was chosen chairman and
VI. Tracy, Sec. Permanent officers
of the club were elected as follows:
L. G. Leyoy, Pres, I. Lewler, Vice
Pres, W. Z. Stumph, Sec., and G.
D. Peterson, Treas. The officers
elect we're chosen committee on
constitution and bylaws. Next
meeting at the Court Hou Sc Thurs
day the I'd.
Last Thursday while Mr.. Silta,
who resides northeast of town, was
engaged in fixing the tongue of his
mower, his oxen became frightened
and ran away, throwing him down
and the mower running over him,
the guards striking him on the side
of the head and inflicting an ugly
wound. He was also badly bruised
in various parts of the body. How
he escaped being cut to pieces by
the sickle, is a mystery. On Fri
day he came to town for surgical
assistance and was fixed up by DR..
Harris.
The first of this week we
in company with Mrs a., greatly
enjoyed a visit to Mr.. II. G. Seren-
sons farm, the guests of that gen.
tleman and his excellent lady. Mr..
S. has one Of the finest stock farms
in this county. 1t has three hand
some groves of timber, plenty Of
water, a fine meadow and nearly an
hundred acres Of rich, arabic land,
and is situated about seventeen
miles northwest Of Webster, in
Liberty township. He has sixty
acres of the finest wheat we have
seen this year-indeed, from five
miles north of town, clear to Mr..
Serenson's farm, we never saw such
enormous crops of wheat, oats, rye
and millet. We shall always re-
member our visit with pleasure.
ON Friday last, bouncing boy
took up his residence at Charley
Compt0n's, who, by his actions,
said Dakota was good enough for
him and that he had come to stay.
Charley says he won't eat blamed
thing but milk! The lad is of the
usual weight. and he and his mother,
Mrs. Chas. Compton, are doing
well. The Reporter hopes the boy
may live to be a good and useful
nan, a citizen whose life may be
the pride and boast of his loving
parents.
p. S.-Charley was in town We'd
nesday TO borrow one Of Pidcock's
shirts as pattern from which to
make one for the new boy!
Last Saturday the Webster Pas
times INDUCED in u game Of base
ball with the Andoyer batters. Our
boys arrived in the latter city at 1:21
were met by the base ballists of that
burg and escorted to Frank Sears
office, where they were met by his
honor, Judge Bryant, who invited
them to ice cream. As the Their
mometer was sizzling at 1909 IN
the shade the boys accepted the
genial Judges invitation and par
took of the cooling cream. After
an hours enjoyment of the hospi-
talities rendered them the boys re-
tired to the ball ground and the
game commenced, which was char
acterized by heavy batting and
loose playing. The features of the
game were, a home run hit by Jones,
the beautiful juggling done in the
field by both teams, and the amount
Of lemonade drank by the umpire.
The Pastimes we're victors three
runs-ask "Bury" what the score
was. After the game the boys we're
taken to supper, and then were