Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19
Andrew Sandyig is now work

Andrew Sandyig is now work
ing in Haishss implement house.
Six weeks more and the wild
goose will wake the echoes in these
hills.
Next Wednesday is the l29th
anniversary of the birth of 'Bobbie,
Burns.
Say you, who promised us
some hay on subscription, bring 1T
in now.
Our weather profit says we are
going to have fine weather from
this on.
The knowing one say a lamp
kept burning in the cellar will keep
frost out.
Yes, we will take chickens,
butter or anything eatable ON SUBJ
scription.
The coolest i~nhabident says"
it was the worst storm he eve saw
in Dakota.
When you are thinking of prov
ing up, call at this office and learn
all about it.
Wheat has reached GO cents this
week, looks as if things were going
to improve.
I'm 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 are pulled.
Who said that there would be
saloons run and liquor sold in Day,
in spite of the law?
Leo. Butler, Of Butler, was in
town Tuesday night, helping to
make a Fellowcraft.
Goal is getting scarce in the
east-none of it being mined on ac-
count of the strikes.
Yesterday a large number of
teams were in town and things be-
gan to look like business.
Ask Mr.. Haven If he has a tick
ct for Omaha with a lay over 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,
MI. 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. EU Ii
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
but in Misunderstanding are dig
ging yet.
-Sibb Peterson hai gone on a
tour through Washington, Montana
and Utah Territories and Southern
California.
Now il some one would invent
a machine that would burn snow
Dakota would be we'll fixed for fuel
this winter.
g. \, JJaeS, who has been in
the west for some time returned
home just in time to enjoy the beau
ties Of our blizzard.
Wonder il 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 +. c. 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.. Smoots, Of Bristol,
was caught in last Thursdays storm
! and was frozen to death. We have
been unable to obtain particulars.
1t is surprising the number o.
sick animals that have been dicOy'
cred in these parts since the Jan. /
which nothing but alcohol will reli
eve.
We have not noticed any on
putting up ice as yet, when the to:
e rid days of summer come, is Thu
city to be without the ability t.
cool.
Next "Wednesday night til
good templars lodge of this CIT,
a will spend az evening with Burns
the home and heart poet OF scot
It land.
"A goodly number of Il citi
zens we're at the school house dur
ing the prevalence of last Thurs
. days storm to help the childre
! home.
=. Since our last issue we hay
~ had q comfortable snow storm, til
kind that goes whist!ing with til
y mournful dirge note of bite
winter.
Gratitude and affection smoot
the tottering steps, and tighten tt
o. iufirmities of the merciful maj
God and all the good angels a
/, with you.
The new Northwestern See
Is company that was recently organ
lied in Aberdeen, is compose
ont;roly IF Marshall and Nav CON