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

Come and ratify.
Don't chew gum.
Who knows? err
Farmers are haying.
Candidates thicken.
Wheat heading ont.
Young ployer are ripe.
-"Dis isch my peziness"
-9S in the shade Wednesday.
Plenty of Skeeters and flies.
The county is growing some.
He is sadder but wiser young
man.
Ed Murphy was up from Bris-
tol Thursday.
The wild duck crop promises
immense sport.
Chris Moline of Waubay was in
the city Tuesday.
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Mrs. Kramer is reported on the
sick list this week.
Republican ratification meet
ing Saturday night.
Webster sports number of
nobby private rigs.
y. A. Austin has retired from
firm of Palmer & Austin.
Roy McGlachlin, of Butler was
a Webster visitor Friday
M. Rexford, of Waubay, was in
the county capitol Tuesday.
The basement under the Com
mercial is nearly completed.
What's the matter with the fair
building for bowry dance.
Cut worms are doing lots of
damage to the garden truck.
The Adventist meetings are at
tracing considerable attention.
j. G. Adams is in Huron this
week attending the convention.
Walt Hartsough and Win Law
Ter we're Bristol visitors yesterday.
Col Lewis came up from Bristol
yesterday, said hello, and went back
The recent big rains were rath-
er hard on the prairie chicken crop.
Rev. G. c. Metz and wife of
Groton were Webster visitors Sun
day.
-Thos. A. Bones is proving him
self to be u dandy county commits
sioner.
MIR. A. d. Hash celebrated the
glorious fourth at his old home in
Glencoe MINI.
Webster was deserted OH the
fourth, our people were dispersed In
every direction.
The copious rains of last week
have greatly improved the crop pros
peet in this vicinity.
Fred Harris, "Krud" is now
boss wood butcher at his fathers
shop on the east side.
There will be grand dance at
Joe Carr's place, south of town, ON
Friday night, July 20.
Well, if you want to get the
news OF the county, take the Re-
PORTER and keep posted.
The NJ. +. Church spire is al
most completed and adds greatly to
the appearance of that edifice.
We regret to learn of the illness
of Mrs. Norton, the effects of being
poisoned while at the Lakes the 4th
| VIII Alley returned from Bis
mark Tuesday, where he has been
finishing up a government survey.
The School Report of Waubay
schools is unayoidably omitted from
this issue--will appear in our next.
"A large number of our citizens
spent the fourth at Pickeril Lake,
they complain of having had good
time.
IS. G. Crosby and daughter, of
Waubay, were taking in sights and
hot atmosphere, on Gus streets vest
erday.
The "dealers" are making it
decidedly torrid for the too conf
ding believer in his ability to trade
horses.
Miss Jessie Newcomb closed
her school in Wheatland June 30th,
and is now the guegs of Mrs. Irene
G.. Adams.
The charming potato bug is
here sizing up the different potato
patches in town, and are very attea-
tive to BIZ siness.
In equalizing the assessment
| the Board of Commissioners raised
| the valuation in this township two
and half per cent.
Mrs. Behr, of st. Paul, a cos
| in of Mrs. J. Alley, who has spent
the past month visiting friends here
returned home Saturday.
Hon. J. Alley made this Office q
pleasant call Wednesday, and re-
quested us TO inform the suffering
lpublic, for him that it is hot,
The report from horse shoe
lake is to the effect that the celebra.
ton down there was largely atten-
ded aud o grand time was had.
| "A letter from Geo. Spencer
says he is well cared for in tie sol
diers home, at Milwaukee, Wiscon.
sin, and that his health is greatly
improyed.
u. I. Goodwin, Of the kingdom
of Pennington, is here attending to
his duties on the county board, in
which he proves himself very
deficient.