Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-05

mere will be a meeting of the Order
OF Modern Woodman of America at I. o.
U. +. hall Saturday, Oct. 9TH, at half past
seven. All neighbors are requested to
be present.
near Fort Pierre recently q bluff near
" % feet high and composed almost
wholly of gumbo, cracked apart and a
mass 900 feet long and $50 wide slid dowd
some distance, %obstructing the road com.
pletely.-Fx.
Having opened a feed mill, the old
auckland stand opposite Model Mills,
We are prepared to grind all kinds of
reed stutts on short notice and invite the
patronage of all having work in this line.
GRANGER & HARTsoUGH.
Annual Special Cloak Sale at John
NortonIs, Oct. 10th and 18th. Do not
forget the date, as there will be one of
the largest and best selected stocks IN
Chicago represented. Come and look
over the finest assortment eyer seen in
webster. JOHN NORTON.
The Cherokee strip is getting civilized
in rapid shape. A hanging, a marriage
n an election on land that two weeks
ago was prairie sod blushing in all it's
virgin v%erdancy is something that speaks
well for the ability of the American peo.
pie to COLOMBO. A colony planted under
the whip and spur Of dollars and cents
comes to the front with amazing rapid
ity.-Ex.
In a report soon to be issued by the
state auditor, the following totals upon
the assessments of the state will be
shown: Value of lands, 81, AS, 296; town
lots, $2l ,S5S,l 22; personal property, $27,-
SIS, 40+; railroad companies, $500, 500;
telegraph companies, 1925 900; express
companies, $4S. 0 ;telephone companies,
$4O,930; sleeping car companies, 1900.
Ed. Bryant, of the firm of Bryant &
Stickles, was down from Andover Satur-
day and stated to a representative of the
REPoRTER that their place Of business
was a total loss by the fire last week.
The insurance had just expired and a
new addition recently completed. They
intend to rebuild in the spring and with
bJick. We admire their pluck and wish
them the best of luck in the future.
Most any man can be cheerful and
confident during prevailing prosperity,
but it takes one of heroic mould to smile
at poverty and laugh when times are
hard. One can scarce help being cheer
ful when the granaries are full and the
handbook exhibits a balance in ones
favor, but there is nothing of special
heroism in giving way to hard times and
looking straightway for a way 10 leave
the country, or with long drawn faces
talk continually about this "God-for.
saken country" Be courageous, read
ers, now when courage is need eide
Smet News and Leader,
\ German farmer living north oil town
met with quite an exciting incident
coming in Saturday. He was driving
along the road when all at once a flame
burst out in his wagon just under the
seat. He jumped up, investigated mat
tiers, and found to his horror the contents
of the wagon in flames. There was hay,
blankets, some butter and eggs in. Our
friend after an attempt to save the plum
der, found it ofno avail, badly. burning
his hands and arms in the operation. He
dumped off the box and it and the con-
tents were soon reduced to ashes. The
fire is supposed to have started from
sparks from his pipe.
Farm and Home says: when trading