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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
Senator and Soldiers.

The days when senators and represent
atives in congress were expected to
frank letters for private soldiers, re-
counted by Mr.. J. A. Watrous of Chicago
in some army "reminiscences, were dam
gerous ones for congressional visits to
the military camps.
Mr.. Watrous says that Senator limo.
thy o. Howe of Wisconsin once visited
the headquarters Of his friend, General
Rufus King, and was at the first oppor-
tuunity beeieged by the soldiers with
packages of envelopes to he ranked.
Senator Howe was one of the most
good natured of men. and Immediately
sat down in the tent of one of the cap
tains and began to frank envelopes by
the hundred.
General King had made special prep
arations for a dinner in honor Of his
guest. 1t was to eclipse all the camp
dinners that had been given for q long
time. Senator Howe had been franking
envelopes about half an hour when the
call came for dinner. He went on writ
ing, and General King came to get him.
go ON, King; I'll be there directly"
said the senator.
Dinner was served. The guests hal
arrived. No one ate, but after awhile
the colored cook was sent to tell the SEN
ator that the meal was getting cold.
"Oh, tell them to go ahead, " said
the senator, still writing madly ON sol
diers' envelopes. "I'll be with them as
soon as / can"
He finished the pile and rose to go,
but just then two more soldiers came in
with fresh parcels, and he seated him
self again. After he had signed them
all he joined the impatient company at
a cold dinner.
"I'm sorry" he said, ''but it made
the boys happy. They viii make their
friends happy with all the letters they
will send in those franked envelopes,
and it made n happy to Go it,"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
SUN MONS.
LIST pub March l8-7

~ Puo ndfCn iS-aW
state eo OIL Sou ~ Dakota IS. In JUSTICE Go1rt.
Justice of the Peace
Manson & Lee Lumber Co., a corporation
JIG. Bash, defendant.
The state of South Dakota sends greeting to
JIG. Bush, defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear before
me at my Office IN the city of Webst r. In said
county, on the Sth day of March, 1897, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon Of that day. and nsver
to the complaint of the aboye-named nlaint,fF
Manson & Lee lumber CO., a corporation who
claim 10 recover of YOU the sum of S1S.26. with
interest, upon a promissory note, bearing date
March 1ith, 1895. executed by j. C.. Bush. do.
PENDANT. to Manson & Lee Lumber Co. pIain
TN, for the payment TO said Manson & Lee
Lumber Co. of the sum of SIS rs, with interest
at the rate of IL per cent per annum, upon the
LIST day OF April, A. d. 1895, no part of which
has ever been. paid, and you are hereby notified
that II YOU fall to appear and answer as above
required, said plaintiff will take judgement
against you for the sum of S1S.26. with interest
from March 18th. A. ID. 1895, at the rate Of 70
per cent per annum. together with the costs
and disbursements of this action.
Given under my hand this 3rd day of March
A.. ID. 1897.
W. c. KENDALL,
Justice of the Peace in and for the city OF Web.
ster, Day County, South Dakota.
FRANK SEARS,
Plaintiffs attorney.
The above case is adjourned to May 3rd. A n
1897. for the purpose OF giving time to serve the
summon by publication; and you. the defend.
ant, j. Z. Bush, are hereby notified that said
case VIII be tried upon the said 3rd day OF Nav.
!. d. 1877, at the hour Of 10 o'clock in the fore.
noon of said day.
VIC. KENDALL.
Justice Of che Peace in and for tho city OF Web.
ster, Day Cocnty. South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

. Jul
whereas, default has occurred in the condi-
tiops Of a mortgage, containing power OF sale,
which has beer duly recorded, given by Daniel
+, Witt and Charlotte Witt, his wife, mortga-
rors. to The Dakota Loan anu Trust Company,
az WATERFOWL, Dakota, mortgage, dated
August I4th, 1883, and recorded In book 10 OF
mortgages, pages 377. 37S and 379 OF the records
az Day county, South Dakota, and assigned to
Ellery C.. Mansfield. Said assignment recorded
In hook AZ, page 40, of the records of Day
county. South Dakota, and mortgaging the
west half of southeast quarter and northeast
Quarter OF southwest quarter and southeast
ooarter OF northwest quarter of section twenty
eight. township one hundred and twenty (l2U.
range ffty-nine (59), in Day county, state of
South Dakota. by which default the power OF
sale has become operative, and no action or
proceeding having been instituted at law to re-
cover the debt thereby secured. or any part
thereof: and there is claimed TO be due on said
mortgage at this date Four hundred andninety-
three and 5000 (493.50) dollars.
Notice is hereby given that said mortgage
will be foreclosed by sale of said premises at
public auction by the sheriff of said county
June 5th, 1897. at III o'clock. a. m, at the front
door of the court house, in the city of Webster,
in said county of Day and state of South Da-
kota, to pay said debt, interest and $3.50 attor-
news fee, and disbursements allowed by law,
Dated April LIST, 1897.
ELLERY c. MANSFIELD,
Assignee of mortgage.
+. A. Countrymsn,
Attorney for ass gnee of mortgage, Water
town. South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
BETTING ON THE RAIN.
Quecrest Gambling Game In the
World Is Played at Calcutta.

Ono Of the most curious forms Of
gambling in the world ;s rain gam
bling" which III the winter season of
the year is at its height in Calcutta.
The principal rain gambling den is in
Cotton street, Burra bazaar.
No one who has not visited the place
can have any conception Of the vast
crowds which at every hour Of the day
and far into night pass in and out.
The great majority are Mawaris, who
are born spectators, but there are as
well plenty Of well to do Europeans,
Eurasians, Jews, Armenians and Greeks
and women too. All swarm into the
small courtyard where this strange
form of gambling is carried on, through
q narrow entrance barely 8 feet wide.
The courtyard is about 200 feet square.
The far famed tank with a spout falling
into the courtyard is the one spot where
all eyes are fixed. The tank stands at
the edge of a second floor roof. 1t is
about 6 feet long by 4 feet wide and 8
inches deep, with the spout opening in
ward, some 8 or a inches from the bot
tom. From this it will be seen that IL
requires a pretty heavy dcwnpour for
at least ten minutes to cause the spout
to flow. Intermittent drizzles, which
partly fill this tank, do not count, as
the shower to fill it must pour down un-
i~nterruptedly, and then the bets are
won or lost.
Chances are taken either for or against
the spout running. A gray haired,
wizened old man is the owner Of the
den, and there is another similar place
across the road, only smaller. On the
roof, over the fifth floor, there is a
small, square watch tower, in which
are stationed five or six men, whose
duty is to scan the horizon closely ard
report on the formation Of rainclouds.
On these reports the odds rise or fall.
A bet made and Won one day is al
ways paid the following morning.
Everything seems to be "on the square,"
and indeed there is little chance for
cheating. The odds range as high as /
to rs on some days, even in the rainy
season. Many have made a fortune in a
single day. One person won over e5,-
900 in the course of a few weeks. But
he worked the system on scientific meth
DDS. New York Herald.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
NOTICE TO TAKE TAX DEED.
ISL quo hpTI'
To Charles Kreuger and 10 all others wi

. ~ =.
To Charles Kreuger and to all Others whom 1t
may concern:
You are hereby notified that on the 9Th day
of November, A. ID. 1892, the following describ-
ed piece or parcel of real estate. taxed IN the
name of Charles kreuger, and situated In the
county of Day, state of South Dakota. as fol-
lows: South half "a of northwest quarter
ca and lots three 90 and four (D OF section
five go, township one hundred twenty-one t12D
range fifty-eight (58), containing 1853 acres, was
sold for taxes due and delinquent for the year
1891, at tax sale by the treasurer OF said county
to ID. n. Peck. and was by said purchaser duly
assigned to Ole johnson, who is now the law
full holde of the certificate OF purchase. That
said taxes then due and delinquent amounted
to SlS.S2 and that subsequent taxes TO the
amount of SS7. 10 have been paid, with interest,
penalty aud costs accrued, $50 .7i, making total
amount necessary to redeem Sli2.I5, and IN adj
dition thereto the cost of service of THIS notice,
together with such interest as may accrue
after this date, must be paid, and the right of
redemption will expire and a deed for said
land be made within sixty days from the COM
pleted service of this notice.
OLE JOHNSON,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

were two medals exactly alike, one for
the best creamery butter, the other for
the best dairy, which was quite right
and exactly as it should be.
The feature which will please the
spirit is the national flag
draped above the tub of best butter. 1t
is not near enough the tub to touch it
and thus give a suggestion of getting
any grease upon its sacred folds, but it
Iis placed above and around the tub as
IL to protect the product of American
industry. The wreath work is in Ro-
man gold chasing. The flag is enamel
ed in the beautiful red, white and blue
OF our national emblem. The two gold
medals cost $50 each. but each is worth
100 times that to its happy and fortu-
'uate possessor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
NOTlCE.-TIMBER CULTURE.
LIST pub March 1S-6w

US. Land Office, WATERFOWL, s. Oak.
March 10, 1897.
I, Complaint having been entered at this Office
BY Carl Malmberg against George A, Glover for
failure. to comply with law as TO timbercultnre
entry NO. 1855, dated July l 1889, upon the eIs
section 8, township 10 n. rama
% w. IN Day County, S. ID. with a view to the
cancellation OF said entry, contestant alleging
That George A. Glover has failed To plant any
land since filing thereon, and has failed in any
manner to comply with the iInber-culture law
ana Tor the last two years all tho tillable land
mas been put into crops and none OF ir TO trees
tree seeds, or cuttings at any time. The said
parties are hereby summoned 10 appear befora
Sears, notary public, at his office in Webster,
;. Dr. on the 9th day of April, 1891, at 10 O'clock
.. ~: TO respond and furnish testimony con.
corning said alleged failure. 80
Final hearing here. May 4, 1897.
JOHN b. HANTEN. Receiyer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

My opinion is that in the most per-
lectly arranged stable, with the best
Kind of bedding and where the COWS are
cleaned every day just like race horses,
she washing Of the udder before milk
ing liz most necessary. Cleanliness,
cleanliness, cleanliness, is the principal
hing in every dairy, and where there
s a lack of cleanliness in the stable, ON
he cow or in the milk pail or can there
viii surely be trouble some day. The
health departments of many cities Of
no United States and Europe de-
Inand of the dairy farmer that he keep
his COWS clean and also demand that
The udders of the cows be washed before
milking. Even with the best kind of
edding there will adhere some dust or
irt on the teats during the night in
be stable or in the yard during day
lime, and every dairyman should make
70 a strict rule to wash the udders of
Inc cows before milking. In the best
fairies in Denmark and Germany the
flashing is done in this way: In the
liable are a wash dish and towel. The
han or woman who has to milk first
yashes his or her hands, then takes a
ail with clean but not too cold water
nd a towel and washes off the udder of
zach cow and dries it Immediately.
nfter all the udders are cleaned-each
pan has to attend TO Is to 90 cows-the
.Lilking commences. / never heard of
ly loss on milk if the washing is done
bat way, and / surely would have
card ii, because in all the diaries where
have been we tested each COW every
eek and kept a milking account. But
NY washing the udders and not drying
lem off is the greatest mistake a dairy
\ an can make. Bad teats, even inflam-
alton of the udder, may be the result.
A. q. Veith in Hoard's Dairyman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
Unavoidable.

THAT was very queer poem ON The
Three Ages of Man you published in
your paper this morning, " said the man
who happened IN. 1.-The general under.
standing is that there are seven ages Of
man."
1T was written The Seven Ages Of
Man, explained the worried Sunday
editor, ''but l had TO cut it down 10
three on account Of a lack of space. -.
Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

Claims paid, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1900 90
State OF Illinois, L.
County of Whi,esite. So
W. A. North cott head consul. aud &. ~.
Halves, head clerk of the Modern Woodmen of
America. Insurance Company, being duly
sworn depose and say that the foregoing is a
full, true and correct statement of the affairs
of said company, and they are the above de-
scribed officers Of said Insurance. company.
w. a. NoRTHcorg, Head Consul.
e. w. HAMEs. Head Clerk.
Subscribed aud sworn TO before me this 9th
day of March, 1891. j. 81, FAY,
Notary Public.
Tho State of South Dakota-0fica of State
Acknowledgement OF Insurance Com
pany's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas. the Modern Woodmen of America.
q corporation organized under the laws of
Illinois, has filed in this office a sworn state
ment exhibiting its condition and business for
the year ending December 81, 1896, co~nformabie
to the requirements of the laws OF this state
regulating the busine : OF insurance; and
W hereas, the said cOmaany has flied i'm this
Office a duly certified copy OF IT'S charter. with
certificate OF organization. in compliance with
the requirements of the insurance law afore-
said;
Now therefore. L HE. Mayhem auditor of the
state OF South Dakota, pursuant to the pro-
visions of said laws, do hereby certify that the
above named company Is fully empowered
through its authorized agents, TO transact its
appropriate business OF life insurance, in this
state according to laws thereof, until the 3lst
December A. ID. 1897.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto set my
hand anl seal at Pierre this 18th day of March,
A. ID. 1851.
lSEAL.l ii. E. MAYHEM,
And flor
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

Did you hear Of a fanny Sam Jones
episode? AT II of his meetings he called
ON all the men who could assert they had
never spoken an uDkind word to their
wives to stand. Up got two. Now"
he said, "all the women who never
spoke an unkind word to their husbands
may RISE" Up got six. "Sit down."
Sam cried. Nov, l want the audience
to pray for these liarsi'' v-r - ~
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
MORTGAGES SALE.

Ist PUB March Z3-IW
Default has been made in the payment Of the
sum secured by a mortgage given by Lauritz Il.
Snlpstad. mortgagor, to l.. II. Hole, trustee.
MORTGAGE, dated November LIST. 1890. recorded
January 9th. 1891, ia the office of the register
OF deeds of Day County, South Dakota. in book
y, at page ~. mortgagiug the east one-half Of
the northwest quarter OF section four 4 i'm
township one hundred twenty tI20) north of
range fifty-eight (5S) west of the 5th p. NJ in
said Day County. South Dakota. The amount
claimed to be due on said mortgage at the date
OF thus notice Is tho sum OF three hundred
forty-six dollars.
Notice is hereby given that said mortgage
VIII be foreclosed by a sale Of the mortgaged
premises on the sth dsy Of May. 1897, at two
house IN the city Of Webster, county OF Day.
for cash. ~
Dated March 18th. 1887.
l.. II. HOLE Trustee,
yOnN L.fitE, Mortgage.
Attorney for tho mortgage, Huron. 3, d.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL
AND PUBLIC LANDS.
f. MAYHEM,
Aud itor.

ISL VUU TtD f-JW
Notice is hereby given that on the 9Th day OF
April. 1897, all the uusold aud Unbiased school
and endowment lands in the county Of Day will
be offered TO lease to the highest bidder, at
public auction at the front door of the court
house IN said county. Said leasing will be held
O'Clock y. m. of each day until all the tracts of
school and en- dowment lands have been offered
for lease.
Pierre, ). d., jan. %, 1897. :
JOHN l.. LOCKHART,
Commissioner Of school aud public lands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
A nIysterious Disease.

AS TO that mysterious COW disease
hich ruins dairy animals, here are its
mptoms: First a blister comes at the
> Of the teat. Then the inflammation
tends upward through the udder.
othing stops it till the ud1er is de-
oyed, and though your COW is one
AT makes four pounds Of butter q day
e will never be any coed again. No
Imedy has been found for the disease.
.tt now read, mark and inwardly di-
st, and digest we'll, what on authority
Us concerning the cause of the inflam-
.stion. There is no remedy after the
ament has started, but you can remove
p cause. According to the authority
antioned, the cause is the following:
Re continuous stabling of cows through
u winter without a breath of air
owing on them and fed with the rich
y food, with no outlet for the prod
$ except through the udder, not even
Brisk breeze on a sunny day to carry
the excess of internal heat engTn-
red by the rich and full feeding, can
y result in the loss Of cows by dis
xlQ-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

Few nations have raised shaving to
dignity Of a religious ceremony. In
Koran there is nc mention of shaw
at all, yet the Mohammedans shave
iv heads In the same manner as the
'pdoos.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

he BARRIERS Of India are 20 deft and
~ Of touch that they can shave =
! without awakening him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
|DhlEEHyzM \ MFR
BUTTER MAKERS MEDAL.

The National Association Treats Its Prize
Winner Well.
There is something very agreeable to
the true American citizen in the con-
temptation of the gold medal which the
National Butter Makers association pre-
scented tc the two persons furnishing the
best samples of their products There
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
Cheap Pants

Are not the ones
you pay the least money for but
the ones that give you the best
value. The pants | make are
cheap because they are made of
the best cloth and in the best
manner. Besides being the best
otherwise they fit.
All-WooI Cheviot . : So 90
Fine English Worsted 500
I'm French Worsted 700
A. w. Anderson,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15

The date of school land leasing is postponed
from April 9th to April 18th, 1897 BY order of
Commissioner of School and Public Lands.
Ii. II. ICELAND,
County Auditor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-15
S 26.9O g.
GENERA FUND LIABILITY
prineinal oascs En,ton II

GENERAL FUND LIABILITY.
Rent accrued .........S IS rs
Salaries, rents and office
expenses accrued ..... 1,236 a
Outstanding orders un-
paid Dec. 81 1896, aad
not as yet charged to
general fund.......... 1900 ca
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-08
ANOTHER FAMINE
FOR IRELAND
Cries Of Warning Going Up Prom All
Parts Of the Island.
ALL KINDS OF CROPS RUINED
No Measures Yet Adopted By The Goyern-
meat To Cope With The
Situation.

New York, September IA dispatch
to the World from London says:
The Worlds special inquiries throughout
Ireland fully corroborate the alarming
predictions cabled Saturday OF the fall
ure Of the harvest and consequent Inn
pending famine. Cries Of warning TO the
government are rising In a crescendo
scale from all parts Of Ireland. They
are not confined as in former years OF
distress to the congested districts on
the western seaboard. From Mullinger,
enc OF the most prosperous parts OF the
midlands. correspondent telegraphs:
The crops are now irretrievably de-
stroyed. 1t will be impossible for the
farmers 10 make anything Of their GER
eals this year. as they are quickly rot
ting. In the churches a prayer for flne
weather was recited and II a change
does not come Immediately the crop might
as well be left to manure the ground.
From county Wexford. noted as one
of the richest in the country. the tidings
are: The green crop may be described
as a gigantic failure in county wexford
this year. The greater part of the po-
tato crop is only fit for cattle feeding
From Fermanagh. a correspondent
telegraphs: AT a meeting held here to
ask for reduction in rents, the parish
priest presiding. he declared that not
since Black Is47 has the prospects for
farmers in this district been so bad. In
several places the potatoes have been
a failure. Hundreds of tons of hay have
been ruined by the heavy rains and
floods"
From Carlow. known as 1.-THE model
county" comes the following dispatch:
There is before our farmers an outlook
as disastrous as it is possible to conceive,
owing to the frightful weather. A great
deal Of corn cut early remains in the
stacks injured beyond repair. In many
districts the farmers have been unable
to cut their crops which present the sad
denins spectacle of being leveled to the
earth by the persistent rains, over which
a mass of second growth and weeds has
come. Apprehensions concerning pota-
toes also have been dismally realized"
These evidences OF the widespread
character of the ruin wrought by the
inclement weather are merely samples
from numerous reports received. The
Irish government has adopted no measure
as yet TO cope with the threatened famine.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-08
POISONED BY MOSQUITOES

PomoBn. Cal. September 1-David
Pierce a ranchman. is dying from poison
from a sting Of a mosquito las, week
lie WIS cleaning an irrigation di,cn at
nighfall on his property. nnd was fre-
auently Nung by mosquitos. a mos.
quito sting back Of his left car irri,a'ed
him more than all the others Next
day It became somcwha, painful and on
the following day the pain increased
From that time the wound grew rapidly
worse. and for the past two days Mr
Pierce has been unconscious. His head
has swollen and the back Of his neck IL
much enlarged. II II believed that the
mosquito mus, have gone from the ma
Iarial spots IN the ditch.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-08
FROM SCYLLA
TO CHARYBDIS
COLORADO DEMOCRATS FLEE FROM 4
r0ruLIST TO GOLD CANDIDATE
The Man Who Led the Bolt From the Pueblo
Convention fut Up For Supreme
Court Justice.

Denver, September There was con.
S''rha'ion among the democrats last
night over the discovery thar the state
convention which met here yesterday had
nominated Cleveland democrat as n
candidate for Justice OF the supreme
court When the crisis in the convention
was reached and it was apparent on the
surface that the nomination was likely
to go to Judge Gabbert. the nominee of
the populist state convention. stam-
p,de was made to John Goron Of Trim
idad. Many OF the delegates who on.
posed Judge Gabbert did not seem to
know who Gordon was. and in their
anxiety to get away from Gabbert dla
not stop to inquire until after the voting
was over when they learned thar their
nominee was none other than John A
Gordon, of Trinidad. who took such q,
active part In the Pueblo convention in
i~2 and led the boilers from the conven-
ton that turned down Grover Cleyelano
on account of his position on the money
question. Many of the delegates have
no hesitancy in expressing their disgust
at the hole their hasty action has landed
them in.