Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-01-13

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water to any part Of the city at 20 cents
a barrel or 81 a tank. Leave orders at
this office. VIII also clean cisterns.
Rev. Cias. Parsons and family depart
ed this morning for Neville, Iowa, stop.
ping en- route to visit friends and
relatives at different points in Iowa.
F. A. Seaman OF Faulkton, who was
located here Tor some time last year and
who has many friends in Webster, has
again taken up his headquarters here.
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Died, Wednesday, January II, after a
lingering sickness, Louisa, wife OF Henry
Reyes. aged thirty-nine years. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow. Inter-
ment at Bradley.
Rev. Mcbride, the new pastor OF the
Methodist church. arrived last Saturday
and held services Sunday. He hnils from
Vermillion, Kansas, and expects to bring
his family here by March.
Judge c. G. Graves OF Browns Valley
IS in the city visiting j. p. German. Mr..
g. is the proprietor of the Sweet Marie
su MINER resort on upper Big Stone lake
and is a very pleasant gentleman to
meet.
Governor Lee appointed l.. g. Och
senreiter as a member of the trans
Mississippi exposition committee, but
l.. G.. concluded that he had performed
his share OF exposition work and de-
clined the offer.
An alarm of fire yesterday afternoon
was responded to by the fire depart
ment. 4. detective fiue in the Warner
house occupied by II. Frost and family
caused a blaze in the roof which was
extinguished with but small loss.
Agent Bradley has completed a COM
parative statement OF stock shipments
at Webster for the years 1896 and 1897
which shows an increase of 43 ears OF
stock as follows
Shipments in 1896, 81 cars.
Shipments in 1897, " cars.
Ii you compare the quality OF our
goods with those OF Others, you will
readily see that our goods are the cheap
est. don't buy a lot oil trash simply
to advertise and try to pull the wool
over peoples eyes. An apple may be
fair to look upon yet prove rotten at the
core. ii. Z. Testmeier.
Webster,-always up-to-date,-i ma
king arrangements for q first-class base
ball team for the coming season. Chas.
Severance OF Montevideo and a pitcher
spoken of as the equal OF Pike Mpllaney
have submitted terms and will undoubt-
eddy be found occupying the points tins
season.
As Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Ernst were out
driving Sunday, the breaking OF the neck
woke placed them in "a critical situation,
for the team plunged around with the
pole dragging on the ground. Finally,
some neighbors came to the rescue, the
team Quoted and the slight damage
repaired.
Deputy Sheriff X. NJ. Kellogg returned
Friday night from Springfield, having
in custody Y. f. Dove, charged with
~defrauding creditors. He vas placed in
jail, given a hearing Monday, discharg-
cd, aud left Tuesday for the south part
OF the state, where he is engaged in sell
ing tombstones and soft drinks for
Yankton firms.
L. G. Ochsenreiter departed last night
ON a business trip to the Twin Cities. lie
will be joined in a few days by pavid
| Williams, and together the gentlemen
are going to make application to the
| railroad authorities for % specialreduced
rate on SEED wheat W uc s"pp~"
| for the purpose oil enabling farmers to
secure Il change OF seed grain at reason
able figures.
Mrs. NJ. Rcxiord Of Waubay met with
a serious mishap Monday afternoon IN
Minneapolis. She had arrived in the
CITY bur a short time before. Ii was late
in the afternoon, and in attempting TO
enter the Guarantee Loan building she
failed to see the steps. She fell ana III SO
doing broke her lett leg n little above
the knee. She is at present IN st. Barn
abas hospital.
Died, Satu.day January 8, aged So
wears, Mrs. Sigrie Posse OF Highland
township. Funeral services were ie''
"wednesday, conducted by Rev. Berve"'
Interment at Highland church cemetery
The deceased was the mother 81 I" .
Lan.land, J.. j. Fosse. Mrs. Lars ieter
~, aud Il. j. Fcsse, all OF Highland
township Her husband still SURVIVES
her. The aereaved family have the sym
nathv az The community.