Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-05-26

kirk arrived from Sioux Falls Monday
| and has cal ablished himself in Attorney
Parliman's Office and viii take up the
thread OF legal business laid down by
that gentleman. Mr.. Van Buskirk is no
stranger in Webster having been one
OF the most prominent lawyers in this
circuit before his elevation to U. s.
Office and was formerly located at
Watertown. He will prove a strong
a addition to Webster legal ranks.
A mare belonging to Joseph Maloney
dropped Tuesday a fine horse colt,
whose sire was the famous stallion
Cheyenne" 2.69A, formerly owned by
DR.. Evans, OF Groton, and killed in a
railway wreck in Wisconsin last fall.
As soon as DIR. Evans heard of the ar
rival OF the colt he t~elephoned Mr.. Ma
leney an offer Of 800 for it, but as the
dam is a registered standard mars Joe
feels he had u valuable piece OF horse
hesh and declined the offer.
or late there have been rumors of the
~prevaIency OF CHAMBERS among horses in
the neighborhood north of Pickerel lake,
so on Friday DR.. Karn started on "trip
of investigation. He found 4%pronounc-
ed and dangerous cases and killed the
animals. Since then he has killed six
more. The disease can be traced TO one
mans farm, from where it has spread
over considerable country waking it
difficult to discover all the affected
animals. Besides those killed, the dect-
or has ordered a number OF other horses
is olated and hopes before Icing to stamp
the disease out OF the neighborhood.
General ii. r. Pease,o of Roberts county
spent a few days in the city last week in
the interest of IA Watertown Hail Insur-
ance Association. The General was at
one time an United States Senator from
Mis- sissippi, and his reminiscence OF
campaigns in thai state during the re-
construction period are decidedly in
teresting. He and the former editor OF
the Reporter, J.. C. Adams, who publish
ed a paper in Mississippi at that time,
made a number OF campaign speeches
together down there. The frstpoliticai
speech heard by the publisher OF this
paper was made by Gen. Peose in that
state. The old was horse has rendered
his services to President Mckinley in
the formation of accompany ofimmunes,
for among his other adventures he has
passed through a siege OF yellow fever.
Heleft for Sisseton Sunday.
&c. II. Williams, OF Montevidee, a car
penter working on the new elevator
has in his possession n photograph of
| Webster taken in 1883 from the top OF
one of the elevators. 1t ~revives old
memories to see it. In the fore ground
can be seen the general store building of
j. p. Webster, Balxsr's lake and on the
corner now occupied by "The Far
stands Turner's old blacksmith shop; on
| the south side of the street is shown
Turner's house where the Elevator store
now stands, C%ompton's -four and feed
store and the Reporter building. Fur
ther up the street can be recognized
other old buildings and in the back
ground the Congregational church and
the court honse loom up. The photo is
valuable M showing the wonderful
growth of our city and should be ex-
hibited at the old settlers meeting.
The Farmers Nut nal Hail and Cyclone
Insurance ASSOCIATION, ofSouth Dakota,
offers the farmers of Day county, protec-
ton against loss OF crops by hail at
actual cost. Their plan is n new feat
ure in mutual hail insurance in this
state. Tt is not, how ever, an untried
experiments, over sixty thousand farmers
in Iowa have adopted the plan after a
successful trial OF upwards of ten years.
This fact eommends the association to
every thoughtful and prudent farmer OF
Day county. We have examined the
plan and have no hesitancy IN saying
that it il simple, safe and practical in
surance. Our farmers will have an OPP
p~ortunity to investigate the merits OF
this new plan OF mutual insurance, as
reliable agents OF the association will
soon visit every township in the III
try, and explain the plans and purpes es
of the organization.
The excitement over the bringing to
town OF the insane girl from Waubay
had scarcely subsidized before another
insane woman appeared on the scene.
| She came from Aberdeen On Friday
night and was taken by the authorities
to a hotel for the night. As she said
she had relatives in Minneapolis or
near there, the county purchased a
ticket for her and she was escorted to
aud placed on board OF the train Satur-
day might. But she vas not got rid of
SO easily, for when the train had got a
short distance out of town and was I'M
der good Roadway, she rushed 60 the door
and leaped off. The train asstopped,
backed mn TO the station and n aearc