Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-06

now located In TODD TO. MINI.
Mrs. Marietta NJ. Bones was the first
woman to make entries OF articles in
the WON ans department and she
will have an excellent exhibit.
Mrs. Marietta Bones who was awarded
several premiums for articles exhibited
in the Woman's department Of the State
Fair has very generously informed the
fair man agement that under the exist
ing co nditions she will accept the will
for the deed and permit the cash due
her to revert to the State Fair treasury.
Yankton Press and u.
John Miotke who has been firing this
sc JASON for John Blocks threshing en-
CINE had been up to Friday night, in the
habit OF sleeping in the boiler OF the en-
CINE. He is curet OF that habit now.
His custom was after the fires were
drawn to put some clean straw in the
boiler and crawl in on it. On the night
mentioned after he fell asleep the straw
ca ught fire and he was severely burned
before he could get out. His clothing
W as aHame and in his agony he rolled
on the ground setting fire to the stub
BILE and scattered straw and before the
fire could be put out it had destroyed
the straw wagon. tender and tank. Mi
otke's face, arms and body were terribly
bur ned, so he was placed in st. Johns
Hospital where he is reported on the
road TO recovery.
The Remembrance Meeting" of the
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational
church held on Friday last at the home
of Mrs. III. o. Frank was very interest
ing both from a historical and social
standpoint. The roll was called of all
no had ever been members of the So
CT ETY. since its organization in Jan. 1886,
of the 70 members five have passed over
the river of death: Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Fol-
som, Mrs. PresSnal, Mrs. sorensen and
Mrs. Arthur. Many letters were read
from absent ones, some ecd, some joyful
and all remembering some incidents of
days gone by In the little brown church
on the hill. Remembrances of the old
Il me choir by Mrs. Loomis-the first
socials at Christ Eckers and Ed. Ruggles
were some Of the doings, Mrs. Brigham
brought to remembrance-the difficult
les of getting up a wedding in the days
of snow blockades, as described by Mrs.
Norton was side splitting. But space
will not allow the mentioning of the
kind messages received and the substan-
tial reminders that they were still inter-
ested in the prosperity of the Aid Society
of the first "Church of Christ" In Web
ster. Over so were heard from either
by letter or in person. After the roll
call peaches, ice cream, cake and coffee
concluded the program and the ladies
went home feeling they had again met
the dear ones who had been with them
in other days.
The Triennial convocation of the Epis-
copal Church in South Dakota was held
in st Marks church, Aberdeen, Sep. 14th
and 10Th. The Convocation was also the
Jubilee of the 18th year of Bishop Hare's
conservation as bishop. To commemorate
the event and to show a slight apprecia-
tion to Bishop Hare the clergy and laity
thought it good to make the Bishop a
present, but he would not hear to it, he
said to show u appreciation of his en-
deavors, it would be most acceptable to
him to take what money could be raised
and put 1t aside as a fund, so that In
time the interest of said fund would pay
the salary of the bishop, the said fund to
be known as the Episcopal fund. At the
present time the Bishops salary is paid
by the General Missionary Society. The
people of South Dakota without regard
to creed or sect, have during the past %
years been benefited by the ministra
tions of Bishop Hare, both spiritually
and mentally, and we ought in some
slight degree reciprocate, and for that
purpose there will be a collection taken
up at st Mary's chapel on Sunday, Oct.
9th. All those desiring to contribute to
this fund can then do so. If the contri-
button is put in an envelope and the
donors name written thereon, so much
the better. If we take in consideration
| what South Dakota must have been 25
years ago, and what privations and hard
ships Bishop Hare underwent surely our
purse strings will be opened. For ten
years he ministered to the Indians e x
clusively and then the white settlers
began to come in and open up the count
ry, they being without a chief pastor the
extra care of ministering to them was
added to the bishops already extensive
work. But he gladly assumed the re-
sponsibility, and for the past Is years
has done double duty to Indians ant
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