Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-10-12

DIR. Sullivan was i'm the city to-day
between trains and paid his respects to
the Reporter force.
Go down to the ball park some after
noon aud get II line on the foat bai
team. The boys won't kill you Ii u
stay in the grand stand.
The Chicago, Milwaukee aud st. Paul
Railway Company will cell excursion
tickets to Aberdeen, President Day, Sat
usday Oct. IA Special train will run,
fare $500 for the round trip.
+. A. Bradley, Agt.
Watches Jewelry 4 Silver
ware, at MaImberg's Jew.
elry store. One door north
Of Commercial Hotel.
LOST-On the streets OF Webster
on October 3rd, a small round black
purse, containing $4,000 in bills aud
some small change. Will pay $500
reward for it's return to the Reporter
Office or to me. Thos. Cottingham.
Parties desiring to improve their
stock can do ne-better than breed their
cows to my Registered Short horn bull
"Klondyke." He is a fine individual
and his breeding is perfect. For terms
pedigree and other particulars call at
my Office. Thos. Mckennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. G. WORTHY aud NJ re-.
Leetch departed for their home in PEI
toskey Mich. Sunday night, having
spent the past two weeks in this city.
Mr. w. has quite extensive real estate
interests here and says he is well salts
fed with the Investment and proplie-
sizes IA s,,4,t future for South Dakota.
After u good dinner a good rest is an old
saw, and m after dinner rest can not
be enjoyed by one addicted to the use of
the weed, without a good smoke. The
Hurbert Spencer cigar is made from
fine selected stock of the 5est quality.
the Workmanship i- perfect and it can
not fail to suit the esthetic taste of the
epicurc, just call for one ut Ross Drug
Store.
Newspaper readers linre and elsewhere
are warned to be on the LOCKOUT for
new swindle games by which the nm
wary are canght. In unn a woman
comes along cinva sslng lar hooks and
leaves them for examination and later
a man appears aud takes them. Then
the woman comes after til am, tells a
tale OF woe, and usually gets pay for
the books.
We h8ve received a box Of the latest
line oil samples OF fancy stationary from
Leslie x McAiee wholesale paper dealers
Minneapolis, including wedding, pro-
grams, menus, society emblem cards
aud Engraved stationery. 1t is without
1--lL a. H. H. go 20
the northwest, embracing the best de-
signs OF the leading manufacturers. We
can get nm order from this house in 36
hours from the time 1T leaves Webster.
If you want any thing in this line call
and look the samples over we are sure
they will please you.
Francis May Anderson was yesterday
granted a divorce from her husband,
Holder A.. Anderson, the action
being brought on the grounds OF III
support ind wilfnl negligence. The
husband is now n resident OF Webster,
s.. d., and the wife came 30 this state
from DEBORAH, Iowa. Barnett a Reese
looked after the interests OF the plain
tiff and although personal service was
had on the defendant he made no de-
Tense. The plaintiff leaves Tor the cities
where she will visit friends then return
to her old home nj DEBORAH, la. She il
the daughter OF a well known old set
tier Of this p,acs.-Fargo Forum.
The New York Mutual Life was the
first Life Insurance Company to reach
the 81, OOO, O00, 900 mark ON actual
valid policies. This company Ind the
above amount placed May %. To Gel
citrate the event and as a souvenior the
company had coined ~ number Of deco
rations-minitures of the decorations
on the tower OF the New York Lille
building, in New York City. These
decorations were awarded to agents
whose business for the company reach
ed n specified amount for the month OF
June. Il. 4. WenrDe the local agent in
this citv received one. lit is certainly n
handsome present. being of solid gold,
executed III the most artistic manner
aud receiving it, AZ he did. in comperi-
ton with thousands oil other agents,
Ed is justified in feeling proud ofit.
We had n narrow escape from what
might have been a seriou contiugration
Tuesday night. The publisher of this
great family journal was IN the editorial
room, in the rear oi the post Stficp, in
close communion with the exchanges
aud the assistant editor (tle shearS)
getting out copy. the editor being in
disposed. Having completed our 'abors
we went t o %extingni-h the light, which
was furnished by a largrsized Rochester
burner lamp The frame which held
the lamp broke on one side, the chimney
few across the room, the lamp turned n
summersault and landed bottom side
up in the center ri the floor spilling n
~aunntity of oil which instantly ig,iit-
ed. We didn't get ratified, probabI.
h~.caus- many of cur friends have
tlougiitfully informed us that ON our
Departure from this vale OF tears we
would take mp u abode in a very
warm climate. Well. we thought VIZ
hid got there, and gussS we We're for
the time betty. However, with great
presence OF mind. the expression is USED
ndvisrdabiy-it is "a sterotyped phrase
aud no item al This character would be
complete without it. We looked around
and raw nothing suitable nj hand
with which to e~xtingtish the
a 49, ". f..l.l .eg -. $500. ...l .,..S