Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-28

day morning, and that evening Johl
Williams left for New York where h
will visit for a couple of weeks. Mrs
Williams and baby, who have spent tn
summer in the east, will occompan,
Mr.. Williams on his return trip.
+. w. Taylor, a son of J. r. Taylo
of this city, who is editor and proprieto
of the Pioneer, at Campbell, MINI, is
candidate for judge of probate for vii
kins county, Mimi, with very ~fiatterinI
prospects. Floyd is an old Webster DO,
and his friends will be pleased to gree.
him as judge. Yes, Judge Taylor, tina,
isn't bad.
There has been a change in the Bert,
hold IN. D. Tribune, f. w. Pitsor now
being sole proprietor, having bought his
former partners interest. Fred is get
ting ont a good paper and deserves the
liberal patronage he is receiving. His
Webster friends will congratulate hin
on his new acquisition and wish con
tinued success in the enterprise.
A young fellow less than a Thousand
miles from Webster evidently wrote two
letters, one to his best girl, the other to
the county Superintendent, and trans.
posed the letters in the envelopes before
Mailing. Now the superintendent is
wondering what 'sweet thing "little
darling "deary' 'lovely love- etc.
have to do with school matters. The
returns are not in yet, so far as we have
learned, from the other letter, We pre-
sumo explanations are in order.
Last Sunday morning when John
Norton. the breeder of fancy sheep,
visited his pasture near this city he saw
a sight that raised his wrath. Dogs
had dug under the fence and attacked
the sheep. Five of these fine animals
were dead and six have died since. The
loss is estimated at $500. Mr.. Norton
has made a vigorous search for the dogs
but the description given to him was
not very accurate and his search thus
far has been in vain.
Wednesday afternoon Carl +. Lapen-
ski was arranged in Justice Malmberg's
court on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. Several witnesses were
put ON the stand by the state. The only
witness for the defense was the defend
ant. His testimony was that Frank
Anderson, the lawyer, presented him
with a keg of beer for he and his neigh
bors, and he forgot to call in the neigh
bors and got drunk and while in that
condition did the shooting. The justice
bound him over to the circuit court and
put bonds at 800 which were furnished.
A9derson's case comes up in NovembeE.
1 The city authorities have, after a
thorough test by an expert, accepted the
city water and light plant. The lights
are certainly of great advantage to the
city both as to beauty and convenience.
The arc light in the streets make a
marked improvement, and when the
city dads get the four arc lights on the
water tower Day county will all be
lighted to Webster. Many consumers
are using the water for household pur-
poses and pronounce it a very satisfac-
tory article. The pressure as seen by
the street trials with the new fire appa-
ratus is very satisfactory. The water
and light plant is asuccess. Hnrrah for
the next improvement.
Last Monday evening the family of
N. J. Serum, consisting of his wife and
daughter, Miss Julia, niece, Miss Anna
Johnson, and nephew, Martin Johnson,
for their supper ate some sardines.
Later in the evening Mrs. Serum was
taken with violent vomiting and soc
ell the members of the family were
alike affected. DIR. Lull was called, and
upon arriving at the house he called DIR.
Harris and they discovered that the
family had been poisoned and it was
only by the most heroic treatment that
they were able TO resuscitate Mrs.
Serum. The others, although very Ill
were not so serious. At present all are
getting along nicely.
States Attorney e. w. Taylor was
quite busy when we called at his Office
this morning. w. II. Matthews, the
genial proprietor of the Hotel Webster,
was the first man to appear on the
scene and he wanted a warrant for
Harry st. Claire, who had been night
clerk at the hotel for Sbout a week and
departed this morning for parts unknown
with $50 of the hotels money. The
wires Immediately ve,e set in motion
and the young man was last seen COM
ing cut from the dining o of the
Sherman house in Aberdeen. Next
Julius Flagstad rushed in for a warrant
for a Mrs. Hoge and children on the
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