Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-21
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

who ii undoubtedly the lightweight
champion Of the state, and Teddy King,
local 81 Waterfowl This viii be a
clean exhibition OF science Arrange
nahts were tried to be made 10 have the
contest in Redneld and keep the crowd
In town, bat as the opera house could
not be secured it vii be in Ashton.
II is reported that a special will be run
up from wafertown. Redfeld Journai.
~ T.ast Sunday evening when coming in
from the lake Fred Chapman and Claude
Stewart, The night Icing very dark,
missed the road and vert brought to
an abrupt stop ts the team colliding
with . barbed wire fence with such
force as to brsAk wire which whipped
around ay,d severely cut the hands Of
both g4ntlemen, Mr., Stewart was the
more seriously injured of the two One
Of the horses was so severely injured
that il was necessary for DR.. Judge to
take twenty eight stitches in its wounds,
Chas. Howe, Of Omaha, Neb., for
rnerly Of Britton, arrived in the city
Monday and win remain week or ten
days following his vocation, tuning
pianos and organs. He was called up
on account Of the critical condition of
his father, E. L. Howe who has suffered
from stroke OF paralysis and blood
poison set in and an amputation WIS
deemed necessary The operation YVES
performed last week, and although the
old gentleman has passesss his roth year
tho operation was entirely successful
and the patient is rapidly recovering
Rev. DR.. n. A. Swickard and presid-
ing Elder II. p. Hall have returned from
their trip to the Methodist educational
convention nc Mitchell. DIR. Swickard
reporte an enthusiastic and profitable
convention. Aboas 100 delegates were
present, those from this section being
presiding Elder Hall, DR.. Swickard,
Rev. Frank Fox, OF Bath and Rev. J. s.
Hardness, Of Webster The sessions
were very interesting, among thepromi-
nent events being the laying of the
cornerstone for the new college building
and the raising of about $1,000 for
Dakota university. Aberdeen News.
Preparations are being made for "a !
gala day IN Webster June IS, Contrac-
tor Gross has the basement of the new
court house well under way and that is
che date fixed for laying the corner
sssne This is something Of more than
passing interest to every taxpayer of
Day coanty. Each individual one must
stand his proportionate share in paying
for It's construction. Let them come t.
the CITY on that date and show the same
interest as they would in q honse or
barn on their own lot or farm. Come
and see the beg Gaming Of the beautiful
structure that J Su are building collec-
lively at so snaall cost individually
There 1isl be an appropriate program
OF music, speeches and exercises Come
by al means on june i3
Considerable excitement was created
near the ball grounds last Friday even
ing d 20 the outcome of bet OF thirty
five dollars between Thomas Hanson
and Charles Brackhager. Brsnkhager
be that he could walk tight wire
aixty-four feet long stretched twenty
fest from the ground For some time
il looked as though Hanson would win
the money for the wind was so high
thas the boy would not atterapt 10 maks
the trip But there came iull in the
Wind storm and Charles mounted one
Of the poles walked the wire to the
other, came down and got his money.
Charles was lncky that time, and while
he might make the journey from pole
pole q thousand times, yet it would take
only one fall to break his neck as there
no net stretched beneath the wire.
Last Sunday Charles G. Compton. Of
this city, n>oked his fancy driving team
to his double pElaeton and drove over 20
the residezoe Of his brOther-in-law,
Manuel Long, and took the family down
to the cemetery to see the new monu-
ments recently erected over the graves
OF the late Mr.. and Mrs Edward B.
Long. While they were at the GENE
terry one of the horses became annoyed |
at soDaetaing AID made sudden spring |
forward breaking one of the singletrees.
This started the other and they both
weat together, the pole dropped down,
the buggy was overturned and all t.ei
occupants were thrown out Mr. Comp |
ton kept hold Of the lines and was drag |
get several rods, receiving number of |
bruises but succeeded in stopping the
team. The ladies We're quite badly |
bruised and Mr. Long sustained three |
broken ribs and many scratches. The