Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-11

lily, came down from Webster Monday
afternoon and viii visit with Mrs.
Burcaiowfs parents, Mr. ard Mrs. w.
N. Mcintyre. FOR awhile. Prof Bnrca-
low has just finished his third year as
principal of the Webster schools and
has been hired for next year. He
expects 10 spend part or his time while
here angling for the finny inhabitants
of Lake Kampeska = Wafertown Pablo
Opinon.
The service Sunday morning. June
lafh, Of Congregational church viii be
given 10 the children Of the Sunday
school A program viii be rendered
by the children and q special offering
viii be taken for the Sunday school
wovk in our state The evening service
as usual Theme of evening sermon.
What is Christ TO yous" c. Z. meet
ing at p. m All not in aftendancs ON
other services are cordially invited 10
worship with MS w s Hunt. rastcr.
Matthias johnson and son drove TO
Watertown Tuesday, from which place
they 90 to Grant county TO visit Mr..
JohnsGa's brother. Matt. as lie Is
famiiiarly known, is one Of Day coun-
tvs most substantial and successful
farmers, and made bis money here.
Twenty years ago he worked on the,
section and held down claim Today
he owns several of the best farms in the
county well stocked and improved and
has bank accounS and money ont 81
Interest. which shows what energy
backed by good Judgment viii 90 in
Day county when properly directed.
Matt has his springs work done and
can well afford 10 take week or two
of visiting.
After the exercises ar the opera house
were concluded fine tall game was
played between the Webster and Mil
bank mines. AT the end of the eighth
inning the score stood ten 10 three in
favor of Milbank AT this junctnre a
very regrettable affair occurred which
tcausei righteous indignation upon the
4 part Of the people of MiIbank Some
dispute arose over the matter of running
a base and Albert Manders, one of the
Ailbank team, struck one of the visiting
nine. 1t was an outrage which 20 one
defended. and the chief of police
arrested him and he was fined to the
amount Of sl4O0 1t was disgraceful
affair over which the people of Milbank
felt deeply Inundated. Milbank Grant
County Review.
The base bali game last Saturday
afternoon between nine from Webster
and the home team was won by the
latter III score of three TO ten, though
the game was not played TO finish on
account of an unfortunate happening,
the interest and enjoyment of the
occasion having been marred by dis
pnte in which blow was struck by one
of the Milbank nine. The offender was
later brought before the police justice
by one OF our own citizens and was
fined Si4 and costs. The Milbank nine
is largely composed of gentlemen, but
it certainly needs some wedding ont,
when an accident of this character
occurs on its own field on such an occa-
sion, and the sooner it is done the better
| it will be for the reputation of all the
the members of the club. Milbank
Herald Advance.
On last Saturday morning the funeral
services for Mrs. Augusta Brolin Were
held III the first Congregational church.
a large audience of friends and neigh
bors gathered 70 show their love and
respect for the deceased and sympathy
with her family aud relatives Mr..
Hunt spoke very briefly Of the life and
the Influences that had gone from it
and of the place in the community and
especially in the home which could not
be filled. "Such prosidences, he said,
..are not plain TO MS. We who stand
4 npcn TINS side see so small part or life
that we can not judge, yet believing in
God manifested in Jesus Christ we must
believe and do believe that all His pro-
vidences are in love Many a mother
who has gone before, has been the
guiding star of life to her children,
doing for them what she could not have
done had she remained in their midst.
Perhaps this mothers work for her
children. and those whom she. loves
viii be greater from the other shore
than it could have beer here An
impressive feature Of the service was q
song by male quartet of her friends
sung In her native tongue Other mnsic
was furnished by the Congregational
choir. Mrs. Brolin has left husband,
four little children the oldest Of whom
is only five years old, a mother and