Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-02-04

tional church will hold o thimble bee at
the home of Mrs. G Il. Hyde, on Friday
afternoon, February fifth. All ladies
cordially invited. 25 cents.
Mrs. w. Il. Ravens received IA tele-
gram this, Thursday morning, convey
ing the sad news of the death of her
brother, at Dodge Centre, Mimi. Mrs.
Ravens will depart for that place this
evening to attend the funeral.
Sam Andrews, who about three years
ago instructed a home talent company
and put on a play in this city, is now
travelling with the George Harper
company, and was renewing acquain-
tances with mnay friends made during
his first visit here.
A telegram received Wednesday from
Portland, Missouri, announcing the
death of f. NJ. Colby. BY request of
deceased the remains will be inferred in
the Webster cemetery. The date of the
funeral OF other particulars are not
obtainable at this writing.
a warrant was issued Friday for the
arrest of John Enborg who lives twelve
miles South of Bristol, the charge was
interfering with the school in district
No. i9i a hearing was held before
Justice Chas. Rathbun Saturday aud
the defendant was fined S2l and trim
mings.
DR.. II. a. Peabody departed for Ponca
Nebraska, last Monday morning where
he will visit for a few days with his
father and sister. From Ponca the
doctor will go to Philadelphia where he
will take a special postgraduate course
for two or three months in the diseases
of children.
We are in receipt of the initial copy
of the Stutsman County Leader pub
lished at Medina, n. d., by a company.
G.. o. Pitcher is editor, and Frank c..
T~refethren, who was for years IA faith
full employee OF this office, looks after
the mechanical end. We wish the boys
success.
Through an error someone took a fur
coat belonging to Ferdinand Hinze from
Knapp's hotel one day last week. The
coats are nearly the same but the one
left is toos small for Mr.. Hinze and he
wants to trade back. The party having
the coat is requested to call him up on
the phone.
The lecture given at the opera house
last evening by the Rev. j. s. Mont
gomery, under the auspices of the
Womans Thursday Club, is said by all
who were present to have been one of
the very best in the course. The rev.
erend is a splendid talker and made an
excellent impression upon his Webster
audience.
Frank Ritter was notified last We'd
nesday that a couple of wolves had
had been seen in the vicinity of the
Mace farm northwest of town. He
soon had his hounds OH the wal path
and a pretty race ensued when one of
the wolves was sighted. OF course the
hounds were the feetest inner and
his, wolfship's hide is the property of
Ritter.-Adover Gazette.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Webster Cooperative Lumber
Company was held Saturday and the
following officers were elected: As
board of directors, VIM. Rich, G. f.
Anderson, Fred Brolin, Matthias John.
son and John Hendrickson; VIM. Rich
president, Herman Prieb, vice president
G. +. Anderson, secretary and treas
urer.
Friday evening some party or parties
went into the Office of K. w. Small and
with a Ratchet or some other instru-
ment broke open a desk belonging to
Chief of Police Gruby, expecting prob.
ably to find some important papers
which are to be used in some of the
criminal prosecutions at the present
term of court, but were disappointed as
the papers were in a safe place. The
Chief has a very good clue as to who
are the perpetrators of the deed, and
will o 0 have them landed in Jail.
Another new business firm has come
to light this week. The new firm will
probably be known as 1.-The Pierpont
Grain and Lumber Co" The COM
pany consists of o. j. Sletten, NJ. J.
Nygaard and II. G. Raffelson. Appli-
cation has been made to the railway
company for a site on which to build an
elevator and coal sheds and we under
stand the lumber yard will be located
in the northeast corner of the city, west
of Railroad avenue. Success to the
new business rm.-Pierpont Signal.