Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-04-27

Attorney Krause went to Sioux Falls
Monday TO look after real estate
mortgage foreclosure sale for the
Granite City bank, and thence to Web
ster to look after another foreclosure
for the bank in Day county He
returned from Webster Thursday
Dell Rapids Tribune.
Swan Hallstrom is carrying his right
eye in sling but in this case the other
fellow received no injuries. Mr.. Hall
strom has been suffering from a cata-
ract for some time and yesterday after
noon had it removed by Doctors Harris
and Herman, of this city. The opera
ton was very successful.
Agent Bradley received a telegram
Monday conveying the sad intelligence.
of the death of his mother at Clinton
Junction, Wis. the night before, and
he and his father left the next morning
TO be present at the funeral We have
been unable TO learn the Immediate
cause of her death, but will give the
particulars next week.
A change has been made in the man.
agement of the Garden City bank, f.
+. Gibson, formerly of Webster still
remains as president under the new
organizers, H, r. Dennis, of Sioux
Falls, is vice president, ana G. W.
Hart, formerly of Egan, is cashier
Many Webster people will wish the
new bank the best of success.
Last Friday at the court house in this
city occurred the wedding of Miss Vena
l. Harmon and J. O. McKitrick both of
Andover, County Judge J. H. Lund
performing the ceremony. The young
couple are well and favorably known in
the wessern part of the county and
have large circle of friends to wish
them a long and happy welded life.
DR.. Judge returned from Holmquist
Monday evening and reports that fire
started in some unknown manner in a
new granary belonging to Peter Holm
quist Sunday evening and it and the
cohtents We're totally destroyed, and it
was only by the hardest work that the
family and the neighbors were able to
save the large barn and twenty five
head of horses
Christian Thorson, who is building a
new house south of the track had the
misfortune to step on plank Tuesday
that tipped up with him. Mr. Thorson
was thrown upon the staging and
suffered two broken ribs on the right
side which will lay him up for some
time. The Doctors Peabody fixed him
up as we'll as possible aud he is doing
nicely at this writing.
| Wednesday afternoon while Johnnie,
the six year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
s. ID. Clark, was playing in the barn
yard he got too near the heels of one of
the horses and was quite severally
kicked in the head. The cheek was
badly cut and the cheek bone badly
mashed. DIR. FL. A. Peabody was called
and dressed the child's injuries and he
is getting along fine at this time.
Several of the small boys with roller
skates are performing their feats OH the
cement walks. This is very dangerous
to pedestrians and should be stopped al
once before someone is seriously injured
The officers are doing their best but
some of the larger children take advan.
tage every time the officers backs are
turned. 1t would be well for prrents 70
caution their children against this
before they get into some serious
trouble with the ordinances abatins
nuisances.
Last Friday was very eventful day
for the family of Fred Bauske The
mother awoke early in the morning
very i'll and discovered the house foil of
gas that had escaped from the coal
stove She called her husband but he
was so i'll that he could render but little
assistance. Mrs. Bauske got the doors
open and called Doctors Harris and
Herman. About IL o'clock the family
had practically recovered and Mr..
Bauske went to his meat market. The
family have couple of pet sheep which
play in the yard. In the afternoon
Freddie, Mr. and Ms. Bauske three
year old son, was playing in the yard
when one of the sheep hunted the little
fellow over and broke his left leg
between the knee and the hip. Doctor
Harris was again called and set the leg
and the little fellow is getting along
nicely.