Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-13

of the latest big musical hits and foul
high-class vaudeville acts, and shows {
grand display of costumes, scenery anc
electrical effects. Prices $3.50 and rs
cents.
We received some postal cards this
week from Rev. l.. V. Slocumb, for
merly of this city but now of Wisner,
Neb., purporting to show the size of
the fiji caught in the lakes at that
place. One is that of pickerel Just a
little longer than a thee-seated row
boat which had swallowed the pole
and all of the successful angler. The
other is of bass which it took three
men to land with a cane pole. We
have enc suggestion to make to the
parson. The last picture would present
a much better appearance if the three
men pulling on the pole had caused it
to bend slightly. We are afraid that
the fishing parson" has been telling
some Enemy Swim fish stories in his
Nebraska home and some of the doubt
| ing ones have handed him these cards
to call halt on his enthus asm.
| Tuesday evening at eleven o'clock, at
the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in
this city, Rev. James NJ Mcdonald
officiating, occurred the marriage Of
John e. Buchanan and Miss Daisy
Marie Becker, both of CrandaIl. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. aud Mrs
J. p. Becker, formerly of this city, and
the young i;dy has grown to woman
hood in Day county, and is known to
all as a comedy young lady CT many
accomplishments who will preside with
dignity, tenderness aud love in the
home she has chosen to make hers for
life The young man is the manager OF
one of the elevators at Crandall and is
recognized as man of ability, integ-
rity and push The young couple have
rented the residence formerly occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Mo in Crandal and
will go right TO housekeeping. The
Reporter and Farmer antics with
host of Webster and Day county friends
in congratulations
Not to be outdone by the fire which
has closed the Kading hall temporarily,
the Catholics Order of Foresters who
had arranged for a housewarming and
one of their usual good times for last
evening, moved the lodge fixtures and
pharaphanalia to the opera house and
went on with the occasion just as
though nothing had happened, and
went on with the occasion just as
though nothing had happened, and
those who were present say it was one
of the most pleasant events in the his
tory of the orders in Webster. The
special feature of last evenings enter
tainment was the installation of the
officers of both the Catholic Order of
Forresters and the Lady Forresters.
The installation ceremonies were car
ried on without skip and were very
pleasing to all present, After the
exercises splendid supper was served.
Following the supper the young people
took advantage of the pleasant party
to have few hours of dancing.
Last Monday morning bad accident
occurred ct James. The passenger was
standing on the main line and freight
was on the siding the engine of the
4 freight being just at the rear end of the
| passenger train and the smoke from it
obstructed the view from the west An
engine was sent from Aberdeen TO
( Groton TO do the switching ank had
orders 10 pass the freight at James
4 The engineer on the switch engine see-
ing the freight on the side track and
\ presuming the passenger was well on
its way as he could not see it for smoke
was going through James without stop.
1t was not until within fifty or sixty
feet of the passenger that he saw the
danger. The air was applied but the
engine was going at such speed that
it struck the passenger with such force
as to run almost half way through the
rear coach spreading the seats from
side 70 side. 1t is almost miraculous
that many people were not killed as the
coach was we'll filed with people, as 1t
was all escaped injury with the excep-
ton of one boy who was quite severely
injured about the head. Engineer
Jones, of the passenger train, one of
the oldest and best known engineers on
this division, was down under his
tender working on hot box when the
switch engine struck his train, and
when he was taken out from under the
cars he was found to be horribly though
probably not fatally injured. He was
taken to the express car and carried TO
his home in Montevideo where he is
reported to be getting along nicely.
Tuesday evening shortly after nine
o'clock, and just at the close of one of
the performances in the Family thea
tire in this city, one of the films in the
moving picture machine exploded and