Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-03-15
Col. S. NJ. Lairl has been appoint.
ed postmaster at Pierre.


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We notice that our Norwegian
friends sometimes get a little mixed
on figurative English. The other
day one of them very amusingly
failed to catch on to the meaning Of
the inquiries Of a friendly man in
COURIER office, who graspcd the
Norway's digits and warmly inquir-
ed how he was prospecting, and to
which the man with light hair smil-
ingly responded, Il gets along all
right" 'Then you manage to keep
the wolf from the door, do you?"
continued his questioner. 80 yes"
he replied, "but he sometime come
and get my chicken and geese"
Mt. Vernon Gazette: "One Of the
curiosities of the new counties is the
invariable, and often bitter prejudice
of the settlers against every town
within their reach. No new coun-
try ever had village but that the
people of that country would kill it
if they could. The time was when
the people of Cook county, Illinois,
hated Chicago as heartily as Elk
Point, Vermillion and Canton are
now hated; and yet Chicago made
Cook county lands worth from $500
to $500 per acre. Canton, Elk Point
Vermillion, Yankton, Parker and
other centers of business make land
in southern Dakota worth So per
cent. more than it would be without
them. A large tlourishing town
makes property more valuable about
it, and brings in capital, immigrants
industry, business and civilization"
Elk Poin. the shade-tree seat of
government OF Union county, Is on
the grow. Quite Il number of new
buildings are building, with many
more we understand, contemplated.
Business men with whom we con-
vcrsed report good sales, and all
unite in saying that they have no
reason to grumble. Ii might not be
out of place to casually mention
that the United Brethren are hold
ing a regular protractcd, devil
humping meeting in Elk Point, and
quite number of the ungodly are
now as enthusiastic the other way.
The music of the gospel can be
heard for miles around when the
faithful get on a full head OF steam.
A gossip informed us that G. F. Nal
lahan, Mike Hoffman and Jim Tai
colt constitute the choir, but we
doubt it, as they are too fine must
clans to sing in small churches. -
".Hqck" in Press a,sd Oak.
SERIOUS RUNAwAY.-On last Mon
LAY morning spirited and high,
lived team Of Mr.. Jon Van, living Il
few miles north Of town, got fright
ened at the engine at the depot in
this city, and broke away from the
driver, Mr.. Van, throwing him
out of the wagon and
dragging him some distance, Sc
vercly cutting him in the head and
splitting his nose wide open from
the ewes down. The team ran at q
furious rate until they brought uI
against a. Z. Ronne's barbed wirt
fence, some distance east of the de
pot. One of the horses was badly
cut and the wagon demolished more
or less. Mr.. Van was taken to the
sheriff S Office in the court house
where DR.. J. G.. Comfy was, who
sewed up and dressed the wounds
Both the cuts on the head and nos'
were ugly gashes, but the DR.. sait
they were not dangerous.
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1--WE are pleased to publish in thi
issue of the COURIER communica
. ton from an aggrieved citizen of Civ
. il Bend, who it seems from the gen
4 eral tenor Of his talk would adiudg
, himself-we disclaim having don
+ so--as belonging TO the class of in
, corrigible ''toughs" referred to il
A "Hell Bends Record" publishe'
a last week. If, while reading til
o string Of of cold facts alluded t.
n this modest scribe refused to jun
: up and crack his heels together an
X say that means me" when he can,
a to the ample exemption made of tn
y sprinkling of good citizens that n
!. side in the Bend, thelf the CoURIE
y doesn't feel responsible, and h
% must abide by his own classitic'
d ton. And while his version I
% matters pertaining to the Bend di
y fers slightly from ours, we are NJ
E. inclined to think it more correc
y but lay both before our readers an
c. say, in the language of Artela'
y. Ward, "you pays your money ar
takes your choice"
a. 1t is no intention Of the COURT
IN to nisrepresent any individual
S, inveigh against any portion Of II