Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-10-25
Called to the Bar.


Called to the Bar.
Miss Cynthia Eloise Cleveland,
our popular temperance advocate,
on Wednesday, made application to
Judge Elgcrton, prayin. for sdmi.-
sion to the legal Iar of Pierre. The
Judge accepted the application and
appointed committee to examine
the qualifications Of the applicant. A
ila,terins and favorable report was
made and she was admitted. She
has the honorable distinction Of be-
ing the first woman admitted rs nj
! attorney in Dakota.-Pierre Journal.
Bro. Kelley, Of the Calliole Cam
merc,I published an article in his
paper last week which reflects very
u'1ustly upon our county commits,
sione:s, Ia relation t. the issuing Of
licenses to the two saloons on the
Dakota side opposite Calli"le. He
charges them with mniving or
showing weakness in favor of
those saloons The facts of the ease
are that our commissioners are Ell
tirc'y hlan,eh'ss, they having AL
juprnc,i before any application was
made l,r licenses. The commission
'rS met ou the 2 ui Oct her and at
l,un.nei ON the 3 auI on the o.h
these parties came Ia this city, de-
posted their ,nonev with the county
treasure taking bis receipt and pro
ceedeI to open up their saloons and
srlliny liquors without filing any
bonds or procuring license Our
county commissioners have had 40
opportunity to take any actor, in
these eases We are satisfied that
Bro. Kelley will do the amende hon
malAc when til. facts in the case
come to his notice.
We occasionally hear complaints
made against Hon. John NJ Peter
son, commissioner of Ord u,mnis-
sionrr's district, for not doing As well
as his predecessor in office in the
way Of building bridges, etc, in his
district. We have taken the trouble
t. look this matter up and when the
facts are laid before the people it
will lie seen at once that MIR. Peter
so. has made a very efficient an,
palnstaking commissioner, working
diligently and honestly for the in
tertsts Of his district aud tn. whole
county. Upon locking at the rec
oris Of the county We find that at
the beginning of 1881, the year pre-
vious to Mr. petersun's election t.
the office, there WAS $1,000 in TIN.
treasury for the road and bridge
fund, and during that year a net
cash cn,l.ction on these funds of s4.-
600. making 81 900 in cash at the
disposal of the commissioners.
" it'll this amount Of money on hand
there WAS no difficulty with his
predecessor il securing anything he
desired III the way of bridge build.
ing and making rm Is. Now at the
time the present commissioner took
his 81 At, every dollar of this fund
hal been expended and over
$4,000 incurred besides, stared him
Ia the face, and as faithful servant
vi the people h. did not feel like in
creasiny that debt. Since the 1st of
Jan last, Mr. Peterson has secured
something over $500 for roads aud
bridges in his district. nearly the full
| dftituit tuc tiStIitt ~ tubiIitfl u
under the lexy Of 1882, the valua
ton Of the district being 1881, 80
with q levy OF tw" mills On the dol
lar, which wnull make 1858 on
the bri lyc fund il all collected. O.
co,:,sc there is road fund levy 81
two mills on the dollar, hut this tax
is mostly worked out anl no meme.
~ amount to anything is paid int
the treasury 1t seems Ia US ths'
Mr.. Peterson has manage! the At
fairs of his district ami the county
in n very ju ileious and econchiica
; manner.
Teachers Exs mination.
Notice is hereby given that tn,
semi-annual examination Of persons
offering themselves as teachers i,
the public schools OF Union county
will be held nj the court house il
Elk Point, OAK, on Oct. 3lst 1882
beginning vt $50 a. m. Candidate
will please come provided with pen
anI legal cap paper.