Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-11-14

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Southern Dakota.
Mr.. H. #. Bender, special pension
examiner, is spending the week here
looking up pension matters.
Flanagan sold the Hamilton farm
in Civil Bend last week to l.. J. Man.
beck, Of Douglas county, for $4,000
We learn that three weddings are
to take place in this city to-day. We
presume the blizzardy weather yes
terday precipitated this movement,
on the part of the young folks.
| SuiteE 4 Gordon have $4,000 ny
hand - sSsII, vrr-~>aa pos3ible
real estate. Call at once hnu re
better terms than can be obtained
elsewhere.
| ADVENT SERVICES will commence
Sunday Dec. End, and continue eacl
Sunday in the month. Rev. Mr.
Hines, rector of the Episcopa
church, will give sermons appropri
ate for the season. All are invited
A gentleman by the name o
Scott, from Yankton, has succeeded
| Geo. Page as landlord of the Ell
Point House. Mr. Scott is to run {
livery stable in connection with The
house.
Rev. Mr. Cook, Of the Episcopa
church, delivered very eloquent
and effective temperance lecture al
the NJ. L. church last Sunday even.
ing. There being no services at any
of the other churches, the house was
filed to OVERLOOKING
The hog market here has been
lively for the past week. The Cream
cry Co, entered the list of buyers
and in the struggle of the numerous
buyers, to secure their share of the
hogs that have been coming in, the
price was run up to 1886 yesterday.
SPECIAL ATTENTIoN.--All soldiers
and officers of Stephen A. Hurlbut
Post No 9, of Elk Point, are request
ed to meet at the Court House next
Saturday night prompt, as we shall
have our membership badges then
on hands. BY order of
J. A. FISHER. Adjt.
The Station agent at Alcester, this
county, who reported week or so
ago that he had been robbed of $500
of railroad money, has, under the
scrutinizing questions of a detective,
acknowledged that there was no rob
berry and that he took the money
himself. He disgorged and the COM
pany have given him vacation.
If you want to see something that
will dazzle your eyes, just step into
Geo. B. Steckman' establishment
and take a look at his elegant new
stock of silverware. Geo. proposes
to give you an opportunity to buy,
right at home, just as nice and styl-
ish goods in the silverware line as
you can get anywhere.
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More wheat is being received at
Elk Point than there has been for a
number of years, and while we hear
the general complaint Of dull times
at other towns, our business men
are enjoying booming trade, and
there seems to be genral degree of
prosperity peryading all classes of
business.
LATER-DIcK has bin saw trying
to steal the knothole out one Of Mike
Hoffman grind stones, and he was
asked what he was going to do with
that. He said he was going to put
it on his gun for peep sights so he
could shoot geese at long range, for
he must have feathers to sell SO he
could get money enough to buy
present Of G. B. Steckman.
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DANCE AT RIcHLASD.-On last
Friday evening AL. Collins gave an
other of his popular dances at Crum-
rine's Hall, Richland. Quite num-
Der Of Elk Point people went over
and they report splendid time.
Our brass band boys took their in
struments over and favored the
Richland people with some of their
choicest selections.
CLOSED UNTIL SPRING. - The
Creamery Company closed up the
seasons work last week and will shut
down tbs Creamery until next
spring The Company then intend
to reopen it with largely increased
facilities, and wish the farmers and
people generally to understand that
the Elk Point Creamery is a perma-
nent institution.
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