Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-02-06
Local Matters.

During January the public debt
. was reduced nearly s~12o0O0oO. L
The grounding will suck his y
AZ thumb for six weeks more before n,
entering upon his summers work. n]
- IL
sl. The Band boys are making Ia
!" elaborate preparations for their e.
concert to be given in the near =,
future. ~,
Taxes became delinquent on mon y y
., day Feb 4th since when five percent m
penalty is added and one percent -,
eek each month they remain unpaid. 81
'ents Don't Delay u
Looking over the goods that C. w. "
Beggs is selling at cost, before they b,
lion = eoi"e '"'" =.
If you want a cloak, on overcoat,
wife a pair of gloves or mittens, a cap, q
~, or a suit of underwear, do not fail to -
call on c. w. Beggs. and get them GO
at wholesale prices. +.
Til Henry Bustorff q farmer of Wolf tn
IN creek after marketing a load Of hogs az
at Sioux City more than a week ago pr
49,. suddenly DISAPPEARED leaving his sa
''se team and wagon, and has since not tn
in been head from. W
G. W. Kellogg says that he has sa
dov. quit playing gasometer for Sioux hi
in Falls because the gas is 80 adulter- sl
Attn ated that he does not want 10 be OF
associated with the enterprise in
any way whatever. A,
City ~
yes rreo douglass, the ~lstlngulsn
ock- colored Journalist has married a NJ
white woman, a former clerk in his
Office. Mr.. Douglas is past seventy
our years of age, and his wife is about X
the thirty. W
eff - 6.
ask By making their own Soda and ia
buying their own Grape Cream Tar sn
tar direct from importers DeLands i;
ton, are always able to make their Chem
al ical Baking Powder uniform and
one pure. Absolutely no filling. ha
the ~ nc
Prof Venner hit it this time. W,
Some time ago he predicted a snow a
ard storm for Monday in this part Of ca
owe. the country, and at the present or
by writing the snow lays about four ca
for inches deep on the level. an
Herding. fri
,ses- l will herd cattle for one dollar to
per head the coming season. Cat m
will Tie TO be delivereo AZ my residence an
and on the old Maynard farm. Must dr.
be marked or branded. One half dr.
of the money to be paid when the &c
oux season is half up; will commence fa1
day herding as soon as there is grass suf- M
ficient. bo
rom d "lAoN' F"
Last night a number ofthe young mn
,cial friends Of Mr. Grant Snyder surprised re,
in him at the residence of his sister,
Mrs. j. E. Blair. Yesterday was sh
Grants eighteenth birthday, which q;
onr fact having been discovered by his "a
friends, they determined to make it ~
Jolly for him, which from reports, ~
c Of they succeeded admirably in doing. 20
,o. Ground hog day was observed at n'
Mike Hoffman's on Feb. LIST. 1t was nv
not the proyerbial animal however -,
that made his appearance but a ~,
bright rine pound boy baby and 81,
Mikes smiles seem to indicate a ~,
,ar- careless unconcern as to whether ~.
there follows six weeks or six ..1
months winter. Shake old fellow ~
and set up the cigars. an
I AS Tho uourdo, (on, ..t wi
,rd! A"."I"" oa Ma wi
Wv saloon stove at twelve o'clock at =,
night, by the young men of that TN
nv town for the purpose Of soaring an sig
~ inebriated old man whom they an
H. provoked to indulge in war lies. wa
w.; ,"e The fact that Kelley gave the boys W.
IVY away is not strange, but that young Ja'
az men should continue their r~evelries un
W. until that hour and impose on an p.
W. old man and the honest people WI
'ne abed speaks badly for the morals 1 T''
of the boys. +.
Oh School Report Of District SO. an.
~ For the month ending January GU
25th, 1884:
y, a CLASS.
VIZ Lowell Lillybridge......""......92 ne.
Ellie Fritz n0
az Eva Llllibridge. .95 ye'
" Fred 80 an en
us John nls
John lea
Clara Wood. ...........8 APP
IL IDA KIpLINGER, Teacher. seu