Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-03-26

Oranges and lemons 10 cents per
dozen at MALLORY & CRuxRrNN.
Don't fail 10 come in and look at
my stock Of women's and children's
Shoes. A. E. ROME.
Lex. Weston sold Mr.. Spencer,
the cattle man, a thousand bushels
of corr last week. Mr.. S. is feeding
a nice bunch of cattle here for the
market.
Rev. T. H. Judson, of Hurley,
Turner county, died at his home on
Monday, March 18th, aged Sc years.
Rev. Judson came to Dakota in 1872
as pastor Of the Elk Point Baptist
church. He leaves a large circle Of
friends to mourn his loss.
The Cakes Bros. concert troupe
gave an entertainment in LaBelle's
hall on last Wednesday evening,
which was the thinnest affair our
people have eve been afflicted with.
The Cakes Bros. are a tirst-class
fraud.
Prot. Meyer requests us to say
that all r cordially invited to at
tend the Union county teachers
meeting to be held in the school
house in this city on Friday of THE
week, whether t.,ey be teachers or
not.
Miss Johnnie Northup came down
from Calliope last week, where she
has just closed a very successful! term
Of school, for Il two or three weeks
visit with her parents, when she will
return to Calliope to assist her sister
Mrs. Muhs, in her millinery store.
We stated last week that Hon.
Geo. Stickney's son was the only
student from Union county attend
ing the University at Vernillion.
We were badly mistaken. We learn
Of four more at least, the sons of liver
Rannun. Andrew Omdall, nj. Glynn
and Mr.. Ronell.
The young kids around town had
a big time last night celebrating the
marriage Of J. H. Fisher and Mrs.
Montgomery. The way the tin pans,
ETC., ratified, was a caution. The
boys stormed the castle repeatedly,
but were refused recognition by the
besirged parties and had to finally
give it up in disgust.
Sheriff P. ". Comeford, Of Pierre,
Hughes county, came down yester-
day by way of Sioux Falls, with two
prisoners in shackles and one crazy
person, on his way to Yankton t.
the asylum and the United States
court. They were all placed in
Sheriff Smiths charge and locked
up in his bastile until the train left
for Yankton in the afternoon.
The city dads yesterday started to
move the calaboose building from
back of the COURIER Office to the
new lots purchased by the city. owe
by the railroad. They hitched on
eight teams with the the intention
of shaking it right over. but it prov
ed to be too heavy and they had to
give it up after pulling it a short
distance. 1t will have to be moved
with a cap-stan.
The NJ. +. Observation-Disclosures
standing the very inclement wealth
er ON last Friday evening, the festi-
val in Beggs' hall, gotten up by the
ladies of the NJ. +. church for the
benefit of the pastor, was well at
tended and was one Of the most en-
joyable affairs Of the season. If it
lad not been for the rain, which set
in before dark and continued until
IL o'clock, the hall would not have
held the crowd that would have
been there. As it was the hall was
comfortably filled. An elegant sup
per vas served during the evening,
which with the musical exercises
made the enjoyment of the evening
complete. We did not get the ex-
act figures, but the net receipts were
over $50.
We understand that the city au-
thorities allow the saloon keepers to
take out a license for three months,