Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-31
Mn. vining has gone 70 Omaha
to visit her son and friends.


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Albert Hasson. John Clementsos
and Chas. Garfield were the first 4
draw suits in the clothing club.
G. G. Hauser, the merchant tailo,
OF Vermillion, was in the city las
Wednesday and took the measures
Of the members Of the clothing club
Mr.. Ernest Savage, representing
the Singer MIG. Co: at Ponca, Neb.
made this Office = pleasant call las'
Wednesday. Mr.. S. is an old news
paper man and we enjoyed q pleas
ant chat with him.
g. B. Francis, ESQ, lumber dealer
Of Ponca, and partner of w. n. Nc
Donald in the saw mill west Of town
was in the City Monday and aesm'
ed to be surprised at the booming
condition Of Elk Point.
The farmers all have a broad
pleasant smile these days. Their
wheat, oats and barley are turning
out splendid and the corn and pota'
to crop never had q better outlook
than at present. Why shouldn't
they smile?
Hon. B. III. SULLIVAN, of Plan.
kington, the new appointee for Sur.
veyor General for Dakota passed
through the city last night on his
way to. Yankton to have his official
bond approved by a u. 8. Judge
preparatory to taking possession Of
hie ofieo. rg
Prot. f. E. Collins, or Ellie, as he
is more familiary known h~ereabouts,
made a flying visit to this city last
Monday. Prof. Collins is principal
of the Vermillion high schools and
is n Of the rising educators Of our
new state. Ellie's friends are legion
around here.
Mr.. f. HI. Burket. special agent
ofthe Capital Loan and Investment
Co., Of Lincoln Neb. has been in the
City for the past few days in the I'M
terest Of his company. We under
stand that this company has offered
a loan OH very favorable terms to
build a new hotel here.
Last Friday John Steckman, Ed
die Wood, Jim Knapp and Herb
Collins, four of our best ball-players,
played a game with a picked nine
in town, beating them by a score Of
AZ to 8. These four boys with one
more man as good as they, can heat
any nine in Union County.
The Union County Fair for 1889,
will be held on the Fair Grounds in
Elk Point commencing Wednesday,
11th., and continue four days.
Every farmer in the county should
be interested in this fair and begin
now to make preparations to bring
something in for exhibition.
JUST Our-"Robin's FAREWELL"
Caprice for Piano, by Fisher. Bril-
not difficult, and easy to COM
NIT to memory. A capital piece
for young progressive pianists. Mail
ed on receipt of Scots in PCT postage
stamps, by any music dealer or Ign.
FISCHER, the publisher, Toledo, o.
H. D. Cline the new bakery man,
his first batch Of bread, Mon
and our people are enthusiastic in
their praise Of it. Mr.. Cline is max
ing the finest bread our citizens ever
had, and his trade in that line has
opened up double what he expected.
The new bakery is Q grand success.
BIG WHEAT YIELD.-Linden Bcav-
ers, Of Civil Bend. threshed the cut
from st acres, on Wednesday, which
measured out from the machine Just
ia bushels, a yield Of a little over
IS bushels per acre. The quality
is No. l. Who says we Can't raise
wheat in Union County as we'll as
corn?
MARRIED.-In this city last Sun.
day Justice J. H. Bryan officiating,
Mr.. Chas. w. Lane and Miss Easter
Vandeveer. The bride is a daugh-.
ter Of Jos. Vandeveer, Esq, and is a
young lady, and Charley
Lane is one Of our most industrious
and honest young men. The CoUR-
TER wishes them a happy voyage
upon the sea Of matrimony.