Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-01-23

Quarterly Meeting at the n. 3.
church next Sunday. Baptisaneand
reception Of members in the morn
ing. Rev. w. H. Jordan will preach
in the evening and administer the
sacrament Of the Lords Supper.
s. A. FRENCH, Pastor.
The lecture by Col. ]. P. Long, at
the Congregational church, last Tues
day evening was very pointed and at
the same time entertaining. A good
house was present and every body
seems we'll pleased with the subject
of the lecture as we'll AZ the manner
of delivery.
Rev. w. J. johnson of the First
M. Il. church of Sioux City will de-
liver his celebrated lecture on ''The
Coming Man,"in the NJ. E. church,
next Tuesday evening. Jan. q, at
7:3O P. M. DR.. Johnson is one of
the best speakers in Iowa and should
have a large audience.
J. X. BUGGY of Calliope, Mrs. w.
NJ. Wilson's father, who is we'll
known among the "boys," has been
spending a few days visiting his
daughter, here. Mr.. B. is a lifelong
stock dealer and you can put it down
as a fact, that when he sees a "crit-
ter' he knows what it is worth.
The new bridge ordered by the
county commissioners to be built
across the Sargent slough, two miles
west of Akron, is nearly completed.
1t will be II of the longest bridges
in the county, and the tax payers
who live west of Akron are now re-
ceiving some return from that much
talked about Bridge Fund.
Two criminal cases were taken
before justice Vandeveer Wedncs-
day on a change of venue from
Judge Kiplinser's court; n being
a charge of larency against John
Pond aud the other a charge Of as
sault and battery. The warrant in
the former case was sworn out by
VIM. Eslick and the date of hearing
was set for Friday. The latter case
will be taken before the circuit court,
the defendent being bound over to
appear at its next term. The par
ties to the action are unknown
to the writer.
Akron is having an epidemic of
scarlet fever and diphtheria. Sever
al families are quarantined and ev-
cry precaut;on is now being taken
to check the progress of the diseases.
The public schools were all closed
last Tuesday until further notice
from the board. There have been
but two deaths up to date, both oc-
curing in the family of Charles
Pinckney. 1t is thought that the
epidemic originated from letters re-
ceived by one of the afflicted fami-
lies from relatives who were suffer-
ing from the same diseases.
Judge Kiplinger an old democrat
ic wheel horse,' expects to leave
in q few days on a visi, to his son
Henry and family, at Gettysburg,
Potter county; he expects also to
visit other important points in the
state before he returns. We do not
like the Judges politics, but we must
say we admire his "pluck," and
why,-because he and his party
have been knocked out for n score
of years, and yet when time was
called he came up smiling with the
remark: ! will try you again; Of
course after '92 we expect he will
sing the same old song.
(Nhorlac ,aly =, frp,nr rp>,Ja,t re-
this county but now Of Watcom,
Washington. writes the following
welcome letter, which will interest
many Of our readers, who are per-
sonally acquainted with him: "For
a long time l have wanted to write
you something about our city and
county, but knowing my inability
to write for a paper, l have not done
so. l will send you some papers,
that will give you more information
than it is possible for me to give III
a letter. l can endorse nearly every
thing in them but we do have some
fogs, once in a while. But less
of them than other places on the
coast.
l took up a homestead seven
miles from here and improved it
sufficiently SO that l could COM
mute, prove up, and get my receipt
from the land office, thus making it
unnecessary for Inc to live there. It
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