Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-05-19

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ESW1a br0ken and his other Ii.
I56yt1s gyefe sllahk
tn Nodsfn Woodnen camp 81 Fillsy
~ \ neabsrahlp of lorty-seven.
"A sonfsrsncs Of Epworth Leagues
Will ~ held 81 York beginning May 10
Al bsse bali club has been organized
~ Hubbeil aud the cfanks there are
happy.
A hefse stumbled and fell on Henry
Porter Of Table Rock and dislccated
his shoulder.
The citizens Of Grstna propose to
have their town supplied with . system
Or water works.
Frank Wilson has been arrested At
H0ldrege ON the charge Of burglarizing
= house at oxford.
A camp OF Sons Of Veterans has been
IA ustAred In i Ravenna with . mem
bership of eighteen.
Nance County citizens will DOT de-
eide whether 10 issue $a25. 900 In bonds
for 3 new court house.
Twenty five people have Joined .
counsel OF Commercial Pilgrims just
organized At HoIdrege.
Tho annual Sunday School Conven-
tlon OF Ginning County will be held ut
West Point June 3 and 4.
Il A. Southworth OF shelton Is maxi
Ing arrangements to feed go. 600 sheep
on his ranch the coming fall.
Fire did $500 worth of damage to the
great block In st. Paul and the people
1Te rejoicing that 1t was no worse.
It Is said that the lending saloon
keeper OF Ta!mage will dictate who
- TO be the next Postmaster there.
Richardson County teachers met at
Salem and listened to a talk BY Chan
cellor Garfield OF the State University.
Broken Bow citizens will hold . mass
meeting to discuss the sdvisabiiity OF
putting In an electric lighting system.
Nelson school children decided In
favor Of the pansy for the national
flower BY . vote OF 2lO to Al for golden
rod.
DR.. Frank s Billings, before leaving
for Chicago, presented the State Uni
versity with his library Of 1,400 vol
umes.
II is reported that Congressman Nc
Keighan is q very sick man and that
his health has been permanently i'm
paired.
The teachers Of western Cass County
held q successful institute at Elmwood
and another ono will be held 1T Wa
bash next month.
The bloomfield Congregationalists
dedicated their new church with ap.
propriate ceremonies and raised the..ast
dollar OF indebtedness on the structure.
A Dodge Country teacher has sued
the Scnool Board to recover nine weeks
pay. The attendance was so small that
tha board locked up and dismissed
school in the middle Of the term.
Thomas Andrews, who escaped from
the Gass County jail, but was rccap-
tured in Oklahoma, has been sentenced
to fourteen months in the tiary
bv Judge Chapman At Plsttsmouth.
Frank Drake OF York ate canned
beans while at Stromsburg and was so
badly poisoned that he nearly died.
When taken to his home he did not rec
ognize his family, but he is now recov-
ering.
A 5-year-old Aurora boy named
WAlthers was neatly scalped by the
wheel OF q wagon loaded with lum Der
passing over his head and slipping of,
taking hair and skin with 1t. but fail.
ing TO crush the skull
Mrs. Marsh, the Custer County wo-
o who raised 500 on her usband's
property while he was away from home
aud left the country. was discovered al
Anamosa. Iowa, by her deserted master
and taken back to her home. She had
spent but little of the 500.
Tough Tilden boys made it a prac.
tice to disfigure the Lutheran Church
property in that town and the author.
tiles promise TO make 1t warm for the
decorators in the future. Somebody
else may make 1t hot for them in the
sweet bye aud bye II they don't repen,
before death.
Dr. III. A. Turton. who was recently
appointed aid-de-camp on the staff OIL
General Weissert commander-in-chiel
OF tho Grand Army OF the Republic,
was rendered an ovation by member.
Of Eeno Post and other citizens o
Lexington. He was presented with 1
beautiful badge, indicating the rank Ct
: his appointment
Henry Founts was arrested at SYRIA
. cuse and taken to johnson County o,
tho charge of b%urglarizing Bal IS stor,
at Brock. He had on his person wher
arrested . Smith Il Wesson No. Al re
~volyer, . large clasp knife, n razor an
! a pair OF knuckIes. lie was also pro
vidcd with . pocket billy. lie wa
: taken by surprise and had no time t,
) defend himself When a%rraigned 10
hearing he pleaded guilty, g.
William ButIer, an emploYe of tn,
9 hotel at Oakdale, found n %pocketbool
containing about 500 belonging 10
: travelling and instead OF turnini
it over to Its owner he concealed 1t an,
Q started In to enjoy himself. Suspicion
finally pointed toward him and on be
G ing confronted with the crime he con
fessed and restored the pocket boo
with the cash he had left He will b
U forced to answer for the deed in tn
: courts.
' An examination Of applicants for pr
Il sitions In tho Indian service VIII b
8 held In May at some town on the raj
3 road convenient 10 Pine Ridge. TIL
examination includes clerks, teachers
d physicians, and matrons. The O,
u aminations come under the civ
it service rules. Those who wish to $,
+ cure places at the agency have an OF
portunity to try for them. Matrons al
a more in demand than any other elias
T. Of employees.
&. At . recent meeting OF the Woman
= Suffrage Association held In Table Roe
. q resolution vas adopted c%ensuring ID
Ricketts,, member Of the lie .islatur,
for refusing to vote on the bill givin
. tho right OF suffrage to women, 'tt
&C ton being considered especially III
q worthy" Gays the resolution, .'as
- as owing In . great measure to u
:, efforts Of women in behalf Of his ra,
- that he Is eligible to the Office he so Vi
- worthily occupies" A copy OF the re
- oiutious was ordered sent him.
10 A Pawnee County farmer name
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