Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-21
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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
Court begins on next Tuesday.
Ed Callan has secured the fair
privilege for a steam riding gallery.
Eric Christianson brought his
daughter to the city on Monday to
attend the city schools.
The Elk Point band will furnish
music for the fair on "Wednesday
and Thursday Oct. 4th and M.
The Alcester band will be at the
county fair at Elk Point on Thugs
day and Friday, October 9Th, ind
9Th.
VIM. Brill has entered his trot-
ting horse in the races Of the Clay
county fair which takes place next
week.
According to the papers, Col. Abe
Boynton, our fellow townsman, is
after a position in the pension de.
partment.
The 2:35 trot for a purse of 500
aud the running race for $50 will
attract visitors on Thursday at the
county fair.
The races at Elk Point on Oct.
4th, 5th and 9Th will he the best
ever held here. The track il in OK.
cellent shape.
The city council donated $25 to
the Stoddard family who lost all
their household goods in the fire OF
Sunday morning.
Wheat is worth from 80 to So
cents in Elk Point. Oats are worth
Is to 20 whilo FAX brings 81 cents.
Corn, old, sells for 2G to % cents.
Ira Nichols, Esq, is now located
in his new Office in the Citizens
bank building. The Office ia d.
rectly hack Of the room occupied by
the bank.
Monday evening Mrs. Stroud and
Bert Doty received q telegram an
nouncing the death of Mr.. Doty's
father who was also Mrs. Stroud's
step.father.
The free-for.- all trot and the two
year old trot are drawing cards ut
the county fair on Friday Oct. eth.
Foot and bicycle races will also be
given thus adding pleasing features
to the fair.
The mkir on the streets Wednes.
day night last, who managed to rake
in the shekels from a soft aud i'm
pressible public. came 10 the town
broke, having lost $500 in poker
game at Yankton.
Dedication services of the Big
Springs Swedish Baptis! chrch will
take place next Sunday. The serj
vices will be conducted by Rev. ~
Swartz and the afternoon exercises
will be in English.
The farmers are preparing to
make a fine display Of stock at the
county fair this year and the grain
and vegetable departments will he
we'll filled with the excellent pro-
ducts OF Union county.
A. 8. Green of Prairie, was in the
city on Thursday last. He has dis
nosed OF all his farm property in
Union county and moved across the
Missouri on a farm near Newcastle.
His Union county friends sincerely
regret his departure.
The contest between the two-vear
olds sired by Black Diamond and
those sired by Welshman will at
tract . large crowd OF Wednesday
Oct. 4th. Oshkosh Boy owned by
Ed Browning and Maud Diamond
owned by Joe Coverdale will CON-
pete for the honors AMI a purse Of
80. You shouldn't miss this
special race on Wednesday.
A rumor was in circulation here
last Wednesday that there had
been . Cyclone at the Rosebud
agency and that the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Bennett, formerly Of this
place, had been torn to pieces. The
rumor added horror to the account
by stating that Miss May, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett, had been
seriously injured. Happily TO re-
late, the rumor was groundless.
A. Mseksr il the name Of an in
dividual arrested in Yankton last
week on the charge Of rape. The
accusing party i the ten.year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Caha.
Meeker, II the description is right,
halls from Cherokee, Ia, and is .
harness maker. He was 4 hard
dslnker and took the Kealey cure
NO years. ago. A biographical
sketch would b interesting reading.
On last Thursday A. @. Ringsrud
PAID out 1l575 ior the Hunting
Elevator company for grain bought
on theUtreets. This il certainly a
good showing. OF this sum James
Mc3onagls got 1914 while Sam Es-
s!acs, Jr:, received e374. From sverv
lndicAfioa ~ market il recovering,
ehd betesr pEiCeG prevail on III pro-
s9ncos III JneAdiNfAd that nah