Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-09-14

There will be service in the Con-
gregational church cn next Sabbath.
Rev. Pipes is expected home today
cThursday.)
Mrs, VIM. Harriet and daughter
Nettie arrived from W%atertown. s.
D., and will occupy the residence
recently vacated by Truman Ames,
1t is needless to say that Edward is
about really to give up his bachelor
habits and once more become a
home guard"
The Cas;alia Record and Iepubli-
can OF Charles Mix county in Its
last issue. mentions the arrival Of
Sherman Thornton and his hunt
party. Ia common ing upon their
arrival the Republican states: The
$. &. Thorton hunting party was in
town Monday after a supply Of ice
for use in their novel refrigerator,
and from a casual peep inside the
concern we are led to believe that
the cooling influence OF the ice was
needed for more important purpose
than The preservation ofgame. All,
what is more refreshing after a long
DAYS hunt in the heat and dust
than few bumpers of ice-cold tea.
VIM. Peters, who has acted in the
capacity OF a veterinary surgeon in
these parts for a couple Of years, Sc.
cured a divorce at Yankton, from
his wife Allie on Monday. The
action was begun in 1892 and what
with legal technicalities and the
mist arising from a fight in q di,
vorce proceeding Mr.. Peters was
unable to obtain the freedom fro n
the iyksomeness of a double harness
until Monday when the defense
Withdrew from the field Of action,
The late Mrs. Peters now resides in
Crescent City, Iroquois county, Ill,
and was married to Peters in 1899
One child was born to the couple
The mother obtains the hoy. Mr.
Peters wifi remain at Elk Point
Judge J. Kiplinger brought into
the COURIER office two dozen ears o.
dent corn which for size, beauty
and symmetry, cannot be beaten il
any state, nation or cline and WE
NAL ethat statement with proper arc
due regard for the truth. The "a
ears were measured by Ira l.. Mich.
OILS, Esq, and they average over Q
u foot in length while the combined
weight was precisely so pounds.
The corn was gathered from off six
stalks on the farm formerly owned
by the Judge, Never within the
memory of the oldest inhabitani
was there so big q crop of corr as
at present. When six stalks oicorn
will raise one-half bnslel OLA pro-
duet which sells in Chicago today
at AZ cents-that's the country fol
the farm seeker and no mistake.
d. NJ. Dickerson Of Richland,
dropped into the Co1RIER Office on
Monday and deposited a few
samples Of fruit grown ON his place
which had we not known otherwise
would have declared that they were
from California. On n small lint
was hanging a luscious peach which
measured FIVE inches in circumfer.
ence. IL WAS a beautiful specimen
Of the Crawford variety and We
doubt if any better-there might
have been lnrger-were ever mise'
in California. Samples of grapes oI
the Hartford Prolific. White Peck.
lington and Delaware were als,
LETT by Mr.. Dickerson. One variety
was ofthe white kind and looked
every bit as good as the white grape
imported from Italy by the New
York epicures. Mr.. Dickerson''
success as II fruit raiser is to be re.
garded by Ill citizens as an honor tC
the county aud it more than cvcl
proves the fact chat Union county
is a fruit section OF a superior type
Fannie f. Poor who died Sept. 7
at Civil BEND, S. d, la born q
Williamstown, Vt, Jan. 20, 1880
sufferer fm years with lung trouble
but bore ali suffering with remark
able patience. She was unmarried
and a person of some means. She
was employed as nurse for twenty
one years in the insane hospital JUS
out of Boston. Mass, and Middle.
town. Conn. Was a person OF fint
sensibilities, a good scholar and al
adept in all fine arts. Miss Poor
came west two years ago to visit hel
two nieces, Mrs. w. b. Brubachel
and Mrs. NJ. V. Kellogg. During
her little stay here she made many
friends. All who knew her loved
the quiet. patient old lady. Sh'
will make n vacancy in the hearts
of the many friends she had made
in this place. The funeral service
was attended by her special request
by Father Hines, according to the
form Of the Protestant Episcopa
church, of which she was a worthy
member in Vermont. The buria
service was attended by Father
Hines at ! O'Clock on Saturday
Sept. 8, at the burial grounds j,
Elk Point, agreeable to her desire
PERSONALS.
Gea IL Ereernan Is home from the MOrlu,s