Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-10-12

+. W. Smythe was in Sioux City
on Monday.
f.. G. Ericsson was in Vermllllon
attending court on Tuesday.
At the home Of Myron Tone, on
Saturday, a boy, nine pounds.
Peter Peterson and his son left
for the white city OH Monday alter
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. .Cheever Blair are
rejoicing over the arrival ola bounc-
ing boy.
James Steckman feels like pound.
ing the earth with joy and happi-
ness. It's a girl.
Rev. Thomas A. Irvine and
daughter starte d for the worlds
fair on Monday. They will be alb
sent two weeks.
The merry-go-round used on the
fair grounds has been packed away
by the owners in the fair buildings,
to he resurrected next spring.
Miss Mile Simmons was in Sioux
City or Monday, buying her Christ
mas goods of a representative of one
OF the largest wholesale houses in
the country. There we're a large
number Of country dealers in the
city to meet the travelling represent
tative, all being DESTROYS Of TAX
ing advantage Of a large line Of
samples.
Mrs. Ellen Murphy, mother of d.
P. Murphy, died last Tuesday eve
ming on the family homestead at
the ripe age Of 81 years. She was
known to all the old settlers and
possessed a genial, sunny nature
which will be missed by her host Of
friends and acquaintance. The
COURIER extends it's heartfelt SYM
pathy to the bereayed ones.
On Saturday Ole Oleson
deaf and dumb, and only twenty
years of age was killed in ahorrify-
ing manner by the noon passenger
running over him at Vermillion.
The engine, baggage and first coach
passed over his arm and side, crush
ing them in fearful manner. He
was alive after the accident and lived
until 4 o'clock next morning dying
ut Yankton where he was taken.
The advisability of building q
Gre house, to hold the chemical en-
CINE to be purchased and also the
hook and ladder truck is being con-
sidered by the city authorities.
AS it is at present, the council fig
ures, the yearly rent amounts to $96.
A building will have to be rented
for the engine and truck and that
will cost $50 or more, making SAG
rent each year. This sum would
pay interest, it is argued, on a fair
sized sum, amply large enough to
/ build a city hall that will hold the
engine. truck and furnish rooms
for the city officers.
Mrs L. T. Rust won THE COURIER
prize at the county fair, for the best
display made in any or all the de-
%partments, garden, pantry, drawing
or painting. Mrs. Rust is an excep-
tionally able house wife, as her ex-
hibits clearly indicated. She takes
a special pride in the canning OF
fruit, in fact in all the work pertain
ing to her home. 1t he's been said
that the noblest attribute of women
is her ability to bring comfort and
joy to the inner man by the produc.
ton Of those delicate and appetizing
dishes which tend to give home a
clear sky. Mrs. Rust has just this
attribute, and many we're the com.
pliments paid during the fair to her
exhibits. The COURIER will take
pleasure in visiting Mrs. Rust once
each week giving her the news, fresh,
bright and crisp.
Mayor Comfy and the city council
have perfected arrangements for the
purchase Of q chemical fire extin-
guisher Of the Champion make and
also for a hook and ladder truck,
the two items will cost 1915. The
Champion chemical engine, holds
SIS gallons OF fluid and has a power
beyond all other engines Of the
same character. The agents of the
company have agreed to bring one
Of their engines here and give a
days test and il it is not satisfactory
it will not cost the city a cent. The
exhibition test will take place with
in the next ten days. The efforts
ofthe council towards obtaining
better fire protection is deserving OF
commentator. As soon as the
hook ladder truck comes-it will
cost S275-a company will he or
ganised, for active service and for
the porpose Of securing the city's
proportion of the insurance fund
given to the fire companies by the
state government.
Considerable CONSERVATION was
ca used in the county t%reasurer's Of
flee last week by the discovery that
the tax list as published by the
Leader was all wrcng. mixed up
and full Of biunders. 1t seems that
where q description was given of a
quarter section of land the fraction
It" was dropped and not used.
Deputy Treasurer Jesse Compton
called upon County Attorney KEEL
Ter for q verbal opinion on Friday
and Mr.. Keller gave it as his iudg-
ment that the descriptions we're de-
fective to the core and wouldn't
stand the test of any court in Chris
tendon. 1t should be stated that
the copy furnished by the treasurer
was correct and hat the us" were
used. hut in the wiadnn, Of hon ,,h- |