Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-11-16

WORK Tar behind the contract time
owning to an avoidable delay on the
part Of the contractor in securing
his piling.
The bill of I. P. Asbjeld for build.
ing a bridge, after being allowed by
the county board Of commissioners
last Thursday was attached to salts.
fv a claim of sl39. held by the
Goodhue Wind Engine Company OF
Minnesota.
The lecture ut the Baptist
church Tuesday evening was not as
largely attended as it should have
been, but those who were present
enjoyed a rich treat in Rev. Grant
Houslon's description of his travels
through the Holy Land.
.Rumor has it tina, the time card
on the Milwaukee railway will be
changed between now and Dec, l.
The change will result in the arrival
of the passenger trains from Sioux
City two or three hours earlier
while the train from the north will
get here about 5 o'clock.
A fair attendance at the Hon. EFT.
langley in his lecture on Friday
evening upon the subject oi"A Sol
disr's Life" the proceeds being for
the benefit os the &. A. r. poa:. An
alarm of fire disturbed the audience
to some extent, but after a brief re-
cess the lecturer resumed his dis
course
In this issue will be found the of.
fetal vote Of the county upon state
and district candidates. In the 10
tails the republicans lead by over
100 over the populists in their can
didates for supreme court, while
Judge Smith has a majority equally
as big over the combined vote Of his
two competitors.
The city daddies of Beresforl
have made Il contract with their
new mill company to furnish them
6 arch electric lights ut the rate of
S35 per month, which amounts to
$40 Il month or $500. per year.
This will add considerably to the
city taxes of Reresforu. Sioux City
pays SIG for each Of her arch lights
and Sioux Falls SID. l! seems us If
$35 vas IA big price.
A 90 per cent dividend has been
declared for the benefit ofdepositors
by Receiver Watkins Of the detunct
First National bank of Ponca. which
wrecked by the Napoleon OF
finance" Dorsey. The Ponca Jour.
nal in speaking Of the receivers
action states: land the dividend
will soon he announced and we
would not be surprised if the depos-
itor's eventually received nearly the
whole o: their money"
There will be a game Of foot bali
Monday, November 20. between the
Elk Point team and the Vermi!lion
University ''kickers,' Which prom
ises to afford consiierablesport, and
will undoubtedly be closely contest
ed. Tie game viii take place in
this city. The members OF the EN-
Point team are: I SheeEan, Q.
Johnson. l.. j. Wenner, ". Carter
Is, Smytne. |. Lynch, I. Wi@cman,
". Comfy, l.. French, T.. Keller and
I. Ryan.
Chas. Mallahan in writing of the
arrival OF his family ut Heron Lake,
Num-, in last weeks News, states
the fact in The following language:
better halt with the whole
tribe arrived Tuesday morning of
this week and much Of our time
has been occupied in Strengthening
things around over at the house,
nsglecting the News to some extent,
Eating your meals on a barrel hend,
putting up beds and monkeying
with stove-pipe isn't conducive to
good newspaper work.
The Chemical Hose Co. No. 1 and
the hook and ladder boys were hur-
ridedly called out by an alarm Of
fire on Friday at noon to the effect
that Alex Bowels residence was be-
ing consumed by the fire fiend.
Before the fire laddies could get
there and show off what they could
do with their new machinery the fire
put out. 1t seems that the
floor under the kitchen stove had
caught fire. burning through, thus
creating II draft between the rafters,
for a tire it looked dubious. A few
applications Of water by the bucket
full in the right spot saved the
structure.
f. Ferguson, agent for Ed Knott
OF Waverly, d., is having good sue
cess in selling the celebrated Ohld-
enberg coach horses on exhibition
at the worlds fair and was awarded
by a gold and a silver medal by the
commissioners, which was a great
victory for Ohldenberg. Mr.. Fur
guson returned to Waverly yestsr-
day for another car load Of these
horses. There are several head on
exhibition at the stable, on upper
main street, where Mr.. Furguson
all lovers of fine horses to
call and look them over whether
purchasers or not.
Friends to the number of thirty,
very nicely surprised Rev. Pipes and
wife OF Tuesday evening at their
it being the sixteenth
anniversary Of their marriage. These
worthy people were presented with
a combination fruit dish Of silver
and glass, also an olive pickle dish
OF the same material. Prof. Frye
made the presentation in a very
happy manner. Different kinds Of
fruits was served, and the evening
very happily and probably passed.
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