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

Henry Henkin is expected back
SATURDAY.
The wheat yield Of South Dakota
is rlaced at So, ZOO 900 bushels.
Our job department has been very
lively Of late and we are turning out
a superior class of work.
On and after October 1 DR.. NJ V.
Mulcahy can he found at his old
office over the Citizens bank.
How is this? 100 pairs of shoes,
actual count, Sept. LIST. GO pairs
sold since, actual count, at Free
mans.
Peter Peterson, Jr., is the proud
possessor of a girl. Good weight
aud the mother is getting along
lovely.
We added ten G subscribers
to the COURIER last week. The
people are beginning to appreciate
Il newspaper.
Why do Freeman's sell more
shoes than everybody else? Be-
cause they have the best goods and
the lowest price.
Billy Marbles theatrical COM
pany has played every town around
here, but keeps clear of the Point
for some unknown reason.
Col. Abe Boynton is reported to
be in Washington. ID. G., to meet
old time friends. In the years gone
by Dakota had no ADLER adv ocate
for division and statehood" than
the colonel.
The city authorities are advertis-
ing for bids for the services of some
able bodied man to act in the capa-
city of a night Waterman and at
the same time to light the thirty-five
street lamps. Bids will be received
up to six o'clock next Monday.
S. C. Butterfeld, who for the
past two months has had charge Of
the jewellery department of j. S.
Talcott's store, departed on Friday
for st. Lawrence where he viii join
his family and remain there per-
%manently. He proposes to engage
in some business.
Don Crawford left for Vermillion,
where ne graduates from the state
university this year. Don is al,
energetic student, fully able to bat
ttle with the hardest of studies and
and his friends in Union county an
ticipate that he will easily capture
the plum on graduation day.
The Alcester creamery is closed,
and many Of the farmers are won
dering what they are going to get
for their milk tickets which they
accumulated during the last two or
three months. There is talk Of re-
organizing the company and work
ing it on the cooperative plan.
The families Of J.. Il. Kent and
his son NJ. b., departed yesterday
for a visit to the worlds fair aud
among old friends in Plainiield, Ill.
1t is the elder Kent's first visit in 20
years among his old Plaintitld
friends. NJ. l., will attend a re-
union of his school mates Of 80
years ago.
Alcester has a petition before the
county commissioners asking to be
given the legal authority to vote
upon the proposition of a legal in
corporation. The purpose OF this is
to collect a license from billiard
halls ond other resorts, as well as
street fakirs who seem to make Al
cester frequent visits.
Elk Point possesses a marksman
in target shooting, who, il he enters
| the state contest, is is liable to make
it interesting for the best Of them.
The marksman we have reference to
is Geo. G. Kimmel Of this city.
Last Saturday he made 95 out of Il
possible 100, which is one of the
poorest records he has made.
When the state contest comes Off
Mr.. Kimmel can knock out 95 out
of a possible 100 with ease.
The board of county commission
ers fixed the annual levy last week
for the county at 15l mills which
with the state levy Of Al makes a
total levy Of 20 mills. elk Point
township pays II mills more than
any Of the other townships making
her total levy 2la mills. This does
not include the school tax which is
a separate tax all together. A tax
of $50 road poll was levied on
each male person under so and
over 81. Dogs were taxed 81.
A very narrow escape was exper-
fenced by Register OF Deeds Ronnell
on last Saturday while out with the
local militia Of which he is n mem
Der. It seems that the boys de-
voted the day to target practice nea:
the Missouri river. Mr.. Ronnell as.
sisted about the target and while
doing SO Lieutenant Jameson fired
60 it is claimed, before the flag
went down. The bullet came very
close to Mr.. RonEell's head
1t is due to Mr.. Jameson to state
that he understood that the flag wal
down and the way was clear t.
shoot. Luckily no one was hurt.
President Geo w. Roberts o
the Corn Belt association, directed I
letter to Truman Amea Of this place
under date Of Sept, 4th which came
to late for publication last week
Mr.. Roberts writes for the things IL