Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-06-14

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In the will all the property Is be-
queathed to Mrs. Coulter, no mention
being made Of the sons or daughters.
A regular postal railway service has
been established on the Yankton pas.
senRer. Letters will be handled for
any point on the line after June Is.
Michael Hoffman wishes us to publ. h
the following: sPersons who keep
birds Gagged up should feed them with
plenty Of fresh water this hot weather"
The board OF county commissioners
will not meet for the transaction of
business until the 5th Of July. All
| parties interested should remember
this.
On June 10 tho annual school cleo.
ton will be held. The polling place
will be in the court house and the vot.
ing to take place between 2 and s
o'clock.
Mrs. Julia A. Young OF Sioux City
and well known here, fs a candidate
for the presidency Of the Women's
Relief Corps Of Iowa. It is quite GER
tain that she will be elected.
Efie Payne, the Hawarden trotter
took third money in the ree.for-all at
Rock Rapids, Ia, last Friday. The
best time made In the three heats was
2:2S4. Efae didn't win a heat.
Sheriff Deane has received commu-
nications from Mayor Fletcher re-
questing him to make o raid on the
! blind pigers on the banks Of the classic
Sioux opposite Riverside park.
A picnic was held by the scholars Of
the Bland school last Friday in the
grove near the schOOlhouse. Miss Tillie
Coverdale, the teacher, entertained
her scholars In an enjoyable and happy
manner.
Akron Register: Henry Manning
and family were Elk Point visitors
Decoration day. While there they
took advantage of the opportunity to
have a family picture taken by Elk
Elk Points popular artist.
vermillion Plain Talk: Fred Linch
left the Freeman for good Tuesday.
He goes to Elk Point for a time, thence
to Iowa City. The Vinson brothers,
Mack and Fred, will conduct the Free
man, with Reynick for foreman.
The members of the Viking commit
mite In Union county and others are
requested to meet at the Karlstad
school house on Saturday, June %,
for the purpose Of making arrange.
ments for an "old settlers" picnic.
The ice cream sociable given by the
ladies of the Baptist church ut the res
idence of Mrs. John r. Wood, last
Wednesday night, was q success On
account of the hasty preparation, no
programme was arranged for the
ing.
Charles Bennett started out last
Thursday to canvass in the field for
the farmers forge and tools-a patent
concern which seems to be taking
pretty good. Mr.. Bennett anticipates
covering the territory surrounding
Canton.
The Civil Blenders know how to play
ball and on Saturday the Elk Pointers
bit the dust to the extent Of 16 to 16-
the Blenders winning right easily. On
Friday the Burbank crew were pound
ed to the extent of 81 scores to only 10
by the Elk Pointers.
The citizens OF Sioux county, across
the Big Sioux have accepted the Mar
tin mulct law and 65 per cent OF the
voters have signed a petition asking
for saloons. Akron, Hawarden and
all the rest Of the towns in the county
can now have saloons.
Hubert NJ. Wallace left for Mitchell
rs a delegate by proxy to the populist
state convention. Mr.. Wallace was a
delegate 10 the democratic state con-
vention last year. There is some hope
Co. 1lar< v,n< oe Tho r~a,,,,hiinnn oon,.n,
ton does not meet until August.
George Steckman OF Elk Point"
says the Vermi.lio Republican, "was in
this city Tuesday lookingf for u location
to start a jewelry store. George is a
first-class jeweler and Is well known
in the county. We hope he will be
successful in finding a suitable loca-
tion."
DR.. W. J. Conly's trotting stallion,
Hudnut, made his first appearance in
a c at Rock Rapids last week.
Harry Legget was upon the sulky and
won third money. Hudnut showed
splendid bursts OF speed and was held
from making any record this early in
the season.
Webster & Williams shipped over
SCSCu Olu q iItAA wills Va UuVUCl CISt
this week. This is the largest ship.
ment OF butter in South Dakota from
any one firm. Supt. Beardsley de-
clares that Elk Point is the most ac-
tive in shipping butter and eggs of
any place in the state.
Miss Jose Barden, the r~eciter, and
Mr.. Emslie, the basso, who appeared
In Elk Point with the Swedish Quar-
tette Concert company this spring, are
now with the Harvard Concert CON-
pany, who the ladies' OF the Congrega-
tional church have secured for a con-
cert on Saturday evening, June %.
In the last issue Of the Clay County
Freeman Of Vermillion was printed
the salutatory OF the Vinson brothers
and the good bye" OF Fred Linch
The Freeman has fallen into CT.
pable hands and a decided improve
ment may be looked for. Fred Li;.rh
goes to Iowa City to work on s.le
paper Of which McClarren is editor.
A man by the name OF Frieke Dahl
mar was arrested by Sheriff Deane on
Sunday on complaint of Howard Nc
sier. Dahlman was crazy and was
found tearing down Mr.. Mosier's
fence. On Wednesday he was SEM to
his home in Marion Junction, this
state. where he has a family. He is
subject to fits and wandered away.
Beresford Press: Sheriff Deane and
hio oekiunohlo wifo ooo{o$o1 ~, Nf;e.