Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-11-08

ne passed 80 years Of his life, moving
Ihto Elk Point Il little over a wear noe
Wnefe he resided up to his death. Ha
was w years OF age and leaves a wife
and Tour grown-up sons and two
daughters to mourn his loss. The
Juuse, as he was faniliarly called, was
q stern n uncompromising democrat
anu MS brief and pithy letters to the
iocil press were invaribly read. When
nc prepared anything for print it was
pound TO be interesting. For the past
year, the health of the deceased has
not been very good, vet not so bad as
70 Keep him from his office. The
funeral will take place on Friday from
the residence. '
IN u recent essay on the suit worn bv
lady cyclists the following description
was gwen. "The cyclists dress is a
Paif OF trousers, very basgy ut the
knees, abnormally full at the pistol
pockets, and CONSIDERABLY loose
whcrc you strike Il match. The gar
menu Is cut dccolete at the south end,
ana the bottoms are tied around the
ankles or h knees to keep The mice
out, lou can't pull it on over your
mead as you dc your corset, but you
SIT on the floor and pull it on just as
you DO your stockings one foot in each
compartment. You can easily tell
which is the right side to have in front
by the button on the neck band"
On Saturday evening tho rcpubli-
cans OF Union county will celebrate
Lnelr victory us becomes the winners.
Ii will be a hoop-la affair, and if the
aver are not scurtchrd in a sky
rnaTaf "a wv, II, .-,, . r
the procession which will be had will
be u Jersey COW, a Leader extra, a pi-
box, Il bag OF county funds, a bicycle,
dog, and plug hat. 1t won't cost 1926
Il night but will be purely a re-
chereche affair. The evenings pcrfor-
nance will begin with a song bv
Marching Through Georgia while "our
Ed" rides the jersey COW bareback anI
Erie distributes the So, 900 Doodle
among the onlookcrs who can not par
ticipatc owing to party affiliations
which prevent. A vigorous invitation
is extended y. NJ. X. to be present.
A boy who was ~recectly sent to a
boarding-school has just sent the fol-
Logging letter to his loving and anxious
mother: 81 got here all right and L for
| got to right before. 1t is a very nice
place to have fun. 4 Teller and l went
cut IN Il boat and the boat tipped over
n n man got me out, and l was so full
OF water that l didn't know anything
for a good long while. The other boy
has to be buried when they find him.
His mother came from Lincoln and
she cries all the time. A boss kicked
me over and have got to have some
money to pay the doctor for fixing my
head. We are going to setan old barn
on fire tonight and ] should smile if
we won't have bully fun. I lost my
watch and am worry sorry. l shall
bring home some mud turtles, and /
shall bring home a tame wood chuck
II can get 'em in my trunk
A disastrous fire broke out in Akron
on last Sunday evening about 10
o'clock, which resulted in the destruc-
ton OF six business buildings and
came very near destroying the whole
town. The origin Of the fire was UNI
doubtedly the work OF some incendi-
airy tiend, and on Monday a half -witted
fellow by the name OF Henry Nearing
vas arrested and bound over. Moore's
lumber yard had a very narrow escape
after the first fire had used up its cf-
forts. Richard sSearls, the station
agents Sol who was recently a resi-
dent Of this place and rustlcd baggage
ut the depot, while sending a"special"
to Sioux City V e the wire noticed a
blaze coming out OF the shed of the
lumber yard, and on running over
there found a quantity OF old rags,
thoroughly saturated with kerosene,
as well as Il can Of oil. In Il brief
space Of time the fire was put out, but
not until it had charred several thou
sand pickcts. Circumstantial evil
dcnce points strongly to Nearing as
the culprit who started the second
fire. Among the buildings burned
was that OF the Bly, Brothers, well
known here. They managed to save
their stock OF hardware. They are
fully protected by insurance and their
loss will not be large. Altogether the
damage is estimated at $50 900, with
S1S,0 900 OF insurance.