The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-02-23
Yesterday was the anniversary oi
Washington's birthday.

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Danne Conrignt was up from Monte
vide the first Of the week visiting his
parents.
4 II Ingersoll, the states attorney Of
Roberts county, was transacting business
in town yesterday.
The celebrate dam case which was 10
have been tried here to- ay, has been
transferred to Big Stone City for trial
Miss II attic Prevey is spending the
week with the family OF her uncle, Pho
tographer harrington at Ortonvile.
George Merry started for Sioux City
Tuesday with three carloads of cattle.
stantly shipped from this point indicates
tha, cattle raising is commencing to be
no important Item IN The products OF
this portion of the country.
Mrs J j. Jordan. of Fargo, and Mrs.
Deutch. of Beardstown, H., sister and
mother Of Mrs. Nixon. arrived las, Satur-
day TO attend the funeral services of
james Nixon. Mrs. Jordan, on her re-
turn home the first of the week took her
little nephew Willie with her.
George Port, .]r, was stricken with a
sinking spell last Monday morning, and
to the shop after short absence found
him lying on the floor. 4 cot was i'm
provised and he was carried home, and
shortly after began TO revive. He was
for some time quite weak, bu, has been
steadily improving.
The Republican of Revillo met in
mass meeting Wednesday evening and
organized Republic club. The Re-
viio Republicans are right up to the
times, AMI aee dol & just what the Re-
pubicans OF the OF er prfe IS in the
county should be about. Tie peop q
have had full dose Il democrac, aud
are prepared to sit down upon it, wheth-
er it assumes 5 own name or masquer-
AIDES under the name OF populisn.
! The Somers family, living On the
Dodge farm just cas-, OF the city, have
met with serious atiiiction in the form OF
scarle, fever in Its most malignant type
! Mention was made last week OF the
death o the Oldest son AZ chael. and this
was followed few days after by tn.
deatli OF two more OF the boys. one aged
/ Il and the other about Z years. Three
Of the other children have also been iE a
very serious condition from the disease
hut are now improving, and it is believed
will all recover
The young man, James Nixon, who
was SO seriously injured by the running
away OF the horses he was driving, died
last Friday morning.. just week after
the accident. He was in his sixteenth
! year Of age, the oldest son of widowed
mother, whose hush nd was accid-ntly
kiliea while working as locomotive
engineer on the II G. D. railroad some
four years ago. The funeral occurred
from the A. L. church last Sunday, and
mother and family have the sympathy
of the community in their atfliction.
Owing 10 the continued appearance OF
cases of .carie, t-ver, the board of health
held a meeting last Monday afternoon
and decided to take measures to stamp
out the disease. and issued an order clos
Ing the public schools and prohibiting =
! public gatherings until such time as all
danger from injection shall have passed
! by. A rigid quarantine Of the houses
where the dl-ense prevails will be insti-
tuted and all good citizens are requested
TO aid in the enforcement OF the order Of
/ the board which is published elsewhere
in this issue. and report its violation that
the offenders mny be brought to account
The near approach OF warmer weather,
when the accumulations Of barnyard re-
fuse and other matter commence to thAw
will add grayelv to the possibility OF q
continuance Of the epidemic unless extra
measures OF precaution are taken TO
guard against its spread, and the board
should be Loyalty supported by each
member Of the community Individually
It's effort to stamp out the disease
Card oT Thanks
| The many friends and neighbors both