Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-01-11

~w OOsssOs8 SOt INiuy NOy
are going into a new avenue 70 gain
competency. Nothing hut the
tarin % Open for them. When. il 10
considered that the good farming
land is nearly all gone, Visions u
high pricell farms come floating IN
feune u every clear sighted person.
Me-. Burton seenM 70 understand the
sitUation.
In this issue viii No found tbs
notice Of. proof of will OF Samuel
Eslick, ST.. deceased. The will filed
in the county court disposes Of the
property Of the late Mr.. Eslick as
follows: The eighty acres OF which
the farm home stands goes to Mrs.
Rebecca Brownell who cared for the
deceased during late years. To her
is given all the personal property
consisting Of $500 in money and
everything within and about the
farm home. The remaining eighty
acres of the homestead is given
share and share alike to seven other
heirs, they being Mrs. Mary Nc
Guire, Mrs. Lavinna Allen, VIM.
Eslick and Samuel Eslick, all Of
Elk Point. John D. Eslick and a. J.
Eslick OF Lehigh, Ia, and Thomas
G. Eslick of Jefferson, S. d.
To those editors who posses a
short vocabulary Of pet names to
call their competitors in business in
their personal assaults, We especially
recommend the following, revised to
date and guaranteed to suit even
the most depraved taste. 1t will be
noticed that the word "unscrupu.
lous' is omitted, owing to its stale
condition. The editor Of the Henry
independent ia the author OF these
choice epithets, having occasion to
apply them to his competitor in his
last issue: "A missing link, a pre-.
conceived freak, a brazen faced, un-
principled pup, a big ass, q penny
wise and pound foolish imp, a lep-
rous progeny, an imposition Of Gods
creatures, and uncanny and detested
object, a wonder Of its kind, a brazen
faced, deceitful, scorpion jawed mon.
strosity Of the lowest order, a horse
ologist. a mass of sores. a travelling
monument Of ~imbecility, On i'll con-
ceived puppy, a leper, a coward and
a traitor, wor3e than a degenerated
ecab, a big coward, a poorly baked,
lying, weazen faced, deceitfnl, hypo.
critical, decomposing half dried
viper Of his type.".
Mrs. Hattie Kelly, beloved wife OF
VIM. A.. Kelley, died at her hume in
Alcester, this county, at about 1890
on Thursday night. December %,
1893, aged % years. The Woon-
socket News, in commenting upon
the death Of Mrs. Kelley. gives way
TO the following remarks very nicely
expressed: Consumption claimed
her for a victim. Medical science
could do nothing to cure and but
little to relieve. Surrounded by a
loving husband, little son, mother,
sister aud friends, she was conscious
ri all until the last and passed peace
fully away, her only anxiety being
for her husband, her child and
friends. The funeral sermon va
preached on Sunday morning, D.
cember 81, the last day Of tho old
yeos, In the Congregational church
ss Aloester, the Methodist pasles
and e~pngregati0u uniting In tie -.
vfce. Che wss buried q her seQuGWl
BY the side Of her brothes Bsany =
the beautiful little cemetery near
her home.
On Monday evening Edwin Beck
ley, a veteran Of the late war, died
after n lingering illness OF many
years. The deceased was about IS
years Of age, born in Ohio and
served three years in Company +
Of the Sixth regiment of the Ohio
volunteer cavalry. The deceased
had been a resident OF this county
for twenty-six or twenty-seven years
and possessed traits of character
which gained for him the friendship
Of his comrades. Several months
ago, through the efforts of Attorney
Keller, the deceased secured a hack
pension amounting to $3.50. His
condition had grown worse from
year to year. The past two years
the comrades of the local Grand
Army post and our merchants
contributed to his support, awaiting
the recognition of a humane govern.
ment, which came late, but was re-
ceived by Mr.. Beckley with that
ch~eerfulness which was one of his
good characteristics. The funeral
took place at l o'clock Wednesday
at the Episcopal church, Father
Hines officiating.
In these days, when railway com.
panies are rushing "head over heels"
into the hands Of receivers, it must
be highly satisfactory and gratifying
to he able to remark as did Presi.
dent Roswell Miller Of the Milwau.
kee Railway company, when he
said: "We have more cash on hand
than lie needed to pay January in
terest and are altogether very com.
Portable financially. Wedont want
to borrow any money and we are
lenders, not borrowers. I may say
that since my connection with the
company we have never been more
comfortable financially and in such
admirable shape to meet the hard
times. The road is in excellent
condition, AZ the result OF very lib
eral expenditures when earnings
were large, aud it does not hurt US
Mt oil 10 curtail our expenditures
aud bring them down TO the meas
IRE Of the present dull business.
Our earnings are, Of course. light rs
compared with the heavy earnings