Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-05-10

st. Louis a large tent for the county
fair IN which will be placed the vege-
table display.
Miss May Miller, accompanied by
Q father, Hon. +. w. Miller, left for
DealwoOd. She will remain in the
Hill for three weeks.
A game OF baseball will be PLAYED in
SermilliOn on Friday in all probability.
The contestants will be the Elk Point
and University mines.
The viewers Of the ditch, Messrs.
Blair, Gilmore and Seward, have been
busy this week making the allotments
in accord with the law.
Secretary Hance Murphey has in
vited the Interstate Fair Association
Of Sioux City to make an exhibit ut
the coming county fair.
Michael Hoffman, J. r. and NJ. b.
Kent have added to the beauty of their
grounds by setting out some ever
greens from six to eight feet high.
DR.. Evans of Philadelphia was in the
city last Saturday with a view of To-
eating in Elk Point permanently and
practice his professionalism OF physi-
clan ana surgeon.
Mrs. W. NJ. Vinson was calling on
Mrs. Blair OF Saturday, hitching her
horse in the alley. He slipped the
bride off and a away, damaging the
carriage very much.
Geo. W. Matthews Of Armour, well
known here, has been appointed post
master of his home town. Mr.. Mathews
is a brother-in-law OF G. F. Mallahan,
a former townsman.
Attention is directed to the adver.
tisement Of Frank J. Barnes in this
issue. Mr.. Barnes handles nothing
but superior grades and will give
prompt attention to orders.
Alex Bovee a Y the feed is very
good for so early in the spring. He
has two cows that gave forty-three
and one-half and forty-tive pounds Of
milk respectively in one day.
The New York Tribune a y Rev.
Stephen II. Beggs, father Of c. w.
Beggs, an old Elk Pointer, is SO years
| Of age and recently preached his sew
enty-second anniversary sermon.
An instance Of the magnanimity dis
played by the pension department is
shown by the granting Of Jerome J.
Lee, n dying man, $6 per month (the
minimum) under the disability act.
The Northwestern Odd Fellows Re
view for May contains the pictures OF
prominent South Dakota Odd Fellows.
Among them is a good likeness of
Rev. Geo. w. Freeman, grand chap
lain.
County Auditor Walsh made a re-
QUESTION on Land Commissioner Ruth
on last Monday for 81 200, which uses
up al the money coming to Union
county from the permanent school
fund.
Frank !. Barnes purchased last
| Thursday the feed store Of G.. S. Bovee
and will hereafter conduct the same.
MIR. Barnes is a reliable and trust
worthy young man and will make a
success as a business man
Some person, the possessor Of an
evil mind, took Miss Lou BANDS BIZ
cycle from the porch OF their residence
| and hid it among the piles of bridge
timber in the railroad supply yard,
where it was found by Deputy Strobels
A. L. Dow hitched his horse to the
fence near Mr.. Burdick's new resi-
| dence. Dogs scared the horse, caus-
was badly broken up. Mr.. Dow seems
luck.
The aides of'the Methodist church
| will give asocial with ice cream, straw
berries and cake, on Friday evening,
May IL, from 6 to . o'clock, in the lee
ture room of the church. Strawber-
ries and cake Is cents, ice cream and
cake Is cents.
John Henke was arrested last Sat
| urday for beating his wife. Mrs.
Henke's face indicated that she had
been hit with a club or some blunt in
! strument. Justice Norton taxed
Henke SIS and costs for his inhuman
manner OF treating lis wife.
The Blind Boone Concert Company
hall on Saturday evening, June 2.
Blind Boone will be assisted by Miss
Stella May, who is said to have an ad-
mirable and perfect contralto voice.
The admission price is 35 cents.
DR.. Mulcahey was called upon last
Friday to set the limb Of a 4-year-old
child at the Roney farm, on the Iowa
side, near DR.. jenkins. The unfortu-
nate child was run over by a wagon
loaded with forty bushels Of corn. The
limb was seriously and possibly per-
manently injured.
Beresford Press: Burglars visited
both stores at Alsen last Sunday night
and purloined a lot OF cigars, pocket
knives, etc. They procured tools from
the blacksmith shop and forced an en-
trance through the cellar. 1t is sup
posed to be the work Of parties famil-
lar with the premises.
Rev. Mr.. Carroll, late Baptist min
lister Of Akron, is in the city. His fam
ily, consisting OF his wife and three
daughters, will remain several months
while Mr.. Carroll will go to California,
where he has accepted a call. Should
he find the country all that he antici-
pates, his family will follow.
We met a friend yesterday afternoon
and noticing a dark blue spot under
his left eye, one hand bandaged, his
coat torn and walking slightly lame,
we asked him how it came about. He
replied in n submissive tone that he
had tried to assist the women folks In
cleaning up about the house.
Rev. A. NJ. Pipes received the sad
news last week that his step-father,
w. B. Newport, at Mount Palatine,
Putnam county, Ill, had died at the
advanced age OF ca years. Owing to
Mr.. Pipes inability to reach Mount
Palatine in time for the funeral, he
was compelled to forego the trip.
August Henke Of Brule was in the
city on Saturday and swOre out q war.
rant against Walter Lillibridge, m OF
| Union county's honorable and trust
i worthy citizens. Henke charges Lilli-
bridge with daming up Union creek.
. The Henkes are noted for the trouble
! they create. Justice Smythe dis.
missed the case on Tuesday.
The dancing party given by Miss