Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-07-18
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today or tomorrow.
Jas. Montague. of Beresford, transac-
leu business in the city last Saturday.
The Elk Point base ball club are GO
Ing over to Ponca Friday and they ga,
they are going to win.
Rev. w. H Jordan will preach in the
NJ. T.. church next Sunday night. Sac
ran'ent will he administered.
Robbie" Miller, the pretty son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. a. Miller was quite i'll
last week but has fully recovered.
Mrs. Henry Schactzel who has been
IN Denver during the past two weeks
on Il visit with relatives has arrived
home.
c. j. kimball, Al Gillette, Thos. II.
Ayers, Geo. l.. Beckett and Anton
HOode, of Vermillion we're visitors here
on Saturday.
1t is reported that the first oats
thrashed in Yankton county yielded 30
bushels per acre. Wheat is also said
to be an excellent crop.
Book. keeper Wylie OF Vermillion.
employed by Lee & Prentiss, passed
through the city on Monday on his way
to attend the Chautauqua at Madison.
George II. Freeman has a new inn
proved farm on the bottom. He has
had broke lGO acres of bottom land.
Next year he will put the entire field
in crops.
Charley Hoffman started last Friday
Tor GOldiield, la. His first days travel
ing amounted to y miles reaching
Cherokee, Ia. He expects to be five or
six days on the road.
BY request Supt. Smith has post
poned the meeting Of the school direct
ors Of the various districts OF the county
advertised to take place on the Goth OF
this month. 1t will bic held August Is.
DO not fail to attend.
DR.. ID. w. Rudgers of Yankton, G
ialist on diseases OF the eye, ear, throat
and nose will be here every Wednesday
from 3:25 to ! p. NJ. and can be found
at DR.. NJ. V. Mulcahey's Office. Any
person desiring treatment in the lines
specified would do well to give the doc
tor a call.
The attention of our readers is called
to the notice in this issue of the county
commissioners with reference tt the
Russian thistle. 1t is imperative upon
the board to enforce the law and while
they are more than willing they are
anxious to have the road supervisors
understand their duties.
Prof +. T.. Hirsch Of Charles City,
Ia, will acliver a lecture before the
Union comfy institute ond others who
may attend or the evening of the 18th
inst, in the NJ. T.. Church. His sub
ject will be Son The Threshold" Mr..
Hirsch is one of the leading educators
of Iowa. and his lecture is the result of
years of careful study and experience.
On the oath OF July in the same place
Prof. j. II. circuit Of Waterloo. Ia,
will also deliver a lecture. His
subject will be THE Schools and Their
Legislative Praduct."
The cereal crops are being harvested
and the familiar grind Of the harvester
is heard in all sections of the county.
Wheat will average anywhere from %
to thirty bushels to the acre. Some
fields are predicted to go thirty-eight
bushels. Oats are Il mammOuth crop and
i Tuu lIpti u W W uIuCty puSIiC'S |
bushels to the acre. We have seen
fields that we would wager the price of
the best county weekly in the state
The COURlER-for n year-that will
20 ninety-tive bushels to the acre, hut
Of course they are exceptions. Corn
is doing finely and the crop will be in
line with the ether yields. This is the
king year. While nature is kingly in
its liberality WE hope our subscribed
will not forget the printer when they
come to distribute their spare cash.
Last Wednesday afternoon ut the
residence of Rev. Il. NJ. Cotfey there
occurred a double wedding, in which
two of our p, ointment young men and
two lovely looking brides formed
the principal attraction. The grooms
were james Gates and G. L. Beavers, ,
while their respective brides were Miss
Leah Stultz and Miss Emma Gates.
After the ceremony was over the brid.
al couples left for Mr.. Gates residence
in Civil Bend where a b%OunteOus
wedding supper was served. The
yrOOms are well-knOwn farmers and
by their industry and thorough meth
OBS OF doing business have gained the
goodwill and respect of all. Their
ventures upon the matrimonial sea are
n constant source OF congratulation to
their acquaintance since the event Oc-
Cured and we have not the slightest
doubt but what their cups of life will
he brimful of happiness and JOY as they
sail over LIES troubled watcrs-fOr they
not only have have right kind Of ma
terial in their make-ups, but the vim
and energy to withstand the storms
and come out winners in the end.
It appears to dcvclOpc as time passes,
tina. the issue and sale of the SPHINX
county fraudulent school township
bonds rests upon the shoulders of "lsev.
Chas. A. Potter says the Centerville
Index, the moving spirit OF the late
firm Of NJ. Il. Potter l. Co., proprietors
Of Touring mills at Wakonda, Bcres-
ford and Melle,tc, and electric light
plants ut the two latter places and
whom il was who was going to put in
the w~aterworks system at Berrsford
and ut Elk Point. He Mt first sought
to Law the responsibility IN eX-Trcasur-
er Taylor, claiming himself TO he inno-
Gently injured thereby, but that scheme
apparently didn't work. The matter
became SO hot that Potter placed chat
tel mortgages on all his property in
that county, TO settle the matter and
head off criminal proceedings. While
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