Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-07

0iOuuch VI AkrOn. II. l.. AndefSO OF
Akron, Miss Ada Robinson of Clean,
New York, and Peter S%houlberg O
Akron. If THE COURIER keeps up a,
the rate OF seven new a week
one each day-there will be no chance
for complaint.
A petition was circulated last Friday
in this city and secured many signer>
asking Gov. Sheldon to release Nash
from the strict confinement of a county
jail sentence for selling Intoxicating
liquors. Nash has been very Ill for a
month and his health is in a very pre-.
carious condition. The pardon arrived
on Tuesday.
H. c. Smith was here from Mecklin
on Monday for the purpose of %burying.
in the Catholic cemetary, the fourth
child of the eight he has been blessed
with. The child was only a few da, :
old. 1t was taken to Sioux City where
an operation was performed by DR..
Jepson ut st. Joseph hospital, but its
life could not be saved.
Miss Nellie Freeman. daughter OF &.
r. Freeman, has been quite i'll for the
past ten days from an attack of la
grippe. At one time she lost control
of her voice and was unable to articu-
late. The patient. her many friends
will be glad to learn is now on the road
to a complete recovery and is able to
make known her wants by aid of her
voice.
A new game has made its appearance
down east and is going to be all the
rage this winter. 1t is called the
''onion social and is played as follows:
Six young ladies stand in "a row, one
mites u piece out of an onion, and the
fellows pay ten tents each to guess
who bit it. The correct guessers kiss
the other five girls while the unsur-
cessful kiss the n who bit the onion.
Girls, isn't 1t time TO organize?
Adam G.. Terrence returned on Mon
day from Il visit to his old home in Ohio.
He also took a trip down the Ohio
river To Louisville, Kentucky, and
then through Kentucky. Tennessee and
Alabama. Mr.. Terrence reports the
weather very cold for that latitude and
business distressingly dull. He also
says that he saw no country that suits
him any better, all things considered,
than Union county, South Dakota.
A friend Of ours suggested to us this
idea, THAT the state university was
running at the present time, that there
were three hundred students in atten-
dance, and that it would continue in
session the remainder Of the year. next
year and every year hereafter To
all of which we give aglorious ''amen :"
There is no more likelihood OF the uni
versity being closed than all the
churches in c~hristendOm.
Supt. Oscar Smith returned last Sat-
urday from an extended trip in the
north end of the county visiting the
schools. This is the time of the year
when the county superintendent puts
in his time driving owe frozen roads.
crossing frozen creeks and running
the risk of freezing his nose. Our sup
erintendent reports finding the schools
in excellent shape and while in
Beresford took occasion to compliment
Prof. Seguin for the excellent condi-
ton he found his schnei in.
Severt Stene Of Nora. Andrew RAN
mum. G.. A. Frost of Alcester. j. Glenn
entson, NJ. Hofstad, George kimmel.
G. NJ. Linch. Fred Dahl, A. Fl. Ring Of
Big Springs. Ed Quick, VIM. Fields,
John Hanson, Adam Scott, G. w.
Robinson and John Lykken are among
the very, very welcome visitors since
our last issue. Each Of the gentlemen
named dropped a dollar OF two in our
exchequer. Nearly all took advantage
OF our excellent otfer-THE COURIER
and Inter Ocean for one price.
S. S. Eden sent two tubs of butter
Of his own make to Boston re-
Gently. 1t tapped the market in price
and even the Elgin prize could not
reach it. Mr.. Eden has q small cream
separator on his farm and has made
enough additional since last spring
from the advanced price he receives
for his butter to have paid for his sep
| aratOr. Mr.. Eden has made special
study Of making butter and his pro-
gress in that line is a source of profit
and pride which his friends have
taken occasion to congratulate him on.
A petition has been sent to Pierre
for the persual Of the state auditor
asking that the pro-ratio tax paid in by
the fire insurance companies for the aid
Of the volunteer fire companies be paid
over to the Elk Point company. There
Is a 2 per ent tax paid by the insur.
ance companies and this sum will
amount, in Elk Point, in the neighbor'
hood of 800 which will come in yer,
handy now that our fire laddie:
have been r~ejuvenated, re-invigorated