The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1895-08-23

Henry CHASER, the tobacco man. was
in town yesterday.
Ashton the dentist will be at his Mil
bank Office every day till Sept. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Gottschalk, of
Bigstone, we're visiting friends in the
city Tuesday.
Mrs. Weston, OF Reedsbury, Wis. !,
a sister Of Orin Russell, came in on yes
tercay afternoons train, to see her broth
er.
Mrs. James Young who has been
visiting friends in the vicinity of And
over and Doland returned home on
Wednesday.
The great Mccormick Corn Harvester
and Binder will work in our cornfeld
just south of town Saturday, Gath at
p. IN. Come and see It. WooD Bros.
Mrs. John Truran returned Wednesday
from numbe of weeks visit to her old
home in Wisconsin. She was accompani
ed by her sister Miss Wetherby, who in
tends to enjoy visit with the Truran
family
The young men Orin Russell, whose
illness was mentioned some weeks ago
appeared to be slowly recovering until
few days since, when arrangement OF
the bowels set in Hopes Of his recovery
have been abandoned, and his demise IS
liable TO occur at any time.
Mr.. Len Williams, one of the old time
Milbankers, who is now located in Min
neapolis, where he has position on the
Minneapolis & ST. Louis railroad has
been attending to threshing operations
on his farm in Twin Brooks this week
Mr.. Williams thinks the farm is making
the best amends possible for last years
failure, the wheat on portion OF corn
land going 80 bushels to the acre, and
on stubble land about Is bushels.
Attorney j. w. Bell, is now nicely
situated in his new office over Roses
drug store, where he has two very COM
Portable and pleasant rooms IN the east
end OF the building. Attorney T. L.
Bouck also moved into his new
quarters the first OF the week, over what
is to be the Farmers Bank. He has
fitted them up in very elegant manner,
and has added safe to the furniture OF
the apartments.
A party of Chicago gentlemen came in
on special car last week going to sisse-
ton TO enjoy prairie chicken shoot.
They came down Monday afternoon and
were taken to .Andover the next morning.
While on the side track here Rev. Nc
Lean stepped down to the car, thinking
he might possibly meet a Chicago ac-
aualntance, and was greatly pleased to
find that three OF the party OF nine were
well known friends. with whom he had
very pleasant visit.
The very excellent promises given a
few weeks ago by the standing grain are
being more than fulfilled by the reports
Of the threshers n the various localities,
much Of the wheat running from 20 to 80
bushels to the acre. A 20 acre field on
]. w. Bells farm in Grant Center gave
over 80 bushels machine measure to the
acre, and the Medley farm in the same
threshed over 20 bushels TO
the acre. In Adams township, where It
was reported the grain was more materi-
allv injured than IN some other sections,
the weld is turning out beyond expecta-
t;ons. The Street brothers who have
been threshing during the week. report
something over IS bushels to the acre.
Mr. A. De Silva, who with his father
in-law, w. I. Armstrong and their fami-
lies moved to Missouri last fall, has come
m to work during the summer at his
hnainess as painter. Mr.. De Silva is 10
Gated IN st. Clair county about l3O miles
south east OF Kansas City, and he rather
likes the country in many respects. All
OF the temperate zone fruits grow to per-
fection. and are raised in abundance at
his new home, and vegetables attain an
enormous growth and yield, and are
from month to six weeks earlier than
in this state, though the ground is very
stony and the roads so poor that travel
ing is mostly done On horseback. lie
would not advise poor man TO leave
Dakota forIthat section, as laborinR men
receive only about one-half as much as
they do here.
A New Dcpartu re.
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