Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-11-07

Fun 6AIM-TWO second hnnd afavaa
One Tor bard, the other toe soft coal:
good - new; can b had &C ! bargain.
z. I. KELLEY.
Mrs. G. Shradsr OF NJ. Carroll. nj.
. sister Of Mrs. Robert Hasson, q here
on visit.
The first marriage license issued to-
the month Of November, Vas the o.
given to Mr.. Robert LeCro and MI
Dorcus Davis.
William Sayles, the Sioux valley
veteran, was In the city on Monday a
ouelness and greeting friends Of which
ne has large number.
Dan Anderson IL homo and on the
sick list. His daughter Mary has been
quite Ill Of late with symptoms OF T.
phoid malaria, but IL now on the mend.
Will Freeman has arrived home afser
. three weeks visit through Wiscon.
Sin, Minnesota and Illinois. He ~
ports a heavy fall Of snow Ia Wis
consin.
Hon. Louis N. Grill was engaged Tor
several nights during the peet few
weeks In delivering political speeches
on tho Broken Kettle IN Plymouth
county, Iowa, advocating the doctrines
OF the populist party.
E. A. Moles Of Sphinx interviewed
TIE COURIER on Monday and rejoiced
us BY adding sum to our excheQuer.
Mr.. Moles 10 ono Of the prosperous
farmers of Sping township, and We TAXA
pride In sending him our paper ea0h
week.
There was man down from Yankton
county the other day, and reported
that there were hundreds Of hoes d.
ing daily In that county from tho 81
fects Of hog cholera. Hog mon In Chi
cago report that there has never been
q time whom hog cholera was % gon-
eral 40 ut the present.
On Monday Samuel Eslick and Chs.
Harrikon had a dispute regarding the
settlement OF an Indebtedness which
Harrison owed. The latter struck
Mr.. Eslick and then made . dash down
the street that would have distanced Z
Splinter OF the first-class. Harrison
WA arrested, pleaded not guilty and
was discharged. T.
T. A. sheehsn WAS In the city on
Monday. He - at present engaged In
tho capacity OF . bookseller. represent
Ing the American Book company-tho
sole owner and controlling influence IN
the immense school book trust. Il
looks strange to 6nd our friend en-
gagged ~ the representative OF q trust,
but Mr.. Sheehan 10 IN able manager
and canvaseer when It comes to selling
books.
VTThe farmers arc busy huskipg corn.
With another week Of pleasant weather
FShe corn will be Ill In tho crib. Iseac
Moore, who We believe 10 the largest
corn raiser In Union county. hss one
half Of his 800 acre field picked. So
far It averages, he declares. IS bushels
to the acre, which will make him
when all in the crib 1850 bushels OF
corn. He expects 70 realize at least
70 cents bushel making revenue de-
rived from the land I'll IN acre or
8, 800 for his summers work in the corn
field.
Halloween occurred last Thursday
night. and it was tho occasion OF con-
siderable rejoicing by the young peo-
pie. A party was given by Miss Allie
Hoffman, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Hoffman, and one Of the happiest even
ings Of the season was participated In
BY the young people. Bands Of young
sters paraded the alleys In . silent
manner but managed to tip over an oc-
casional clubhouse and cart OF loose. dry
goods boxes and wagons. Marshal
Kr0pp was on hand, and It kept him
very busy to keep the rioters within
the bounds Of reasonable amount Of
fun and destruction.
At the opening OF the adjourned term
OF court last Monday, the first oct VA
the reading Of the sealed verdict rem.
dered by the jury In the Peterson.
McInerny case last month. The YER.
dict was favorable to the Peterson side
OF the case In each Of the answers rem.
dered. To the question: ibid the de.
PENDANT Simon McInerny, know on the
9th day OF December, 1884, or at any
time prior thereto, that there was Z
deficiency Indebtedness on the part Of
George Stickney - treasurer Of Union
countyw the answer was "Yee." The
result will be, It 10 presumed, the set-
ing aside Of the deeds Of transfer 70
certain tracts Of land made By Mr..
McInerny in 1884 II no appeal 10 taken.
However, It 10 generally understood
that Mr.. McInerny will appeal from
the decision Of the jury and carry the
cases 10 the court OF last reoort-the
state supreme court.
At meeting In favor Of Cuban free.
dom, In Chicago the other day, the
Rev. DR.. Frank w. Gunaulus, the well.
known Presbyterian clergyman q Chi
cago, said: II am a Spaniard. Gun
aulus is the name OF the Smith family
In Spain and Cuba. Those OF US who
did not get into the ministry went Into
the cigar business. But while I am Z
| Spaniard and have Spanish blood Ia
my veins, every drop Ct II tlngles with
| the memory that one Of my ancestor
was sent to = jail ii Holland, put int1
| 4 dungeon and kept there 81 the RI
pacity Of Spain, until q last, inch b
Inch and day 81 day, tho water of the
river, let into that dungeon almost d.
lently, rose 70 his lips, and - be died
his prayer was that no deecepdeut ol
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