The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1895-11-01
HOME HAPPENINGS

Opera house Friday evening Nov. /,
Flnnlgan's Alley.
The teachers examination will take
place at the school house today anc
| tomorrow.
The cold snap the first Of the week
froze good many potatoes that We're
near the top Of the ground.
Don't fail to hear Will Braggans, Will
Cleveland and Geo. Rix do a singing
specially at Finnigan's Alley.
j. ID. Burkhardt is erecting coal sheds
on The side track between Main stree,
and Wood Bros. warehouse.
The ladies who have charge of the
fancy dress carnival are preparing to
make 1t the event of the season.
Mrs NJ. L. Ecker and mother, Mrs
d. B. Nichols left Saturday Tor a week
or two visit with friends in Minneapolis.
Mr.. Clayton Harrington, the Orton.
willie lunIberman, was transacting busl-
ness IN town Wednesday and greeting
his acquaintances.
Mr.. John Knapp returned east Satur-
day. John has been laid up for num-
Der Of weeks with a sore foot, which has
not yet entirely healed.
Mr.. Staley OF the photograph firm of
Staley 4 Eddy, was over from Water
town during the week, assisting in mat
ters at the gallery.
Mr.. Geo 8 Kenyon, OF Leavenwor,h,
Kan. WAS in the city Wednesday to
establish council Of Royal and Select
Master OF r. A Masons.
Mrs. W w. Downle with daughter,
left the first Of the week for Minneapolis,
and from there goes for d short visit to
her parents at Morristown, Mlnn.
The ladies of the Congregational and
Methodist societies are busy making
preparation for a grand carnival TO be
given about the middle of November
Mr.. Henry Selde Of Wood Lake, MINI,
was greeting his Grant county friends
thi. week, having come over to look
after threshlng on his farm west OF town.
The railroad train hands are kept
pretty busy these days, and are putting
In lots of extra time, while the company
is driven 10 tho utmost extremity for
cars to move the grain eastward.
Knute Engebretsen, one of the wide
awake farmers Of Adams township
was up To the county sea. the flrst or The
week, paving off mortgage on ms
farm and attending to other business
matters.
A very interesting harvest home con-
cert will be given at the Congregational
church mex, Sunday evening, with a.
specially prepared program OF choice
m,;sic for the occasion. In the morning
also il harvest home service Will be had
Magni Peterson, who had been EN-
nloyed as tarm hand by Ford Nelson,
and wtu with the rest OF the family was
taken down with typhoid lever, died on
the Goth inst. and was buried yesterday.
It is reported that Ford Nelson has had
relapse and is also beyond recovery.
We are in receipt Of an invitation 20
attend a reception TO the Christian En-
leayor and its friends at the home OF
Mr and Mrs. S. r. Gold, ut Big Stone
civ. this Friday evening. The young
neople ara assured of most pleasant
evening and enjoyable entertalnme at
this hospitable home, fact OF "h'ch
they are pretty generally aware ana We
have no doubt they will accordingly
avail themselves of the opportunity 1or
a good time.
To show their appreciation o. the
efforts OF the county superintendent ana
county auditor 10 place themselves on
n proper footing will their associates ~
tha court house, the remaining county
officers last week presented Mess's.
Allrich and Fosberg with very Deauh-
tul souvenir Of the important event 10
which they recently participated. \
wo. n iha form ct handsome oooK
entitled .Onr Wedding Gilt with the
autographs of the donars. and the pres
antat;on speech was made by Mr.. Geo.
ri, in a few we'll chosen remarks re-
parding the recent admission OF the Two
wortb;as named TO the great army oi I
benedicts.