Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-05-16
The Missouri river 10 rising.

Fishing Is said to be very good at the
Sioux.
=. w: Cook Of Burbank was In the
city on Tueseay.
Jack Coverdale and J. T. Martin were
Sioux City visitors on Monday.
Miss Aggie Bovee accompanied Miss
sherritt to Sioux City last Saturday.
Hon. Joel F. Weber of Richland and
M. V. Seamonds of Sioux Valley were
IN the city on Saturday greeting their
friends.
Mrs. c. E. Hager OF Vermillion passed
TN ough the city on Monday for Parker
70 70, attend the annual meeting of the
Women's Foreign Missionary society
OF the M. E. church.
Sllas Rhor, formerly Of this place, has
changed his postoffice address. and
now receives his mail at Dustin, Holt
county, Nebraska. Mr.. Rhor's many
friends hope he Is prospecting In the far
west.
Geo. B. Main, the leading merchant
o. Westfield, Iowa, was in the city on
last Thursday interviewing friends.
Mr.: Main Is doing finely at Westfieid,
and his business is rapidly developing
into remunerative proportions.
If you have sign oyer your door you
are an adviser. The sign is intended
to advertise your business to passers by.
An advertisement In reliable paper is
many signs spread over many miles.
You can't carry everybody TO your sign,
put q newspaper can carry your sign to
hundreds.
The Jefferson Social Hour club will
give grand ball in the opera house in
this city on the evening of May II.
IL Is unnecessary to state that q dance
given under the auspices Of the Jeffer-
son Social Hour club Ia guarantee Of
very pleasant and pleasurable eve-
ming OF social enjoyment. Tie best of
music and calling has been provided
for.
Through the kindness of Hon. Joel
r. Weber THE COURIER is in receipt
OF copies OF the report of the legislative
committee appointed to investigate the
embezzlement of state funds by Taylor
and the carelessness OF Thomas H.
Ruth as commissioner OF the school
land. We have partially read them
through, and have placed them in our
library OF public literature.
A change was made in THE COURIER
office last Monday. Mr.. o. f.. Derr,
who has been acting rs foreman for the
past year and half has accepted sit
uation in the Leader office, while
Walter Hoffman now has charge OF the
mechanical end of The COURIER. Mr..
Hoffman is an artist in the line of job
work, and THE COURIER will maintain
its reputation as the leading printing
office in the city. Mr.. Derr is one Of
the bright young men of the city, thor.
oughly reliable and honest, and the
best wishes of THE COURIER 20 out to
him wherever he may be.
A petition signed by nearly all the
Leading business men was presented to
Mayor Gilmore and the city council on
last Saturday, requesting them to con-
slider carefully the waterworks prOpO-
sition OF the Northern Waterworks and
Power company, and 10 take such steps
rs will secure the coveted prize. 1t
was an endorsement of the Potter prop
OsitiOn, and 1t is very likely that the
will grant the franchise with
the proper safeguards added to protect
the rights of the citizens. A meeting
of the council will be held in few days
to take definite action.
E. w. Ericsson is proving up on his
homestead in Big Springs. 1t is just
% years ago that the Ericsson family
upon the land. Mr.. Ericson's
mother first filed upon the land as a
tree claim and just as they were ready
to prove up a prairie fire destroyed
the fine grove. The land was relin-
pushed and E. w. filed upon it as pre-
emptiOn, then as Il homestead and the
seven years Of the latter has just been
finished. Certainly the object OF the
law has been fulfilled more than con.
when title is secured after
twenty-three years of permanent resi-
dcncy.
Severe frOsts we're experienced for
several nights, commencing with last
Friday. No extensive damage has
been done, owing largely to the fact
that small grain and corn is not far
advanced. But in the vegeta-
BILE line-tOmatOes, potatoes, beans and
peas-the damage Is noticeable. On
Sunday night some OF the corn was
blackened particularly in the section
occupied by Capt VanKuren, who re-
ports that his field OF corn does not look
very inviting. Generally considered,
the frost has done no damage. and fruit
apples and plums-are In good condi-
ton with every prospect of q prodigo-
GUS crop.
A new form OF money order will be
used by the postofiice as soon as the
government can turn them out. There
is a great difference between the form
now used and the new form, and one
that will he welcomed by all who use
many OF them. They will be much
in size than the old ones, and
will be more the size and style OF q
draft. Great safeguards have been
provided against the raising OF figures
on the new form OF orders. The face
Of the order will have to conform with
the letters Of advice, and the figures
which will be used in keeping the post
masters accounts will be attached TO q
cupOn. In this respect the new or
dere will resemble the form used by
the express companies all over the
United States.
F. A. Leavitt Of Sioux Falls, accom-
panied by his son and two young men,
passed through the city on their way to