Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-01
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

= PAHAO6AP0S.
Hawarden is to have another news.
paper.
Geo. H~oughton is in Madison, this
state, and is meeting with success in
the sale Of his new book. This will be
joyful news to his binder and printer.
Miss Maria Lautwein Of Bremen.
Germany, arrived or Monday to make
her future home with her sister, Mrs.
Fred Brown, wife OF the manager of
Geo. r. Freeman's farm.
Andrew Nelson, a Sphinx farmer,
made a test last Thursday to find how
many bundles of wheat the binder
dropped in u minute and it was found
to be twelve large bundles Of superb
wheat.
Ira Wiseman has been engaged to
teach the Hoyt school. Ira has been
devoting a good deal of time to i'm
proving himself in the modern methods
OF instruction., and we predict a sue
cessful term.
The Merchants hotel has been re-
modelled in its interior arrangements
and now has a very fine sample room
facing on Franklin street with six
windows and the Improvements
are OF the first class order.
Hawarden Independent: The First
National bank has commenced the
erection of a two story brick build
ing 25x40 for its branch at Alcester.
William Hitchcock has the %concract
and w. G. Serine went over Monday to
commence the mason work.
Mrs. Simmons, the temperance
teacher and ..woman's rights advocate
delivered a very able discourse in the
Congregational church last Sunday
morning. Mrs. Simmons is very
bright and her arguments have The
semblance of being quite correct in
theory.
We note by the Medalia, MINI
Messenger that C. F. Mallahan acted
IN the capacity Of left fielder in the
contest between the flats" and the
Shorts" The weight OF each man
belonging to the fiat" side was given
and only one fellow exceeds "our
Charley" The batter's weight is given
at o., When the baseball game was
tinisaed the flats" won by a score of 5
to !.
Bury the croaker put in the woods
in a beautiful hole in the ground,
where the humble bee buns and the
woodpecker pecks and the studdlebug
Studies around. He is no good to the
city to trust, too impractical stingy and
dead, but he wants the who'd world
and part Of the crust and the stars that
shine over his head. Then hustle him
off to the place of the dead, and bury
him deep in the ground: he's no use to
US here, get him out Of the way, and
make room for the man that is sound
Elk.
An exchange tells a good story of a
father and mother who were trying to
find names for their twin girl babies.
It was decided that papa should name
them. After vainly casting about for
anne that exactly suited him he de-
cided to end the strain on his mind
and named them Kate and Duplicate.
In the course Of time another pair
came and they were boys. This was
his opportunity to get even and he tolh
his wife to christen the boys. Imagine
his feelings when she dubbed them
Pete and Repeat. But when the third
pair came he grew frightened and
named them Max and Climax.
The war against the holes in-the-
walls surrounding Riverside Park and
located on Union county soil continues.
Last Saturday . Hans Anderson, Y
able sheriff, and a deputy swooped
down on the illicit holes and arrested
three Of the proprietors. They gave
their names as Harry O.. Hansen, Chas,
Doyle and Fred Billings. They were
having q rushing business at the time
Of the raid and were much surprised
al their arrest. The sheriff got q
wagon load Of truck consisting Of beer
whiskey and the necessary phara-
phernalia to conduct q gin shop. When
brought 10 Elk Point they were put in
jail and on Monday each one waived
the preliminary clearing. Judge
smythe bound them over 10 the sum q
D2O0 for each prisoner and at last nc
counts the three wer playing seven
up 70 pass away the hours "a inc
county bastile.