Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28

pany lot q village et AlceSter, out re-
fused to pay the village taxes due for
Beresford upon the grounds that there
were two assessments and the levy had
been figured on the wrong one. Itseems
that Charles Jones, late candidate for
register Of deeds on the pop ticket, was
township assessor last year and also
made an assessment for the city of
Beresford which elects al assessor.
Mr.. Foster claimed the Jones assess
ment was illegal snd that the n made
by Brady was the correct one. Treas.
urer johnson refused to accept the ten
der of the money for the Brady assess
ment and the matter will be referred
to the county board at its next session.
On last Monday The COURIER sane
tum was graced with two of Sioux VAL
ley's prominent citizens, John sellberg
and John johnson. One can travel for
a month and find no better men. They
came to Union county In an early day
and by perseverance, and industry have
accumulated sufficient to Withstand the
storm and Universities Of half dozen pan
les. They have fine farms, are true
and tried, and 1t is just such citizens
which goes to make the American ma
ton stronger and better than all other
Kingdoms on earth. Mr.. Sellberg is
president of the Farmers Mutual In
surance company Of this county, a posi-
ton he has held for years and the fact
that the company has grown from a
tiny concern to n having 600 men,
bers attests more than ANYTHING else
the sterling characteristics and oroad
guage upon which Mr.. Sellberg is
built.
Last Thursday a couple hailing from
some section in Iowa, arrived in the
city In q covered emigrant wagon, of
the prairie schooner type. They hitch
ed their team to the court house fence
and both walked into the clerks Office
where they met Clerk Omdahl. They
wanted a marriage license. "I'll tell
you how it is," said the man. "Rose
and I have been travelling together and
I guess we'd better be tied in a legal
way so thcreM be no kick a comm"
The woman assented. Squire Smythe
was present, and after the license was
made out they we're pronounced mar
and wife after the proper form had
been gone through with. "We're going
to Brule county" said the newly made
husband ''where we've got a claim and
we're going to hold it," With this
they bid the officials good-by, unhitch.
ed the team, crawled into the canvas
top wagon and disappeared up the
road on their journey to their new
home. They gave their names as w.
F. Morrison and Rosy Wood.
w. w. Main, chairman Of the county
board OF commissioners, returned from
a business trip to the north end of this
county last week, having been called
there by the complications arising with
reference TO the quarantine which had
been established in Beresford. 1t was
his first trip up in that section. When
he arrived in Alcester the editor of the
Union met him with this proposition:
$50 you're MI. Main. Well, we'll!
From the Leaders, description I ex-
pected to see . big, burly savage, with
q chip on his shoulder and q kit of bur-
glar tools on his back" When Mr..
Main arrived in Beresford a newly
made acquaintance greeted him simi-
larry. "Why," he said, ''from descrip-
lions given l supposed you looked like
q Hotentot savage, with Herr Most
whiskers and ivory tusks piercing
through your beard" By this time
Mr.. Main came to the conclusion that
some Of the people up there had an err
roneous idea as to his makeup. and II
he had had time he would have placed
himself on exhibition 90 that some Of
the north enders might disabuse their
minds ~ to his physique and his alleged
Aendish propensities.
Walter c. Fawcett, the Sioux Falls
attorney is fairly we'll known in Elk
Point. He is counsellor in Q number
Of cases pending, particularly in the
Kennedy divorce suit and that Of Peter
son and Tyler vs Simon McInerney.
He secured q decree of divorce for the
daughter Of A. Shurtlif. 1t seems
that MI. Fawcett is ia constant fear
of meeting his death at the hands
Of his former law partner, Mr..
Conway. He had him arrested
last Saturday and Conway was
placed under bonds of $500 by the JUS
tice to keep the peace. On the stand
Fawcett told this story. 81 am the
complaining witness in this action.
Prior to the first Of November last
was in partnership with Mr.. Conway
and Mr.. Muller. About that time, the
partnership was dissolved, and Mr.. Con
way claiming that / owed him $1,000
which I did not, came into Lasche's "a.
loon, backed me up against the wal
and threatened that II | did not come
to his Office the next day and pay him
i 1000 or execute my note for tina
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