Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-06-13
Sol Maynard and daughters Of Sioux
Valley we're in the CITY on Tuesday.

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Valley were in the city on Tuesday.
Henry Henle and his brother August,
two prominent north end farmers had
business in the city on Tuesday.
A very pleasant time was had ut the
church festival held ut Squire joys last
Friday evening. There was large at-
tendance and the receipts we're highly
satisfactory.
Henry Schaetzel, a brother of Julius
Schaetzel, cashier of the Union County
bank, is in the city and will have charge
OF affairs during the latter's absence on
trip to California.
The funeral of the son of Liyeryman
Campbell took place last Wednesday
week, Rev. A. E. Carhart officiating.
The parents have the sympathy Of all
their friends in their bereavement.
There were twelve candidates en-
amined in the competitive West Point
examination held at Yankton on June
I. Herman Schulz of WatertOwn won
first place and Alonzo b. Sessions of
Aberdeen second.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo Mills, who live
across the Big Sioux near Westtield,
are the proud possessors of a baby boy
who made his first appearance on this
mundane sphere last week. We con-
graduate the happy couple.
Miss Simmons returned last Friday
from Parkston, this state, where she
attended the annual meeting of the
South Dakota Baptist association. She
took part in the programme and read
q very excellent paper to the delegates
OF the association.
Mrs. J. II. Bryan and daughter. Mrs.
Addie Williams, were in Vermillion on
a visit with DR.. Collins and family.
Their real object was to get Il glimpse
OF the lO-pound baby which put in his
appearance couple of weeks ago at
the doctors home.
Rev. Il. Nj. Coffey of this city at
tended the South Dakota Baptist as
ISOLATION which met at ParkstOn last
week. The association had the pleas
ure OF listening to very able paper
read by Mr. Cotfey upon the subject
"The Relation of the Business Men to
the Sunday School,
Two thieves who had stolen seven
teen hides from VIM. Hadley of Ver-
million we're captured by Sheriff An
dersOn last week just this side of
McCook. The sheriff kept keen look
out for the men, and it was only half an
hour after Information had been brought
to him of the stealing until he had
them in tow.
Aaron Halseth and B. S Holmes
OF Sioux City were in the city last week
looking over the route of their gigantic
canal scheme which is To run from the
Missouri to the Big Sioux, aud thus
form power for an electric plant which
will be used to send electricity
over the wires to Sioux City. No new
Developments have arisen, but the
gentlemen are anxious to renew their
r!ght-Of-wav contracts.
The report comes from Mellette, says
the Redtield Observer, that long
haired. insane person rOamcd that Sec
ton few days since. He had PEN
ch INT for humping his head against the
ground and performed such other RI
diculous capers as would clearly indi-
cate violent insanity. On the approach
Of any person he fled precipitately.
When last seen he was running towards
the Faulk county line. His identity is
unknown.
Miss Tillie Coverdale will leave in n
few weeks for Nebraska to take thor
Omgh course in the theory and practice
OF the art of instruction for public
schools. Miss Coverdale is already a
very successful teacher, and with the
course Of study finished, which she now
rI,s, II, rs,lv
most among Union cOunty's corps of
efficient instructors.
Those who think Hicks never misses
on weather prophesies will be interest
ed in knowing that he says rains are
likely to he general and accompanied
by sudden changes of temperature from
the LIST to the 18th of June. From the
Is to the 10Th is n regular storm period,
and we are advised to be on the watch
as the storm will be electrical and fol-
lowed suddenly by very cold weather.
About the time of the new moon on the
22nd the weather will be hot and fol-
lowed by general and heavy storms.
which will be violent and extend over
large tracts Of the country. any time
between the 2lst and 25th of June.
The pupils of Miss Jennie Bovee's
department of the public schools went
with their teacher and few friends
into the Bigley ravine last Saturday
afternoon to have a picnic. Before,
however, the pleasure Of rambling
through the woods and the exercise OF
surrounding picnic eatables had got
under good Roadway, clouds gathered
in the sky and the flood gates of heaven
were opened. The picnickers not an
ticipating such turn in affairs Of
nature. had discharged their chaperon.
Charley Foot, with his vehicle, neither
OF whom or which appeared again.
Hence, the picnickers got wet. They
got awfnl wet They become SO water
soaked that they feared they would he
transmogrified into fish. They thought
OF Charley Foot and prayed that he
might be delivered unto them. But
he failed to show up. A good Samari-
tan, though, arrived on the scene and
conveyed the picnickers home just in
time tO save them from another great
storm that was then approaching from
the west.-POnca JOurnel
At the dawn Of this morning when
the flowers which carpet the prairie
and delight the soul of man with their
color and perfume were opening their
dewy eye-lids: when the little birds
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