The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1895-08-09

spending q few days at the Minnesota
cities on business this week
VIII 3raggens made a trip to Huron
on his wheel Last week, making the run
in two days, both going and coming
Miss Achsah Wisemaa returned Sat
urday from a weeks visit with her triend'
Mrs. A. "A Sornson OF South Shore.
}. II, Owen has moved his family from
the Schafar house to the one formerly
occupied By J L. Lockhart on Fourth
street.
L L Beighley, brother of Mrs. n.
LoWthian, with his family from Blutton,
MIMI, is on a visit to the Senator in
Melrose.
Mr.. Y. Harribg, who has been living
at Osak1s, Mlnn., is over from that place
looking after his farming interests in
Itlus county.
John Burkhardt, the feed man, is put
ting in a new platform on the wagon
scales at tie store, the old timbers hay
ling become unsound
/ Henry Mitchell the barber, has recent
Ily out mp a canvas awning and painted
tha front cf his shop, and now has very
comfortable and pleasant quarters.
If Won want TO exchange any kind Of
grain for feed. or new oats for Old oats,
IJ. y. BnrkAardt can accommodate you.
Short time given on feed sales il debt IS
secured.
The ladies aid society OF the NJ. Z.
tchurch will give a Harvest Home dinner
If in the unoccupiei building on Main
street opposite the bank of Iibank, on
Friday evening next, Aug. 10th. 10 which
iall are invited A harvest home service
viii also be held at the church on some
later date.
Miss Ethel Staples and Miss Cora
Niles of Blgstone we're in town Tuesday.
Miss staples goes with grandma Dun
! nell to Minneapolis this week, where
the latter will make her home with her
daughter. Mrs. Chas. Farber. Miss
staples expects to return and go TO
Madison in time for the fall term OF the
normal school at that place.
The annual meeting of the Milbank
Bible Society was held in the Congrega-
: tional church last Sunday evening
After an interesting address by Rev. }
q. Haic, reports Of the treasurer and
nresident were read, Il collection was
taken up for the society and an election
of officers for the ensuing year was held
the old officers being reelected.
Mother nature sprinkled the stree
last Monday. She uses better waite
than the fellow who has the job on dust
days The water of the hydrants !
plenty strong enough to move the cal
without the horses if it was given halt
show. and it's questionable If the dus
y would not be preferable to the stenc
from this pntrid water as it comes 1roi
the tank.
The very favorable harvest Weathe
of the past two weeks has been we'll EN-
: nloyed on the farms and the great Dul
OF the gram is IN shock. with the stack
} rising up in all directions. BY the clos
9 of the week but very few fields OF la'
cram Will be still standing. heas
is shower Of rain Wednesday night WI
n inst what the corn was calling for, an
y t,ere is little question but that this cre
sr will also be something to be proud
IS this year.
Mr.. D. McGiven made application
q the board Of insanity to examine n
q daughter. Mrs. Dusso, for the purpo'
"a ot having her sent to the asylum at ! an
nt ION The board made an examlnatle
g If the case Monday and adjourned
le Thursday. In the meantime they expee
le al 10 hear from the hospital authoritle
Int not receiving word from there, al
the patient not being violent, she
4 discharged, with the intention OF Davi
i'll her receive home treatement. Inc la
,r- ia widow whose husband died he
- some few years ago, and she appears
he subject to spells OF despondency.
- Farmer Bear from the north came in
= town last Saturday and hitchlng !
r team in the rear of Wood Bros store /
r them there for short time. Upon
turning the horses were gone, and up
search being instituted it was learn
" fhat two Young boys were seen dfisl
e. tha ,eam out Of town to the east, and
o was believed that case OF horse ste
:, mo mo had taken place. The sheriff !
- msdia,ely set out alter the suIpos
ne thieves and ,elegraphed for their arref
'r- The SEQUEL to the affair was made pla