Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-03-07

Upon the arrival of Messrs Rings.
rud and Freeman in Pierre, they
found the bill buried in the house,
while in the senate a private funeral
was being held over the ''Sioux City
corpse' as it was termed by the Sioux
Falls crew. A lively hustle, some solid
argument and the bill was favorably
reported by the committee, and there is
no doubt but what it has become a law
by this time. Sioux Citians can thank
Elk Point for pulling her out the mire
this time, for had it not been for the
efforts Of Messrs Ringsrud and Free
man we are inclined to think, that the
enemies 'of the measure had it, to their
W minds very satisfactorily sin
TERED"
County Treasurer johnson and dep
uty, George Kimmell have been hump.
ing their backs over the extra amount
OF work which exists in the t%reasurer's
Office. The fact that the penalty for
non.payment of taxes was added on
March |, caused IN enormous rush to
escape the punishment prescribed by
law. On Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday there was paid over the
counters the sum of $l8,372.32. The
treasurer, although new to the business
handled the rush with the experience
of an old hand, which is decidedly COM
plimentary to Mr.. johnson and is no
more than the voters predicted.
Gustave Nelson, the worthy postmast-
er of Big Springs, seems to be a very
unfortunate man. Two or three weeks
ago while riding to Hawarden with
Peter Ring he vas thrown from a
wagon and suffered a fracture oil a bone
in n Of his arms. just as the arm
was almost ready for use he met with
another accident. 1t occurred last week.
He fell off the porch to his residence
and broke one of his legs. Mr.. Nelson
is getting along in years and the latter
accident is not at all to his liking or
n which he can Withstand very readi-
ly. However, he is getting along as
nicely as his age and the nature OF the
accident will permit.
Supt. Smith is busily engaged in ex-
aiming the papers furnished in the
teachers examination of last Saturday.
The young ladies who applied for GER
titicates are the following: Miss Kate
Kennedy of Virginia: Miss Nellie Fate
OF R%ichland; Miss Nellie Powell of
Chatsworth; Miss Genie Page of Elk
Point; Miss Agnes McConville of Gar
land; Miss Hattie Waterbury of Ha.
warden; Miss Sadie Bourassa of Jeffer-
SON.: Miss Lille Gardner of Sphinx; Miss
Mary Baker of Virginia: Misses Minnie
and Cora Josephson of Virginia; Miss
Viva Collins OF Virginia and Miss Jer-
ME Farley of Beresford. The only
gentleman who applied was David Dun
can of Beresford.
Everyone hereabouts will remember
Oluf Nelson of Sphinx township who
several yeaas ago left for Lyman coun-
ty, in the Sioux reservation. Last fall
Oluf was elected to the legislature and
on Saturday he created something of a
sensation by introducing a resolution
with reference to the bill asking for a
commission to select a uniform system
of text books. The resolution is q unique
one and reads as follows: II move
as a substitute that the records of this
report on house bill number lO5 be ex-
plunged from the Journal and that ten
copies be sem to the Gear of Russia
with instructions to forward them
through on imperial messenger to the
dungeons of Siberia for the consolation
of exiled nihillsts."
Vermillion Republican: One of the
most agreeable callers at our den dur
ing the week land we have had about
| seventy-fve) was Editor Buchanan of
the Elk Point COURIER. He came up
Thursday on the noon train and was
| obliged to return on the $50 east-bound
passenger, so his calls we're necessarily
cut short. He was accompanied by S.
G. Thornton, n of W neighboring
| city's enterprising merchants. Brer.
Buchanan, of course, intuitively found
his way hitherward, and for a few min
utes we exchanged story and sentiment
relative to the fourth estate of the pro-
fessional life. Just you and everybody
else mind this-Editor w. T. Buchanan
is going TO be a power in the journalist
field in this state by-and-by, and please
forget not our prediction.
A rather interesting affair has de-
veloped in the probate court. There
are two applications for the appaint,
ment of an administrator in the Savage
estate, which consists OF a few hundred
dollars and the interest it may have at
one time possessed in a quarter section
of land now occupied by d. NJ. Dicker'
son, and mostly owned by A. Shurtlef,