Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-11-14

good a. new; can be had ct 4 bargain.
p. 4. KELLEY.
Business il improving. -
Butter is getting scarce and com.
mands 70 cents II It is frst-cfass.
Clay county elected populist com
missiOner-in all other respects the ma
ton has gone republican.
Ira Wiseman, son OF Col. G. r. Wise
man Of this city. last week opened the
Mt. Hope school, the scholars Of which
he will instruct during the coming term.
Mrs. Ashley has had laid the founda-
ton to her new house to be erected on
the old base ball park. Five new
houses have gone up In this section Of
the town this summer.
Where will be q change in the loSal
railroad time table next Sunday. The
Sioux Falls train will 60 north at $3.50
instead OF 1880 In the forenoon. This
will make decided improvement over
the old method as one can 20 from Elk
Point to Sioux Falls and return the
same day.
The COURIER job rooms have in hand
q publication called 1.-THE Truth to
be printed once a month and to have q
circulation of 5000 copies. Rev. A.
y. Carhart Is the editor aud it will be
the official organ for the Non PARTISAN
Union. There is nothing that we can
not turn out from visiting card to q
book.
The supplies for the extension Of the
Telephone line from Elk Point to West
field end Akron arrived or Monday. A
Force OF men will be here in few days
to put up the poles and string the wires.
With Vermil1iou, Westfield and Akron
connected by telephone Elk Point will
be able to do some convenient talking.
Uncle Henry Quick is suffering from
an attack Of partial paralysis which was
first felt on last Friday. His left side
Is entirely useless and diagnosis Of his
case is not favorable to his ultimate re-
covery. The COURIER sincerely hopes
that the attack is entirely q temporary
affair and that Mr.. Quick may yet have
many years spared to enjoy the pleas
| ures and comforts of life.
Among the important cases which
came up for hearing before Judge
Smith were what are commonly called
the liquor cases, involving the injunc-
ton process. Truman Ames, as a..
|sistant attorney general, repre-
feented the prosecution while III.
M. Wallace acted as attorney
for the defendants. Objection
was made to the papers in each case by
the defense, upon defects which ex-
listed. In one case the defendants were
not properly named, in another the
authority of the prosecuting assistant
attorney general was not given. and so
on. The Judge sustained the objections,
In each case. thus leaving the county
to pay the costs.
Adam Scott OF Virginia is an up-to-
date farmer and rather vigorous one
for his age. He began husking his $50
acres of corn last week and when it is
in the crib it will measure all of 1000
bushels. He has 60 stacks of oats and
barley and when the cold, cold winter
comes will have eight or nine thousand
bushels of grain to feed. When q farm
err can produce 10000 bushels of grain
and corn in one season, feed the same to
stock, critic can hardly claim that
farming is small business or that times
are very bad. Mr.. Scott Is an intelli-
gent, thrifty and Woodworking farmer
who knows y good thing when he sees
It and devOtes all his time to his busi-
ness rather than to raising calamagros-
Ltes.
The state census report for 1896 has
been issued and gives Union county q
population of S,9l8 as against $3.50 for
1880 taken by the government. In
nth 10 S~n
population 2l2. Nothing can be further
steady and constant increase. The
been more of less resplendent in its
shining qualities and there is no reas-
son to believe that there has been de-
crease. II the compilation made ct
Pierre OF the other counties possess no
county, the records, II properly used,
might be Of some service to
stuff cracks to keep the wind
away. Clay is given a population
Of S,251, an Increase Of 742: Yankton IL
305, and increase of IT'S. Lincoln TO-
884, an increase OF l74l.
The item herewith in connection.
taken from The Sioux City journal Of
Monday, will be OF interest here, In.
somuch % Charles Doyle, otherwise
known as Shorty Doyle" was an In
mate Of our county Jail for several
months and was also clerk In one OF
our wet goods establishments for
short period: ut came 70 the IT
tention OF friends yesterday that
Charles Doyle was lying In = barn near
the police station and IN pitiable
condition. He was on the verge Of
delirum tremens. The once popular
young Irishmau, who six years ago
was the cashier Of Fowlers big pack
inR establishment and later was deputy
county treasurer. had for his bed q
faded old coat. An overcoat over his
shoulders was keeping out some OF the
cold. Bnt he was burning up, and two
mon who knew him procured . pint OF
whiskey just ~ poor Doyle was about
to begin seeing double. The fellow
who was taking care sof him was nd
vised to send for an ambulance and
have the sufferer removed 70 one Of
the hospitals. !"