Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-11

days rs they used to. Many man has
just stepped across the street TO kick
from since. There is less danger Of
burglar who broke into the Office Of q
Dakota journalist, and after hard
struggle the editor succeeded In rob-
bling him."
A force Of men are engaged in plow-
Ing up the race track preparatory to
rolling and packing it. Work for q
week has been going on in one way or
another to improve the race grounds
for the July meeting and it Is said that
when the meeting occurs Elk Point
will posses the best half-lnile track in
world.
The man who advertises in his home
paper pointedly. asks the readers Of
that paper to trade with him. The
man who does not advertise as point
eddy notifies the readers Of that paper
that he has no reasons for not wanting
their trade. This is so generally ac-
cepted as truth that 1t IL not often
questioned.
Application has been made for the
appointment of guardian to James T..
Bouditch. q young man who lives with
9. l.. Beavers. The purpose of the
guardianship is to secure q share in q
small patrimony left by an aunt in YER
mont who died recently. The young
mans share will amount to 800 and
Mr.. Beavers will be appointed as guar
dion.
So successful was the opening OF the
millinery stock of Mrs. r. A. Hudson
that she has decided to continue it for
another week The number of ladies
who attended was very large and the
sales were very gratifying. Any lady
who Is DESTROYS of securing q stylish
hat-0f the latest design in the market
should not fail to call and inspect the
stock.
In this issue will be found the school
apportOintment as made out by Supt.
Smith. 1t has been gone over very
carefully and we think is correct. II
you wish to know the amount of money
coming to your district from the state
school fund hunt up your number in
the table-if you do not remember the
number name has been attached
the one commonly applied to the school
and you can find it that way.
Want to measure an acre?-says an ex-
change. Buy a good cotton cord an
inch around and 81 feet long. Fasten
a ring ut each end so the ends OF the
rings will be exactly IS feet apart, and
tie red rag in the center. One acre
OF ground will be four of these cords
long and two and half wide. To pre-
vent the rope serinking soak 1t in tar
and let it dry. The rope will come
handy in more ways than one.
August Frieburg of Beresford, was
admitted to practice law last week,
aftera very thorough examination by
the supreme court OF the state. Mr..
Frieburg has studied for several years
very earnestly and assiduously to be-
come lawyer and he was cOmplimented
by the individual members of the court
as having passed the required examin-
alton more successfully than any can.
didate examined for sometime.
The new city council met on last
Monday evening for the first time and
organized. Mayor Gilmore named Al
derman HassOn and VOlmar as a COM
mittee on finances and taxes. Alder
man Rust and Hasson on ordinances,
Rust and Volmar for streets, and Has
son and Rust as city board of health.
The bonds of city Treasurer Kimmel,
Clerk Moore, Marshal Kropp and city
Justice Jameson were approved.
Judge c. S. Palmer is now the owner
of one of the finest driving teams ever
brought to Sioux Falls. The span were
bought at Waterloo, H., and in these
times of cheap horsefesh it Is said cost
$500. The horses are coal black, of the
Wilkes strain and endowed with an
ambition to take no ones dust. One of
them 1t is said can turn mile in 2:2O,
and year and half ago when horses
were more valuable his owner refused
d 500 for him.
Arrangements had been made for
concert to have been given on the Tues
day evening OF April Is, ny a number
Of Sioux City artists. Miss Florence
Lewis, Mrs. d. p. Magner, Mrs. Poul-
ton-Hunt and others had given their
consent to assist and 1t was anticipated
that highly entertaining affair would
be given, but owing to some conflict
ing arrangements with reference to the
church in which it was to be held, 1t
has been decided to postpone the con-
cert indefinitely.
An inventive genius has COTTON up q
continuance that ought to sell like hot
cakes In church circles. 1t is in the
shape Of q contribution box. and is GER
tainly triumph in its way. The coins
fall through slots of different sizes, and
all dollars, halves, quarters and dimes
land on velvet, but the nickels and
pennies drop on Chimes gong. 1t Is
needless to say that it viii never be
popular with the man wko believes
''salvation's free" and practices 1t by
never patronizing the contribution box.
Warren Fisk brought to this Office on
Tuesday morning q curiosity which
was nothing more nor less than an
orange attached to sprig and which
was grown in his house in this city.
Mrs. Fisk sometime ago planted q
dwarf orange seed and INJURED and
cared for it until today it possesses
seven oranges hanging from its limbs.
this is rare event and we doubt II it is
eQualled very often. The orange
brought to this Office is three and half
inches in circumference, has a rich
orange color and is beauty to look at.