Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-12


TIT city on business Monday.
Onr local trade Is greatly enhanced
these days by farmers coming across
the Missouri TO Elk Point.
John Finne OF Virginia was down
from the north end and paid The CoU-
RIER an agreeable and pleasant visit.
Ira Liuch left with the material Of
The Leader Office for Georgia, and will
remain there, assisting Messrs. Knapp
in establishing the mechanical depart.
nent to their new paper-The Fitzger-
aid Leader.
For some time articles have been
stolen from farmers wagons in various
portions of the town, and particularly
from those standing between the court
house and Ringsrud's store. That
worthy and highly efficient officer,
Chief Of Police Kropp, who never
sleeps, but always has an eye open for
inspection. on Saturday evening made
special study OF the case mentioned.
and just after dark he caught the two
sons Of John Henke, Clement and Chris
TOPPER, aged 10 and IA. stealing y pack
age from a farmers wagon. They we're
Immediately arrested, and on Monday
a trial was had, but before conclus-
ion was reached an adjournment was
taken till next Monday In the mean
time bail has been fixed at $50 each.
The Union County Leader has
changed hands and Messrs. Knapp and
Son have taken their departure for
Georgia, taking with them their print
ing material and outfit. AS the situa-
tion now stands, for the first time in
seven years, THE COURIER is once
more the only printing Office In the
city, but The Leader wilt continue to
be published, and Gre long, no doubt,
have a printing shop. For time The
COURIER job rooms will do 4 portion OF
its press work, and the type will be set
up in tho Plain Talk Office in Vermil.
lion. The purchaser OF The Leaders
good will is the Leader Publishing
company, of which Thomas III. Ayers
OF Vermillion is the leading spirit 1t
is capitalized for 81 500, with Messrs.
Ayers Of Vermillion, Jerry Ryan OF
Elk Point, Joseph LaBreech OF Jeffer-
son, J. G. Merrill of Sioux Point, l.. N.
hCrill Of Richland, Ole Gunderson OF
Brule and Runyan and J. M. Compton,
Of Elk Point as members. The good
will was purchased for $500. The poll
tics of the paper will remain the same
-populistic. Thus after seven years
the Messrs. Knapp take their depart
ure. During that period they took q
very active interest in county politics.
possibly too active one, carrying per-
sonalties where it would have been
wiser to have left them alone, but The
COURIER believes in letting bygones
LAo h,vrDpnc on1 4b;rLo &tof II, fhnir
new tield-Fitzgerald, Ga.-they will
| nent part OF that growing section Of the
universe.
4 Minneapolis dispatch: The colony
OF eX- Union soldiers at Fitzgerald. Ga,
is growing rapidly, and already a hast
| ily-taken census shows the population
! to be over 2,5eO, settlers from IS differ
ent states. The present month accord
| ing to the leaders. will see the popula-
| ton at least double. The lumber mills
| in the vicinity are kept as busy AS they
can be supplying lumber for the houses
! that are going NO, and :; boom has
struck the place which would make
some OF the reputed Western booms
| sink into insigniiicanc. A cotton rail!,
| furniture factory, canning factory, truck
! FARMING anu IFulk iNuUSlfy Will FURNISH
employment for the colouists who
| locate there. Charles Bartsch, a grocer
at Twenty fifth avenue is reported to
have invested Sl0.500 in a number OF
corner lots. aud has let q contract for
| the erection of Il big brick block. Mrs.
Bartsch was seen this morning BY The
Journal, and stated that her husband
had gone to Fitzgerald three weeks
ago to spend the winter. He intended
to stay there if he saw any chance Of
the town amounting to anything. Mrs
Bartsch knew nothing of the purchase
! OF lots. She stated. however, that her
husband had 200 acres of land short
distance from Fitzgerald. If he decides
to stay in"Georgia. Mrs. Bartsch ex
poets to be sent for ut any moment.