Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-09-19
G PARAGRAPHS.

Wheat Is going up.
Circuit court begins next Tuesday.
The COURIER job rooms have beer
very busy this week.
The stores close this week at s
o'clock every evening.
Joseph Steckman is building a nile
driver for the county.
Register Of Deeds Mangan was ia
Beresford over Sunday.
Mrs. w. T. Buchanan departed for
Cherokee, Ia. on Monday.
A continued story is to start in THE
COURIER In IA week or two.
Gu Friday over at Ponca Adrian, Jr
King BOvee's PAGER won first money ia
the three minute class.
Hance Murphey fixes the attendance
At the county fair at 1900 daily. We
are inclined To think Hans is too con
sentative.
The Elk Point COURIER has the
neatest advertising columns of any
paper that comes to this Office. -
Ocoma Leader.
Joseph Co%verdale, ST., has been i'll
this week from a stomach trouble. He
Is improving however and no serious
results are anticipated.
On Monday Marshal Kropp arrested
u barber hailing from Canton on "a tele-
gram from the Sheriff. His name was
Smith and he jumped II board bill.
George r. Freeman has put in an
S-ton Howe scale on the street adioin-
ing mis- grain warehouse 1t is the
largest weighing machine in the county
and is q feet in length.
Alison Boyec, Mayor Gilmore. Geo.
r. Freeman, Fred Strobel, James
Knapp, Sam Holiday, Joseph Cover
dale, Will Coverdale, Jerry Ryan
and Hance Murphey were among those
who attended the Ponca fair on last
Friday.
A. McConville graced our streets
with his good looks on Friday. Mac
has big crops this year and declares
that Garland has the best country sur
rounding it this side of the famous
Garden OF Eden where Adam and Eve
such wonderous works did perform
A. o. Ringsrud and daughter Grace
start today for Oberlin, Ohio. Miss
Grace will enter the conservatory Of
music in that city, and will take the
academic course as we'll. The many
friends Of Miss Grace look forward to u
progressive career and the develop
lnent OF considerable latent ability as a
musician which the Young lady pos
sesses to a marked degree.
Secretary Murphey, with his usual
enterprise, has secured the services OF
the famous Norwegian chorus from the
Normandenes Singing society of Sioux
CITY for the fair. The chorus consists
Of sixteen male voices, and they, will
come in their pretty uniforms. They
will render their famous songs, and
those Of Norseland by birth or blood
will enjoy the event. Let every Sean
dinayian be present at the fair and en-
low the treat in store for them.
Al the last moment almost, Il minute
ar two before the bell rang, the resig-
nation of Miss Harriet NJ. Christy OF
yermillian was placed in the hands Q!
the school board as assistant principal.
That the school officers were surprised
but mildly expresses it. The cause Of
the Young lady's change OF mind is not
known here, but it is currently re-
ported that she received an offer Of u
few dollars more per month at Mitchell.
The board are now considering APP
plicstjons and will soon make
choice known.
Eyangelists Thompson and Gamble,
who are holding a series Of meetings in
this city, are meeting with deserved
success and are bringing many con
verts TO the cause Of Christ. Last Sum
day evening they held forth in the
opera house to q large audience-one OF
the largest ever gathered in the build
inR. Mr.. Thompson Is q thoughtful
speaker and has nothing Of the modern
Sensational evangelist in his makeup.
he reasons with his hearers and
brings the plain truths 10 the minds o.
I'll, thus creating an impression lavor-
able 10 the cause. Mr.. Gamble pos.
sesses q wonderfully sweet voice. ana
his singing Is soul inspiring. During
the coming week meetings will % neld
il the opera house every night.