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


goods - greatly reduCed prices. For
bargains Ia trimmed hats give mo : call.
Mrs. w. n. LAwroN.
Commencing next Monday tho Union
Laundry will make the lowest kind Of
rates on family washings rough dry
work and as all work II done with soft
water Il will pay you to call and get
rates, a. special ones VIII be given.
jefferson has wedding on the string
Of social events soon to transpire.
George Rust is having built = new
barn to house his speedy quadruped.
VIM. Seward and Miss Ella South.
ward were granted parmission to marry
by Clerk Omd ALL one day last week.
Poole's tri-state directory man, hail
Ing from st. Paul was inthe CITY Tues
day. He was engaged ip' revising his
list Of prominent people, !
II the prophets keep on predicting
stormy weather accompanied by snow
We will haye another summer on
our hands before we know 1t.
The ladies Of the Baptist church will
give an oyster supper at the opera
house Friday evening, November 10,
from $50 to o'clock. Supper, Is cts.
All are welcome.
Ed Simmons is buying corn-and lots
OF the has three or four thousand
bushels now on hand. We are inclined To
think were It not for Mr.. Simmons en-
terprise the corn market would have
been slow one. =
TPonca has . coal mine. A dispatch
from that point states that the POnca
coal and mining company has com.
menced work on its shaft twO-and-one-
half miles north Of the town and offers
its product at the mines at o per tor.
Gath, q mining engineer, has charge
Of the work.
The s'Turkish Bath" performance to
be given this evening in the opera
house will be the best eyer given In
Elk Point. Marie Heath, the s0ubrette,
is winsome actress and one Of the
very best singers In the country. It
has been the rare pleasure of the ed.
itor to hear her several times, and We
are willing to stake our reputation that
no one will be disappointed If they GO
to hear the company. The play Is full
of comical situations, and II you want
to enjoy an evening leaving the cares
and worry Of life behind-take in the
play and you will never regret the ex-
pense.
Miss Jessie Lee OF Vermillion, daugh-
ter Of Andrew Lee, Is at Madison, Wis,
attending the state university. Speak
another state for the flushing touches
/ ~, hnus oH,~nn< ins~ ho Vawsrn311ion p1A@v.
Talk remarks: This is one of q great
many instances where our own stu
j dents have been forced to leave our
own university In order to secure sat-
isfactory instruction. It il matter of
deep humiliation that those who put
their money and their best efforts into
the institution are compelled to send
their children away from home, because
q system of political intrigue and hux-
tering has rendered the institution in
firm and impOtent."
J. M. COtterell of Lemars was in the
city yesterday in the interests of the
Home Telephone company Of Iowa. As
he explained the intention Of the COM
pany, their purpose was to construct q
telephone line through the following
points: Elk Point, Vermilli0n, Beres-
/ lOFus NcuU0rylAt0, fAlC00I01s A0W0TuSus
Akron, Westfield and Richland start
ing from Sioux City. Elk Point is to
become junction point with one
branch running to Westfield via. Rich
land then UP the valley. Another is to
run to Ponca and Newcastle and the
third to Vermillion and up to Beres-
ford. His business here is to enlist as
much local support from the citizens
as it is possible to get. The patrons
will have the use OF all lines and the
entire Sioux City list at stated rate
per month. The scheme Is q worthy
one and 1t looks Us II it was certainly.
The adjourned term Of circuit court
for Union county, which rec0nvened
on November 4, completed its work last
Friday afternoon. The cases disposed
OF were that Of the Wayne OIL Tank
company vs.. George Rust which in
volved the purchase Of an oil tank, and
. Judgment was given by default; the
divorce suit Of Clarence Waterbury vs.
Nellie Waterbury resulted In verdict
for the wife; an action to quiet . title
against Isaac Moore was continued;
the case from Beresf0rd brought by A.
and costs against R. d. RanCk was or
dered back to the Justice for q new
trial; John Lass, teacher, was given
as BY Jury OF his peers on contract
he had with Robert Duncan, school
director of the Sunnyside district In
Prairie township; Alkaline Keller W.
s. C. Kagarice was suit to recover on
q note, and It was dismissed on .
motion by the plaintiff.
In the Sioux City Journal of last Sum
day lengthy article IL given descrip-
tive of an ilnlnense glucose factory In
prospect for that town. The factory to
employ 5000 hands, expend $500, 600
in construction main building to be
TOO feet loug-7O feet Might've out
buildings equally as large-all built Of
stone 500 barrels will be made daily
IS carloads manufactured every "a
hours-300 tons Of coal, and 1900 BUSH
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